Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs for May 18, 2023

It could also be a “local” or “express”.

Soft kitty dead kitty little pile of fur…

We’ll call this “place of the panther’s carcass.”

The guards always show up after the noise and excitement die down.

Quick, digs a pit now!

Tarzan said, “quick, you hold this thing while I point my bow and arrow at you.”

In the third panel, Tarzan looked like he aged 50 years.

This arc has had so many turns and twists, I lost track of why Tarzan wants the golden disc. He wouldn’t steal it for personal gain.

Tarzan is the muscle but Chiram is the brains.

Tarzan, at the brink of an existential crisis, muses, “I’m pretty sure I shot that cat in the chest, not in the side. And where the heck is my bow? That thing keeps appearing and disappearing with no rhyme or reason. KREEEGAH!!! I feel like I’m taking crazy pills! Why, it’s almost as if this whole universe is just some flaky comic book simulation, run by some idiot with serious plot continuity/print deadline issues…”

“Put down the disk and prepare to fight, Tarzan! Tarzan? Now where did he go?”

Soon Chiram’s “By Buddah!” will change into “This Panther-Killer coerced me into going along with his plan to steal the magical golden orb from Queen pervert, er Queen Tira…..”

….or a big millipede.

Magical arrow, Tarzan not only vanishes during fighting, but moved from the chest to the side of the panther