Korak Faces the Bats 3

Korak and the Bats 3A by st00pz

Korak and the Bats 3A by st00pz (sketch)

Korak and the Bats 3B by st00pz

Korak and the Bats 3B by st00pz (sketch)

Korak and the Bats 3C by st00pz

Korak and the Bats 3C by st00pz (sketch)

Korak and the Bats 3D by st00pz

Korak and the Bats 3D by st00pz (sketch)

Korak is the Honorable Jack Clayton, son of English Lord John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke, also known as Tarzan, lord of the jungle.  He is 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.

Robin is the eager, youthful sidekick of Batman, the vigilante crime-fighting alias of millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne.  Introduced in 1940 as orphaned acrobat Dick Grayson in the DC comic book series Batman, Robin was played by Burt Ward in the 1966 television series on ABC.

Korak strives to emulate the heroics of his legendary father but lacks his strength, maturity and experience.  Therefore, he is more likely to enter into dangerous situations and more vulnerable to being defeated.

Batgirl had the weekend to teach Korak a lesson on the consequences of defeat.  Superman tried by putting the jungle boy in a cage for an hour.  Aquaman tried by stranding the young hero in a desert island overnight.  Nevertheless, the son of Tarzan came back again to challenge Batman.  

In "Korak Faces the Bats", Batman defeated Korak and took the son of Tarzan to the Bat Cave for the weekend for some long, painful lessons on the need to come prepared for a fight.  In "Korak Faces the Bats 2", Batgirl agreed to serve as the jungle boy's teacher with respect to the consequences of defeat for a young hero.

The four-picture series "Korak and the Bats 3 by st00pz" was commissioned from an artist through DeviantART in 2018.  In this blog,Robin has been given the task of watching and feeding Korak in between his lessons.  However, the Boy Wonder develops some sympathy for and an attraction to the handsome, athletic son of Tarzan.

These pictures are fan art and intended to raise interest in and appreciation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs character Korak.  Robin is a potential friend and rival.  These are original scenes and did not appear in any comic book, page, or strip.

Next blog:  Korak Faces the Bats 4