Clash of the Comic Book Heroes 2

Clash of the Comic Book Heroes 2A by Bowen12a

Clash of the Comic Book Heroes 2B by Bowen12a

Clash of the Comic Book Heroes 2C by Bowen12a

Clash of the Comic Book Heroes 2D by Bowen12a

Tarzan is the English Lord John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke.  He is the hero of a series of novels, beginning in 1914, written by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, and a series of movies, beginning in 1918.  He is most memorably portrayed on film by former Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller, beginning in 1932, and on television by Ron Ely, beginning in 1966.  However, my favorite depiction was in the Filmation animated television series beginning in 1976.

Korak is the son of Tarzan, the hero of a 1915/6 magazine serial and 1917 novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs and a 1920 silent movie serial, as well as a character in several other Tarzan stories from 1914 to 1924.  He experienced a revival in 1964 as the star of his own comic book series and as a major character in various Tarzan comic books, pages, and strips from 1966 to 1978.

Batman and Robin are the Dynamic Duo, the vigilante crime-fighting aliases of millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne and his youthful ward Dick Grayson.  Batman starred in his own DC comic book series since 1939, and Robin was introduced in 1940.  Batman and Robin were played by Adam West and Burt Ward, respectively, in the 1966 television series on ABC.

In "Clash of the Comic Book Heroes by Bowen12a", Batman and Robin teach the handsome, athletic son of Tarzan that traditional heroes can no longer compete with superheroes in the current, hierarchical world of comic-book conventions.  Daddy's attempt at rebuttal is successfully refuted by the Dynamic Duo.

The four-part picture series "Clash of the Comic Book Heroes 2 by Bowen12a" was commissioned from an artist through DeviantART in 2017.  Tarzan is based upon the character from the Filmation animated television series.

This series is also meant as a representation of the inability of traditional heroes to compete in the superhero era in terms of popularity and commercial success.  .  

These pictures are fan art and intended to raise interest in and appreciation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs character Korak.  I introduced Batman and Robin as potential antagonists.  These are original scenes and did not appear in any comic book, page, or strip.

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