The History of The Mucker Magazine

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Part One: The First Six Issues
By Ken Manson
The Muckers Chapter of the Burroughs Bibliophiles formed Aug. 5, 2006, at the ERB Chain of Friendship convention in Rockville, Md., and one of the projects planned was a quarterly magazine of writings by members and others.
``Bring 15 copies of ERB-related material to the meetings for the `Mucker Magazine.’ It can be an original essay or story. Or just stuff you run across and want to share, like an article or picture,’’ said Jeff ``Elmo’’ Long in the introduction to the first issue.
Indeed 15 copies were assembled at the Oct. 21, 2006, meeting in the Pleasant Home used by the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest. Joan Bledig contributed the cover, from the McClurg art by J. Allen St. John that also was used by Canaveral; the cover design; and table of contents, which she was to do for every issue since. The last copy of the premiere issue sold in an auction to Brad Vinson at the Louisville Dum-Dum in 2007 for $200. The Muckers do not plan to reprint that issue, or any.
That sale at the Dum-Dum also taught us that maybe we should print more issues. Issues 2 to 7 were 20 copies each, Issues 9 to 11 were 25 copies; and 8 and 12, special Double Issues prepared Ace Double style with the National Capital Panthans at the 2008 and 2009 Dum-Dums, were 50 copies each.
Many things stayed the same, such as the obligatory naked princess inside and Bernard MT Condensed type face for the cover. Joan assembled the first eight covers but then turned over the task to members. Each took
turns coming up with ideas and materials for the covers. Of the 12 covers, Joan did 4-1/2 and Greg 2-1/2 (they share credit for the art on issue 12) Jeff did 2; Jim, Ken and Dave, 1 each.
The February issue traditionally is assembled at Jerry Spannraft’s home in Palos Park (with or without a Chicago snowstorm); the May issue usually is assembled during a cookout at Joan’s home in Chicago; and the November issue at the Pleasant Home in Oak Park. Frank Lipo of the Historical Society always gets a copy of each issue for the Burroughs collection. The last three August issues have been assembled during a Dum-Dum _ No. 4 in Louisville and the No. 8 and 12 special double issues in Waterloo, Iowa, and Dayton, Ohio, respectively.
The first issue started with contributions by Jeff Long; Laurence Dunn; Greg Phillips; J. G. ``Huck’’ Huckenpohler; Jim Hadac; Ken Manson; Jerry Spannraft; Bill Ross; and Mike Conran, along with the Table of Contents by Joan. Other contributors have included Ray LeBeau; Shirley LeBeau; Dave Gorecki; Dr. James Thompson; John Tyner; David Critchfield; Henry G. Franke III; John Thompson; and Philippe Badre. Nine of those 18 names are members of ERB-APA and almost that many are current members of the Burroughs Bibliophiles Board of Directors.
Many submissions gained regular column names, some also used in ERB-APA. Starting in Issue 2 were ``Beyond 30 Degrees West’’ by Laurence Dunn; ``The Cry of the Red Hawk’’ by Jim Hadac; and ``ERBane Comments’’ by Dave Gorecki.``The ERB Scrapbooks of Ray LeBeau’’ started in Issue 6 by the namesake; and ``In the Treasure Vaults of Archimedes Q. Porter, Phd.’’ by ``Huck’’ and ``Jodades’’ by me in Issue 10. We had been contributing earlier but without formal column names.
Each issue is given free to members who contribute; and $5 for single issues and $10 for double issues to members who do not contribute. Non-members are charged $10 for single issues and $20 for double issues, where available. The first three issues are sold out, I believe.
We have assembled 300 copies of 12 issues, totaling 697 pages. The biggest issues were Nos. 5 and 10, each with 72 pages; the smallest was No. 3 with 32 pages Eight people submitted for every issue. Most proficient was Jeff Long, 83 pages; Joan Bledig, 68-1/2; Ken Manson, 68; Jerry Spannraft, 61; Mike Conran, 43; Bill Ross, 42-1/2; Jim Hadac, 42; Dave Gorecki, 41.
Unlike ERB-APA, we do not comment on others’ past submissions.
A breakdown of each issue, and some back covers, follows:
Issue No.: 1
Date: Oct. 21, 2006
Where assembled: Oak Park, Pleasant Home, courtesy of Frank Lipo and the Historical Society
Front cover: St. John art from McClurg ``The Mucker’’ -designed by Joan Bledig
Back cover: Muckers in Minneapolis (watching ``A Princess of Mars’’ play)
Number of pages: 44
List of contents:
The Muckers Origin Story- Jeff Long
List of Muckers members
``Patriotism by Proxy’’ by ERB from May 25, 1918, Oak Leaves- Long
Review of first ``Tarzan of the Apes’’ movie in Chicago Daily Tribune, May 15, 1918- Long
``British Mars series paperback covers’’-Laurence Dunn
``Sketches for an article: Animals of Pellucidar’’ –Greg Phillips
``Dr. Darrell C. Richardson: Remembering `The Old Tiger’’’-J.G. Huckenpohler
``A Walk in the Graveyard’’ (in Forest Park, Illinois cemeteries)-Jim Hadac
``Discovering Pellucidar, Barsoom and other ERB Sites’’-Ken Manson
Roy Krenkel sketches-Manson
Advertisements for ERB Novels from 1918 and ’19 in Chicago Tribune-Long
Foulds Figures-Jerry Spannraft
``ERB Collector’’ ( a history)-Bill Ross
Obligatory Nude Shot of Dejah Thoris-Long
Miscellaneous from the Tribune (photo of 1918 wedding of James Pierce and Joan Burroughs, 1923 article on former Oak Park man raising hogs on ERB ranch and ’62 review of three ERB books released by Canaveral)-Long
``Memories of Dum-Dum 2005-Mike Conran

Issue No.: 2
Date: Feb. 6, 2007
Where assembled: Palos Park, Jerry Spannraft’s Home
Front cover: Greg Phillips sketch of 13 Muckers
Back cover: Frank Cho sketch, courtesy of Bill Ross and the Panthans
Number of pages: 68
Enclosures: Laurencecon IX button and postcard for ``Frazetta: The Documentary’’ from Mike Conran
List of contents:
``Beyond 30 Degrees West:’’ (promotions of Mars books from Ballantine)-Laurence Dunn
``From Whence Came Sola’s Name’’-Joan Bledig
``Probes May Have Killed Mars Life’’ (Jan. 8, 2007 article)- ``Huck’
``The Buckets’’ cartoon from Washington Times, Sept. 11, 2006 (referring to Tarzan) -``Huck’’
Report of birth for (no-first-name) Burroughs on Sept. 1, 1875-Jerry Spannraft
Marriage license (ERB and Emma)-Spannraft
``Protect Your State’’ ad for Illinois Reserve Militia from Aug. 10, 1918, Oak Leaves referring to ERB conducting Monday drills-Spannraft
``Two Homes and a Vacant Lot’’ ad in May 16 1918, Oak Leaves for 700 Linden Ave . being sold by ERB-Spannraft.
Death certificate for ERB-Spannraft
``ERB, Creator of Tarzan Dies’’ article in The Evening Citizen, Ottawa, Canada-Spannraft
``A Quiet Afternoon with the Oak Park/River Forest Historical Society and Tarzan Ho Rea Dum-Dum’’ (report on April 9, 1989 meeting where Spannraft was the speaker)-Mike Conran
2007 Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention #7 ad-Conran
``Billy Byrne’s Connection to a Former Chicago Mayor: A Whimsical View’’-Manson
Page of Del Rey’s `The Drink’’ from 1996 promoting R.A. Salvatore’s Tarzan book-Manson
``Cry of the Red Hawk: Introducing Me, The Red Hawk’’-Jim Hadac
The British Broadcasting Corp. reports on Lord Greystoke (from Dateline Jasoom) -Jeff Long
Obligatory Naked Princess-Long
Maureen O’Sullivan (copy of interview by Tom Weaver and Ray Nielsen) -Long
`Trip to Oak Park, Illinois’’ (report on 1982 visit)-Bill Ross
`The Weekly Standard’’ (Refers to George W. Bush reading habits) -Ross
``ERBane Comments: Music for Swingers’’ ( brief survey of music used in RKO and MGM Tarzan films)-Dave Gorecki

Issue No.: 3
Date: May 28, 2007
Where assembled: Chicago, Joan Bledig’s house
Front cover: Painting by Greg Phillips from ``The Gods of Mars’’
Back cover: Blank
Number of pages: 32
Enclosure: One page, double-sided, of items for sale by Ken Manson
List of contents:
``Beyond 30 Degrees West: J.T. Edson ‘’ (modified from ERB-APA 61 article)-Laurence Dunn
Laurenceon IX-Mike Conran
``Commemorative Cups: It Pays to Save Trash’’ (column by the Kovels from April 7, 2007, ``Las Vegas Review;’’ with photo of Tarzan ice cream cup)-Dr. James Thompson
``Florida Memory Project: Newt Perry, Johnny Sheffield and Johnny Weissmuller’’-Thompson
``Antiques and Auction News’’ (from Oct. 12, 2001, on collecting Tarzan)-Joan Bledig
``LaurenceCon IX Descends on the Muckers’ Meeting’’-Bill Ross
Ad saying ``Ballantine Books is Proud to Announce JULY IS TARZAN MONTH’’-Jerry Spannraft
``Elmer Meets Jimber-Jaw’’-Ken Manson
``ERBane Comments’’ (Old Time Radio review: Tarzan 3-CD set) -Dave Gorecki
``The Cry of the Red Hawk’’ (Images of The Red Hawk)-Jim Hadac
Zitidar Soup recipe for Mr. Burroughs (from December 1983 F&SF magazine)-Jeff Long
``ERB and Racism’’-Long
Tarzan Adventure-Long

Issue No.: 4
Date: Aug. 2-5, 2007
Where assembled: Louisville, Ky., during the 2007 Dum-Dum for the Muckers’ first anniversary meeting
Front cover: A photo of the Trojan Horse painted by Greg Phillips and on display in Oak Park. The horse featured movie actors who played Hercules and other classical Greek warriors. An inset is a detail showing former Tarzan actor Gordon Scott as Hercules from ``Hercules and the Princess of Troy.’’
Back cover: A closeup of the rear of the horse, stating ``By Greg Phillips’’ and the year. Back cover sheet is signed by Greg.
Number of pages: 49
List of contents:
``Beyond 30 Degrees West: Tarzan in Holland’’-Laurence Dunn
``Travis Fimmel: Remember Him?’’-Joan Bledig
``Actor Who Played Tarzan Dies in Baltimore’’ (From Baltimore Sun Web site)-Jim Thompson
``Sci-Fi Weekly Reviews A Princess of Mars’’(from scifi.com Web site)-Thompson
``Memories of Bob Hyde’’-Mike Conran
Obligatory Naked Princess Found on the Web’’-Joan Bledig
``A Report from the Front: ECOF 2007’’-J.G. Huckenpohler
``Ahhhh What a Night’’ (Oak Park Art League Gala)-Greg Phillips
``Flying Death!’’ The Barsoomian Blade, Aug. 2, 2007’’-Jeff Long
``Headless body found in topless bar!’’ The Barsoomian Blade, Aug. 3, 2007’’-Long
``War!...Again,’’ The Barsoomian Blade, Aug. 4, 2007-Long
``Chicago Muckers celebrate first birthday at Dum-Dum,’’ The Barsoomian Blade, Aug. 5, 2007-Long
``Another stinkin’ Earth man wins one of our princesses’’ The Barsoomian Blade, Aug. 6, 2007-Long
``Trojan Horse in Oak Park’’-Greg Phillips
Illinois Heritage publication on ``Day Trips: Tarzan, Mars and Oak Park Illinois’’-Jerry Spannraft
Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs information (from bookrags.com Web site)-Bill Ross
``120 miles from Clayton to Dayton: A Report on Pulpcon 36’’-Ken Manson
``ERBane Comments’’(Dell comic and early St. John book covers)-Dave Gorecki
African Jungle Safari Gourmet Dinner-Ray (and Shirley) LeBeau
Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle,’’ ``Tarzan Triumphs,’’ and ``Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure’’ movie ads-LeBeau
``Tarzan in France’’ (on 2007 exposition)-Philippe Badre
``Pulp Fiction’’ (about 2007 Pulpcon)-Jim Hadac

Issue No.: 5
Date: Nov. 3, 2007
Where assembled: Oak Park, Pleasant Home
Front cover: The finished Muckers Monopoly game. Also inset of Muckers Jeopardy materials
Back cover: Map of ``Aug. 6, 1914, in Billy Byrne’s hood on Chicago’s great West Side’’-Jeff Long
Number of pages: 72
List of contents:
Inside front cover is a photo of the Pleasant Home by Joan Bledig
``A Photo Tour: The Land of Grand Avenue, Part 1’’-Bledig
``New Frontiers’’ (Web site showing future President John F. Kennedy with members of Muckers Club at Choate School in 1934) -Jim Thompson
``How to Have Great Sex After 30 Years of Marriage’’(article from AARP magazine)-Thompson
Girl Friday Design Tara of Helium-Thompson
Burroughs Statues-Mike Conran
``Thomas Edison’s Muckers’’-Bill Ross
Cave Spotlights Spotted on Mars-John Tyner
``Beyond 30 Degrees West: The Ancestry of Tarzan’’-Laurence Dunn
McClurg’s Monthly Bulletin of New Books, No. 605, October 1920-Ray LeBeau
Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Wizard of Venus: A Souvenir of the 22nd World Science Fiction
Convention-LeBeau
Tarzan Birthday Card-LeBeau
``Tarzan Comes to Washington’’(Denny Miller visit after Dum-Dum) -J.G. Huckenpohler
``Norm Swykowski of Mars’’ (original cartoon strip)-Greg Phillips
``The Cry of the Red Hawk’’(review of David Fury’s Maureen O’Sullivan book)-Jim Hadac
``My Breakfast with Nancy’’ ( A report on the 2007 Dum-Dum)-Ken Manson
Carousel Horse Auction (Sale of Greg Phillip’s horse and others)-Manson
``Erbane Comments: (Not So) Immortal Moments in World Cinema’’-Dave Gorecki
``Battle of the 1936 Tarzans: Burroughs Tarzan Enterprises vs MGM’’-Gorecki
Smithsonian, March 2001: Tarzan the Eternal-Jerry Spannraft
``Where Did ERB Get the Name Billy Byrne?’’-Jeff Long
``Saloonkeepers report violators’’(Chicago Daily Tribune, Jan. 12, 1912, on life in Billy Byrne’s neighborhood)-Long
A 1915 ``Line O’ Type or Two’’ column (``The Contribs of Yesteryear’’) by Normal Bean-Long
A 1910 ``In the Wake of the News’’ column (``Look on This Picture, Then on That’’) by Normal Bean-Long
``Mucker Movie? Storyboard art by John Watkins’’ -Long
Inside back cover: The Chicago Daily Tribune Aug. 7, 1914 (on gun battle in Billy Byrne’s neighborhood)-Long

Issue No.: 6
Date: Feb. 16, 2008
Where assembled: Palos Park, Jerry Spannraft’s home
Front cover: Photo of The ``Dejah Thoris action figure,’’ -design by Jeff Long
Back cover: Drawing of Tarzan and the Mucker Empire furnished by Jeff Long
Number of pages: 51
List of contents:
The Muckers, 1-5-2008 (Drawing colored at restaurant after Muckers meeting in Brookfield
``Damen Avenue, Chicago Street Name and Address Change’’-Joan Bledig
``The Chicago Muckers’’-Mike Conran
The Online Handbook of Texas-Tarzan, Texas’’-Jim Thompson
``Charleston Express-Charles Gramlich featured in Xavier University Newsletter’’(author likened to ERB)-Thompson
``Charleston Express-Psychology Professor Has Tales to Tell’’(more on Gramlich)-Thompson
``Beyond 30 Degrees West: The Life and Times of a Good Little Girl’’(reprinted from ERB-APA 96) -Laurence Dunn
``Other Worlds No. 14, November 1955’’-Obligatory Naked Martian Princess-Ken Manson
``Tarzan Never Dies’’ (Ray Palmer article reprinted from Other Worlds, November, 1955)-Manson
Maps of Barsoom compiled-J.G. Huckenpohler
``From the ERB Scrapbook of Raymond E. LeBeau’’: ``A Swinging Reunion for Movie `Tarzans’ and `Janes’’; ``Presenting the Continental Insurance Agent (ad with cartoon of Tarzan) and Bank of Barsoom One Comic Book’’; Announcing a special first edition of ``I Am a Barbarian’’; The Burroughs Bibliophiles Kaor New BB Club Member letter signed by Rita Coriell; The Burroughs Bibliophiles Kaor Friendletter signed by Bob Hyde, president-LeBeau
``Jana ``The Red Flower of Zoram’’ Griddley adjusts to life in the outer world’’-(cartoon) Greg Phillips
Articles by Robert Gibson_ ``Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Mars and Venus-A Comparison of Two Worlds’’; ``Sentence Structure in Edgar Rice Burroughs’’; ``Edgar Rice Burroughs and His Imitators’’; and ``Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Secret of Storytelling’’-Bill Ross
Letters to Editors-Jerry Spannraft
`The Cry of the Red Hawk: A Report on the Mucker Meeting of Jan. 6, ‘08’’-Jim Hadac
ERBane Comments: Early Tarzan on Disc: Tarzan TV Album and Others’’-Dave Gorecki
ERB Through the Eyes of Richard Lupoff’’(Interview from Filmfax magazine)-Long

Here is the second part of the history of The Mucker Magazine, written by Ken Manson:

The History of the
Mucker Magazine
Part Two: Issues 7 to 13
Continuing from last issue, here is my look at the next 7 issues of the Mucker Magazine. Front covers and one back cover were shown in part 1.

Issue No.: 7
Date: May 26, 2008
Where assembled: Chicago, Joan Bledig’s home
Front cover: A photo, found in the Bledig family archives, of the real Billy Byrne and two of his Muckers taken around 1920 in the Goose Island neighborhood of Chicago
Back cover: Photo of Billy Byrne and Bridge on the road, furnished by Joan Bledig
Number of pages: 54
List of contents:
``Goose Island and Billy Byrne’’ (History of that Chicago neighborhood)-Joan Bledig
``9 Chickweed Lane’’(Tarzan cartoon)-Bledig
Article, ``Portrait of the Artist as an Old Chimp’’(Cheeta and his work)-Jim Thompson
``Las Vegas Review Journal’’ Crossword Puzzle, Aug. 8, 2007 (ERB as a clue)-Thompson
Article, `Balkan nations put cultural stars on a pedestal’’ (Tarzan statue planned)-Thompson
``ERB Collector: Laurence Con X’’-Bill Ross
``Laurence Con X (minus Laurence)’’-Mike Conran
``Obligatory Naked Princess: Deadly Dejah’’ (artwork by Joseph Michael Linsner)-Conran
``In Memoriam: Danton Burroughs, 2 June 1944-1 May, 2008’’-J.G. ``Huck’ Huckenpohler
``Beyond 30 Degrees West: Me Tarzan, You Paying’’ (article on how ERB Inc. protects Tarzan image)-Laurence Dunn
Tarzan Comic Strip (from comics.com Web site)-Bledig
ERB’s Home, 414 Augusta, Oak Park (with floor plans, list of stories and books written there)-Greg Phillips
``Tarzan in Palos Park’’ (Dum-Dum celebration gathering) and ``The Tarzan Jungle House’’ (on Palos Park Woman’s Club 34th home tour in 1995)- Jerry Spannraft
Web tributes to Danton Burroughs-Ken Manson
``Danton Burroughs remembered’’-Manson
``Meeting Kenneth Robeson: Will Murray, Muckers visit Windy City Pulp Con’’-Manson
``ERBane Comments’’: (MGM’s sale of props, including Tarzan’s loincloth); Reviews by William K. Everson of `King of the Jungle’’ and ``Tarzan and His Mate’’; ad for Sam Moskowitz’s `Under the Moons of Mars’; Review of Czech film, ``The Death of the Ape Man’; Tarzan puzzle; business card from Tarzana Chamber of Commerce -Dave Gorecki
`The Cry of the Red Hawk: Meeting Princess Dia (Caroline Munro)’’-Jim Hadac
``Tarzan is Straight, Right? Commentary from The Straight Dope’’-Jeff Long
``From the ERB Scrapbooks of Ray Le Beau: Letter (to Ray) from ERB Inc., Nov. 17, 1966; Letter (to Ray) from ERB Inc., April 30, 1971; Letter (to Ray) from ERB Inc., June 29, 1967; Announcement: Unpublished for 26 Years? I Am a Barbarian’’-Ray Le Beau.

Issue No.: 8
Date: July 24-27, 2008
Where assembled: Waterloo, Iowa, at Dum-Dum 2008. A special double issue with the National Capital Panthans
Front cover: Actress Caroline Munro, Dian the beautiful in ``At the Earth’s Core,’’ holding a copy of The Mucker Magazine Issue No. 6 at Ray and Sharon Courts’ Hollywood Collectors Show in Chicago
Back cover: None: front cover of Panthans Journal No. 142
Number of pages: 61
List of contents:
``And Now for Something Really Different’’ (All 120 Crayon Names, Color Codes and Fun Facts, with pages of `Tarzan and Jane’ coloring book)-Joan Bledig
Article, ``Patrick Rowley: Tarzan Yell May Hold Lesson for Today’s Kids’’ (from Wichita Eagle) and KTM R 125 Tarzan’’(motorbike produced in Upper Austria starting in 1957)-Dr. James Thompson
``Beyond 30 Degrees West: End of the Line’’ (about Wayne James’ and Danton Burroughs’ deaths)-Laurence Dunn
``The Mucker of Mars’’(illustration of `McClurg book’)-Jeff Long
True cases from Chicago’s 28th Precinct Police Station (1913 to ’16 in Billy Byrne’s neighborhood)-Long
``Akur searches for reading material while in London’’ (Ape demands Tarzan book in `From Beyond the Unknown’ comic cover)-Long
``Muckers Rule West Side: Billy Byrne Sought in Saloon Keeper Slaying’’ (Aug. 7, 1914 ``Chicago Daily Tribune’’)-Long
Cartoon (Don Martin on Tarzan)-Long
Jungle comics covers-Long
The Chicago Muckers Windy City ERB Fans (ad for Web site)-Long
The Chicago Muckers (listing of Muckers meetings) -Mike Conran
``Greg Paints Another Horse...with African animals’’-Greg Phillips
The White Paper Club of Chicago (program from Jan. 28, 1919, dinner honoring California-bound ERB)-Jerry Spannraft
``Jodades’’ (Caroline Munro photo and press materials from `At the Earth’s Core’’ movie)-Ken Manson
``ERBane Comments’’: `Films in Review’ column about `Tarzan and the Golden Lion’ movie; two foreign posters of `Jungle Jim’ movies with Johnny Weissmuller listed as Tarzan -Dave Gorecki
``The ERB Scrapbook of Ray Le Beau:’’ (articles about Ron Ely television show)-Ray Le Beau
Edgar Rice Burroughs Chain of Friendship gathering (June 5-8, 2008, in Groton, Conn.) -Bill Ross
``The Cry of the Red Hawk’’ (Photos of Muckers’ gathering)-Jim Hadac
Errata (On Muckers meetings)-Mike Conran

Issue No.: 9
Date: Nov. 8, 2008
Where assembled: Oak Park, Pleasant Home
Front cover: Original drawing, commissioned by Jim Hadac, by Greg Phillips of the coming of the O-220
Back cover: Two photos from the Dum-Dum 2008 in Waterloo, Iowa, of Brad Vinson receiving an Honorary Mucker Award
Number of pages: 67
List of contents:
Joint meeting of the National Capital Panthans and the Chicago Muckers at Waterloo, The Panthan Newsletter No.141-142-J.G. Huckenpohler and Bill Ross, editors
11th Annual Virginia Vintage Comics & Collectibles Show Flyer (with ERB related art)-Huckenpohler
Tarzan and Jane art-provided by Huckenpohler
``Bound and Gagged’’ cartoon by Dana Summers, Aug. 31, 2008, with Tarzan gag-Joan Bledig
``Brainwaves by Betsy Streeter,’’ Sept. 19, 2008, with Tarzan cartoon -Bledig
Australian Tarzan Radio Show-Dr. James Thompson
Johnny Weissmuller (autographed newspaper clipping)-Thompson
Britannica Blog by Robert McHenry -Mars and Edgar Rice Burroughs-Thompson
``Los Angeles Cityz’’ (Web site)-Tarzan (movies) at the Aero Theater-Thompson
Exploitation-``At the Earth’s Core’’ (promotions for movie)-Thompson
``Where Gather the Apes of Kerchak, or Beer and Loathing on the Dum-Dum Trail’ (2008 Dum-Dum account)-David Critchfield
Gasoline Alley cartoon by Jim Scancarelli, Oct. 12, 2008 (on Nazrat of the Jungle)-Bledig
``Beyond 30 Degrees West-Dum-Dum 2008, Waterloo, Iowa’’-Laurence Dunn
George T. McWhorter Celebration, Aug. 25 2008-University of Louisville-Mike Conran
Muckers at Dum-Dum 2008-Bill Ross
``From the ERB Scrapbook of Ray Le Beau: The Second Annual Normal Beans Dinner; ``Johnny Weissmuller Dead at 79,’’ The Sunday Herald, Jan. 22, 1984; Japanese ``Tarzan’s Three Challenges’’ movie ad-Ray Le beau
``ERB Could Cheer His 1908 Cubs, but the next century was hard on the team’s fans’’-Jeff Long
How Tarzan Got His Yell (cartoon from Crazy-Jokes.com)-Long
``An Office in the Loop’’ (workplace for efficiency expert ERB); Tales of the Tombstones 2008 (Cemetery Walk in Forest Park); Road Trip to Michigan (Woman with ERB books to sell)-Greg Phillips
Addendum to Greg Phillips’ Tales of the Tombstones and road trip to Michigan-Joan Bledig
``Animal Acts; A gorilla’s kindness sweetens the zoo storybook’’ and ``Tarzan fans honor gorilla’’ (newspaper articles); Kala Award (certificate for Brookfield Zoo’s Binti gorilla, drafted at 1996 Dum-Dum)-Jerry Spannraft
``ERBane Comments: Some notes on David Fury’s `Kings of the Jungle’ and the history of Tarzan films’’-Dave Gorecki
``The Cry of the Red Hawk: Jungle Funnies’’-Jim Hadac
``Jodades: Waterloo and back again’’ (Dum-Dum report)-Ken Manson
``Tarzan artist in Prague’’ (Milan Fibinger)- Philippe Badre
`The Song of Kwasin’’(on the last of Philip Jose Farmer’s Opar books)-Henry G. Franke III

Issue No.: 10
Date: Feb. 7, 2009
Where assembled: Palos Park, Jerry Spannraft’s home
Front cover: ``Tarzan and the Bronze Lion,’’ (ERB’s character on the front steps of Chicago’s Art Institute, with Jad-bal-ja)-Jeff Long
Back cover: J. Allen St. John’s image of Tarzan and Jad-bal-ja and ReelArt Studio’s tribute-Long
Number of pages: 72
List of contents:
Frank Frazetta Museum; Classic Heroes: Tarzan Statues (from Electric Tiki)-Mike Conran
``Beyond 30 Degrees West: John Carter of Mars: Heritage style’’(figurines)-Laurence Dunn
``In the Treasure Vaults of Opar (Memphis):’’(trip to evaluate Darrell Richardson’s collection) –
Archimedes Q. Porter Phd.-J.G. ``Huck’ Huckenpohler
EP Studios Blog (on visiting ERB Collection at University of Louisville)-provided by Dr. James Thompson
``Marooned: Science Fiction books on Mars’’-Thompson
Article, ``The Dueling Writers of Mars’’ (Otis A. Kline vs. ERB) by Christopher Carey-Joan Bledig
`` Trevar’’ cartoon by Gerald Piper (about Tarzan), Nov. 4, 2008-Bledig
Jusko ``Sheena’’ No. 1 Step by Step Tutorial, Final Painting-Bledig
``Gasoline Alley’’ cartoon by Jim Scancarelli (about Tarzan), Nov. 18, 2008,-Bledig
``Thc Cry of the Red Hawk: Meeting Fredrik’’ (Swedish fan and ERB-APA member Ekman)-Jim Hadac
``Jodades: Muckers `Crawl’ Through Evanston (bookstore visits); ``New St. John art book adds color to collection;; The West Suburban Science Fiction Society proclamation (from 1977 requesting more recognition for ERB); ``Available for the First Time: Tarzan Original Novels Complete in Paperback’’ (Captain Company ad for Ballantine books)’’-Ken Manson
ERB-Inspired Calendars-Henry G. Franke III
``Anthony of the Jungle’’ (original cartoon strip)-Greg Phillips
``From the ERB Scrapbook of Ray Le Beau: Tarzan Sunday Comics: A Short Tarzan Graphic Story; The Adventures of Tarzan; Tarzan Fire!; Tarzan: The Garden of Death; Tarzan comic strip from Jan. 20, Panel 934’’-Ray Le Beau
``Signal Dealers News’’ Vol. 1, No. 3, September 1932, and Vol. 2, No. 2, March 1933 (on Tarzan radio show sponsor)-Bill Ross
``Creating the cover for this issue’’; ``A Real Fan’’ (fan’s Mucker tattoo); Article, ``Where art and artists still reside’’ by Barbara Brotman (Chicago Tribune, Nov. 28, 1985, on Tree Studios tenant)-Jeff Long
``The Four Hardest Tarzan Autographs to Find (Tablar, Pollar, Merrill, Morris)’’ (photos of signatures)-Jerry Spannraft
``ERBane Comments: Alpha Males (and Females), `Son of Tarzan’ (and other movies) come to DVD’’-Dave Gorecki
``Jahlanna of Pellucidar’’ by Tony Phillips (original art)-courtesy of David Critchfield
Article, ``Los Angeles Times,’’ Dec. 1, 2008, ``Jacket Copy’’ column (mentions ERB)-John Thompson
Article, ```Hot’ Tarzan Film Draws Fire’’ (on ``Jungle Heat’’ porno film) by Greg B. Smith-John Thompson
Article, ```A Better Angel’ Takes Us to Places Inhabited by Children’’ (on author Chris Adrian, whose book is based on ERB’s Barsoom stories) by Carole Goldberg-John Thompson

Issue No.: 11
Date: May 25, 2009
Where assembled: Chicago, Joan Bledig’s home
Front cover: ``Famous Muckers of Chicagoland,’’ a tribute to Forrest J. Ackerman’s ``Famous Monsters’’ magazine with Jim Hadac as Herman Munster, Joan Bledig as Lily Munster, Jerry Spannraft as Grandpa,
Ken Manson as Eddie Munster, Ken’s girlfriend Debbie Lipinski as Marilyn Munster and inset of Ray
Le Beau as Gomez Addams, Jeff Long as Pugsley Addams and Laurence Dunn as Uncle Fester-Dave Gorecki
Back cover: Color photo of a very young Johnny Weissmuller holding Maureen O’Sullivan
Number of pages: 64
Insert: Postcard promotion of Kline’s ``Swords of Venus’’ comic coming from Sequential Pulp Comics, furnished by Mike Conran
List of contents:
Found on the Web: Ridiculously Expensive Tarzan Pen (only $5,199, marked down from $6,500)-Joan Bledig
``How Tarzan Became a Man’’ by Rolf Romeren (Paper from Aug. 18, 2000, Children’s Literature Research Unit, UNISA, symposium)-Bledig
``Bound and Gagged’’ cartoon by Dana Summers, May 11, 2009, (about Tarzan’s blog)-Bledig
New Pellucidar images by artist Jared Shear-David Critchfield
``Me Tarzan, You Jane,’’ a musical presentation by the Emerald City Theatre Company (in Chicago)-Jerry Spannraft
Article, ``Should We Take Tarzan Seriously?’’ by Alex Vernon (from The Chronicle Review)-Jim Thompson
``Beyond 30 Degrees West: John Carter of Mars - Heritage Style - The early days’’ (figurines)- Laurence Dunn
Muckers at Windy City Pulp Con (photos)-Bill Ross
Making a Map of Pellucidar-Greg Phillips
Windy City Pulp Con-Mike Conran
``From the ERB Scrapbook of Ray Le Beau: Mike Resnick letter (on his `Forgotten Sea of Mars’, to Ray); Jasoomian Christmas card; McClurg’s Monthly Bulletin of New Books, No. 598, February 1920 (with ``The Warlord of Mars’’ and ``Jungle Tales of Tarzan’’)-Ray Le Beau
``The Land That Time Forgot’’ promotional material (for 2009 direct-to-DVD movie)-Jeff Long
``Caspak Victorius: The Land That Time Forgot’’ (book review from 2009)-Long
``ERBane Comments: About the Cover; Not-so-Great Scott: The end of the RKO Tarzans’’-Dave Gorecki
``The Cry of the Red Hawk: The Amazing Universe of Phil Farmer’’-Jim Hadac
``The Tarzan Centennial Year: Can it Make a Difference?’’-Henry G. Franke III
``Jodades: Film’s Archimedes Porter; Stuff I Bought at the Hollywood Collectors Show; `Tarzan in Manhattan’ Synopsis; `What Happened to Joe Lara?’; `The One and Only (sort of) Archimedes Q. Porter’; ERB-Related News in Oak Park’’-Ken Manson

Issue No.: 12
Date: Aug. 14-16 2009
Where assembled: Dayton, Ohio, at 2009 Dum-Dum. A special double issue with the National Capital Panthans
Front cover: Greg Phillips’ sketch of Frank Lipo of the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest and 16 Muckers
Inside front cover: Key by numbers to names of members on cover, with names on page 3
Back cover: None; front cover of Panthans Journal No. 154
Number of pages: 61
List of contents:
History of the Tarzan Novels from Argosy Magazine, Dec. 9, 1922,-Joan Bledig
Tarzan vs. Predator vs. the Daleks vs. James Bond vs. HR Puff N Stuff At the Earth’s Core (Dark Horse comics ``cover’’)-Jeff Long
``ERBane Comments: Pulpfest 2009; Tarzan of the Crackajacks; `Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar’ film contract; `The Movie That I Hope Time Will Help Me Forget’ (2009 film)’’-Dave Gorecki
``The Cry of the Red Hawk: ERB in Stories’’-Jim Hadac
``Jodades: Lost Articles by, about ERB’’ (includes ERB’s 1918 Flag Day Speech in Oak Park and Oak Leaves newspaper stories); `ERB: In His Life’’’-Ken Manson
``Gilak Talk: Hollow Earth Expedition, Including Pellucidar maps’’-David Critchfield
Article, ``A Long Reign As King of the Apes’’ by Thomas F. Moore-Jerry Spannraft
Article, ``From Tarzan’s Jungle to Yuma for Boy, now 77,’’ Sept. 1, 2008 (about Johnny Sheffield) by James Gilbert, Yuma Sun staff writer; Article, ``Reading California Fiction: The Girl from Hollywood’’ by James Gilbert, Yuma Sun staff writer, Aug. 23, 2008, -Dr. James Thompson
Barsoomian babe by Dietz-Bill Ross
``Amtor on the Half Shell’’ by Roderick, Feb. 27, 2009-Ross
``ECOF 2009’’-Mike Conran
``The ERB Scrapbooks of Ray Le Beau: A collection of Tarzan-references cartoons; ``Me Tarzan, Arrest Me’’-Ray Le Beau
Burne Hogarth’s Tarzan graphic novels- Henry G. Franke III
``Beyond 30 Degrees West: `The Magazine of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Fact & Fiction’’ (two covers)-Laurence Dunn

Issue No.: 13
Date: Dec. 5, 2009
Where assembled: Oak Park, Pleasant Home
Front cover: Furnished by Ken Manson; sketch by Czech artist Milan Fibiger with his take on Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan
Back cover: Back cover of French film magazine ``Cinemonde,’’ from April 22, 1947, showing Johnny Weismuller from ``Tarzan Triumphs’’ and the basis of Milan Fibiger’s sketch on the front cover
Number of pages: 63
List of contents:
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for July 11, 2009, which is ``weird,’’ and an example of its use is from ``A Princess of Mars’’ -Joan Bledig
``Jodades: `Under the Covers, Who Did the front and back illustrations’: `Ken Finds Another ERB Connection’ (photo with actress Sally Kellerman, Ilona of ``The Circus’’ TV episode with Ron Ely); `Visitors from the East see Muckers’ (photos of Doug Denby and David Critchfield); `Report on the 2009 Dum-Dum in Dayton’; `In Memoriam-Bruce `Abner Perry’ Wood’; ‘ `Even more photos of Muckers eating’’’-Ken Manson
``The Cry of the Red Hawk: `Tarzan Funnies’ and page of photos of Jim Hadac and others’’-Jim Hadac
``Error Box (story)’’-Lee Strong
``Jeffrey Jones art for `I Am a Barbarian’’-Henry G. Franke II
``Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan novels and Tarzana suburb both reflected `white flight’ mentality, researcher said’’ (press release by California Institute of Technology on a chapter of an assistant professor of literature’s forthcoming book)-Bill Ross
``The ERB Scrapbooks of Ray Le Beau: Tarzan Special Cocktail, September 2003 issue of `Village Yesteryears’ by the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest promoting visit by Denny Miller; `Dear Answer Man’ column with questions about Johnny Weissmuller and Denny Miller; cartoons about Tarzan; and ads promoting Tarzan movies on television and one (male porn-``Tarzan the Fearless’’) at movie house- Ray Le Beau
``Jerry’s Jungle Janes by Thomas Yeates’’-Jerry Spannraft
``Korak versus All da Mayor’s Men’’ (adaptations of Russ Manning Tarzan comic pages with Muckers twist)-Jeff ``Elmo’’ Long
``Diana of the Jungle,’’ Tarzan the Terrible original art-Ellen Vartanoff
``Beyond 30 Degrees West: Dum-Dum, Miamisburg, Ohio’’-Laurence Dunn
``Proper Barsoomian Harness and Trappings (original art)-Greg Phillips
``A Panthan in the Land of the Muckers: A WindyCon 36 Report-David Critchfield
``An Outline of Luthanian History’’ by Archimedes Q. Porter, Phd.- J.G. ``Huck’’ Huckenpohler
``Snow? … Who Needs Snow … Or Luggage!’’ (a report on February trip to Chicago); Dinosaurs and ERB’’-Mike Conran
``ERBane Comments: The silent Tarzans; `Lorraine of the Lions’ (silent 1925 Universal movie)-Dave Gorecki
Articles, ``Interview with Linda Christian (of ``Tarzan and the Mermaids’’) and ``Myth of Tarzan under scrutiny at Paris show’’- furnished by Dr. James Thompson