I missed a few days with family issues, but I'm resuming these posts as of today.
August 31, 2025 and on this day ninety years ago in 1935, the Rex Maxon illustrated and Don Garden scripted Tarzan daily story arc, “Tarzan and the Fire Gods,” concluded, The story features female pilot, Lady Beth Barclay who is forced to parachute from her airplane. She landed safely in the company of the Niarchus tribe, who’d fled from Alexander the Great many years before. She is initially greeted as a goddess, but the tribe’s leader, also named Niarchus, plans to sacrifice her in a column of fire. (Thanks to H. Rider Haggard for She) Meanwhile the obligatory poacher enters the story, determined to pillage and kill his way across Africa. Dr. Jones, a noted geologist and friend of Tarzan, also arrived in the area. Mayhem ensued.
Read the entire story at:
The 162 daily comic pages consisted of two panels each, with illustrations above prose. Some of the oft-maligned Maxon’s best work.
The 100-word drabble, “A Warm Welcome, for today was inspired by the comic arc and by fire gods everywhere.
Lady Beth, a downed aviator, and Tarzan fled the Niarchus tribe. Beth said, “Those people are crazy. They worship fire gods that they’ve never seen.”
Tarzan said, “Keep running. In my experience, the best gods are unseen. That way the priests have more power.”
“A giant pillar of fire is in their temple. It never goes out. The priests make regular sacrifices by burning people in the fire.”
“So the priests control the population by threatening to cast them into a fiery hell.”
“They do.”
“What a novel idea. I’m shocked other religions haven’t adopted that premise. Oh, wait. They have.”
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