For years, the Tarzan of the Apes comic strips by Roy Thomas , Pablo Marcos , and Oscar Gonzalez have been available exclusively to subscribers of the Edgar Rice Burroughs newsletter. That will change later this year, though, as Dark Horse Comics has announced a new series of hardcovers that will collect the strips in print for the first time.
Here’s how Dark Horse describes Tarzan of the Apes :
Published in Sunday newspaper strip landscape format, these adaptations of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic tales are scripted by comics legend Roy Thomas (Conan the Barbarian, Avengers, Tarzan: The New Adventures) and illustrated by Pablo Marcos (Savage Sword of Conan, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Creepy). Revealing the origin of the Jungle Lord and his earliest adventures, Tarzan of the Apes is a must for every Tarzan collection!
Tarzan of the Apes is the latest Tarzan-related title to come from Dark Horse Comics, which has been publishing new and reprinted Tarzan material since the mid-’90s. The publisher’s series of The Jesse Marsh Years archives released eleven volumes from 2009 to 2012, with other archive series spotlighting the work of Russ Manning and Joe Kubert . In original content, most recently Dark Horse published a series in which Tarzan met Sergio Aragones ‘s Groo.
Look for Tarzan of the Apes Volume 1 to arrive with a cover price of $29.99 in comic shops on Wednesday, August 24th, and in bookstores on Tuesday, September 6th.