Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan adventures were serialized in pulp magazines before reaching book form, their painted covers showcasing exotic action and jungle settings. This cover announces a story centered on a golden lion—a recurring motif in the Tarzan canon. The elegant Art Deco typography and ochre palette reflect the refined presentation pulp publishers used to market adventure fiction to mass audiences. Burroughs's stories, beginning with Tarzan of the Apes in 1912, established templates for jungle adventure that would influence decades of pulp and comic-book narratives: the capable hero, dangerous animals, lost worlds, and romance amid wilderness peril.
About this artifact
- Date
- 1923
- Rights
- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
- Restoration
- Digitally restored and hosted by comicbooks.com.
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