American/British Update: Tarzan UK 1970s album editions
*Tarzan/E R Burroughs: Despite improving our knowledge on a daily basis, the largely unchronicled history of British comics still contains certain pitfalls for us, among them the Tarzan comics published by the linked (in some mysterious way) companies of Top Sellers, World Distributors and Williams. We were recently surprised by a small batch of ‘albums’ related to this series: Tarzan of the Apes Superadventure from 1972, with issues #2, #3 and #4 new to our listing, and Tarzan of the Apes Deluxe Album Series from the same publisher(s) in 1973 – issue #1 new in. These full-colour magazine-sized cardcover album contain about three times the usual jungle shenanigans. The mystery continues to unravel…