 Dust-jacket illustration ofTarzan the Invincible | |
| Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Studley O. Burroughs |
| Language | English |
| Series | Tarzan series |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Publisher | Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. |
Publication date | 1930-1931 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 318 |
| Preceded by | Tarzan at the Earth's Core |
| Followed by | Tarzan Triumphant |
Tarzan the Invincible is a novel by American writerEdgar Rice Burroughs, the fourteenth in hisseries of twenty-four books about the title characterTarzan. The novel was originally serialized in the magazineBlue Book from October, 1930 through April, 1931 asTarzan, Guard of the Jungle.[1]
Tarzan, his monkey friendNkima, and ChiefMuviro and his faithfulWaziri warriors preventSovietcommunists fromlooting thelost city ofOpar. The story also prominently features Tarzan's elephant friendTantor and lion allyJad-bal-ja.
Due to Tarzan's earlier expeditions to Opar, rumors of the lost city's existence have become widespread enough that a Communist-led expedition heads there, seeking its gold to finance a plot to embroil France and Italy in a colonial war. Tarzan, discovering their presence and purpose in his domain, arrives in Opar ahead of them, only to find his ally Queen La overthrown and her treacherous subordinate Oah in power as high priestess, supported by Dooth, successor to La's deceased enemy Cadj. Tarzan frees La, and eventually, after various adventures, he and his Waziri warriors thwart the Communist plot and again restore La to her position. Oah and Dooth both perish.
This book marks the last appearance of Opar and La in the Tarzan series, aside from the juvenile pieceTarzan and the Tarzan Twins with Jad-Bal-Ja the Golden Lion (1936), which was published later but is chronologically earlier.
The book has been adapted intocomic form byGold Key Comics inTarzan nos. 182–183, dated February–March 1970, with a script byGaylord DuBois and art byDoug Wildey.
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