Debut of Tarzan in All-Story October 1912 Goes for Record $264,000

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The debut of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs in All-Story October 1912 has gone for $264,000, an all time document sale for any pulp.

Widely thought of the “Action Comics #1 of the pulp world”, a VG copy of All-Story October 1912 that includes the primary look of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs has simply gone for a document $264,000 at as we speak’s session of the 2024 January 11 – 14 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction #7358 at Heritage Auctions.  The concern featured an iconic cowl by artist Walter Clinton Pettee and was revealed by Frank Munsey, who is taken into account to have pioneered the pulp format starting with The Argosy in 1896.  This pulp is probably going almost non-existent in unrestored excessive grade. This sale is now the best worth ever paid for a difficulty of any pulp, eclipsing the $156,000 paid for the primary concern of The Shadow (April, 1931) in 2021.  Tarzan is one of probably the most influential journey characters in popular culture historical past, serving to to set the course for the many years of pulp and comedian e-book heroes to observe.

All-Story – October 1912 First Appearance of Tarzan (Munsey) Condition: VG. This legendary pulp options the primary look of Tarzan in any medium, making it probably the most precious pulp journal. While many pulp collectors have referred to this e-book because the “Action Comics #1 of pulps”, that moniker really does a disservice to the e-book’s unbelievable affect, rarity, and worth. Bookery’s describes it as “RARE”, noting that there are “probably fewer than 20 existing copies” and that it’s “currently the single most valuable pulp magazine”.
This is the highest-graded unrestored copy we have ever supplied and solely the eighth, with three of these being incomplete and one being a British Pence copy. With the overwhelming majority of this concern’s only a few remaining copies having a point of restoration or lacking covers or pages, a whole unrestored copy is an unbelievable discover in any situation, making this VG a miraculous alternative for pulp and comedian collectors. Our most up-to-date full unrestored gross sales of this e-book embrace a FR/GD copy ending at $48,000 in April 2022 and a Pence copy in comparable situation to this copy going for $68,750 in October 2021.

This concern contains the whole thing of “Tarzan of the Apes” by Edgar Rice Burroughs. This story marks not solely the primary look of Tarzan, but in addition Burroughs’ second revealed story, his first story revealed beneath his personal title, and his first cowl story. Clinton Pettee gives the difficulty’s basic cowl that includes Tarzan, the primary revealed picture of the Lord of the Jungle. The story would later be reprinted in the McClurg e-book version virtually two years later, with the textual content various in a quantity of respects.

Burroughs beforehand launched John Carter in his first story, launched in the July 1912 concern of All-Story. John Carter and Tarzan’s successes would result in Burroughs writing quite a few sequels and his continued success for many years to come back, in addition to proving the viability of serialized pulp heroes. Without John Carter and Tarzan, there is no such thing as a Pellucidar, Shadow, Doc Savage, Batman, or Superman. “Tarzan of the Apes” would go on to vary not solely the world of pulps, however popular culture internationally.

This copy has not been trimmed. It has a 2″ spine split at the bottom of the front cover, a slight split at the top of the front cover, and minor fraying to the spines. There is a 0.5″ piece of tape on the entrance cowl inside, chipping, two bug chews to the exteriors main into web page margins, creasing, and marking. Still, it presents sharply for a VG copy with the grade coming from an accumulation of small defects, most of which don’t have an effect on the e-book’s eye attraction or the remarkably sharp backbone. Bookery’s Guide to Pulps Second Edition GD worth = $15,000; VG worth = $35,000; VF worth = $90,000.

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