Tarzan 1942-Up

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Tarzan by Harold Foster and Burne Hogarth  (1400-) 1st Appearance January 7, 1929, 1st Sunday March 15, 1931, 1st Hal Foster Sunday September 27, 1931, 1st Burne Hogarth Sunday May 9th, 1937 - The presentation of Tarzan in the daily and sunday comics page was as much about the art as it was about the stories.   The origins of the strip go back to the novels and classic stories by the prolific Edgar Rice Burroughs, one of the most famous of early popular-culture writers.   The popularity of those offerings became the impetus to bring Tarzan to the daily comic page.    A young Harold Foster supported by Rex Maxon created picture and text dailies which were direct adaptations of Burrough's novels.  Those were received well with the public, which made the call for a sunday color version.  The originating artists reversed order with Maxon starting the effort, soon to be taken over by Foster.  Foster developed his superior style on Tarzan, although he kept the presentation conservative and constrained to standard frames for the most part.    He would leave the strip in 1937 to create his true masterpiece, Prince Valiant.   The choice for his replacement was a young Burne Hogarth.  Again Tarzan would be the vehicle for another grand master of cartooning to develop his style.    Under Hogarth, Tarzan became a study in physique presentation in motion.   The quality of movement that Hogarth added through his highly detailed drawing of sinew gave Tarzan a dynamic quality that was truly unique in comics.  Burne Hogarth gave us two long stints of his mastery, which only got better with time.  The third grandmaster of cartooning to work on Tarzan came in the late 1960's when Russ Manning agreed to take over the duties.   In many respects Manning's stint was the highest quality,  combining the motion qualities of Hogarth with superior mood presentation through wonderful shadowing.  Sadly, carraige of the strip waned with the popular trend away from adventure comics, but it still runs today and is very popular overseas.  The market for Tarzan is very good.  Sunday fulls, especially those with logos are very good sellers at modest premium.  High premium pages are any from the brief early Maxon stint on the sundays and the earliest 1931 Hogarth sundays.   Firsts for Hogarth and Manning also command high premium.   Early dailies including the first set created by Foster demand a high premium as well.  Common dailies and sundays also sell quite well. 
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Tarzan 1942-Up Tarzan Dailies

Sunday Comics
Item # Date-#-size* Condition* Price Notes
Note: All of the Fulls and Tabs I have listed contain the Tarzan Header Logo unless noted otherwise
S1400-0378 1942/01/11 - T FR/FR/FR-G $1.00 No Logo, On reverse Blondie by Chic Young
S1400-0379 1942/02/08 - T FR/G/FR $1.00 No Logo, On reverse Blondie by Chic Young
S1400-0380 1942/04/26 - T FR-G/G/FR $2.00 No Logo, On reverse Blondie by Chic Young
S1400-0381 1942/05/31 - T FR-G/FR/G $3.00 On reverse Joe Palooka by Ham Fisher
S1400-0382 1942/06/07 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Boots(HT), Pepsi an' Pete ad(HT)
S1400-0383 1942/06/14 - T VG/VG/VG $5.00 On reverse Joe Palooka by Ham Fisher
S1400-0384 1942/06/21 - T VG/VG/VG $5.00 On reverse Our Boarding House by Gene Ahern
S1400-0385 1942/06/28 - T FR/FR/G $1.00 No Logo, On reverse Blondie by Chic Young
S1400-0386 1942/07/05 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Blondie by Chic Young
S1400-0387 1942/09/13 - T VG/VG/VG $5.00 On reverse Joe Palooka by Ham Fisher
S1400-0388 1942 - 17H G/FR-G/G $51.00 On reverse Joe Palooka(1H), Dixie Dugan(1H), Our Boarding House(1TT), Terry & the Pirates(1H0, Capt. Easy(1H), Freckles(1H), Broncho Bill(2H), Draftie(1H), Timid Soul(1H) (1/4, 1/18, 2/1, 2/8, 3/22, 5/17, 6/7, 6/14, 6/28, 7/12, 9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 10/25, 12/6-12/20)
S1400-0389 1943/01/10 - T VG/G-VG/VG $5.00 On reverse Capt Easy by Roy Crane
S1400-0390 1943/02/07 - T VG/G-VG/VG $5.00 On reverse Our Boarding House by Gene Ahern
S1400-0391 1943/03/14 - T FR/FR/VG $2.00 On reverse Polly & her Pals by Cliff Sterrett
S1400-0392 1943/06/27 - T BW VG/VG/VG $1.00 in spanish, On reverse BW Bringing Up Father by George McManus
S1400-0393 1943/07/04 - T BW G/G/VG $1.00 in spanish, No reverse
S1400-0394 1943/08/08 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Our Boarding House by Gene Ahern
S1400-0395 1943/10/31 - T G/FR-G/G $4.00 On reverse Blondie by Chic Young
S1400-0396 1943 - 4H, 2TH G/G/VG $15.00 On reverse Joe Palooka(1H), Bunky(2H), Freckles(1H) (1/3-1/24, 11/7, 12/19)
S1400-0677 1944/05 - 4H VG/VG/VG $12.00 On reverse BWP Tillie the Toiler by Russ Westover(4TH)
S1400-0678 1944/06 - 4H VG/VG/VG $12.00 On reverse BWP Tillie the Toiler by Russ Westover(3TH), BWP Mickey Mouse(1TH)
S1400-0679 1944/07/30 - T G-VG/G-VG/VG $5.00 On reverse Babe 'n Horace/Boots Paper Doll/Pepsi & Pete ad(T)
S1400-0680 1944/07 - 5H VG/VG/VG $15.00 On reverse BWP Tillie the Toiler by Russ Westover(5TH)
S1400-0681 1944/08 - 4H VG/VG/VG $12.00 On reverse BWP Tillie the Toiler by Russ Westover(4TH)
S1400-0682 1944/09 - 4H G/G/G $9.00 On reverse BWP Tillie the Toiler by Russ Westover(3TH), BWP Mickey Mouse(1TH)
S1400-0397 1944/10/08 - T G/G/G $5.00 No Logo, On reverse Blondie by Chic Yound(T)
S1400-0683 1944/10 - 5H VG/VG/VG $15.00 On reverse BWP Tillie the Toiler by Russ Westover(4TH), BWP Donald Duck(1TH)
S1400-0684 1944/11 - 4H VG/VG/VG $12.00 On reverse BWP Tillie the Toiler by Russ Westover(4TH)
S1400-0685 1944/12 - 5H VG/VG/VG $15.00 On reverse BWP Tillie the Toiler by Russ Westover(4TH), BWP Donald Duck(1TH)
Ruben Moreira begins
S1400-0399 1946/01/06 - H G/G/VG $3.00 No reverse
S1400-0686 1946/01/27 - H VG/VG/VG $5.00 On reverse Vic Flint(#4) by Michael O'Malley & Ralph Lane(H)
S1400-0400 1946/01 - 2TH VG/VG/VG $4.00 On reverse Mickey Finn(1TH), Girls(1TH) (1/13, 1/20)
S1400-0401 1946/02/17 - TH VG/VG/VG $2.00 On reverse Mary Worth by Ken Ernst(TH)
S1400-0687 1946/04 - 2H VG/VG/VG $6.00 On reverse Bobby Sox/Betty 'b' Ho Hum(1H), Jane Arden(1TH)(, (4/7, 4/21)
Burne Hogarth returns
S1400-0423 1948/12/12 - TH G-VG/G/VG $3.00 On reverse Red Ryder by Fred Harman(H)
S1400-0688 1948/04/24 - T G-VG/G/VG $4.00 On reverse Babe 'n' Horace/Boots Paper Doll/Post Toasties Comic Rings Premium ad(T)
Burne Hogarth ends
S1400-0425 1954/07/04 - T G/G/G $3.00 On reverse Blondie by Chic Young
S1400-0426 1954/06/19 - T G/G/G $3.00 On reverse Blondie by Chic Young
S1400-0612 1964 - 5H, 4TH G/G/VG $14.00 On reverse Little Orphan Annie(5H), Rex Morgan MD(1TH), Big George(1TH), Dondi(1TH) (1/19, 1/26, 2/16, 4/19, 7/5, 9/6, 9/20, 10/4, 11/8)
S1400-0613 1965 - 1TH G/G/VG $1.00 On reverse Dondi(1TH) (6/6)
S1400-0427 1968 - 4TH G/G/G $4.00 On reverse Tom Trick(1TH), Eb & Flo(3TH)(6/2, 6/23, 12/1, 12/29)
S1400-0428 1969 - 3TH G/G/G $3.00 On reverse Captain Easy(2TH), Eb & Flo(1TH)(1/19, 3/23, 12/7)

Daily Comics Sets
Item # Title Date-# Size* Condition* Price Notes
D1400-0001 Tarzan 1930/09 - 26 4x12R G $26.00 by Harold Foster 'Son of Tarzan'
D1400-0004 Tarzan 1930/12 - 27 4x12R G $27.00 by Harold Foster 'Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar'
D1400-0005 Tarzan 1933/11 - 26 5x12R G $26.00 by Harold Foster 'Tarzan the Terrible'

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