Tarzan the Invincible

Tarzan the Invincible is a novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fourteenth in his series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine Blue Book from October, 1930 through April, 1931 as Tarzan, Guard of the Jungle.

Tarzan the Invincible
Dust-jacket illustration of Tarzan the Invincible
AuthorEdgar Rice Burroughs
IllustratorStudley O. Burroughs
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesTarzan series
GenreAdventure
PublisherEdgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Publication date
1930-1931
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages318
Preceded byTarzan at the Earth's Core 
Followed byTarzan Triumphant 

Plot summary

Tarzan, his monkey friend Nkima, and Chief Muviro and his faithful Waziri warriors prevent Soviet communists from looting the lost city of Opar. The story also prominently features Tarzan's lion ally Jad-bal-ja.

This book marks the last appearance of Opar and La in the Tarzan series, aside from the juvenile piece Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins with Jad-Bal-Ja the Golden Lion (1936), which was published later but is chronologically earlier.

Comic adaptations

The book has been adapted into comic form by Gold Key Comics in Tarzan nos. 182-183, dated February–March 1970, with a script by Gaylord DuBois and art by Doug Wildey.

Sources
  • Bleiler, Everett (1948). The Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Chicago: Shasta Publishers. p. 67.
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 133.
Preceded by
Tarzan at the Earth's Core		 Tarzan series
Tarzan the Invincible		 Succeeded by
Tarzan Triumphant


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