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1. about 5 hours ago on Tarzan

   Tarzan did adopt an orphaned lion cub and named him Jad-bal-ja (in “Tarzan and the Golden Lion”). Jad shows up in several novels after that.

2. 3 months ago on Tarzan

   Cruelty is the point.

3. 3 months ago on Tarzan

   Sounds about right to me.

4. 3 months ago on Tarzan

   This surely has been asked long ago, but… Tarzan vs the Ghost Who Walks—who wins?

5. 4 months ago on Tarzan

   Karma or kismet? You decide.

6. 4 months ago on Tarzan

   This plot comes from “Tarzan and the City of Gold,” the 16th novel in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan series. It has Athne, Cathne, Nemone, and this climactic lion hunt, which so far is differing greatly from the book. I’m not going to spoil the book’s ending just yet. (BTW, the book gave this hunting lion a name—Belthar.)

7. 6 months ago on Tarzan

   Next we’ll learn that Doria is the true heir to the throne, and Nemone is an usurper.

8. 7 months ago on Tarzan

   I’m not saying it was aliens.IT WAS ALIENS.(Actually, I think they’re in Pellucidar.)

9. 7 months ago on Tarzan

   ERB gave Tarzan a lion for a companion: Jad-bal-ja, the Golden Lion. Jad-bal-ja appeared in ERB Tarzan novels 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17 and 26, and in comic books and strips. There was even a silent movie with him, based on his first book appearance. So not all lions are bad.

10. 7 months ago on Tarzan

    No, ERB’s novels (and I’ve read the first 22) were rife with sexual tension and women frequently on the verge of losing their chastity. Every “bad” woman who ever met Tarzan instantly lusted after him. But actual sexual activity was never mentioned or even implied in the books, and newspaper comics were bowdlerized even more.