Review of Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) by Kevin M. W — 13 May 2018

The best Tarzan ever features loads of vine-swinging, some water frolic-ing, and plenty of the big lug going up against the many animal dangers (he takes out two, count 'em, two lions, one after the other, and this while injured) Darkest Africa might present.

In the middle there's a nice little interlude wherein Jane and he simply get to know one another. And all the action is framed by the infamous hunt for the legended elephant's graveyard. Sure, the piece is as racist as it could be (the main bad guys are Black Midgets, no political message there) and much of the tech is, well, old, but no one has surpassed the sheer adventure of this telling of Burrough's White-man-as-god thesis.