Tarzan of the Apes

This 1972 Watson-Guptill Publications volume collects Burne Hogarth’s celebrated 1930s newspaper strip adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s original novel. The single issue distills the classic origin story—the young orphan raised by apes in the African jungle—into a single, lavishly illustrated narrative. Hogarth’s dynamic, muscular art and innovative panel compositions defined the visual language of the character for generations. It remains a landmark in comic strip history, showcasing the medium’s capacity for epic, expressive storytelling.