KORAK, SON OF TARZAN
DC Issue #55, January 1974

Cover: Joe Kubert

1. Korak: Terror Mountain
Writer: Robert Kanigher
Artist: Murphy Anderson
Pages: 14
Characters: Korak, Kughis, Turkis, Lotus

Synopsis: Crossing vast baked deserts in his quest, Korak comes to a waterfall rushing from a sheer cliff, and in it he sees a vision of Meriem, pulling him ever on. He climbs the cliff and at the top are three Mongol-type barbarians waiting to enslave him. Battling and then hurling them to their doom, Korak takes up a shield and sword and continues on. To save time he builds a sturdy raft to travel down a roaring white-water river. Another Mongol lassos the son of Tarzan from a tree-limb and brains him with a club, but the limb breaks, and underwater Korak mortally wounds his assailant. Drifting downstream he hauls himself out at a village of the Mongols. The leader sees that he carries weapons of their mighty warriors, and gives him the slave girl of Turkis, the previous owner of Korak's shield. Lotus the slave girl takes him into a tent and tries to seduce him, but they are interrupted by a chieftain summoning Korak to the wedding feast of Fghang, the great Khan. Korak is intensely curious when he learns that the girl Fghang is to marry is a captured slave with light skin.

Remarks: One trademark of the DC Korak series is the use of sequential panels showing Korak's face becoming angry whenever "primeval fury" overwhelms him. This is usually a series of three facial pictures, often overlapping. It is used twice in this one story, once when he fights the men on the cliff, and again when he fights the Mongol underwater.

2. Tarzan's Animal Encyclopedia (1 page)

3. Carson of Venus: Lost on Venus
Writer: MW Kaluta
Artist: MW Kaluta
Pages: 5
Characters: Carson, Moosko, Duare

Synopsis: After escaping from the Room of Seven Doors, Carson lassos a nearby building with the noose and swings over to a balcony. He hears a woman's scream, and finds Moosko tormenting none other than Duare inside the room. Thinking he has throttled Moosko to death, Carson and Duare don robes and slip out of the building. Upon approaching the gates, Carson is able to use the signet ring of the Ongyan to escape into the stormy night. But confused by the darkness and rain, he leads her in the opposite direction from the sea and in the morning they are lost in the wilderness.

Remarks: This episode is closely based on the second half of the second chapter of Lost on Venus by Burroughs. The Ape Vine announces that the popular Kaluta now has his own book, The Shadow.

4. The Ape Vine (letters page with Krenkel logo art)