KORAK, SON OF TARZAN
Issue #28, April 1969

Cover: George Wilson

Inside front cover: Kellogg's "Banana Splits" Club

1. Korak: Flight From Doom
Writer: Gaylord Dubois
Artist: Dan Spiegle
Inker: Dan Spiegle
Pages: 21
Characters: Korak, Ahkut, Sir Hubert Wilkins, Edena Wilkins

Synopsis: Caught on the river in a flash flood, Korak and Akut take refuge on a large uprooted tree that floats past. However, there is also a large nandi bear at the other end, so the pair leap off and swim for an island that splits the river just before it tumbles over a giant falls. They have to climb a cliff and finally reach a cave, where they find strange miniature cave paintings and tiny footprints. Following the passage, they emerge on the interior of the island, and see a plain with tribesmen herding eland, but the visual perspective seems strange. Korak realizes that the entire scene is a miniature. A storm drives the eland across the field and into the ditch where Korak and Akut are watching, enabling them to catch the cattle and set them back. The tiny yellow men run away. Korak and Akut walk across the field to find a full sized airplane with damaged landing gear. That night they sleep in the open, but awaken to find a troop of tiny archers firing poisoned darts into their legs, paralyzing them. Like a scene from Gulliver's Travels, a king and court arrive to sit in judgement. Korak's defense attorney can communicate with Korak telepathically by touching his forehead. He sentences Korak and Akut to either leap back into the river, join other giant captives in a pit to starve, or be slain by the archers. Korak tries to get him to let him repair the plane but the leader refuses. Korak elects to be taken to the pit, where he meets an archeologist and his daughter. They vote to try to swim for it rather than starve, so the little warriors take them to a cliff overlooking the river. Suddenly the nandi bear appears, ravaging the countryside. Korak and Akut attack the brute, and Korak kills it by throwing sand in its face and then climbing on behind its back and stabbing it. In gratitude, the king allows Korak to repair the plane. With the aid of Akut's powerful arms, they straighten the landing gear. Because the plane is so small, Korak has to ride on the top outside of the craft, but they manage to get aloft and across the river to safety.P Remarks: Korak carries a waterproof match-case in his loincloth pouch for this adventure. During his fight with the nandi bear, the son of Tarzan growls and snarls like a wild animal. This adventure is a good example of the many times that Spiegle creates a visually striking geographical situation.

2. Text page: Elephants...Giants of the Jungle (non-fiction)

3. Mabu: The Prophet. 4 pages. Gaylord Dubois, writer; Dan Spiegle, artist. Mabu saves the old witch from being buried alive by donning a golden mask and impersonating the reincarnation of the Mad Mullah.