Korak is the Honorable Jack Clayton, son of English Lord John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke, also known as Tarzan, lord of the jungle. He is the hero of a 1915/6 magazine serial and 1917 novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs and a 1920 silent movie serial, as well as a character in several other Tarzan stories from 1914 to 1924. He experienced a revival in 1964 as the star of his own comic book series and as a major character in various Tarzan comic books, pages, and strips from 1966 to 1978.
As depicted in the comic books, pages, and strips, Korak has a lean, athletic physique, broad shoulders and thin waist, almost no clothing, a cute, boyish face, and full, thick hair. He is also an intelligent, enthusiastic teen-aged boy with excellent natural instincts and a good heart.
Korak
strives to emulate his legendary father but lacks his strength,
maturity and experience. Therefore, he is both more likely to enter
into dangerous situations and more vulnerable to being defeated.
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| Korak in Sunday Tarzans (3/17/1974) |
As
the star of his own comic book series in 1964, Korak is a capable,
young hero. His adventures were somewhat similar to those of his father
Tarzan, but independent from them.
Previous
to this week's adventures, a tall, mysterious stranger asks Korak to
guide him to Tarzan. Korak learns that the stranger wanted Tarzan to
guide him and a young lady to the Igotha village, which has recently
been attacking and oppressing its neighbors. Agreeing to guide the stranger and the lady on their journey, the
group is ambushed by the Igotha in the river. The young lady is
captured. Korak and the tall stranger take to the trees in an effort to
rescue the captured young lady without being detected. The lady turns
out to be an Igotha princess, daughter of the missing chief. Korak and
the tall stranger ambush a trader and disguise themselves in order to
gain access to the new chief's village, to which the Igotha princess is
led. Unfortunately, the ambushed trader was actually the new chief's spy, and the tall stranger is discovered and captured. The camel instinctively moves into his pen, allowing Korak to escape unseen from its pack and hide. He follows the tall stranger and the Igotha princess into the new chief's house, enters it unseen upstairs, and swings in to interrupt the torture session. After ordering Korak to be executed, the new chief is assassinated by his chief spy, and the princess becomes queen. Korak returns to the jungle after being an unwitting part of a
plot to kill the warlike new chief and replace him with the peaceful old
chief's daughter.
This
week, Korak breaks up a fight between two gorillas.
Korak
finishes his leading role in this adventure. The son of Tarzan
questions his role in the assassination of the warmongering,
torture-loving old chief.
Manning's artwork is wonderful. The artist gets some good shots of Korak's lean,
athletic physique as he swings through the treetops with almost no
clothing.
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This blog is intended to raise interest in and appreciation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs character Korak. To see this story in context, you may find it in Hillman's ERBzine at the following link:
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