#edgarriceburrohgs - Every Day With Edgar Rice Burroughs - July 30, 2025

 July 30. 2025 on this day eighty-four years in 1941, the Rex Maxon illustrated and Don Garden scripted Tarzan daily story arc, The Jungle Idol, concluded after a run of ninety-five episodes. The story begins with Tarzan and Zeela, the jungle girl, captured by pirates, who happen to act and dress like Spanish Conquistadors. Most of the story takes place on board a Spanish Galley – unitl it sinks around episode eighty. The survivors, including Tarzan and Zeela, who has been running from two unwanted suitors, make their way on to a “Paladene” vessel. The Paladene vessel is swamped. Tarzan and Zeela build a raft and take refuge in a sea cave, but one of the men who ‘loves’ Zeela finds them. During an attempt to flee, Tarzan is washed out to sea on a raft, to find his next adventure. I never read about an ‘Idol” is the story, but I guess Tarzan is enough jungle idol for everyone.

Read the entire story at:

https://www.erbzine.com/mag47/4760.html

The one hundred word

drabble for today, “Blinded by Love” and it was inspired by the story arc.

Tarzan and Zeela readied their raft to escape from the sea cave when the tide ran out. Zeela, the beautiful jungle girl, said, “I’ve had my fill with lustful conquistadors. I’ve never had so many men determined to defend my honor for the right to besmirch it.”

“Yesterday’s problem, today’s problem is whether our raft will hold together?"

Zeela shrugged. “The Spanish Galley and the Paladene brigandine didn’t.”

“It wasn’t the ships, it was their captains. A beauty besotted captain besot sets a poor course.”

“So it’s my fault?”

“Well, it isn’t mine, Zeela. Neither captain wanted to marry me.”