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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published 1974
Cover Price 1.00 USD
Pages 40
Editing Bill Black
Notes Cover is printed in black and white on blue paper.

Cover Details

Characters Tara
Genre Jungle; Superhero
Pencils Bill Black
Inks Bill Black
Notes Cover is printed in black and white on blue paper.

1 page Tara text article "The Legend of Dark Continent"

Characters Tara Fremont
Synopsis Background on the Dark Continent and Tara's first adventure from Paragon Presents #2.
Genre Jungle; Superhero
Letters Typeset
Notes This article is printed in black and white on blue paper, the indicia is also on this page.

5 page Tara story "Challenge From the Stars"

Characters Tara Fremont; Vic Marco; An Alien
Synopsis Tara watches a strange aircraft crash into her lagoon. She dives in to rescue the pilot and is barely able to save him from an underwater carnivorous plant. When she comes to the surface she finds a group of men led by Vic Marco. He reveals that the pilot is an alien. The men then attempt to grab Tara but she defends herself. When she tries to grab the alien to help him get away he telekinetically throws her through the air. Vic then threatens to shoot her.
Genre Jungle; Superhero
Script Bill Black
Pencils Bill Black
Inks Bill Black
Notes Black and white.

1 page Tara text article "How to Draw Tara"

Characters Tara Fremont
Synopsis Some instructions on how to draw Tara, including various poses as examples. The best entries will be presented in the next issue.
Genre Jungle; Superhero
Script Bill Black
Pencils Bill Black ?
Inks Bill Black ?
Notes Black and white.

10 page Tara story "Dr. Rivits, I Presume?"

Characters Tara Fremont; Dr. Rivits; Vic Marco (death); An Alien; Gip; Janis Lawson
Synopsis Dr. Rivits kills Vic Marco before he can shoot Tara because he wants her alive as a hostage. He ties up Tara so he can go back to working with the alien in finding out the secrets of the universe. Tara breaks free and goes after Dr. Rivits. The alien casts Tara into a bizarre negative universe. Tara sees a strange alien animal in trouble and rescues it. Evidently this was a test as Tara is then pulled back to the Dark Continent. Dr. Rivits tries to fly away but the alien blows up his helicopter, and then flies away in his own spacecraft. Tara and Janis find four eggs that the alien spacecraft left behind.
Genre Jungle; Superhero
Script Bill Black
Pencils Bill Black
Inks Bill Black (1-7, 10); Orrin Lundgren (8-9)
Notes Black and white.

4 page When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth; Victoria Vetri filler "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth"

Characters Victoria Vetri (as ?)
Synopsis First page is a print of the movie advertisement for When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth. The next two pages are a centerspread pin-up of Victoria Vetri from the movie. The final page is of Victoria Vetri and two unknown male actors.
Genre Monsters
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Notes Printed in black and white on yellow paper in the center of the magazine.

10 page Tara story "The Mirror of Horror!"

Characters Tara Fremont; Na' Waga; Numa
Synopsis Tara's father sends her to Africa to collect more specimens for the Dark Continent. While she is there Na' Waga the Witch Woman sets out to capture her. First she sends a leopard after Tara but Tara kills it (regretting it immediately). Then Na' Waga sends beast men that manage to capture Tara and take her to Na' Waga's cave. Na' Waga uses her mystic mirror to drain Tara's beauty and exchange it for Na' Waga's ugly features. While Na' Waga is strutting around showing off her beauty an old and feeble Tara manages to reach the mirror and destroy it. Her youth is immediately restored and the demon from within the mirror claims Na' Waga.
Genre Jungle; Superhero
Script Bill Black
Pencils Bill Black (1,2,5,7-10); Bob Mosher (3,4,6)
Inks Wes Smith (1-4,6,8); Bill Black (3,5,7,9,10)
Notes Black and white.

2 page Stormy Tempest story "The Space Hag"

Characters Stormy Tempest; The Space Hag; Yik
Synopsis Stormy Tempest tracks the Space Hag across the galaxy to stop her. When she catches up to her on the Space Hag's planet she is captured by Yik. The Space Hag commands Yik to throw her off the cliff but the Yik likes Stormy better so she throws the Space Hag off instead.
Genre Science Fiction; Superhero
Script Bill Black
Pencils Bill Black
Inks Bill Black
Notes Black and white.

4 page Astron story "Encounter"

Characters Astron (first appearance); Roach; Sissy; Old Man Johnson (really an agent of Vortex) (death)
Synopsis Sissy and Roach see what they think are a shooting star but it changes directions and heads right toward them. Roach runs away but Sissy stays to see the object float to earth and become Astron. Astron immediately kills Old Man Johnson (the groundskeeper) because he can see that he is really an agent of Vortex.
Genre Science Fiction; Superhero
Script Bill Black
Pencils Bill Black
Inks Bill Black
Notes Black and white.

1 page Tara text article "Information on this issue"

Characters Tara Fremont
Synopsis Background and information on this issue's stories, including some credits information and a drawing of Tara.
Genre Jungle; Superhero
Script Bill Black
Pencils Bill Black
Inks Bill Black
Notes Inside back cover, it is printed in black and white on blue paper.

1 page Tara illustration "Tara"

Characters Tara
Genre Jungle; Superhero
Pencils Bill Black
Inks Bill Black
Notes Cover is printed in black and white on blue paper. Back cover, includes price.