Tarzan

Tarzan is the legendary jungle hero — a British nobleman orphaned as an infant in the African wilderness and raised by apes — whose adventures Edgar Rice Burroughs first brought to comics pages in this early Dell adaptation.

Few characters carry the mythic weight of Tarzan, the jungle lord who swung into comics in 1939's Large Feature Comic #5 — a Golden Age debut shepherded by the legendary creative hands of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Hal Foster, and Henry Vallely. Born of pulp literature and brought to vivid illustrated life, this icon has proven astonishingly enduring, with a comics presence stretching across an remarkable 87 years and 265 catalogued appearances, anchored most deeply in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and lovingly preserved in archival volumes like Tarzan in Color. Three of those appearances carry key-issue status, a testament to his collector significance, and the rarefied company he keeps — sharing pages with the likes of Superman, Batman, and Clark Kent — speaks to a character whose stature places him comfortably among comics' most towering figures. Whether you're a Golden Age devotee, a Dell enthusiast, or simply a fan of adventure storytelling at its most elemental, Tarzan's comics legacy is as vast and untamed as the world he inhabits.