Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs for April 14, 2024

He has “Phantom” blood coursing through him.

What happened? Have we missed the beginning of the story…..

At least we know they’re in Africa, not in New York…

Eh? Now what happen? He fine last week episode.

Ah, a story introduced in media res. Given how bad the set-ups were for the last several Sunday arcs maybe we’ll just skip the bad introduction. (Just kidding, the next few weeks will be flashbacks to show how Tarzan ended up in the hospital, then it will return to the present to show he’s fine.)

In media res = starting the story at some crucial point in the later plot line.

Not like this? Did she plan some other way for him to die?

Obviously not an Edgar Rice Burroughs beginning.

What happened? Did Tarzan miss grabbing the next grapevine or something?

Is this the end of Tarzan? Will we no longer be able to razz ERB for his word usage or re-hashed plots? Tune in next week, when we find out that our favorite author still has plenty of snarkable content for our humorous digs… ☺

Relax Jane . He’s fine .

What’s the title of this sad Sunday Tarzan tale……“Nairobi General Hospital”? UGH!

Is it just me, or are we out of sequence? Last I saw, Tarzan was canoeing and in good health, or so it seems.

The last two were #3519 & #3520. This is #3521, so whoever gave them those numbers thought they belonged together. Since STORY-wise this doesn’t follow #3520 directly, I would have to agree with @LawrenceS – this one is starting in media res (Latin In the middle of things).

Jane’s jungle cooking was always a bit hit-and-miss, but with no refrigerator leftovers were really sketchy…