''Tarzan Triumphant'' is a novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fifteenth in his series of twenty-four books about the title character

Tarzan Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adv ...

. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine ''

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'' from October, 1931 through March 1932. It should not be confused with the 1943 film ''

Tarzan Triumphs ''Tarzan Triumphs'' is a 1943 adventure film in which Tarzan fights the Nazi Germany, Nazis. Johnny Weissmuller had portrayed the Edgar Rice Burroughs character in six films with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but this was his first with the producer Sol ...

'', as the plots are not related. Real-life Soviet dictator

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...

is used as a minor character in the novel, though he remains in Moscow and does not personally take part in the action.

Plot summary

Backed by Chief

Muviro Muviro, chief of the Waziri, is a character in the Tarzan saga created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Character Muviro is depicted as a somewhat elderly warrior of the Waziri, wise, brave and respected, and a good friend of Tarzan. He serves as the ...

and his faithful Waziri warriors, Tarzan faces Soviet agents seeking revenge and a lost tribe descended from early Christians practicing a bizarre and debased version of the religion.

Comic adaptations

The book has been adapted into comic form by

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in ''Tarzan'' nos. 184-185, dated June–July 1969, with a script by

Gaylord DuBois Gaylord McIlvaine Du Bois (sometimes written DuBois) (August 24, 1899 – October 20, 1993) was an American writer of comic book stories and comic strips, as well as Big Little Books and juvenile adventure novels. Du Bois wrote ''Tarzan'' for Del ...

and art by

Doug Wildey Douglas S. Wildey He recalled his professional start as freelancing for the magazine and comic book company Street & Smith in 1947. Because comic-book writer and artist credits were not routinely given during this era, the earliest confirmed Wilde ...

Sources

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External links

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ERBzine.com Illustrated Bibliography entry for Edgar Rice Burroughs' ''Tarzan Triumphant''
* ttp://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0601121.txt Text of the novel at Project Gutenberg Australia {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarzan Triumphant 1932 American novels 1932 fantasy novels Books about Joseph Stalin Novels first published in serial form Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs Works originally published in Blue Book (magazine)