+ Illustrator Alex Raymond and pulp magazine author Don Moore created the original strip as a topper to run above Raymond's Flash Gordon. Jungle Jim and Flash Gordon were launched simultaneously on January 7, 1934. Unlike the protagonists of Tarzan, Ka-Zar, Kaanga and other comics with jungle themes, Jim Bradley was based in Southeastern Asia rather than Africa, and he was a hunter rather than a wild man in a loin cloth. Other characters included the large, strong native Kolu (who served his white comrade Jim in a manner somewhat similar to the character of Lothar in Mandrake the Magician). The femme fatale Lille DeVrille was added to the cast two years after the strip's debut. The comic's early years generally featured stories revolving around pirates, slave traders and other common jungle antagonists. As World War II approached, Jungle Jim, like many American comics, developed a wartime theme, with Jim fighting the Japanese, and it moved from its position as a topper strip to its own independent Sunday page. During WWII, artist Raymond enlisted as a Marine. Successors included John Mayo (creator of Future Eye) and Paul Norris (creator of DC Comics' Aquaman). Don Moore continued to script through the succession of artists. The strip, which never ran as a daily, came to an end in 1954. From 1937 to 1947, the comic strip was reprinted in Ace Comics, published by David McKay. From 1949 to 1951, there were 11 original Jungle Jim comic books produced by Standard Comics. Dell Comics published 20 issues of Jungle Jim from 1953 to 1959; the last eight issues (#13-20) were written by Gaylord Du Bois. Alex Raymond's Jungle Jim (March 15, 1934) King Features Syndicate published a single issue of Jungle Jim in 1967. This was designated #5 and was a reprint of Dell's issue #5 with a new cover by Wally Wood. Charlton Comics then picked up Dell's numbering for another seven issues (# 22-28) in 1969-70 with stories scripted by Wood, Pat Boyette, Bhob Stewart, Joe Gill and others. Radio Syndicated by Hearst and sponsored by the Comic Weekly, The Adventures of Jungle Jim radio series premiered November 2, 1935. Matt Crowley had the title role for three years, until Gerald Mohr stepped in as Jungle Jim beginning April 24, 1938. Vicki Vola and Franc Hale portrayed Shanghai Lil, and Juano Hernandez was the Hindu servant Kolu. Each episode ran 15 minutes. Several episodes were based directly on the comic strip, such as The Ghost of the Java Sea. Gene Stafford scripted for producer Jay Clark. Glenn Riggs was the announcer, among others. In the opening episode, "The Bat Woman," Jungle Jim meets Miss Chalmers and Jacques LaBarr gets into a barroom fight with Jim. Films and television * A 12-part movie serial by Universal Pictures, starring Grant Withers, was released in 1937. * Columbia Pictures produced a series of 16 Jungle Jim B-movies, set in Africa and starring Johnny Weissmuller, from 1948 to 1955. Because the television series had the rights to the name "Jungle Jim", the licensed property was dropped for the last three features, and Weissmuller played himself, in the same way as did Roy Rogers and Gene Autry. * A single-season Screen Gems television series ran in 1955-56. There were 26 episodes, also starring Weissmuller. TARZAN Tarzan was the hero of two popular radio programs. The first began on 12 September 1932 with James H. Pierce in the role of Tarzan, adapting the novel Tarzan of the Apes in 77 installments, airing three times each week, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Each episode, not counting commercials, ran for about ten minutes. This series was followed by two original stories, written by Rob Thompson, "Tarzan and the Diamond of Asher", 39 episodes airing every weekday starting 1 May 1935, and "Tarzan and the Fires of Tohr", 39 episodes, airing during 1936. Both of these stories Rob Thompson later adapted for the Tarzan comic strip and again for the Dell Tarzan comic book. Click here to read more about Tarzan - Diamond Of Asher, The
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Please enjoy these 38 old time radio episodes:
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05.02.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (02) diamond of asher 2 |
+ Program #2. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. Lord Greystoke decides to join the... | |
05.03.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (03) diamond of asher 3 |
+ Program #3. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. Wolfe, the hired guide, is in the ... | |
05.04.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (04) diamond of asher 4 |
+ Program #4. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. Aboard the river steamer. | |
05.07.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (05) diamond of asher 5 |
+ Program #5. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. A wild native with a spear threate... | |
05.08.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (06) diamond of asher 6 |
+ Program #6. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. Wolfe shoots at Tarzan while in th... | |
05.09.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (07) diamond of asher 7 |
+ Program #7. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. Numa (the lion) attacks the beauti... | |
05.10.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (08) diamond of asher 8 |
+ Program #8. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. An elephant stampede! | |
05.11.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (09) diamond of asher 9 |
+ Program #9. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. Wolfe enlists the aid of Magra to ... | |
05.14.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (10) diamond of asher 10 |
+ Program #10. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. A native ceremony poses a serious... | |
05.15.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (11) diamond of asher 11 |
+ Program #11. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. Wolfe's plan to poison Mr. Gregor... | |
05.16.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (12) diamond of asher 12 |
+ Program #12. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. Wolfe decides to whip Mbole the w... | |
05.17.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (13) diamond of asher 13 |
+ Program #13. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. Usha (the wind) tells Tarzan that... | |
05.18.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (14) diamond of asher 14 |
+ Program #14. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. The natives take the supplies and... | |
05.21.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (15) diamond of asher 15 |
+ Program #15. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. Larson returns from the jungle...... | |
05.22.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (16) diamond of asher 16 |
+ Program #16. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. Tarzan and his friends are captur... | |
05.23.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (17) diamond of asher 17 |
+ Program #17. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. Atan Thome joins forces with Tarz... | |
05.24.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (18) diamond of asher 18 |
+ Program #18. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. Tarzan leaves the safari to searc... | |
05.25.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (19) diamond of asher 19 |
+ Program #19. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. The safari nears the end of the c... | |
05.28.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (20) diamond of asher 20 |
+ Program #20. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. Wolfe shoots Atan Thome. | |
05.29.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (21) diamond of asher 21 |
+ Program #21. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. A glowing death's head in the jun... | |
05.30.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (22) diamond of asher 22 |
+ Program #22. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. Tarzan has not been able to find ... | |
05.31.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (23) diamond of asher 23 |
+ Program #23. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. Tarzan conquers a prehistoric din... | |
06.01.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (24) diamond of asher 24 |
+ Program #24. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. A winged snake attacks the chief ... | |
06.04.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (25) diamond of asher 25 |
+ Program #25. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. The wonders of the city of Asher. | |
06.05.1935 | tarzan the diamond of asher (26) diamond of asher 26 |
+ Program #26. Syndicated. Music fill for local commercial insert. Atan Thome and Wolfe sneak out to... |
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