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| Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | J. Allen St. John |
| Language | English |
| Series | Tarzan series |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Publisher | Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. |
Publication date | 1933-1934 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 318 |
| Preceded by | Tarzan and the City of Gold |
| Followed by | Tarzan and the Leopard Men |
| Text | Tarzan and the Lion Man atWikisource |
Tarzan and the Lion Man is a novel by American writerEdgar Rice Burroughs, the seventeenth in hisseries of twenty-four books about the title characterTarzan. The novel was originally serialized in the magazineLibertyfrom November 1933 through January 1934.[1]
It satirizesHollywood's treatment of the Tarzan character and even spoofs Burroughs' own work. It was written at a time whenJohnny Weissmuller was becoming a movie star by playing Tarzan as an illiterate character, to Burroughs' open displeasure.
Tarzan and his lion companionJad-bal-ja discover a mad scientist with a city of talkinggorillas. To create additional havoc, a Hollywood film crew sets out to shoot a Tarzan movie inAfrica and brings along an actor who is an exact double of the apeman, but is his opposite in courage and determination.
Later, asJohn Clayton, Tarzan visitsHollywood to find himself in ascreen test for a role in a Tarzan movie. He is deemed unsuitable for the lead role because he is "not the type."
The book has been adapted intocomic form byGold Key Comics inTarzan no. 206, dated February 1972, with a script byGaylord DuBois and art byPaul Norris, and later byDC Comics inTarzan nos. 231-234, dated July 1974-January 1975, adapted byJoe Kubert.
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