Korak in British Tarzans (10/8/1977) - new

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.

This week, after killing an attacking Lammergeyer, Korak entrusts its orphaned chick to the care of a friend.  Unfortunately, the chick's unique coloring attracts the attention of a bird collector.

Korak demonstrates his strength, speed and courage by defending a girl from an attacking Lammergeyer.  He also demonstrates his intelligence and concern by deducing that the bird was defending a chick and entrusting the orphan to a friend.  He gets another opportunity to demonstrate his strength, speed and courage by rescuing the bird collector from a poisonous snake.

Spiegle's artwork is excellent.  Viewers have plenty of opportunity to admire Korak's lean, athletic physique, not only rescuing the girl from the attacking Lammergeyer and the bird collector from a poisonous snake, but also finding the orphaned Lammergeyer chick, examining the wings with which his friend intends to fly, and even just reading a book in his father's library.

Favorite scene: page 4, panel e

 

Previous blog:  Korak in British Tarzans (10/8/1977) - conclusion

Next blog:  Korak in Sunday Tarzans (10/9/1977)

Next British Tarzan blog:  Korak in British Tarzans (10/15/1977) - conclusion

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:

https://britishtarzanskorak.blogspot.com/

This week's adventures can also be found at the following link(s):

Korak in British Tarzans (10/8/1977) - conclusion

 

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, when his friend was accused of murder, Korak infiltrated a gang of young thieves in order to find what happened.

This week, Korak learns that the young thieves ambush and steal from passengers as they depart from a passenger ship.  Preventing one such ambush, Korak learns that wanted overseas criminals are arriving to benefit from the services of an experienced plastic surgeon who would then give them a different face.  Korak steals the doctor's files and turns them over to the court.  Korak's friend is freed when the real murderers are caught trying to deposit their victim's money elsewhere.

 

Korak further demonstrates his commitment to his friend by following the overseas criminal to the plastic surgeon and stealing the doctor's file to prove his innocence.  He also demonstrates some speed, stealth, and intelligence by following the criminal undetected and entering the doctor's office and identifying ahis files before being discovered.  However, Korak also demonstrates weakness by carelessly getting caught by the doctor's henchman, being unable to defeat him, and needing to be saved by a nearby friendly lion.  

Spiegle's artwork is excellent.  Unfortunately, at the beginning, while infiltrating the gang of young thieves, Korak spends too much time in a vest, obscuring his lean, athletic physique.  Fortunately, he spends much of this week shirtless in the jungle following the overseas criminal to the plastic surgeon.  Unfortunately, Korak's encounter with the doctor's henchman was too brief and ended in an unsatisfying manner.  The henchman was about to defeat Korak, leaving the young jungle hero at his and the doctor's mercy.

Favorite scene: page 4, panel e

 

Previous British Tarzan blog:  

Korak in British Tarzans (10/1/1977) - new

Previous blog:  Korak in Sunday Tarzans (10/2/1977)

Next blog:  Korak in British Tarzans (10/8/1977) - new

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:

https://britishtarzanskorak.blogspot.com/

This week's adventures can also be found at the following link(s):

Korak in Sunday Tarzans (10/2/1977)

 

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.

Russ Manning took over the Sunday Tarzan pages in 1968.  His Korak tended to have a tall, lean, swimmer's build.  While the son of Tarzan continued to have somewhat autonomous adventures, the slender, handsome youth seemed to be getting into trouble more frequently and more easily.  Moreover, in the Sunday Tarzan pages, Korak tended to suffer from more frequent comparisons to his legendary father. 

Previously, Korak was in captivity on a boat and wearing bandages on his head.  However, with the help of a veiled red-haired woman, Korak began to remember the circumstances. The veiled red-haired woman introduces herself as Leila, priestess of the great god Krackoa, who are bred to have such allure that they are forced to wear veils to hide it.  She was kidnapped by raiders and brought to a city.  However, when they removed the veil, they started fighting among themselves over her.

 

This week, the veiled red-haired woman recounts how Korak fought and defeated the raiders and rescued her.

Korak returns to a leading role in his own adventure.  However, as Leila proceeds with her tale, Korak demonstrates his strength and speed by defeating a group of raiders and rescuing the priestess.

Manning's artwork is excellent.  Viewers finally get great views of Korak's lean, athletic physique in various action scenes as he fights multiple raiders by himself and rescues the priestess.

Favorite scene:  panel c

 

Previous Sunday Tarzan blog:  Korak in Sunday Tarzans (9/25/1977) 

Previous blog:  

Korak in British Tarzans (10/1/1977) - new

Next blog:  Korak in British Tarzans (10/8/1977) - conclusion

 

Next Sunday Tarzan blog:  Korak in Sunday Tarzans (10/9/1977)

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:

https://www.erbzine.com/mag21/2136.html

This week's adventures can also be found at the following link(s):

Korak in British Tarzans (10/1/1977) - new

 

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.

This week, when his friend is accused of murder, Korak infiltrates a gang of young thieves in order to find what happened.

 

Korak demonstrates his commitment to his friends by infiltrating a gang of young thieves in order to find the true killer.

Spiegle's artwork is excellent.  Unfortunately, while infiltrating the gang of young thieves, Korak spends too much time in a vest, obscuring his lean, athletic physique.

Favorite scene: page 3, panel d

 

Previous blog:  

Korak in British Tarzans (10/1/1977) - conclusion

Next blog:  Korak in Sunday Tarzans (10/2/1977)

Next British Tarzan blog:  Korak in British Tarzans (10/8/1977) - conclusion

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:

https://britishtarzanskorak.blogspot.com/

This week's adventures can also be found at the following link(s):