Wednesday Worlds of Wonder BEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR "Tonos Trap"

We should really call this one "Wednesday Worlds of What the Heck?"...

...since this never-reprinted tale from DC's Tarzan Family #61 (1976) has almost nothing to do with the previous tale!

You'll notice Zita and Skeeter from the previous tale are gone, there's a new female companion, a new interplanetary ship called "the Aerion", and Tangor seems to have run out of hair mousse.

Written by Robert Kanigher, penciled by Rudy Flores and Joe Kubert and inked by Flores, this was supposed to be a "new chapter" in the Beyond the Farthest Star saga.

Instead it was the series' finale.

Next Wednesday, we'll begin a rarely-seen sword and sorcery strip by Alan Grant, John Wagner, and Ian Gibson...

See ya next week, high adventure fans!

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Beyond the Farthest Star

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder BEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR "Princess of Doom!"

We Have Already Seen...

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Well, we've gone totally-off script from the ERB novella!

Not to mention...what's up with Tangor's hair???

Did he find an unlimited mousse supply somewhere?

Murphy Anderson handled the art duties on this never-reprinted installment from DC's Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle #218 (1973) with his usual classic-style finesse.

The question is...who scripted it?
Various sources attribute either Marv Wolfman or Denny O'Neil, with no definitive answer available.
This open-ended chapter ended the strip's run in Tarzan...but there's one more tale to tell...as you'll see next week!

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Beyond the Farthest Star

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder BEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR "Forest of Peril!"

When Last We Left Our Hero...

...wait..."Lt James Farnsworth"?

Tangor's original name was never mentioned in either of the short stories that made up Beyond the Farthest Star!

Well, since we've already diverged from the source material, let's see where this leads...

Murphy Anderson takes over the art duties on the series with this never-reprinted installment from DC's Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle #217 (1973).

The question is...who scripted it?
Various sources attribute either Marv Wolfman or Denny O'Neil, with no definitive answer available. 

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Beyond the Farthest Star

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder BEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR "Test Pilot"

We Have Already Seen...

...note that, at this point, the story has diverged from the novel.

Howard Chaykin assumes this art duties for this issue, continuing the adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' only "hard sci-fi" story (as compared to the "scientific romances" of John Carter and Carson of Venus) with this fast-paced, never-reprinted installment from DC's Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle #216 (1973).
The question is...who scripted it?
Various sources attribute either Marv Wolfman or Denny O'Neil, with no definitive answer available.

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Beyond the Farthest Star

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder BEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR "Planet-Hopper"

When Last We Left the American Aviator Now Known as Tangor...

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Writer Marv Wolfman and artist Dan Green continue their adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' only "hard sci-fi" story (as compared to the "scientific romances" of John Carter and Carson of Venus)
 with this fast-paced installment from DC's Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle #215 (1972).

BTW, This chapter's slightly-weird title was taken from the "next issue" blurb on the final page of the previous installment.

So don't blame me.

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Beyond the Farthest Star

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder BEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR "Tangor Joins the Fight"

We Have Already Seen...

...ok, it's been five years between chapters, but we've been busy!

Just go with it...

Written by Burroughs in 1940 and published in 1942, the story is basically an updating of John Carter of Mars or Carson of Venus but set "present-day" and with no hope of return to Earth since his body was destroyed in the rocket explosion.

In addition, the world our hero ends up on is not the high-adventure fantasyland of Barsoom, but the planet Poloda, where a technologically-advanced version of the Cold War between America and the USSR (with elements of Nazism) in the 1950s is being waged!

(There's an excellent piece about history behind the story HERE.)

Adapted by Marv Wolfman and illustrated by the highly-underrated Dan Green, this never-reprinted chapter from Tarzan #214 (1972) takes considerable liberties with the original storyline.
Our previous Wednesday Worlds of Wonder series, Carson of Venus, received great viewing numbers, so we thought we'd go with another Edgar Rice Burroughs series that hasn't been reprinted.
The first chapter appeared HERE, so you haven't missed anything, True Believer!

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Beyond the Farthest Star

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Joe Kubert's "So You Want to be a Cartoonist?"

Joe Kubert was one of the greatest multi-talented creatives in comics history...

...editor/writer/artist/letterer, and, most importantly, teacher.

This piece appeared in numerous DC Comics from 1969-1971, probably as the first of a series.

Most likely, due to his enormous workload, no other pages like this ever appeared.

But, the idea of instructing future creatives appealed to Kubert, and he eventually founded The Kubert School, which has superseded The School of Visual Arts (originally Cartoonists and Illustrators School) as the most prolific source of comics/graphic novel talent in America!

Trivia: The founders of both The Kubert School (Joe Kubert) and Cartoonists and Illustrators School (Burne Hogarth) were famed for their work on Tarzan!

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Joe Kubert's Comic Book Studio

Everything You Need to Make Your Own Comic Book

Fantastic Femmes: Dorothy Dandridge in Tarzan's Peril...UNCUT on TCM!

Saturday morning, 12:00pm (EST)
Right after two chapters of Ace Drummond (A pretty entertaining 1930s serial)

Dorothy Dandridge in her only genre role as Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba.

The working title of this film was Tarzan's Mate in Peril.
It's an original story, not based on a Tarzan novel or short story.
The first Tarzan picture to have new footage featuring the cast shot in Africa, instead of Hollywood with Africa stock footage.
According to various Hollywood Reporter news items, exterior filming took place from July to September 1950 in Kenya (which was then British East Africa), including Meru National Park, as well as Uganda and Tanganyika.
After eight weeks of interior shooting at the RKO-Path Studios in Culver City, CA, the production finshed filming in Chapultepec Park in Mexico City.
Here's the trailer (in French)...

The shooting of one of the scenes in Tarzan's Peril is featured in the bioflick Introducing Dorothy Dandridge starring Halle Berry as Dorothy...