Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips Volume 1 (1967-1969)

The nineteen sixties were interesting time for the entire world.The Hippies and the Beatles , the comics revolution in America,the starting of the Vietnam war, the war between India and Pakistan(1965), the Arab -Israeli war and finally Man on the moon(1969), mesmerized an entire generation.It was during that time, when western comics gained huge audience in the Indian subcontinent.Pakistan had a comical tin pot dictator in Ayub Khan and The African countries were still coming out of the colonial hangover. As Tintin and Asterix captured the imagination of the continental Europe, Tarzan was at the prime of his youth , thanks to the spectacular art of Russel Manning. Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan first appeared in the novel Tarzan of the Apes (magazine publication 1912, book publication 1914), and subsequently in 25 sequels, several authorized books by other authors, and innumerable works.Tarzan became popular in India in the 1960s and I had a taste of Tarzan , from the movies on Tarzan which I first watched in the early seventies. As an 18-year-old young adult, Tarzan meets a young American woman, Jane Porter. She, her father, and others of their party are marooned on the same coastal jungle area where Tarzan's human parents were twenty years earlier. When Jane returns to the United States, Tarzan leaves the jungle in search of her. In The Return of Tarzan, Tarzan and Jane marry. In later books he lives with her for a time in England. They have one son, Jack, who takes the ape name Korak ("the Killer"). Tarzan is contemptuous of what he sees as the hypocrisy of civilization, and he and Jane return to Africa, making their home on an extensive estate that becomes a base for Tarzan's later adventures. I do have a big collection of Tarzan movies and comics, although I must point out that Bo Derek and Margot Robbie were the two most comical 'Janes' ever to grace the silver screen. THE PRESENT BOOK IS SPECTACULAR and the artwork of Russ Manning is brilliant.The binding of the book is good and the paper quality is excellent.AMAZON deserves congratulations for bringing these books to the shore of India , making it a collector's delight. This book is virtually taking me back to my teens.. on a time travel.

Fabulous books volume 1 to volume 4, the books are well written, well illustrated, contain fantastic adventurous stories, good reading for small boys, the adventures of Tarzan start at Volume 1 and continue till the end of volume 4.

My very first comic book was a 'Tarzan' comic gifted to me by my father in 1967. It was illustrated by Jesse Marsh. But it started my love of the character and I went on collecting all the 'Tarzan' novels by Burroughs. Soon I was drawn to the Tarzan strips appearing in the English daily, 'Indian Express'. They were illustrated by Russ Manning. I was hooked to them and started cutting each strip from the paper and sticking them to a book in order. Years later, my wife gifted to me the complete daily strips of Russ Manning including ALL the Volumes. They are now in my library in a place of honor. I even made Russ Manning, my Guru. (an Indian custom where one has to honor one's Guru during a pooja). I never had the pleasure of meeting my 'Guru" but every year during the Pooja-Festivals, he holds a divine place in my household.