Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips Volume 1 (1967-1969) Hardcover – 18 Jun. 2013

I will keep this very short although i would like to tell much but look at the other reviews (from Amazon com) and you know enough.Its a book on which i have been waiting many, many years and its perfect. All fans of comics, Tarzan, Russ Manning and those who want to see, learn how a master did it: buy this book! :-)And offcourse the three which will follow.I am very happy i did get the book before the date Amazon said it would be sold (i live in the Netherlands). Hopefully everyone will get to see this beautiful book of art..(i have add some pictures to give an idea how it looks)

I hesitated for quite some time before ordering this item.The description isn't very informative, not giving details of colour pages etc.However I am so glad that I did buy this book.The quality is faultless, there are colour pages (all the 'Sunday Pages' are printed in colour, plus many of the 'Forward' section).William Stout writes an enjoyable introduction.The landscape format (8 7/8" x 11 3/8" - with a 1 3/8" spine) makes for comfortable reproduction, and reading. There is even a marker ribbon, to keep your page.Looking forward to the next issues.

A wonderful book, a truly fine example of this artist beautiful art!!! Buy the colour archives from Dark Horse as well! Can't wait for. Volume 2!!!!!

I have waited for the Russ Manning Tarzan Reprints for a long time. Thanks to IDW for reprinting both the Daili`es and Sundays.

All perfect.

Awesome.

This arrived promptly, looked great and was all round fab...unfortunately I had to return it as it was a present, and the recipient had just bought it for themselves.....

Acabamento TOP ... me remete à Coleção Lança de Prata que foi desenhada , em parte , por Russ Manning e lançada no Brasil pela EBAL . Quem gosta do personagem e do desenhista não pode deixar de ter !!!

The nineteen sixties were interesting time for the entire world.The Hippies and the Beatles , the comics revolution in America,the starting of the Vietnam war, the war between India and Pakistan(1965), the Arab -Israeli war and finally Man on the moon(1969), mesmerized an entire generation.It was during that time, when western comics gained huge audience in the Indian subcontinent.Pakistan had a comical tin pot dictator in Ayub Khan and The African countries were still coming out of the colonial hangover.As Tintin and Asterix captured the imagination of the continental Europe, Tarzan was at the prime of his youth , thanks to the spectacular art of Russel Manning. Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan first appeared in the novel Tarzan of the Apes (magazine publication 1912, book publication 1914), and subsequently in 25 sequels, several authorized books by other authors, and innumerable works.Tarzan became popular in India in the 1960s and I had a taste of Tarzan , from the movies on Tarzan which I first watched in the early seventies.As an 18-year-old young adult, Tarzan meets a young American woman, Jane Porter. She, her father, and others of their party are marooned on the same coastal jungle area where Tarzan's human parents were twenty years earlier. When Jane returns to the United States, Tarzan leaves the jungle in search of her. In The Return of Tarzan, Tarzan and Jane marry. In later books he lives with her for a time in England. They have one son, Jack, who takes the ape name Korak ("the Killer"). Tarzan is contemptuous of what he sees as the hypocrisy of civilization, and he and Jane return to Africa, making their home on an extensive estate that becomes a base for Tarzan's later adventures.I do have a big collection of Tarzan movies and comics, although I must point out that Bo Derek and Margot Robbie were the two most comical 'Janes' ever to grace the silver screen.THE PRESENT BOOK IS SPECTACULAR and the artwork of Russ Manning is brilliant.The binding of the book is good and the paper quality is excellent.AMAZON deserves congratulations for bringing these books to the shore of India , making it a collector's delight.This book is virtually taking me back to my teens.. on a time travel.

a must for Manning fans

Per chi da piccolo leggeva il Tarzan di Russ Manning edito dalla Casa Editrice Cenisio. Un tuffo nell'avventura di..40 anni fa. Terre perdute, dinosauri, popoli di giganti e uomini formica...cosa desiderare di più? Il tutto in una veste grafica e ristampa impeccabile.

"In 1967 the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate asked Russ Manning to take over the "Tarzan" newspaper strip and bring it back to the original Burroughs vision..."...and so a classic comic strip was reborn.The above quotation is taken from the dustcover to "Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips: Volume One: 1967-1969," a 285 plus paged hardcover book collecting the master storyteller's first three years writing and illustrating the daily and Sunday comic strips of the legendary "Lord of the Jungle." For fans of Russ Manning (particularly his North American admirers), this book, the premiere volume of a planned 4 book collection, is akin to at last finding the fabled jewels of Opar. Mr. Manning's beautiful rendition of the classic character has rarely been seen outside of the fortunate cities that featured the comic strip in their local newspapers. When it was occasionally reprinted, for example, in the DC Comics "Tarzan" series of the 1970s, the strip was heavily edited. Mr. Manning's strips were also reproduced in the now hard to find Comics Revue magazine from 1992-1999 and 2003-2006. But thanks to IDW Publishing, this memorable work is finally being showcased in an archival collection worthy of its status as a classic example of comic strip art.Russ Manning (1929-1981) came to the "Tarzan" newspaper strip after establishing himself as one of the foremost comic book creators of his time. After being mentored by veteran "Tarzan" comic book artist Jesse Marsh (1907-1966), Mr. Manning contributed his artistic skills to the "Brothers of the Spear" series, which first appeared in Gold Key Comics' "Tarzan" ongoing book in 1952. As his talent gained approval from enthusiastic comic fans, Mr. Manning created "Magnus Robot Fighter 4000 A.D." in 1963 for Gold Key; a science-fiction comic adventure he wrote and drew for 21 issues, his "Tarzan of the future" is highly regarded to this day. Also in 1963, Mr. Manning was assigned another comic series by Gold Key, "Korak Son of Tarzan," a companion book to the company's long-running "Tarzan" comic, which he illustrated for a total of 12 issues. When in 1966, Jesse Marsh died after a lingering illness, Mr. Manning was chosen to succeed his friend and mentor on the "Tarzan" comic. During his memorable run on the series, he collaborated with writer Gaylord Dubois (1899-1993) in adapting 10 of Mr. Burroughs' "Tarzan" novels into comic book form. With his interpretation of the classic Burroughs creation achieving great acclaim, Mr. Manning was given the privilege and challenge of furthering his vision of the "Tarzan" character in the ongoing newspaper strip. The gifted writer/artist would take up the task with the following words, spoken by "Tarzan" in his inaugural daily strip, published on December 11, 1967:"Too long have I adventured in strange lands! It is time I returned to the best land of all - home!"Thus, Mr. Manning returned the king of the Great Apes to Edgar Rice Burroughs' version of Africa. There, "Tarzan" was reunited with Jad-Bal-Ja, the Golden Lion, his beloved wife, Jane, and their son, Korak. Characters and settings familiar to fans of the classic novels would also be showcased, like the lost city of Opar, its devolved denizens, the beastmen, and their Queen, the beautiful, tragic La of Opar (Ohh, La!). Mr. Manning would echo this approach in the Sunday story continuity with "Tarzan" adventuring into Burroughs' mythic Africa, along with Korak, who enjoyed adventures of his own.This is a truly beautiful comic strip. Mr. Manning was a fan of science-fiction and a great admirer of Edgar Rice Burroughs' work, from his iconic creation, "Tarzan," but also John Carter of Mars, and David Innes of the underground world, Pellucidar, all romantic adventure heroes. He encorporated this view into his tales of "Tarzan." With his superb storytelling abilities, Mr. Manning excelled in showcasing the "Lord of the Jungle" in his element; protecting his lovely wife, Jane, battling the prehistoric creatures of Paul-Ul-Don, or simply communing with the Great Apes, who raised him to become the noble figure he was. Mr. Manning illustrated the heroic ideal, personified in "Tarzan," and he rarely looked better. A perfect example of this is the December 23, 1967 daily strip: in just 3 panels, Mr. Manning depicted 3 distinctive, classic images of "Tarzan." Each individual drawing encapsulated the totality of the character in his most primal form...and it was just one strip!The daily strip continuity moved at an exciting, barely non-stop pace and the full color Sunday strips conveyed the full power of Mr. Manning's art. A showcase of this is on the back of the hardcover, a panel from the June 30, 1968 Sunday strip: in it, "Tarzan" and his comrade, Mugambi of the Waziri tribe, along with a trio of Great Apes, battle a huge reptile-man and his alligators. Former master "Tarzan" strip artist Burne Hogarth (1911-1996) must have smiled with approval at the dramatic power of this action-packed scene!To keep up with the rigorous demands of producing both a daily and Sunday strip, Mr. Manning worked with a team of talented assistants: Mike Royer, William "Bill" Stout (who provides an affectionate forward to the book), and a young Dave Stevens, but it was his uniquely elegant style and vision that culminated in the true majesty of the strip. Mr. Burroughs' "Tarzan" was in very capable hands when Mr. Manning wrote and drew his adventures.IDW Publishing has released this hardcover collection under its "Library of American Comics" imprint and the book is a respectful addition to their previously published reprint volumes. But, this reviewer was slightly disappointed in the size of this tome. While first perusing the pages of daily strips, I noticed the strips seemed a little smaller than I expected. When I later placed the book atop a copy of IDW's "X9: Secret Agent Corrigan" reprint series, which I happily own, I realized the Russ Manning "Tarzan" collection was about an inch smaller in dimensions to the volumes that collect the classic work of Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson. It's a little nit-picky thing, but this critic wishes the "Tarzan" daily strips by Mr. Manning were of a comparable size to those reproduced in the "X9" 5 book set...just so this Russ Manning fan could better gaze at this master's great artistry with his aging eyes. Fan is short for fanatic, after all...!Despite that one inch flaw, this is a wonderfully reproduced collection. The artwork is reprinted on high quality, non-glossy paper and the daily strips, printed three per page are clear and crisp in all their black and white beauty! The Sunday pages share the same quality and it is important to note that their colors, restored by IDW editors Lorraine Turner and Dean Mullaney, are unchanged from their original newspaper publications. This is unlike the revised color work done on the  Tarzan Archives: The Russ Manning Years Volume 1 , released by Dark Horse Comics in December of 2013. Even the book's cover is cleverly designed, with its front cover adorned with a minimal amount of color, while the back cover displays the above mentioned full color action sequence, subtly suggesting the inner design format of the volume: daily black and white strips featured in the front of the book and the full color Sunday strips showcased in the back of the thick tome. The illustrated cover to the book is reprinted on both its dustcover and its hardback design; and the collection has a sewn binding featuring a gold ribbon book mark.For lifelong Russ Manning fans like myself, this book is perhaps the one reprint collection of his artistic genius we've been most eagerly awaiting. This reviewer can honestly state that I have been waiting for a book of this quality, devoted to Mr. Manning's "Tarzan" work for decades. As I complete this critique and look at my longheld dream finally realized......I am a very happy man!But the artistry of Russ Manning is not just for old fans of comic books and comic strips. Mr. Manning's art, like all great art is for every generation who loves this magical medium called comics. This book contains treasures for all."Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips: Volume One: 1967-1969" comes with my absolute highest recommendation! Truly enjoy! Tarzan Archives: The Russ Manning Years Volume 1