Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs for May 20, 2024

Hopefully, this will not get “boaring”.

I guess that means either can be on point…….

Bows and arrows seem pretty basic. Even the bushman tribes near the Kalahari had bows. The Australian aborigines did not develop them but they had a dry climate and trees like eucalyptus aren’t good material. Bedouins were archers. but they were isolated from others like the Australian abos. I suppose if this guy came from dense jungle, a spear would be more likely.

And in the end, Valthor “took a bow” and said goodbye…(while Tarzan still asked himself why someone like Val-THOR is more interested in bows than hammers…)

Spear, bow and arrows, … And still nothing to kill Sheetah or Numa (hint: magical knife). Does that mean that Tarzan has to rescue Rhino (oh sorry, Valthor) again next time?

So Val Thor’s folks was invent that armour and helmet but not now and arrow? And not tells me Val Thor land way up North in Nordic land.

Absolute evidence of bows and arrows 10,000 years ago. Evidence that suggests bows and arrows 20,000 years ago. Speculation that it could be 70,000 years ago (But, hey kids, that’s speculation. Pick a number, any number, between 20,000 and 200,000 from your hat.)

But, of course, that doesn’t mean every human society had bows and arrows. The question will be what social factors kept Valthor’s people from inventing the bow, or, if they had the bow and arrow a thousand years ago why it was no longer required and was forgotten many generations ago.

Or it could be sloppy writing. We occasionally see that.

Tarzan just tipped the military balance in Valthor’s people’s favor and they will now wipe out the peaceful people surrounding them and steal their land.

Lets kill more fresh meat together.

Two friends sharing their worlds .

No bow and arrow? I guess Valthor’s homeys ain’t exactly the sharpest tools in the shed. But that’s OK. That’s how Tarzan like ‘em – big and dumb.

Jungle dwellers are less likely to develop ranged weapons, since they cannot see farther than they can throw a spear.

Val-thor. Which, literally translated, means “ivory-elephant-snout-on-forehead.”

Boys will be boys.

Oh Goody! They’re bonding and teaching each other new tricks, can an intimate relationship be far off spending all of this time together?

Hmm. Valthor is directly from Tarzan and the City of Gold.

Are we going to actually see a real Tarzan story serialized for the comics?