| Tarzan: The Epic Adventures | |
|---|---|
| Format | Action Drama |
| Created by | Edgar Rice Burroughs (characters) |
| Starring | Joe Lara Aaron Seville Don McLeod Nkhensani Manganyi |
| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Paul Siegel Henry Siegel Joe Lara |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Keller Siegel Entertainment (series) Keller Entertainment Group (pilot) |
| Distributor | Seagull Entertainment |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | first-run-syndication |
| Original run | August 28, 1996 – May 25, 1997 |
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures is a syndicated series that aired for one season (1996–1997). It focuses on the character of Tarzan in his early years, after his first exposure to civilization, but before his marriage to Jane Porter. The series uses much of the mythology of Edgar Rice Burroughs' books as background material.
This version of Tarzan was filmed in the Sun City resort in South Africa, making it one of the few Tarzan productions to actually film on that continent.[1]
The character of Nicholas Rokoff, and the fact that Tarzan is not yet married, set this series in-between the two halves of The Return of Tarzan.
R. A. Salvatore wrote an authorized Tarzan novel based on pilot script which was published as a trade-paperback in 1996, and a mass-market paperback in 1997.
Contents |
Pilot. "Tarzan's Return" (two-hour)
| Tarzan: The Epic Adventures | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | R. A. Salvatore |
| Series | Tarzan (book series) |
| Publisher | Del Rey |
| Publication date | October 1996 |
| Media type | trade-paperback |
| Pages | 279 |
| ISBN | 0-345-40810-1 |
| Preceded by | Tarzan: the Lost Adventure (1995) |
| Followed by | the Dark Heart of Time (1999) |
R. A. Salvatore wrote an authorized Tarzan novel based on pilot script which was published as a trade-paperback in 1996, and a mass-market paperback in 1997.
As of 2010, it is one of only three such authorized Tarzan novels, being preceded by Fritz Leiber's Tarzan and the Valley of Gold novelization, and followed by Philip Jose Farmer's 1999 the Dark Heart of Time.
Nikolas Rokoff—Tarzan's nemesis from the first half of The Return of Tarzan—has a stolen crystal amulet with mystical power. The crystal can open gateways to the savage land of Pellucidar, and in so doing allows reptilian humanoids known as Mahars to attack the surface world. Tarzan therefore has to stop not only Rokoff; but Mora, the Queen of the Mahars as well.
| Preceded by Tarzan: the Lost Adventure |
Tarzan series Tarzan: The Epic Adventures |
Succeeded by the Dark Heart of Time |
| Preceded by Tarzán 1991–1994 |
Tarzan (TV series) Tarzan: The Epic Adventures 1996–1997 |
Succeeded by The Legend of Tarzan 2001–2002 |