Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs for December 16, 2024

“Battle stations.”

See? You’ve given Tarzan a knife. Another one.

Tarzan move faster than lightneeng. Old jungle saying. UMGAWA!

Not sure how you parry a scimitar. I understand ducking, but perhaps not parry. And if our land pirate is bleeding I’m going with a punch in the nose ‘cause a body blow usually doesn’t cut.

Down goes Rambul, down goes Rambul !

The plan would’ve worked except those meddling fists of Tarzan spoiled everything.

A monkey could’ve told him that wasn’t going to work.

“That’s just for wearing those pants and curly toed shoes” says Tarzan.

When did the Arab raiders become Pirates? They’re aren’t anywhere even close to Pittsburgh.

Realizing that if he killed Rambul now the story line would end 23 weeks too early, Tarzan decides to let him live.

There’s a Jesse The Body move if ever I did see one .

Parried? Parried with what? His arm?

If you parry, you don’t really need to duck, too. Belt and suspenders, I guess.

You A-rab fool….I am Tarzanacus—killer of men and beasts both great and small, so you turban harum pantsed savage eat fist!

I notice that the signature on today’s strip is “Cardy”.

Nick Cardy, perhaps, who did great work for DC Comics in the 1960s through the 1970s?

Them raiders must have magic swords to match Tarzan’s knife. In panel one Rambozo has nothing but the knife in his hand, and in panel thre three he is either wearing a sword, got stabbed through through the groin, or is very happy to see Tarzan