Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by apes, who later returns to civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. Tarzan of the Apes is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in a series of books about the title character Tarzan. A feral child ( Feral, Wild, or undomesticated) is a human child who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age and has no (or little Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan first appeared in the novel Tarzan of the Apes (magazine publication 1912, book publication 1914), and then in twenty-three sequels and innumerable works in other media, authorized or not. Edgar Rice Burroughs ( September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author best known for his creation of the jungle hero A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Tarzan of the Apes is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in a series of books about the title character Tarzan. The year 1912 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1914 in literature involved some significant events and new books

Contents 1 The Tarzan character 1.1 Skills and abilities 2 Literature 2.1 Critical reception 2.2 Unauthorized works 3 Tarzan in film and other non-print media 3.1 Film 3.2 Radio 3.3 Television 3.4 Stage 3.5 Video and computer games 3.6 Ephemera 4 Tarzan in comics 5 Works inspired by Tarzan 6 Trivia 7 Bibliography 7.1 by Edgar Rice Burroughs 7.2 By other authors 8 See also 9 Footnotes 10 External links

The Tarzan character

Tarzan is the son of a British Lord and Lady who were marooned on the West coast of Africa by mutineers. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A Lady is a Woman who is the counterpart of a Lord, as opposed to lady, the counterpart of a Gentleman. Marooning is leaving someone behind on purpose in an uninhabited area such as an uninhabited island Mutiny is a conspiracy among members of a group of similarly-situated individuals (typically members of the Military; or the Crew of any ship even Tarzan's parents died when he was an infant, and he was raised by the Mangani, Great Apes of a species unknown to science. Mangani is the name of a fictional species of great apes in the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, as well as the invented language used by these apes Kala is his ape mother. Tarzan (White-skin) is his ape name; his English name is John Clayton, Lord Greystoke (according to Burroughs; Earl of Greystoke in later, non-canonical sources, notably the 1984 movie Greystoke). English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan Lord of the Apes is a 1984 British film directed by Hugh Hudson and based on Edgar Rice Burroughs As a young adult, he meets a young American woman, Jane Porter, who along with her father and others of their party is marooned at exactly the same spot on the African coast where Tarzan's parents were twenty years earlier. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Jane Porter (later Jane Clayton Lady Greystoke) is a major character in Edgar Rice Burroughs 's series of Tarzan When she returns to America, he leaves the jungle in search of her, his one true love. In later books, Tarzan and Jane marry and he lives with her for a time in England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland They have one son, Jack, who takes the ape name Korak the Killer. Tarzan is contemptuous of the hypocrisy of civilization, and he and Jane return to Africa, making their home on an extensive estate that becomes a base for Tarzan's later adventures. Hypocrisy (or the state of being a hypocrite) is the act of preaching a certain belief religion or way of life but not in fact holding these same virtues oneself A Civilization is a society in which large numbers of people share a variety of common elements

In Tarzan, Burroughs created an extreme example of a hero figure largely unalloyed with character flaws or faults. He is described as being Caucasian, extremely athletic, tall, handsome, and tanned, with grey eyes and black hair. Emotionally, he is courageous, loyal and steady. He is intelligent and learns new languages easily. He is presented as behaving ethically, at least by Burroughs' definitions, in most situations, except when seeking vengeance under the motivation of grief, as when his ape mother Kala is killed in Tarzan of the Apes, or when he believes Jane has been murdered in Tarzan the Untamed. He is deeply in love with his wife and totally devoted to her, and in numerous situations where other women express their attraction to Tarzan, politely but firmly declines their attentions. When presented with a situation where a weaker individual or party is being preyed upon by a stronger foe, Tarzan invariably takes the part of the weaker party. In dealing with other men Tarzan is firm and forceful. With male friends he is reserved but deeply loyal and generous. As a host he is likewise generous and gracious. As a leader he commands devoted loyalty.

In contrast to these noble characteristics, Tarzan's philosophy embraces an extreme form of "return to nature". Although he is able to pass within society as a civilized individual, he prefers to "strip off the thin veneer of civilization", as Burroughs often puts it. ^[1] His preferred dress is a knife and a loincloth of animal hide, his preferred abode is a convenient tree branch which happens to be nearby when he desires to sleep, and his favored food is raw meat, killed by himself; even better if he is able to bury it a week so that putrefaction has had a chance to tenderize it a bit. A loincloth is a one-piece male garment sometimes kept in place by a belt, which covers the

Tarzan's primitivist philosophy was absorbed by countless fans, amongst whom was Jane Goodall, who describes the Tarzan series as having a major influence on her childhood. Dame Jane Goodall, DBE (born Valerie Jane Morris Goodall on 3 April 1934) is an English UN Messenger of Peace primatologist She states that she felt she would be a much better spouse for Tarzan than his fictional wife, Jane, and that when she first began to live among and study the chimpanzees she was fulfilling her childhood dream of living among the great apes just as Tarzan did. Chimpanzee (often shortened to chimp) is the common name for the two extant Species of Apes in the Genus Pan. ^[2]

Skills and abilities

In many ways, Tarzan's jungle upbringing gave him abilities above and beyond those of ordinary humans. These abilities include climbing, clinging, and leaping as well as any great ape, as well as walking on all fours exceptionally well, despite his human frame. His senses are enhanced; he is able to smell food or poachers at least two thirds of a mile away, and hear approaching stampedes from two. He can read body language exceptionally well. He is an excellent judge of character.

His strength, speed, agility, reflexes, balance, flexibility, reaction time, and swimming abilities are much better than normal. He has wrestled full grown bull apes and gorillas, rhinos, crocodiles, anacondas, sharks, big cats and even dinosaurs (when he visited Pellucidar). Pellucidar is a fictional Hollow Earth milieu invented by Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs for a series of action adventure stories He has bent iron bars in his bare hands and easily lifted large treasure chests one-handed that four burly sailors had trouble with. His aim never fails.

He is capable of communicating with every species of animal in the jungle, short of predators. He can recover from wounds that would kill normal men, such as gunshot wounds to the head. He was trained as a soldier in WWI and possesses advanced learning skills which enabled him to teach himself how to read with nothing but a few books. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All He is attacked by a sorcerer who is using a magic rock for mind control, only to discover Tarzan is immune to mental probing. Eventually, Tarzan becomes immortal due to a witch doctor's potion.

Literature

Tarzan has been called one of the best-known literary characters in the world. ^[3] In addition to more than two dozen books by Burroughs and a handful more by authors with the blessing of Burroughs' estate, the character has appeared in films, radio, television, comic strips, and comic books. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Numerous parodies and pirated works have also appeared.

Science fiction author Philip José Farmer wrote Tarzan Alive!, a biography of Tarzan utilizing the frame device that he was a real person. Philip José Farmer (born January 26 1918) is an American Author, principally known for his Science fiction and fantasy Tarzan Alive A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke (Doubleday hardback A frame story (also frame tale, frame narrative, etc is a narrative technique whereby an introductory main story is composed at least in part for the purpose of In Farmer's fictional universe, Tarzan, along with Doc Savage and Sherlock Holmes, are the cornerstones of the Wold Newton family. Doc Savage is a Fictional character, one of the Pulp heroes of the 1930s and 1940s Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887

Even though the copyright on Tarzan of the Apes has expired in the United States of America, the name Tarzan is still protected as a trademark of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.^[4] Also, the work remains under copyright in some other countries where copyright terms are longer. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A trademark or trade mark, represented by the symbols ™ and ®, or mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc is an American company founded in 1923 by author Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Critical reception

While Tarzan of the Apes met with some critical success, subsequent books in the series received a cooler reception. They have been criticized for being derivative and formulaic. The characters are often said to be two-dimensional, the dialogue wooden, and the storytelling devices (such as excessive reliance on coincidence) strain credibility. Coincidence is the noteworthy alignment of two or more events or circumstances without obvious causal connection While Burroughs is not a polished novelist, he is a vivid storyteller, and many of his novels are still in print. ^[5]

Despite critical panning, the Tarzan stories have been amazingly popular. Fans love his melodramatic situations and the elaborate details he works into his fictional world, such as his construction of a partial language for his great apes. Melodrama refers to theatre in which music is used to increase the spectator's emotional response or to suggest character types ^[6]

Since the beginning of the 1970's, Tarzan books and movies have often been criticized as being blatantly racist. List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that ^[7] The early books give an overwhelmingly negative and stereotypical portrayal of native Africans, both "Arab" and Black. A stereotype (from Greek: stereo + týpos = "solid impression" is a generalized perception of first impressions behaviors presumed by a group The term African people can refer to people who live in Africa, or people who trace their ancestry to Indigenous inhabitants of Africa. The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding Black is the Color of objects that do not emit or Reflect Light in any part of the Visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of In The Return of Tarzan, Arabs are "surley looking" and say things like "dog of a Christian", while blacks are "lithe, ebon warriors, gesticulating and jabbering". Other ethnic groups and social classes are likewise rendered as stereotypes; this was the custom in popular fiction of the time. A Swede has "a long yellow moustache, an unwholesome complexion, and filthy nails" and Russians cheat at cards. Royalty (excepting the House of Greystoke), is invariably effete. ^[8] In later books, there is an attempt to portray Africans in a more realistic light. For example, in "Tarzan's Quest", while the hero is still Tarzan, and the Black Africans relatively primitive, they are portrayed as individuals, with good and bad traits, and the main villains have white skins. Burroughs never does get over his distaste for European royalty, though. ^[9]

Burroughs' opinions, made known mainly through the narrative voice in the stories, reflect common attitudes, widely held in his time, which in a 21st-century context would be considered racist and sexist. Sexism is the belief or attitude that one Gender or Sex is inferior to or less valuable than the other and can also refer to a Hatred or distrust towards The author is not especially mean-spirited in his attitudes. His heroes do not engage in violence against women or in racially motivated violence. Violence against women is a technical term used to collectively refer to violent acts that are primarily or exclusively committed against women. Ethnic hatred, inter-ethnic hatred, racial hatred, or ethnic tension refers to feelings and acts of Prejudice and hostility towards an Still, the attitudes of a superior-inferior relationship are plain and occasionally explicit; according to James Loewen's Sundown Towns, this may be a vestige of Burroughs having been from Oak Park, Illinois, a former Sundown town (a town that forbids non-whites from living within it--or it may very well be the fact these were common attitudes at the turn of the century). James (Jim W Loewen (b February 6, 1942) is a sociologist Professor, and author whose best known work is Lies My Teacher Told Me Everything Oak Park Illinois is a suburb bordering the west side of the City of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. A sundown town is a Neologism invented in 2005 by James Loewen to refer to a community in the United States where non- whites — especially

Like many men of his time, Burrough's racism was part of what he absorbed from the culture around him. When Burroughs moved to Hollywood, his attitudes became much more liberal, and the later Tarzan books include heavy-handed satire of sexism, racism, and organized religion. Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human ^[10] In Jungle Tales of Tarzan, Tarzan adopts a little Black boy, and teaches him jungle lore. Whites who mistreat blacks are portrayed as in the wrong, and if his view of Blacks is by-and-large negative, his view of whites is no better. As for sexism, in Tarzan's Quest, we have a situation in which Jane aknowledges that a man should "naturally" be the leader of their little band, but, since none of the men present are competent to undertake the task, she assumes leadership herself.

Unauthorized works

After Burroughs' death a number of writers produced new Tarzan stories without the permission of his estate. In some instances, the estate managed to prevent publication of such unauthorized pastiches. The most notable exception in the United States was a series of five novels by the pseudonymous "Barton Werper" that appeared 1964-65 by Gold Star Books. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the As a result of legal action by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., they were taken off the market and remaining copies destroyed. Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc is an American company founded in 1923 by author Edgar Rice Burroughs. Similar series appeared in other countries, notably Argentina, Israel, and some Arab countries. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics.

In Israel in the 1950s and early 1960s there was a thriving industry of locally-produced Tarzan adventures published weekly in 24-page brochures by several competing publishing houses, none of which bothered to get any authorization from the Burroughs estate. The stories featured Tarzan in contemporary Africa, a popular theme being his fighting against the Mau Mau in 1950s Kenya and single-handedly crushing their revolt several times over. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south He also fought a great variety of monsters, vampires and invaders from outer space infesting the African jungles, and discovered several more lost cities and cultures in addition to the ones depicted in the Burroughs canon. Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living Some brochures had him meet with Israelis and take Israel's side against her Arab enemies, especially Nasser's Egypt. The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding Gamal Abdel Nasser (جمال عبد الناصر Gamāl ‘Abd an-Nāṣir; - January 15 1918 September 28 1970) was the second President This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics.

None of the brochures ever bore a writer's name, and the various publishers - "Elephant Publishing" (Hebrew: הוצאת הפיל), "Rhino Publishing" (Hebrew: הוצאת הקרנף) and several similar names - provided no more of an address than POB numbers in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Tel Aviv-Yafo (תֵּל ־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ تل أبيب Tal ʾAbīb) (usually Tel Aviv) is the second-largest city in Israel Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the These Tarzan brochures were extremely popular among Israeli youths of the time, successfully competing with the numerous Hebrew translations of the original Tarzan novels, and are recalled with nostalgia by many Israelis now in their fifties. The Tarzan brochures faded out by the middle 1960s, surviving copies at present fetching high prices as collectors' items in the Israeli used-book market. Researcher Eli Eshed has spent considerable time and effort on the Tarzan brochures and other Israeli pulp magazines and paperbacks. Eli Eshed is an Israeli researcher of Popular culture who has spent considerable time and effort analyzing the Israeli Pulp magazines and Paperbacks Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as "the pulps" were inexpensive Fiction magazines See:^[11][12] - and^[13] (Hebrew website with cover of "Tarzan's War Against the Germans").

The popularity of Tarzan in Israel had some effect on the spoken Hebrew language. As it happens, "tarzan" (Hebrew: טרזן) is a long-established Hebrew word, translatable as "dandy, fop, coxcomb" (according to R. Alcalay's Complete Hebrew-English Dictionary of 1990). However, a word could not survive with that meaning while being identical with the name of a popular fictional character usually depicted as wearing a loincloth and jumping from tree to tree in the jungle. Since the 1950s the word in its original meaning has completely disappeared from the spoken language, and is virtually unknown to Hebrew speakers at present - though still duly appearing in dictionaries.

In the 1950s Syria and Lebanon also saw the flourishing of unauthorized Tarzan stories. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية As could be expected, Tarzan in this version was a staunch supporter of the Arab cause and helped his Arab friends foil various fiendish Israeli plots. ^[14]

Tarzan in film and other non-print media

Main article: Tarzan in film and other non-print media

Film

The Internet Movie Database lists 88 movies with Tarzan in the title between 1918 and 1999. Tarzan, a Fictional character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1912 Novel Tarzan of the Apes, and The first Tarzan movies were silent pictures adapted from the original Tarzan novels which appeared within a few years of the character's creation. With the advent of talking pictures, a popular Tarzan movie franchise was developed, anchored at first by actor Johnny Weissmüller in the title role, which lasted from the 1930s through the 1960s. Johnny Weissmuller (June 2 1904 &ndash January 20 1984 was an American swimmer and Actor who was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s winning Tarzan films from the 1930s on often featured Tarzan's chimpanzee companion, Cheeta. This article is about a famous chimpanzee For the species of big cat, see Cheetah. Later Tarzan films have been occasional and somewhat idiosyncratic. Disney’s animated Tarzan (1999) marked a new beginning for the ape man, taking its inspiration equally from Burroughs and Greystoke. Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner was established Tarzan is a 1999 Animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 18, Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan Lord of the Apes is a 1984 British film directed by Hugh Hudson and based on Edgar Rice Burroughs

Radio

Tarzan was the hero of two popular radio programs. The first aired from 1932-1936 with James Pierce in the role of Tarzan. James Hubert Pierce ( August 8, 1900 - December 11, 1983) of Shelbyville Indiana, was the fourth actor to portray Tarzan The second ran from 1951-1953 with Lamont Johnson in the title role. LaMont Johnson (1941-1999 was an American Jazz Pianist who has played in the Hard bop and post- bop genres ^[15]

Television

Television later emerged as the primary vehicle bringing the character to the public. In 1958, movie Tarzan Gordon Scott filmed three episodes for a prospective television series. Gordon Scott ( August 3, 1926 - April 30, 2007) was an American actor known for his portrayal of Tarzan in five films (and one compilation The program did not sell, but a different live action Tarzan series starring Ron Ely ran on NBC from 1966-1968. Tarzan aired on NBC from 1966 – 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan (played by Ron Ely) as a well-educated character Ronald Pierce "Ron" Ely (born June 2, 1938) is the stage name of the American actor and novelist born in Hereford Texas. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's An animated series from Filmation, Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, aired from 1976–1977, followed by the anthology programs Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour (1977–1978), Tarzan and the Super 7 (1978–1980), The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour (1980–1981), and The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour) (1981–1982). For the unrelated isometric graphics engine used by Ultimate Play the Game in their 8-bit computer games see Filmation engine. Tarzan Lord of the Jungle is also the title of the eleventh novel in the original Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour is a Filmation series that ran on CBS during the 1977–1978 television season Tarzan and the Super 7, was a Saturday morning cartoon series produced by Filmation and originally airing from 1978–1980 The Tarzan / Lone Ranger adventure hour is an animated television series produced by Filmation that aired on CBS during the early 1980s The Tarzan / Lone Ranger adventure hour is an animated television series produced by Filmation that aired on CBS during the early 1980s Joe Lara starred in the title role in Tarzan in Manhattan (1989), an offbeat TV movie, and later returned in a completely different interpretation in Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996), a new live-action series. William Joseph Lara (born October 2, 1962 in San Diego, California) is an American actor and musician Tarzan in Manhattan (1989 is an Action Adventure CBS television movie. Tarzan The Epic Adventures is a syndicated series that aired for one season ( 1996 –1997 In between the two productions with Lara, Tarzán, a half-hour syndicated series ran from 1991 through 1994. Tarzán was a half-hour syndicated series that aired 1991 – 1994. In this version of the show, Tarzan was portrayed as a blond environmentalist, with Jane turned into a French ecologist. Disney’s animated series The Legend of Tarzan (2001-2003) was a spin-off from its animated film. The Legend of Tarzan is an Animated Television series created by The Walt Disney Company in 2000, based on the Tarzan character The latest television series was the live-action Tarzan (2003), which starred male model Travis Fimmel and updated the setting to contemporary New York City, with Jane as a police detective. Tarzan is an American television series that premiered on 5 October 2003 on The WB. Travis Fimmel (born July 15 1979 near Echuca Victoria, Australia) is an Australian Fashion model and Actor who currently The City of New York The series was cancelled after only eight episodes. A 1981 television special, The Muppets Go to the Movies, features a short sketch entitled "Tarzan and Jane. " Lily Tomlin plays Jane opposite The Great Gonzo as Tarzan. Mary Jean “Lily” Tomlin (born September 1 1939 is an American Actress, Comedian, Writer and producer who has won several Gonzo (aka Gonzo the Great or The Great Gonzo or Fraunk B) is a puppet character one of Jim Henson 's Muppets. In addition, the Muppets have made reference to Tarzan on half a dozen occasions since the 1960s.

Stage

A 1921 Broadway production of Tarzan of The Apes starred Ronald Adair as Tarzan and Ethel Dwyer as Jane Porter. In 1976, Richard O'Brien wrote a musical entitled "T. Richard Timothy Smith (born March 25 1942) better known under his Stage name Richard O'Brien, is an English-born New Zealand-raised Zee", loosely based on Tarzan but restyled in a rock idiom. Tarzan, a musical stage adaptation of the 1999 animated feature, opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway on May 10, 2006. Tarzan is a stage musical based on the Disney film of the same name and the story by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Richard Rodgers Theatre, in New York City, was built by Irwin Chanin in 1925 Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The show, a Disney Theatrical production, was directed and designed by Bob Crowley. Walt Disney Theatrical Productions, informally known as Walt Disney Theatrical, is the stageplay The same version of Tarzan that was played at the Richard Rodgers Theatre is being played throughout Europe and has been a huge success in Holland. The Richard Rodgers Theatre, in New York City, was built by Irwin Chanin in 1925 The Broadway show closed on July 8, 2007. Tarzan also appeared in the Tarzan Rocks! show at the Theatre in the Wild at Walt Disney World Resort's Disney's Animal Kingdom. Walt Disney World Resort is the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world containing four Theme parks two Water parks twenty-three themed hotels Disney's Animal Kingdom is a Theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. The show closed in 2006.

Video and computer games

In the mid-1980s there was an arcade video game called Jungle King that featured a Tarzan-like character in a loin cloth. Jungle Hunt is a one- or Two-player Side-scrolling Arcade game produced by Taito in 1982. A game under the title Tarzan Goes Ape was released in the 1980s for the Commodore 64. A Tarzan computer game by Michael Archer was produced by Martech. Martech Games Ltd was a Video game publisher active between 1982 and 1989. Disney's Tarzan had seen video games released for the PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color. The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console The, often abbreviated as N64, is Nintendo 's third home Video game console for the international market The is Nintendo 's successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November 19, 1998 Tarzan also appeared in the PS2 game Kingdom Hearts, although this Tarzan was shown in the Disney context, not the original conceptional idea of Tarzan by Bourroughs. is an Action role-playing game developed and published by Squaresoft (now Square Enix) in 2002 for the PlayStation 2 Video game console In the first Rayman, a Tarzan-like version of Rayman named Tarayzan appears in the Dream Forest. Rayman is an Anthropomorphic Video game character and is the official mascot of the video game publisher Ubisoft.

Ephemera

There have been several Tarzan View-Master reels and packets, plus numerous Tarzan coloring books, children's books, follow-the-dots and activity books. View-Master ® is a trademark for a device for viewing seven 3-D images (also known as stereo images on a paper disk

Tarzan in comics

Main article: Tarzan (comics)

Tarzan of the Apes was adapted in newspaper strip form, in early 1929, with illustrations by Hal Foster. Tarzan, a Fictional character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1912 Novel Tarzan of the Apes, and Harold ("Hal" Rudolf Foster ( August 18, 1892 in Halifax, Nova Scotia &ndash July 25, 1982) was a Canadian A full page Sunday strip began March 15, 1931 by Rex Maxon. Comic strip formats vary widely from publication to publication so that the same Comic strip may appear in half a dozen different formats with different numbers of panels See also Comic strip A Sunday strip is a Newspaper Comic strip format where comic strips are printed in the Sunday newspaper usually in a Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Over the years, many artists have drawn the Tarzan comic strip, notably Burne Hogarth, Russ Manning, and Mike Grell. Burne Hogarth ( December 25, 1911 - January 28, 1996) was an American Cartoonist illustrator educator author and theoretician Russell Manning (born 1929 California, United States; died 1981 was an American Comic book Artist who created the series Magnus Mike Grell (born 1947 is a Comic book Writer and Artist. Grell studied at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, the Chicago Academy of The daily strip began to reprint old dailies after the last Russ Manning daily (#10,308, which ran on 29 July 1972). Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Sunday strip also turned to reprints circa 2000. Both strips continue as reprints today in a few newspapers and in Comics Revue magazine. Comics Revue is a monthly Small press Comic book published by Manuscript Press. NBM Publishing did a high quality reprint series of the Foster and Hogarth work on Tarzan in a series of hardback and paperback reprints in the 1990s. NBM Publishing is a publisher of Graphic novels located in New York State in the United States

Tarzan has appeared in many comic books from numerous publishers over the years. The character's earliest comic book appearances were in comic strip reprints published in several titles, such as Sparkler, Tip Top Comics and Single Series. Western Publishing published Tarzan in Dell Comics's Four Color Comics #134 & 161 in 1947, before giving him his own series, Tarzan, published through Dell Comics and later Gold Key Comics from Jan-Feb 1948 to February, 1972). Western Publishing, also known as "Western Printing and Lithographing Co Dell Comics was the Comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in Pulp magazines. Four Color, also known as Four Color Comics and One Shots, was an extremely prolific American Comic book Dell Comics was the Comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in Pulp magazines. Gold Key Comics was an Imprint of Western Publishing created for Comic books distributed to Newsstands History Gold Key DC took over the series in 1972, publishing Tarzan #207-258 from April 1972 to February 1977. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company In 1977 the series moved to Marvel Comics, which restarted the numbering rather than assuming that used by the previous publishers. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc Marvel issued Tarzan #1-28 (as well as three Annuals), from June 1977 to October 1979. Following the conclusion of the Marvel series the character had no regular comic book publisher for a number of years. During this period Blackthorne Comics published Tarzan in 1986, and Malibu Comics published Tarzan comics in 1992. Malibu Comics was an American Comic book publisher active in the late 1980s and early 1990s best known for its Ultraverse line of Superhero Dark Horse Comics has published various Tarzan series from 1996 to the present, including reprints of works from previous publishers like Gold Key and DC, and joint projects with other publishers featuring crossovers with other characters. Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent American Comic book publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics

There have also been a number of different comic book projects from other publishers over the years, in addition to various minor appearances of Tarzan in other comic books. The Japanese manga series Jungle no Ouja Ta-chan (King of the Jungle Ta-chan) by Tokuhiro Masaya was based loosely on Tarzan.

In a one off mini series Tarzan teamed with Batman. The art was supplied by Igor Kordey.

Works inspired by Tarzan

In the 1940s, the Finnish writer Lahja Valakivi published several adventure novels about Tarsa karhumies, i. e. , Tarsa the Bear Man. The books were obviously inspired by Tarzan, but they were adapted into a Finnish setting: as there are no apes in Finland, the hero Tarsa was raised by bears instead. ^[16]

In Asia, Philippine Cinema's inclination in satirizing western entertainment produced Starzan, a comedy film loosely based on the original Tarzan franchise. It stars Filipino comedic actor Joey De Leon as Starzan, Rene Requiestas as "Chitae", and Zsa Zsa Padilla as Jane.

Tarzan appears briefly as a character in the book Lust, by Geoff Ryman. Geoffrey Charles Ryman (born 1951 is a writer of Science fiction, Fantasy and surrealistic or " slipstream " fiction

Trivia

• Tarzana, California, where Burroughs made his home, was renamed in honor of Tarzan in 1927. Tarzana (/tɑɹˈzænə/ is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States.
• Michael Heseltine, a former British MP and senior government minister, is nicknamed Tarzan in honour of his having once seized the ceremonial mace in the House of Commons and swung it about his head in the middle of a debate. Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, CH, PC (born 21 March 1933 is a Welsh -born British businessman and Conservative A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. The ceremonial mace is a highly ornamented staff of metal and wood carried before a sovereign or other high official in civic ceremonies by a Mace-bearer, intended This action, together with Heseltine's flowing golden hair, was said to be distinctly in the style of Tarzan. The nickname has also been combined with his name into the portmanteau nickname Hezza.
• The March 1959 issue of Man's Adventure published a story titled “The Man Who Really Was… Tarzan” by Thomas Llewellan Jones. This article claims that Tarzan was based on William Charles Mildin, 14th Earl of Streatham, who supposedly lived among the apes from 1868 (age 11) to 1883, before returning to England. Streatham is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth in the United Kingdom. None of the news stories claimed in the article exist in the archives of the London papers, and there is no record of such an Earl in the British peerage. Nonetheless, the story sometimes resurfaces as “fact. ”

Bibliography

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Main Series

1. Tarzan of the Apes (1912) (Project Gutenberg Entry:[2])
2. The Return of Tarzan (1913) (Project Gutenberg [3])
3. The Beasts of Tarzan (1914) (Project Gutenberg [4])
4. The Son of Tarzan (1914) (Project Gutenberg [5])
5. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (1916) (Project Gutenberg [6])
6. Jungle Tales of Tarzan (1919) (Project Gutenberg [7])
   • "Tarzan's First Love" (1916)
   • "The Capture of Tarzan" (1916)
   • "The Fight for the Balu" (1916)
   • "The God of Tarzan" (1916)
   • "Tarzan and the Black Boy" (1917)
   • "The Witch-Doctor Seeks Vengeance" (1917)
   • "The End of Bukawai" (1917)
   • "The Lion" (1917)
   • "The Nightmare" (1917)
   • "The Battle for Teeka" (1917)
   • "A Jungle Joke" (1917)
   • "Tarzan Rescues the Moon" (1917)
7. Tarzan the Untamed (1920) (Project Gutenberg [8])
   • "Tarzan the Untamed" (1919)
   • "Tarzan and the Valley of Luna" (1920)
8. Tarzan the Terrible (1921) (Project Gutenberg [9])
9. Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1922, 1923)
10. Tarzan and the Ant Men (1924)
11. Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1927, 1928)
12. Tarzan and the Lost Empire (1928)
13. Tarzan at the Earth's Core (1929)
14. Tarzan the Invincible (1930, 1931)
15. Tarzan Triumphant (1931)
16. Tarzan and the City of Gold (1932)
17. Tarzan and the Lion Man (1933, 1934)
18. Tarzan and the Leopard Men (1935)
19. Tarzan's Quest (1935, 1936)
20. Tarzan and the Forbidden City (1938)
21. Tarzan the Magnificent (1939)
    • "Tarzan and the Magic Men" (1936)
    • "Tarzan and the Elephant Men" (1937-1938)
22. Tarzan and the Foreign Legion (1947)
23. Tarzan and the Madman (1964)
24. Tarzan and the Castaways (1965)
    • "Tarzan and the Castaways" (1941)
    • "Tarzan and the Champion" (1940)
    • "Tarzan and the Jungle Murders" (1940)

Other stories

• Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins (1963, for younger readers)
  • "The Tarzan Twins" (1927)
  • "Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins and Jad-Bal-Ja the Golden Lion" (1936)
• Tarzan: the Lost Adventure (with Joe R. Lansdale) (1995)

By other authors

• Barton Werper
  1. Tarzan and the Silver Globe (1964)
  2. Tarzan and the Cave City (1964)
  3. Tarzan and the Snake People (1964)
  4. Tarzan and the Abominable Snowmen (1965)
  5. Tarzan and the Winged Invaders (1965)
  • note: the Werper novels were never authorized by Burroughs, Inc. Tarzan of the Apes is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in a series of books about the title character Tarzan. Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to Digitize, archive and distribute Cultural works The Return of Tarzan is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the second in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. The Beasts of Tarzan is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the third in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. The Son of Tarzan is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fourth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fifth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Jungle Tales of Tarzan is a collection of twelve loosely-connected short stories written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, comprising the sixth book in order of publication Tarzan the Untamed is a book written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the seventh in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Tarzan the Terrible is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the eighth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Tarzan and the Golden Lion is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the ninth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Tarzan and the Ant Men is the tenth book in Edgar Rice Burroughs ' series of novels about the jungle hero Tarzan. Tarzan Lord of the Jungle is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the eleventh in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Tarzan and the Lost Empire is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, generally considered the twelfth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan at the Earth's Core is a Novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, simultaneously the thirteenth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan the Invincible is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fourteenth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Tarzan Triumphant is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fifteenth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Tarzan and the City of Gold is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the sixteenth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Tarzan and the Lion Man is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the seventeenth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Tarzan and the Leopard Men is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the eighteenth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Tarzan's Quest is a 1936 novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the nineteenth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Tarzan and the Forbidden City is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the twentieth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Tarzan the Magnificent is a book written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the twenty-first in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Tarzan and the Foreign Legion is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the twenty-second in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Tarzan and the Madman is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the twenty-third in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Tarzan and the Castaways is a collection of stories written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the twenty-fourth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins is a Tarzan novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs written for younger readers Tarzan the Lost Adventure is a novel written by Joe R Lansdale based on an incomplete fragment of a Tarzan novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs Joe R Lansdale (born October 28, 1951, Gladewater, Texas) is an American author and martial-arts ; they were taken off the market and remaining copies destroyed.

• Fritz Leiber
  • Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)
  • note: this was the first novel authorized by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate, and was numbered as the 25th book in the Tarzan series. This article refers to the science fiction writer For the actor see Fritz Leiber Sr
• Philip José Farmer
  • A character based on Tarzan (Lord Grandrith) appears in the Nine trilogy:
    • A Feast Unknown (circa 1969)
    • Lord of the Trees (circa 1970)
    • The Mad Goblin (circa 1970)
  • Tarzan Alive (1972)--A fictional biography of Tarzan (here Lord Greystoke), which is one of the two foundational books (along with Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life) of the Wold Newton family. Philip José Farmer (born January 26 1918) is an American Author, principally known for his Science fiction and fantasy A Feast Unknown is a Novel written by American author Philip José Farmer. Lord of the Trees is an American Novel by Philip José Farmer. The Mad Goblin is an American Novel by Philip José Farmer. Originally released in 1970, it was one of two intertwining sequels to Tarzan Alive A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke (Doubleday hardback Doc Savage His Apocalyptic Life is a Fictional Biography by Philip José Farmer about pulp fiction hero Doc Savage.
  • The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (1974)
  • Time's Last Gift (1985)
    • Note: this novel explains how Tarzan can be in Ancient Opar (see below)
  • The Dark Heart of Time (1999)
    • Note: this novel was specifically authorized by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate, and references Tarzan by name rather than just by inference.
  • Hadon of Ancient Opar (1974)
  • Flight to Opar (1976)
    • Note: The Opar novels were authorized by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate. Hadon of Ancient Opar is a 1974 Fantasy novel by Philip José Farmer, first published in paperback by DAW Books. Flight to Opar is a 1976 Fantasy novel by Philip José Farmer, first published in paperback by DAW Books. A secondary character of the Opar novels—while not specifically named as "Tarzan"—was intended to be Tarzan by Farmer, and is included as such by most Wold Newton family scholars.

Farmer also wrote a novel based on his own fascination with Tarzan, entitled Lord Tyger, and translated the novel Tarzan of the Apes into Esperanto. Lord Tyger is an American Novel by Philip José Farmer. Originally released in 1970, the book is a Metafictional Pastiche is by far the most widely spoken constructed International auxiliary language in the world

• R. A. Salvatore
  • Tarzan: the Epic Adventures (1996)

• Nigel Cox
  • Tarzan Presley (2004). Robert Anthony Salvatore (born January 20 1959, Leominster, Massachusetts) who writes under the name R Nigel Cox ( January 13, 1951 - July 28, 2006) was a New Zealand author and Museum director with five novels published as This novel combines aspects of Tarzan and Elvis Presley into a single character named Ted Nugent, within New Zealand and American settings. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Upon its release, it was subject to legal action in the United States, and has not been reprinted since its initial publication. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

See also

• Feral children in mythology and fiction
• George of the Jungle
• Gitarzan
• Kreegah bundolo
• Mangani
• Tarzan Boy
• Tarzan yell
• Zembla
• Mowgli

Footnotes

External links

• Official Tarzan and Edgar Rice Burroughs Web Site
• Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Edgar Rice Burroughs Tribute and Weekly Webzine Site
• Free Tarzan eBooks by Project Gutenberg
• Vintage Tarzan Toys

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