Tarzan 1937-1941

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Tarzan by Harold Foster and Burne Hogarth  (1400-) 1st Appearance January 7, 1929, 1st Sunday March 15, 1931, 1st Hal Foster Sunday September 27, 1931, 1st Burne Hogarth Sunday May 9th, 1937 - The presentation of Tarzan in the daily and sunday comics page was as much about the art as it was about the stories.   The origins of the strip go back to the novels and classic stories by the prolific Edgar Rice Burroughs, one of the most famous of early popular-culture writers.   The popularity of those offerings became the impetus to bring Tarzan to the daily comic page.    A young Harold Foster supported by Rex Maxon created picture and text dailies which were direct adaptations of Burrough's novels.  Those were received well with the public, which made the call for a sunday color version.  The originating artists reversed order with Maxon starting the effort, soon to be taken over by Foster.  Foster developed his superior style on Tarzan, although he kept the presentation conservative and constrained to standard frames for the most part.    He would leave the strip in 1937 to create his true masterpiece, Prince Valiant.   The choice for his replacement was a young Burne Hogarth.  Again Tarzan would be the vehicle for another grand master of cartooning to develop his style.    Under Hogarth, Tarzan became a study in physique presentation in motion.   The quality of movement that Hogarth added through his highly detailed drawing of sinew gave Tarzan a dynamic quality that was truly unique in comics.  Burne Hogarth gave us two long stints of his mastery, which only got better with time.  The third grandmaster of cartooning to work on Tarzan came in the late 1960's when Russ Manning agreed to take over the duties.   In many respects Manning's stint was the highest quality,  combining the motion qualities of Hogarth with superior mood presentation through wonderful shadowing.  Sadly, carraige of the strip waned with the popular trend away from adventure comics, but it still runs today and is very popular overseas.  The market for Tarzan is very good.  Sunday fulls, especially those with logos are very good sellers at modest premium.  High premium pages are any from the brief early Maxon stint on the sundays and the earliest 1931 Hogarth sundays.   Firsts for Hogarth and Manning also command high premium.   Early dailies including the first set created by Foster demand a high premium as well.  Common dailies and sundays also sell quite well. 
Newspaper Comics Links ---> Tarzan - 1930-1935 Tarzan 1935-1937 Tarzan 1937-1941
Tarzan 1942-Up Tarzan Dailies

Sunday Comics
Item # Date-#-size* Condition* Price Notes
Note: All of the Fulls and Tabs I have listed contain the Tarzan Header Logo unless noted otherwise
Burne Hogarth Begins
S1400-0230 1937/05/16 - F G-VG/G/VG $12.00 On reverse BW Funland(F)
S1400-0231 1937/05/23 - F G-VG/G/VG $12.00 On reverse BW Funland(F)
S1400-0232 1937/05/30 - F G/G/G $12.00 On reverse BW Funland(F)
S1400-0234 1937/06/06 - F G-VG/G/VG $12.00 On reverse BW Funland(F)
S1400-0235 1937/06/27 - F G/G/VG $6.00 No Logo, On reverse Gasoline Alley(H), Harold Teen(H)
S1400-0236 1937/07/18 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Captain & the Kids(HT), Hawkshaw(HT)
S1400-0568 1937/07/25 - F BWP G/FR-G/G $10.00 On reverse Moon Mullins/Kitty Higgins by Frank Willard
S1400-0237 1937/07/25 - F FR-G/FR-G/VG $8.00 No Logo, On reverse Winnie Winkle(H), Terry & the Pirates(H)
S1400-0238 1937/08/01 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Abie the Agent by Harry Hershfield
S1400-0239 1937/08/15 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Abie the Agent by Harry Hershfield
S1400-0240 1937/08/22 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Nebbs(HT), Simp O'Dill(HT)
S1400-0241 1937/08/29 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Abie the Agent by Harry Hershfield
S1400-0243 1937/09/05 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Ella Cinders by Plumb & Conselman(T)
S1400-0244 1937/10/10 - F FR-G/FR-G/VG $5.00 No Logo, On reverse Terry & the Pirates(H), Mickey Finn(H)
S1400-0246 1937/10/24 - F FR-G/FR-G/VG $5.00 No Logo, On reverse BWP Ben Webster by Jay Jerome Williams(F)
S1400-0247 1937/11/07 - F VG/VG/VG $12.00 On reverse Tailspin Tommy by Hal Forrest
S1400-0248 1937/11/14 - F G/G/VG $10.00 On reverse Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray
S1400-0249 1937/11/21 - F FR-G/FR-G/G $8.00 No Logo, On reverse BWP Ben Webster by Jay Jerome Williams(F)
S1400-0250 1937/11/28 - F G/G/VG $10.00 On reverse Dan Dunn by Norman Marsh
S1400-0251 1937/12/05 - F FR-G/FR/VG $6.00 On reverse Dan Dunn by Norman Marsh
S1400-0253 1937/12/12 - F G/G/VG $6.00 No Logo, On reverse Peter Rabbit(F)
S1400-0255 1938/01/02 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Tailspin Tommy(H)
S1400-0256 1938/01/02 - F G/G/VG $6.00 No Logo, On reverse Our Boarding House by Gene Ahern
S1400-0257 1938/01/09 - F FR-G/FR/G $4.00 No Logo, On reverse BWP Reg'Lar Fellers by Gene Byrnes(F)
S1400-0259 1938/01/16 - F FR/FR/G $4.00 On reverse Toots & Casper(H), Katzenjammer Kids(H)
S1400-0258 1938/01/16 - F FR-G/FR/G $4.00 No Logo, On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Tailspin Tommy(H)
S1400-0260 1938/01/16 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Captain & the Kids(HT), Hawkshaw(HT)
S1400-0261 1938/01/23 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BWP Tailspin Tommy by Hal Forrest(F)
S1400-0262 1938/01/30 - F VG/VG/VG $6.00 No Logo, w/Buck Jones Premium ad, On reverse Tailspin Tommy by Hal Forrest
S1400-0264 1938/02/06 - F VG/VG/VG $5.00 No Logo, w/Palmolive ad(SX), On reverse Broncho Bill(H), Bumps(H)
S1400-0268 1938/02/13 - F FR/FR/VG $3.00 On reverse Boots by Edgar Martin
S1400-0267 1938/02/13 - F G/G/G $6.00 No Logo, w/ Clove gum ad(SX), On reverse Tailspin Tommy/Four Aces by Hal Forrest(F)
S1400-0272 1938/02/20 - F FR-G/FR-G/G $8.00 On reverse Dan Dunn by Norman Marsh
S1400-0270 1938/02/20 - F VG/VG/VG $6.00 No Logo, w/Tom Mix ad(SX), On reverse Broncho Bill(H), Bumps(H)
S1400-0274 1938/02/27 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Tailspin Tommy(H)
S1400-0275 1938/02/27 - F G/G/G $6.00 No Logo, On reverse Toddy(H), Dixie Dugan(H)
S1400-0276 1938/03/06 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Napoleon by Clifford McBride
S1400-0278 1938/03/13 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Captain & the Kids(HT), Hawkshaw(HT)
S1400-0279 1938/03/20 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Captain & the Kids(HT), Hawkshaw(HT)
S1400-0280 1938/03/27 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Napoleon by Clifford McBride
S1400-0282 1938/04/03 - T FR-G/FR/G $4.00 On reverse Cynical Susie by Sharp & Harding(T)
S1400-0283 1938/04/10 - F VG/VG/VG $6.00 No Logo, w/Palmolive ad(SX), On reverse Phil Fumble(H), How it Began(H)
S1400-0284 1938/04/10 - T FR-G/FR/G $3.00 On reverse Cynical Susie by Sharp & Harding(T)
S1400-0285 1938/04/17 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Jane Arden w/Paper Doll by Barrett & Ross
S1400-0288 1938/04/24 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Captain & the Kids(HT), Hawkshaw(HT)
S1400-0290 1938/05/08 - T FR-G/FR/G $3.00 On reverse Cynical Susie by Sharp & Harding(T)
S1400-0291 1938/05/15 - T FR-G/FR/G $3.00 On reverse Cynical Susie by Sharp & Harding(T)
S1400-0292 1938/05/22 - T FR-G/FR/G $3.00 On reverse Cynical Susie by Sharp & Harding(T)
S1400-0294 1938/05/29 - T FR-G/FR/G $3.00 On reverse Cynical Susie by Sharp & Harding(T)
S1400-0296 1938/06/05 - T G/G/G $5.00 On reverse Cynical Susie by Sharp & Harding(T)
S1400-0297 1938/06/12 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Captain & the Kids(HT), Hawkshaw(HT)
S1400-0299 1938/06/19 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Captain & the Kids(HT), Hawkshaw(HT)
S1400-0431 1938/06/26 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Captain & the Kids(HT), Hawkshaw(HT)
S1400-0301 1938/07/03 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0303 1938/07/10 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0304 1938/07/10 - T VG/VG/VG $5.00 On reverse Dixie Dugan by Striebel & McEvoy(T)
S1400-0306 1938/07/24 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0307 1938/07/31 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0308 1938/08/07 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0309 1938/08/14 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0310 1938/08/21 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0311 1938/08/28 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0312 1938/09/04 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0313 1938/09/04 - F FR-G/FR-G/G $4.00 No Logo, On reverse Don Winslow(H), Life's Like That(H)
S1400-0314 1938/09/11 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0315 1938/09/18 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0316 1938/09/25 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0317 1938/10/02 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BW Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0318 1938/10/09 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0319 1938/10/16 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0320 1938/10/23 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0322 1938/10/30 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0323 1938/11/06 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0324 1938/11/13 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0325 1938/11/13 - T G/G/G $4.00 On reverse Dixie Dugan by Striebel & McEvoy
S1400-0327 1938/11/20 - T G/G/VG $4.00 On reverse Dixie Dugan by Striebel & McEvoy
S1400-0326 1938/11/27 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0329 1938/12/04 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0330 1938/12/11 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0331 1938/12/18 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0332 1938/12/18 - T G/G/VG $4.00 On reverse Dixie Dugan by Striebel & McEvoy
S1400-0333 1938/12/25 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0334 1938 - 5H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 On reverse Life's Like That(1H) (6/19, 12/4-12/25)
S1400-0609 1939/01/08 - F VG/VG/VG $10.00 On reverse Chief Wahoo(H)/Timid Soul(H)
S1400-0336 1939/01/15 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0610 1939/01/22 - F VG/VG/VG $10.00 On reverse Chief Wahoo(H)/Private Lives featuring Adolf Hitler(H)
S1400-0338 1939/01/29 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0339 1939/02/05 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0340 1939/02/05 - T G/G/VG $4.00 On reverse Toonerville Folks by Fontaine Fox
S1400-0341 1939/02/12 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0342 1939/02/19 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0343 1939/02/19 - T G/G/VG $4.00 On reverse Dixie Dugan by Streibel & McEvoy
S1400-0344 1939/02/26 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BWP Ben Webster(H), Room & Board(H)
S1400-0345 1939/02/26 - T G/G/VG $4.00 On reverse Jane Arden w/Paper Doll
S1400-0346 1939/03/05 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BW Captain & the Kids(H), Hawkshaw(H)
S1400-0347 1939/03/12 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BW Captain & the Kids(H), Hawkshaw(H)
S1400-0348 1939/03/19 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BW Ben Webster(H), Life's Like That(H)
S1400-0349 1939/03/26 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BW Captain & the Kids(H), Hawkshaw(H)
S1400-0350 1939/04/02 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BW Ben Webster(H), Life's Like That(H)
S1400-0351 1939/04/16 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BW Alexander Smart(H), Elmer(H)
S1400-0352 1939/04/23 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BW Joe Jinks by Vic Forsythe(F)
S1400-0353 1939/04/30 - F FR-G/FR/G $5.00 On reverse BW Tillie the Toiler by Russ Westover w/Paper Doll(F)
S1400-0354 1939/04/30 - T FR-G/FR-G/G $3.00 On reverse Jane Arden by Monte Barrett & Russell Ross w/ Paper Doll
S1400-0355 1939/05/07 - F G/FR-G/G $8.00 On reverse Bungle Family(H), Dixie Dugan(H)
S1400-0357 1939/05/14 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse Capt. Easy(H), Crazy Quilt(H)
S1400-0358 1939/05/21 - F FR-G/FR/G $6.00 On reverse BW Funland(F)
S1400-0359 1939/06/18 - T G/G/G $5.00 On reverse Jane Arden by Monte Barrett & Russell Ross w/ Paper Doll
S1400-0360 1939/07/30 - F FR/FR/FR $2.00 On reverse Right Around Home by Dudley Fisher(F)
S1400-0361 1939/08/06 - F FR/FR/FR $2.00 On reverse Right Around Home by Dudley Fisher(F)
S1400-0569 1939 - 6H G/G/G $24.00 On reverse The Gumps(1H), Chief Wahoo(1H), Out Our Way(H), Carnival(1H)  (6/11, 8/20, 8/27, 10/22, 11/5, 12/3)
S1400-0362 1940/03/10 - F FR-G/G/FR-G $8.00 On reverse Boots by Edgar Martin w/Paper Doll
S1400-0363 1940/03/10 - T FR-G/FR-G/G $4.00 On reverse Ginger by 'Bancks'
S1400-0364 1940/03/17 - F FR-G/G/FR-G $8.00 On reverse Boots by Edgar Martin w/Paper Doll
S1400-0365 1940/04/14 - T VG/VG/VG $5.00 On reverse Grin an' Bear It
S1400-0366 1940/09/29 - F G/G/VG $6.00 w/Multi-Character logo & Gillette ad (TH), On rev Freckles(H), This Curious World (H)
S1400-0367 1940/11/10 - T VG/VG/VG $5.00 on reverse Ginger by Bancks
S1400-0611 1940 - 2H G/G/G $9.00 On reverse Tip-Top bread ad featuring BusterCrabbe(H)  (7/28, 10/27)
S1400-0369 1941/01/05 - F VG/G/VG $6.00 w/Multi-Character L'il Abner Logo(Q) and Gillete ad(TH), on reverse Out our way (H), Freckles (H)
S1400-0570 1941/01/19 - T G/FR-G/G $4.00 On reverse Ginger by "Bancks'
S1400-0370 1941/03/16 - T G/G/VG $5.00 On reverse Ginger by "Bancks'
S1400-0371 1941/08/10 - T G/G/FR-G $4.00 Paper-Date 9/21/41(Phillippines), On reverse Mutt & Jeff by Bid Fisher
S1400-0372 1941/08/24 - F G-VG/G/VG $10.00 On reverse Bringing Up Father(H), Camel Cigarette ad featuring Hubert Castle High-Wire Acrobat(H)
S1400-0571 1941/11/16 - T G/G/G $5.00 On reverse Oliver Twist/Would You Believe it by J Carroll Mansfield
S1400-0373 1941/12/07 - T G/G/G $5.00 On reverse Brick Bradford by Ritt & Gray
S1400-0374 1941/12/07 - T G-VG/G/VG $2.50 No Logo, On reverse Blondie by Chic Young
S1400-0376 1941/12/21 - F VG/G/VG $10.00 On reverse Jane Arden(H), Off the Record(H)
S1400-0377 1941/12/28 - T VG/G/VG $5.00 No Logo, On reverse Blondie by Chic Young
Newspaper Comics Links ---> Tarzan - 1930-1935 Tarzan 1935-1937 Tarzan 1937-1941
Tarzan 1942-Up Tarzan Dailies

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