TARZAN IN COLOR 15b Rubimor VF NM Ist FIRST ONLY EDITION SCARCE RARE

TARZAN IN COLOR HAL FOSTER / BURNE HOGARTH RARE & SUPERB ART SCARCE FIRST 1st AND ONLY PRINTING VF NM.COMBINED SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES.THESE BOOKS HAVE BECOME VERY HARD TO FIND LIMITED EDITIONS ESPECIALLY THE EDITIONS 15A15B DRAWN BY Rubimor (Ruben Moreira) THROUGH 18 ONLY 500 COPIES PRINTED [NOT REPRINTED]LARGE FORMAT 14 BY 11 INCHESBinding: hardcoverEdition: FirstPublisher: Flying Buttress Classics Library, New York, New York[Hardcover, Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing NBM BOOKSDate published: 1991-1996 First edition. Near Mint to Very fine dust jacket on all books . Reproductions of Tarzan comic strips that appeared in the Sunday newspapers various volumes from 1932 to 1950.HAL [HAROLD] FOSTERHal Foster started his illustration and comics career, he held several jobs in Nova Scotia, from newspaper boy, woodchuck and hunting guide, to a stint as a gold prospector. In 1921, he finally chose to explore the fine arts, and cycled 1,000 miles from Manitoba to Chicago to study at the Chicago Art Institute, and later, at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Working as a successful illustrator, Foster was asked in 1928 to make 300 illustrations for the 'Tarzan' comics. Although Harold Foster hated the Tarzan character, he nevertheless agreed to do a Sunday page of 'Tarzan' when the 300 illustrations he made were enthusiastically approved.Then the legendary newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst laid his eyes on Hal Foster's 'Tarzan'. Hearst went to great lengths to get Foster to do a comic for him. As a response, Foster sent his idea for a comic named 'Derek, Son of Thane', which later became 'Prince Valiant'. Upon receiving Foster's proposal, Hearst was so impressed that he promised Foster the ownership of 'Prince Valiant' if he would start the series, a very rare offer in those daysBURNE HOGARTHBurne Hogarth specialized in drawing the dynamic anatomy of the human body and animals, as can be best seen in his rendition of 'Tarzan'. He studied at the Chicago Art Institute from age 12, and got his first cartoon job at 15, when he became the assistant at the Associated Editors Syndicate. At this time, he was assigned to illustrate a series called 'Famous Churches of the World'. In 1929, Hogarth created his first comic strip for the Barnet Brown Company, called 'Ivy Hemmanhaw'. A year later, he came up with 'Odd Occupations and Strange Accidents' for Ledd Features Syndicate.Two years later, Hogarth had a breakthrough when the United Features Syndicate hired him to take over the classic 'Tarzan' strip from Harold Foster . He illustrated the 'Tarzan' Sunday comics page for twelve years, from 1937 to 1945 and from 1947 to 1950, bringing it to new artistic heights.Rubimor VOL 15 B ALSO LISTED IN ANOTHER AUCTION PLEASE SEE MY OTHER TARZAN LISTINGS.(Ruben Moreira) (27/6/1922 - 21/5/1984, Puerto Rico) Ruben Moreira moved from his native Puerto Rico to the USA. Here, he took over the 'Tarzan' Sunday page from Burne Hogarth . He drew the strip from 1945 to 1947 under the pseudonym "Rubimor." His style was less spectaculair then Hogarth's, yet his storytelling had a resemblance to the writing of Tarzan's creator, Edgar Rice Burroughs. In the 1950s he drew for DC Comics, working on titles such as 'Wonder Woman' and 'Roy Raymond'. He retired from comics in 1962 and returned to Puerto Rico. read more