Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs for May 12, 2023

This is not a “pleasure” hunt.

Tarz is feline fine….

And she routinely keeps a panther in the hall the way they keep apes in the pit to guard the diamond?

Tarzan doesn’t even do a “aw shucks, t’warn’t nuthin’” when given a compliment.

“SURPRISE !!!” Happy Birthday Tarzan, we sent Sheeta to escort you and your party to this great celebration.

Seeing Tarzan’s accusing look, Chiram stopped short of saying that the fights were rigged, deciding that this was neither the time nor the place.

Chiram is thinking, “What will it take to kill Tarzan” so I can have the giant diamond and woman?"

All in a days work for Tarzan .

And Otamu forgot to tell him about the leopard guarding the corridor. I think Tarzan and Otamu will be having a little talk later on.

Don’t go through that door Tarzan, There is a comittee from the MCU angry about that Black Panther you just killed.

[The term black panther is most frequently applied to black-coated leopards (Panthera pardus) of Africa and Asia]

Tarzan doesn’t reply, because he, too, in a rare moment of self reflection, is puzzled. He muses, “Not only survived, but emerged victorious with nary a scratch. And armed with naught but a knife that seems to magically appear whenever I need it, no matter how often I misplace it. Why, it’s almost as if I’m a highly implausible protagonist in a pulp fiction adventure penned for teenage boys by some dude with not so subtle racist tendencies and a wildly overactive imagination… Nah. Now, let’s go find this smokin’ hot, but evil, African usurper queen!”

“I know it’s a door because of that knobby-thing on it.”

The only Black Panthers I know of are from San Francisco/Oakland areas. Just when Tira is climaxing the boys will barge in and she surely will be extremely p-ed off! Chiram suspects Tarzan has some magical qualities when he says, “It’s astounding, Tarzan!” no “By Buddah” in sight…….yet.

So Chiram wipes the sweat from his face, where Tarzan doesn’t even flinch.

The locals: “What’s all that noise in the hall? Shouldn’t someone check?” “Oh it’s just sheeta eating somebody”“Fine but it’s your turn to clean it up”

Tarzan, the one-man extinction event.

What no death howl or chest pounding? Must be a Tarzan look a like.