KORAK, SON OF TARZAN
Issue #14, September 1966

Cover: George Wilson

Inside front cover: Mermaids and Monsters

1. Korak: Prison of Doom
Writer: Gaylord Dubois
Artist: Warren Tufts
Inker: Unknown
Pages: 15
Characters: Korak, Bob, Wally, Pete

Synopsis: A group of three American photographers ride boldly up in a jeep to a tribal ceremony to take films. When the tribesmen take after them and their jeep gets stuck in the road, Korak has to lead them through a hidden cave to a valley where a lost Roman legion is in control. Taken to the city by an armed guard, Korak and his companions are arrested when Korak mistakenly refers to the cameras as "magic," since the emperor has recently outlawed magic of all sorts. They are taken to the gladiator pits. During the night, Korak bends the iron bars and they escape into the arena, where Korak has to kill a lion unarmed. Korak leads the three men to the secret tunnel to the outside which is hidden in the emperor's pavilion. They return to the overturned jeep, which the tribesmen left adequately unharmed for them to ride back to the city.

Remarks: This lost city is obviously supposed to be the same in Tarzan and the Lost Empire, but no actual names are used. Korak is friendly with the guards because they know of Tarzan.

2. Kalahari Artists. 1 page

Centerspread: Full page ad for the complete Ballantine Burroughs books

3. Jon of the Kalahari: The Face Saver. 4 pages. Gaylord Dubois, writer; Jesse Marsh, artist. Jon has to eat two entire ostrich eggs in order to satisfy the local custom, and he does so by sneaking some to a warthog.

4. Text page: The Inland Trek (non-fiction)

5. Korak: Perilous Passage
Writer: Gaylord Dubois
Artist: Warren Tufts
Pages: 9 pages
Characters: Korak, Queen Ilola, Krooma, M'Boko

Synopsis: While sailing in his canoe on a lake, Korak is attacked by tribesmen from one direction and rescued by others from the opposite direction. They take him to their queen, who announces that he is the prophesied prince that would come. Korak is expected to marry the queen that very night. He goes along with it, waiting to find an out, and he notices that the queen has eyes for another young warrior named M'Boko. When he is alone with her she confesses that she loves M'Boko. M'Boko mistakenly tries to assassinate Korak but the queen explains all. Later that night some men from the enemy tribe also try to sneak in and kill Korak, but he and M'Boko defeat them, and use their dark cloaks to wear as they make a break for the canoes. The three escape amid a hail of spears, because the guards think they are enemy spies. Korak agrees to take them to live with the Waziri so they can be married.

6. Little-Big Horns. 1 page