Long, long ago, in a jungle far, far away…but wait!! These are Tarzan’s parents, right? On a wooden sailing ship from the nineteenth century at the latest. That would make Tarzan at least a hundred years old, or that this story is being told at least 80 years ago. I thought the dailies were set in more recent times, like the 1950’s. Thinking back, maybe not. Was Serena riding in a horse-drawn vehicle? Am I that clueless?
The original story does date way back, the later stories by the 50s script writers used dramatic license and kind of flashed forward. With comic heroes it’s best not to calculate age—right Katman?
I forget which book it was, but Tarzan acquired some pills that gave long life; taken every few years (or many?), it made possible living for thousands of years. Jane and their son used those, because that same book referred to Tarzan having gone through a procedure years previously that gave him immortality (provided he didn’t otherwise get killed).
Tarzan is from the 30’s & 40’s. In some areas of the world then, there were dirt tracks that were roads. His folks lived in the early 1900’s probably. There were few cars then and certainly none in the rest of the world.
The original Tarzan of the Apes was published in 1912. In Tarzan’s Quest, which is volume 19 in the series, Tarzan, Jane, and five others split a drug the gave long life, if not immortality.
davidf42 over 12 years ago
I don’t remember this from the original story.
Ray_C over 12 years ago
Long, long ago, in a jungle far, far away…but wait!! These are Tarzan’s parents, right? On a wooden sailing ship from the nineteenth century at the latest. That would make Tarzan at least a hundred years old, or that this story is being told at least 80 years ago. I thought the dailies were set in more recent times, like the 1950’s. Thinking back, maybe not. Was Serena riding in a horse-drawn vehicle? Am I that clueless?
quartermain over 12 years ago
The original story does date way back, the later stories by the 50s script writers used dramatic license and kind of flashed forward. With comic heroes it’s best not to calculate age—right Katman?
csppar over 12 years ago
I forget which book it was, but Tarzan acquired some pills that gave long life; taken every few years (or many?), it made possible living for thousands of years. Jane and their son used those, because that same book referred to Tarzan having gone through a procedure years previously that gave him immortality (provided he didn’t otherwise get killed).
bonsai9933 over 12 years ago
Tarzan is from the 30’s & 40’s. In some areas of the world then, there were dirt tracks that were roads. His folks lived in the early 1900’s probably. There were few cars then and certainly none in the rest of the world.
Bob. over 12 years ago
There were steel (well iron) sailing ships in the 1800s
Randyt8 over 12 years ago
The original Tarzan of the Apes was published in 1912. In Tarzan’s Quest, which is volume 19 in the series, Tarzan, Jane, and five others split a drug the gave long life, if not immortality.
ossiningaling over 12 years ago
If you expect your comic strip characters to age properly, read ‘Gasoline Alley.’ Otherwise, suspend your disbelief and enjoy.
mikegrace over 12 years ago
What happened to strip 7243?
Robeykr over 11 years ago
What happened to strip # 7243?