Tarzan and the Lion Man

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name = Tarzan and the Lion Man
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration of "Tarzan and the Lion Man"
author = Edgar Rice Burroughs
illustrator = J. Allen St. John
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country = United States
language = English
series = Tarzan series
genre = Adventure novel
publisher = Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
release_date = 1934
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 318 pp
isbn = NA
preceded_by = Tarzan and the City of Gold
followed_by = Tarzan and the Leopard Men

"Tarzan and the Lion Man" is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the seventeenth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine Liberty from November, 1933 through January, 1935.

Plot summary

Tarzan discovers a mad scientist with a city of talking gorillas. To create additional havoc, a Hollywood film crew set to shoot in Africa brings with them an actor who is an exact replica of the ape man himself, albeit the opposite in courage and determination.

Comic adaptations

The book has been adapted into comic form on a number of occasions. Notable adaptations include those of Gold Key Comics in "Tarzan" no. 206 and DC Comics in "Tarzan" nos. 231-234.

References

*cite book | last=Bleiler | first=Everett | authorlink=Everett F. Bleiler | title=The Checklist of Fantastic Literature | location=Chicago | publisher=Shasta Publishers | pages=67 | date=1948
*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=133 | date=1998

External links

* [http://www.erblist.com/erblist/tzlionmansum.html Edgar Rice Burroughs Summary Project page for "Tarzan and the Lion Man"]