Tarzan Large Feature Comic #5 GD+ 2.5 1939 For Sale

Lower corner of front cover is missing with internal glue residue.2" partially closed tear from top edge of front cover.Minor corner and edge chipping to multiple pages. Staple rust: Slight.

This is a low grade item. The story will be complete and readable, but the item itself will have major defects. Allowed defects for this grade include: vertical book-length crease, spine split up to two inches long, detached cover or centerfold, writing or other marks on the cover, major tears, piece or pieces missing, water damage, heavy discoloration or brittleness due to oxidation, and other types of discoloration, staining, or brittleness.

Stories and art by Hal Foster and Henry E. Vallely. Dell's Large Feature Comic reprinted classic comic strips. This issue reprints the very first Tarzan daily comic strips from 1929, a direct adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' first Tarzan novel, Tarzan of the Apes. The art is by future Prince Valiant creator and comics legend Hal Foster, with new art for this volume by illustrator Henry E. Vallely. The son of shipwrecked Lord and Lady Greystoke is born while they are marooned in the African jungle. Raised by a tribe of apes, he becomes the legendary wild man Tarzan. Years later, when he encounters Jane and her party in the jungle, he reconnects with his human past and hears the call to adventure. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in, 72 pages, B&W.

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