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.
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.
In 1966, ABC released the TV series Batman, featuring the frequently imperiled youthful sidekick Robin the Boy Wonder. As a fan of seeing cute, young sidekicks in trouble, I watched every episode.
The British Tarzan weekly started in 1977. This week's artist is the wonderful Dan Spiegle.
Korak continues to have a lean, athletic physique, broad shoulders and thin waist, almost no clothing except for a leather loincloth over his mid-section, a cute, boyish face, and full, thick, dark hair. However, under Spiegle, Korak tended to have a shorter, more compact, gymnast's build.
He continues to be a strong, athletic, teen-aged jungle boy. However, his smaller size makes him even more vulnerable to defeat to larger, more mature opponents.
He continues to be an intelligent, enthusiastic teen-aged boy with good natural instincts and a good heart. His youthful inexperience makes him vulnerable to dirty fighting techniques or seduction. His youthful enthusiasm may also lead him into trouble over good but dangerous causes or to otherwise confront dangerous opponents to prove himself.
Last week, a large, scaly humanoid creature emerges from a cave and causes chaos and fright wherever he goes. Korak tracks and confronts the creature, but is sent sprawling on his back.
This week, after being spared by the large, scaly humanoid creature from the cave, Korak befriends it and tries to minimize the chaos and fright it causes wherever it goes. Unfortunately, Korak is unable to prevent a mise from shooting the creature dead in the mistaken belief that it stole his money.
Korak befriends the strange creature and tries to minimize the chaos and fright it causes wherever it goes, thereby somewhat redeeming his youthful mistake of recklessly assaulting it without adequately ascertaining its strengths and intentions last week. The young hero stops a spotted leopard from attacking it and prevents a woman from being sacrificed in order to ward it off as if it were a demon. Unfortunately, Korak is unable to prevent a mise from shooting the creature dead in the mistaken belief that it stole his money.
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Spiegle's artwork is excellent. Viewers get great artwork of Korak's lean, athletic physique or cute, boyish face. My favorite scenes are when Korak stops a woman from being sacrificed, only to find himself attacked by the same woman he saved.
Favorite scene: page 4, panel c
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 my Korak in British Tarzans blog at the following link:
This week's adventures can also be found at the following link(s):
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