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208May 1972
$0.25

Tarzan #208

DC · May 1972 · on sale 1972-03-30

First appearance: Kala
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Identification plate

Series
Tarzan (DC, 1972 series)
Issue
#208
Publication date
May 1972
Key date
1972-05-00
On-sale date
1972-03-30
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.25
Pages
52
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Kala - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0A Son's Vengeance!cover1pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; colors: Tatjana WoodJohn Clayton, Kala First, Tarzan
1Origin of the Ape Man, Book 2: A Son's Vengeancecomic story26script: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Joe Kubert; pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: John CostanzaJohn Clayton, Kala First, Tarzan, Teeka
2The Baby of the Apescomic story3script: George Carlin; pencils: Hal Foster; inks: Hal Foster
3-in-house column1pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset
4Prisoner of the Tharkscomic story8script: Marv Wolfman; pencils: Gray Morrow, Joe Kubert; inks: Gray Morrow, Joe Kubert; letters: John CostanzaJohn Carter
6-letters page1script: Joe Kubert

Plus 0.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Tarzan Family #661976On eBay ›
Limited Collectors' Edition #C-221973On eBay ›
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan the Joe Kubert Years #1
ISBN 1593074042		2005On eBay ›
Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars: Weird Worlds #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-59582-621-3		2011On eBay ›
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Complete Joe Kubert Years #[nn]
ISBN 1-61655-982-9; 978-1-61655-982-3		2016On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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