Tarzan in film, television and other non-print media
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Tarzan, a fictional character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1912 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in twenty-four sequels by Burroughs and numerous more by other authors. The character proved immensely popular and quickly made the jump to other media, first and most notably to comics and film.
Film poster for the first Tarzan movie in 1918, starring Elmo Lincoln
The lobby card from the silent 1918 incarnation of Tarzan of the Apes
Frank Merrill as Tarzan in Tarzan the Tiger (1929)
James H. Pierce and Joan Burroughs Pierce starred in the 1932–34 Tarzan radio series
Tarzan
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Tarzan is a fictional character, a feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer.
Tarzan's first appearance, in the October 1912 issue of The All-Story
Illustration by James Allen St. John for Tarzan and the Golden Lion
Tarzan in a display at an Ankara amusement park
Tarzan's agility, speed, and strength allow him to kill a leopard in 1921's The Adventures of Tarzan.