Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

For other uses, see Tarzan (disambiguation).

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.

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.

Cast

• Joe Lara as Tarzan/John Clayton
• Aaron Seville as Timba
• Lydie Denier as Olga de Coude
• Andrew Divoff as Nicholas Rokoff
• Dennis Christopher as Paul D’Arnot
• Ralph Wilcox as Mugambi

Episode list

Pilot.   "Tarzan's Return" (two-hour)

1. "Tarzan and the Leopard Woman"
2. "Tarzan and the Lost Legion"
3. "Tarzan and the Scarlet Diamond"
4. "Tarzan and the Black Orchid"
5. "Tarzan and the Reflections in an Evil Eye"
6. "Tarzan and the Priestess of Opar"
7. "Tarzan and the Fury of the Zadu"
8. "Tarzan and the Revenge of Zimpala"
9. "Tarzan and the Return of KuKulcan"
10. "Tarzan and the White Pebble"
11. "Tarzan and the Moon God"
12. "Tarzan and the Forbidden City"
13. "Tarzan and the Leopard Demon"
14. "Tarzan and the Demon Within"
15. "Tarzan and the Mahars"
16. "Tarzan and the Amtorans"
17. "Tarzan and the Beast of Dunali"
18. "Tarzan and the Shadow of Anger"
19. "Tarzan and the Mystery of the Lake"
20. "Tarzan and the Circus Hunter"

Other Tarzans

• Joe Lara also played Tarzan in the—otherwise unrelated—CBS television movie Tarzan in Manhattan.
• Lydie Denier played Jane Porter in the earlier series, Tarzán.

Novel

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

External links

• Tarzan: The Epic Adventures at the Internet Movie Database — pilot
• Tarzan: The Epic Adventures at TV.com
• Tarzan: The Epic Adventures at the Internet Movie Database — series
• Tarzan on Television

Preceded by Tarzán 1991–1994

Tarzan (TV series) Tarzan: The Epic Adventures 1996–1997

Succeeded by The Legend of Tarzan 2001–2002