Korak, Son of Tarzan
Issue #12, March 1966

David Adams

Copyright © 2003

Cover: George Wilson
Inside front cover: Strange Jungle Friendships

Story: The Impostor
Position: 1
Writer: Gaylord Dubois
Artist: Warren Tufts
Inker: Warren Tufts
Colorist: n/r
Pages: 15

Characters: Korak, Chief Buto, Kumo

Synopsis: Korak is attacked by Chief Buto who tells him that Tarzan has killed his son, Kumo. Korak defeats him, and they decide it must be an impostor who has done the deed. They see from the tracks that Kumo is not dead but a prisoner. They find the false Tarzan & Kumo being forced to load ivory tusks onto a small steam launch and follow it by night in a canoe. The Arab ivory traders head toward a dhow as a storm rises. In the morning they find the launch deserted and broken on the rocks with only Kumo aboard. All were killed but the impostor Tarzan. They are on a small island in the Mozambique channel where they come upon a deserted Portuguese town. The false Tarzan tries to kill them with a stone block from an old church belfry, then accosted by Korak, he falls to his death. They salvage the steam launch and sail home -- fast friends.

Remarks: The device of the Tarzan impersonator was used by ERB with Esteban Miranda in Golden Lion and Ant Men -- Stanley Obroski in Lion Man -- and Colin T. Randolph Jr.in Madman.

2. The Eyes Have It- Great Horned Owl

3. Tree Toppers and Tree Topplers

4. Text Page: Free and Untamed

5. Jon of the Kalahari: On Trial. Gaylord Dubois, writer; Jesse Marsh, artist. 4 pages.

Story: The Life Changers
Position: 6
Writer: Gaylord Dubois
Artist: Warren Tufts
Inks: Warren Tufts
Colorist: n/r
Pages: 9

Characters: Korak, Dr. Sing Low Huang

Synopsis: While hunting a bush pig, Korak falls into a hole in the ground leading to an underground river where he is captured by yellow, winged men. He meets Dr. Sing Low who has created these human mutations called kang. He plans to use them to enable his Huang Republic to control all of Africa. Each Kang is hatched from an egg and grows to adulthood in 4 years. They have low mentality and are unable to communicate with each other. Sing Low’s colleague, Fang-Tse arrives in a helicopter with a supply of ice and a black girl captive (held by a man called Wong). Korak punches out 2 kang guards and takes off in the copter with the girl. They shoot at him with machine guns, but Korak’s tracer bullets explode a pile of fuel drums and blow up everything. Korak takes the girl home.

Remark: Chinese take-over of Africa prevented.

7. African Native Houses

Inside back cover: Jungle Justice