Jungle Tales of Tarzan (1964) comic books
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Issue #2
Published Mar 1965 by Charlton Comics Group.$4.80
Cover by Sam Glanzman. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Pat Masulli, Bill Fraccio, Tony Tallarico and Joe Gill. Charlton Comics, believing Tarzan to be a public-domain character, produced this short-lived series before the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate made them cease and desist. It's an unauthorized adaptation of Burroughs' Jungle Tales of Tarzan, telling tales of a young Tarzan before he met Jane. An unusual item for the Tarzan collector. When a renegade ape abducts Tarzan's friend Teeka, he takes off in pursuit, in a story with great art by comics legend Sam Glanzman. In a tale of Tarzan's early life, a lunar eclipse leads him to adventure as he tries to save the moon. Plus tales of life in Africa and among the apes. The Battle for Teeka; The Lost Temple of Laas; A Family Man; Tarzan Rescues the Moon; Earth in Space. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Issue #4
Published Jul 1965 by Charlton Comics Group.$7.00
View scans- Cover oxidation, warping.
Cover by Pat Masulli and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Bill Montes, Ernie Bache, Frank McLaughlin and Joe Gill. Charlton Comics, believing Tarzan to be a public-domain character, produced this short-lived series before the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate made them cease and desist. It's an unauthorized adaptation of Burroughs' Jungle Tales of Tarzan, telling tales of a young Tarzan before he met Jane. An unusual item for the Tarzan collector. Tarzan tries to teach the ape tribe how to resist lions by dressing in a lionskin, but that almost backfires in a deadly way. Then he uses the lionskin to prank the natives of a nearby village, but a real lion shows up. Plus deadly facts about the crocodile. The Lion; Just Jungle; A Jungle Joke; Crocodile Tears. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
