Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan's Jungle Annual #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Jad-Bal-Ja - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan's Jungle Annual (Dell, 1952 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: 1952
Key date: 1952-06-17
On-sale date: 1952-06-17
Indicia publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 100

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Jad-Bal-Ja - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

First appearance of Jo-Rah - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Morris Gollub; inks: Morris Gollub; colors: Morris Gollub
1	Tarzan's Friends	illustration	1	pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse Marsh	John Clayton, Tarzan
2	Tarzan Returns to Opar	comic story	23	script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse Marsh; letters: Jesse Marsh	John Clayton, Jad-Bal-Ja First, Tarzan
3	Jungle Skies	text article	2	letters: typeset
4	Tarzan's Transportation	text story	2	script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse Marsh	Korak, Jack Clayton, John Clayton, Alexander MacWhirtle First, Tarzan
5	Tarzan Fulfills a Promise	comic story	16	script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse Marsh; letters: Jesse Marsh	Korak, Jack Clayton, John Clayton, Jad-Bal-Ja First, Jathon First, Tarzan
6	Jungle Home	text article	2	pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse Marsh	Tarzan; Boy; Jane Clayton
7	-	text story	2		Boy [Jack Clayton]
8	Tarzan Brings Aid to A-lur	comic story	16	script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse Marsh; letters: Jesse Marsh	Argus First, Korak, Jack Clayton, John Clayton, Jo-Rah First, Tarzan
9	Tyrannosaurus Teaser	activity	1	letters: typeset
10	Jungle Safari	activity	1
11	Ala to Zu-Kut	illustration	8	pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse Marsh; letters: Jesse Marsh
12	Boy Rides into Trouble	comic story	8	script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse Marsh; letters: Jesse Marsh	Korak, Jack Clayton
13	Jungle Treasure	text story	2	letters: typeset
14	Pal-Ul-Don: The Lost Land	illustration	2
15	Chako and the Collar of Shame	comic story	11	script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse Marsh; letters: Jesse Marsh	Chako (baboon); Tika (baboon); Ty-Ee (baboon); Jock; Noddy
16	Jungle Chants	text article	1
17	-	activity	1

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years #6 ISBN 978-1-59582-497-4	2010	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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