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In 1947, artist Jesse Marsh left Walt Disney Studios - where he had worked on Pinocchio, Fantasia, and various animated shorts - to work for Western Publishing full time. Tarzan was one of his first assignments, with the iconic character's first original comic-book appearance in Dell Four-Color Comics #134.
Tarzan #2 would begin Marsh's long-term collaboration with writer Gaylord DuBois. Their terrific work drew admiration and respect from readers and peers - Russ Manning among them - and Marsh's art inspired future comics creators from Richard Corben to Los Bros. Hernandez!