Tarzan is a character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. He first appeared in the 1912 novel Tarzan of the Apes.
Tarzan is identified as a Wold Newton family member in Tarzan Alive (1972).
Tarzan is identified as one of the trainers of Doc Savage in Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life (1973).
Crossovers chronology[]
| Story | Publication | Crossovers |
| c. 6,000,000 BC - Quarb and the War Ball | Eerie #98, January 1979 | see The Rook |
| Quarb's companions yell "Kreegah!" and "Bundolo!" while hunting. | ||
| c. 1,000,000 BC - The Hunted | Caveman Robot Gigantic Mega-Annual 2004, 2004 | see Caveman Robot |
| c. 10,000 BC - Lair of the Beast-Men | Conan the Barbarian #2, December 1970 | see Conan the Barbarian |
| c. 10,000 BC - Hadon of Ancient Opar | 1974 novel | see Hadon of Ancient Opar |
| c. 10,000 BC - The Song of Kwasin | Gods of Opar: Tales of Lost Khokarsa, 2012 | see Hadon of Ancient Opar |
| c. 10,000 BC - A Kick in the Side | The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 1: Protean Dimensions, 2010 | see Hadon of Ancient Opar |
| 1764-1770 - The Earth Will Shake | 1982 novel | see The Illuminatus! Trilogy |
| Sir John Babcock is related to the powerful Greystoke family. | ||
| 1776-1782 - Nature's God | 1991 novel | see The Illuminatus! Trilogy |
| 1895 - The Politician, the Lighthouse, and the Trained Cormorant | Resurrected Holmes, 1996 | see Sherlock Holmes |
| 1899 - No Ghosts Need Apply | The Phantom Chronicles, Volume 2, 2010 | see The Phantom |
| 1909 - Le Monstre | Tarzan #11-12, May–June 1997 | Pablo Picasso |
| 1909 - The Modern Prometheus | Tarzan #13-14, August–September 1997 | Frankenstein Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 1909 - Tooth and Nail | Tarzan #15-16, September–October 1997 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
| 1909-1910 - The Return of Tarzan | 1913 novel | Hadon of Ancient Opar |
| 1910 - Where the Shadows Began... | Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 6: Grand Guignol, 2009 | see Arsène Lupin |
| Michel Ardan claims to have visited Opar (however, it is more likely that he had heard vague rumors about it and was slightly embellishing). | ||
| 1911 - The Case of the Doctor Who Had No Business | The Universal Holmes, 2007 | see Sherlock Holmes |
| 1913 - Two Hunters | Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 3: Danse Macabre, 2007 | Judex Les Vampires |
| 1913 - The Son of Tarzan | 1915 novel | Sherlock Holmes |
| 1913-1914 - Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar | 1916 novel | Hadon of Ancient Opar |
| 1914 - Masks of the Illuminati | 1981 novel | see The Illuminatus! Trilogy |
| 1916 - The Adventure of the Peerless Peer | 1974 novel | see Sherlock Holmes |
| 1918 - Tarzan: The Dark Heart of Time | 1999 novel | The Snows of Kilimanjaro Trader Horn |
| 1920-1921 - Ironcastle | 1922 novel | see Ironcastle |
| 1925 - Tarzan vs. the Moon Men | Tarzan #17-20, December 1997-March 1998 | Moon Series |
| 1926 - The Alien Jungle | Korak, Son of Tarzan #21, February 1968 | Captain Johner |
| 1927 - The Shades of Pemberley | Farmerphile #8-9, April–July 2007 | see Sexton Blake |
| 1927-1928 - Tarzan at the Earth's Core | 1930 novel | Pellucidar |
| 1928 - The Castlemaine Murders | 2003 novel | see Phryne Fisher |
| 1928 - Back to the Stone Age | 1937 novel | see Pellucidar |
| 1928 - The Mahagga | Tarzan #235, February–March 1975 | Pellucidar |
| 1928 - Return to Pellucidar | Tarzan #238, June 1975 | Pellucidar |
| 1929 - Tarzan the Invincible | 1931 novel | Hadon of Ancient Opar |
| 1929 - Blood Money and Human Bondage | Tarzan #15-24, August 1978-May 1979 | Cthulhu Mythos She |
| 1929 - Iron and Bronze | Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 5: The Vampires of Paris, 2009 | see Ironcastle |
| 1929-1930 - The Drums of Damballah | Weird Tales, March 1930 | see Jules de Grandin |
| 1930 - The Most Exciting Game | Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 5: The Vampires of Paris, 2009 | see Tintin |
| 1931 - Tarzan in Savage Pellucidar | GN | Pellucidar |
| 1935 - Biggles, Air Commodore | 1937 novel | see Biggles |
| 1935 - Monkeyshines | audio drama | see Red Panda |
| 1935 - El Rey de la Selva y el Judío Errante | 1936 novel | The Wandering Jew |
| 1937 - Tarzan and the Silver Globe | 1964 novel | Hadon of Ancient Opar |
| 1938 - The Plague Doctor | Secret Agent X, Volume 2, 2007 | see Secret Agent X |
| Secret Agent X once learned the secrets of rudimentary communication with animals from an English lord living in Africa. | ||
| 1939 - Captain Spectre | webcomic | see Captain Spectre |
| 1939 - Batman and Tarzan: Claws of the Cat-Woman | Batman/Tarzan: Claws of the Cat-Woman #1-4, September–December 1999 | see Batman |
| 1941 - The Mayan Mutations | Doc Savage #7, January 1977 | see Doc Savage |
| 1942 - The Fiery Menace | 1942 novel | see Doc Savage |
| 1942 - Baytekin Ile Tarzan Karsi Karsiya | Resimli, Heyecanli, Merakli, Macera Romanlari Serisi #11, 1943 | Flash Gordon |
| 1942 - Tarzan and Carson of Venus: The Loveking | Tarzan/Carson of Venus #1-4, May–August 1998 | Carson of Venus |
| 1945 - Tarzan vs. Predator at the Earth's Core | Tarzan vs. Predator at the Earth's Core #1-4, January–June 1996 | Predator Pellucidar |
| 1946 - Tarzan and John Carter: Warlords of Mars | Tarzan/John Carter: Warlords of Mars #1-4, January–April 1996 | John Carter of Mars |
| 1947 - Tarzan in Caspak | Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan in The Land that Time Forgot and The Pool of Time, June 1996 | The Land That Time Forgot Lost Horizon |
| 1948 - Tarzan: The Savage Heart Tales of Pellucidar |
Tarzan: The Savage Heart #1-4, April–July 1999 Dark Horse Presents #143, May 1999 |
Pellucidar |
| 1948-1955 - Tarzan on Mars | unpublished novel | John Carter of Mars |
| 1949 - The Vanishing Devil | Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 1: The Modern Babylon, 2005 | see Doc Savage |
| 1951 - Armaana's Dark Mirror | Ki-Gor–Jungle Lord, 2007 | see Ki-Gor |
| 1956 - The Ghost Killer | Phantom: The Ghost Killer, 2002 | see The Phantom |
| 1960 - Dead Moon of Pellucidar | 1979 comic strip | Pellucidar |
| 1960 - Farewell Pellucidar | 1991 novel | see Pellucidar |
| 1965 - Tarzan and the Space God | 1978 TV episode | Star Trek |
| 1967 - Tarzan and the Island of Dr. Morphos | 1978 TV episode | The Island of Doctor Moreau |
| 1969 - Tarzan and the Monster Men | Tarzan Weekly #2-3, June 18–25, 1977 | The Monster Men |
| 1970 - An Exclusive Interview with Lord Greystoke | The Book of Philip José Farmer, 1973 | Philip José Farmer |
| 1971 - The Mchawi's Powers | J. T.'s Hundredth, 1979 | see Bunduki |
| 1971 - Accident - or Murder? | More J. T.'s Ladies, 1987 | see Bunduki |
| 1971 - A Good Time Was Had By All | Mark Counter's Kin, 1990 | see Bunduki |
| 1972 - Bunduki Bunduki and Dawn Sacrifice for the Quagga God Fearless Master of the Jungle |
1975 novel 1976 novel 1976 novel 1980 novel |
see Bunduki |
| 1973 - The Evil in Pemberley House | 2009 novel | see The Evil in Pemberley House |
| 1979 - The Freshman | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1979 | see Cthulhu Mythos |
| Bukawai comes from a long line of African witch doctors (and is implicitly a descendant of Bukawai from Jungle Tales of Tarzan). | ||
| 1981 - A Scarletin Study | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1975 | see Ralph von Wau Wau |
| 1986 - Back to Pellucidar | 1987 comic strip | Pellucidar |
| 1988 - Return to the Land that Time Forgot | 1989 comic strip | The Land That Time Forgot |
| 1990 - Doc Wildman: Out of Time | Farmerphile #6, October 2006 | see Doc Savage |
| 1991 - Love, Lies and the Lost City | Tarzan: Love, Lies and the Lost City #1-3, August–October 1992 | Hadon of Ancient Opar |
| 1993 - Odyssey | 1994-1995 comic strip | John Carter of Mars Pellucidar Frankenstein |
| 1998 - Tarzan and the New Atlantis | 1999 comic strip | Hadon of Ancient Opar Pellucidar |
| 1998 - Angel: City of... | 1999 novelization | see Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| 1998 - The Face in the Swamp | 1999-2000 comic strip | Pellucidar |
| 1999 - The Roof of the World | 2000 comic strip | Pellucidar |
| 1999 - Flight from Pellucidar | 2000 comic strip | Pellucidar |
| 2000 - The Ultimate Survivor, or, Tarzan and the Tree of Life | 2000-2001 comic strip | John Carter of Mars |
| 2000 - Tarzan and Queen Xiona, or, Tarzan and the Face of Death | 2001 comic strip | John Carter of Mars |
| 2001 - Lost Women of the Moon | Fantastic Stories #2, April 2002 | see Fantastic Stories |
| Mogoth challenges Butch with the cry "Kreegh-a! Mogoth Bundolo!" | ||
| 2003 - The Man of Bronze | 2005 novel | see Tomb Raider |
| 2266 - How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth | 1974 TV episode | see Star Trek |
| The Enterprise crew encounters an alien who had posed as the Mayan god Kukulcan (Tarzan and the Space God). | ||
Crossovers Expanded chronology[]
| Story | Publication | Crossovers |
| 10,812-10,810 BC - Exiles of Kho | 2012 novel | see Hadon of Ancient Opar |
| 1604 - The Last of the Guaranys | The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 3: Portraits of a Trickster, 2012 | The Guarani |
| 1795 - The Wild Huntsman | The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 3: Portraits of a Trickster, 2012 | see The Nine |
| 1798 - Marguerite's Tears | Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 8: Agents Provocateurs, 2011 | see Scarlet Pimpernel |
| 1872 - Return to the Center of the Earth | Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 10: Esprit de Corps, 2013 Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 11: Force Majeure, 2014 |
see Journey to the Center of the Earth |
| 1873 - The Treasure of Everlasting Life | Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 9: La Vie en Noir, 2012 | see The Wild Wild West |
| Miguelito Loveless forces a group of Waziri tribesmen to join his expedition to Kor. | ||
| 1909 - Dangerous Territory | Night of the Nyctalope, 2012 | see Nyctalope |
| 1917 - The Adventure of the Fallen Stone | Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers Casebook, 2012 | see Sherlock Holmes |
| 1925 - Wrestlemania | 1992 comic strip | John Carter of Mars |
| 1929 - The Judex Codex | The Shadow of Judex, 2013 | see Martin Mystère |
| 1929 - Tarzan and the Land That Time Forgot | The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs, 2013 | Pellucidar |
| 1930 - The Tournament of the Treasure | Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 9: La Vie en Noir, 2012 | see Steve Costigan |
| 1931 - The Hunters | Jim Anthony: Super Detective Volume Two, 2010 | see Jim Anthony |
| Kong's unveiling in New York draws a lot of celebrity attention, including that of the Celebrated Feral Child of Africa, who has a personal interest in apes. | ||
| 1938 - Devil's Dark Harvest | The Avenger: The Justice Inc. Files, 2011 | see The Avenger |
| Rode Boeman says he doesn't care if Vannicks is richer than a Stonecraft (James D. Stonecraft is from The Dark Heart of Time). | ||
| 1941 - The Sky Masters | 2009 novel | see Hardluck Hannigan |
| Abigail Grayson is the daughter of Sir Edmond Grayson, the Earl of Graystoke (who is probably a relative of the Duke of Greystoke). | ||
| 1942 - The Horror of Hyperborea | 2014 novel | see Thunder Jim Wade |
| Dirk Marat refers to the time Argyle destroyed an Oparian outpost by accident. | ||
| 1943 - The Dead World | The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs, 2013 | see Pellucidar |
| Innes refers to the Minunians, the Ant Men of Africa (Tarzan and the Ant Men). | ||
| 1945 - According to Plan of a One-Eyed Trickster | The Avenger: Roaring Heart of the Crucible, 2013 | see The Avenger |
| Dr. Walden is renting Stonecraft Castle (the former property of James D. Stonecraft). | ||
| 1949 - Midnight in Moscow | Shadow: Midnight in Moscow #1-6, May–December 2014 | see The Shadow |
| 1950 - Tarzan ve Mandrake Mücadelesi | 1951 comic | Mandrake the Magician |
| 1990 - Bigfoot | 1991 comic strip | Sherlock Holmes |
| 2001 - Day of the Hunter | 2002 comic strip | Blackjack |
| 2012 - The Ides of Mars | Night of the Nyctalope, 2012 | see Nyctalope |
| Colonel Bozzo says that Burroughs was Greystoke's biographer. | ||
Additional crossovers chronology[]
| Story | Publication | Crossovers |
| c. 10,000 BC - Red Sonja/Tarzan | Red Sonja/Tarzan #1-6, 2018 | see Red Sonja |
| 1848 - The Awful Orloffs: The Story of a Family [Chapter 1: A Parliament of Counts] | Archive of Our Own, 2018 | see The Shadow of the Czar |
| Ivan Russakoff begins living under the name of Rokoff, and eventually has two grandchildren (implied to be Nikolas and Olga Rokoff). | ||
| 1912 - Jimmie Dale Alias the Gray Seal | 2017 novel | see Jimmie Dale |
| 1915 - The Hounds of Saint-Augustin | Sâr Dubnotal: The Astral Trail, 2015 | see Sâr Dubnotal |
| 1919-1928 - Reanimatrix | 2016 novel | see Cthulhu Mythos |
| 1921-1922 - Red Sonja/Tarzan | Red Sonja/Tarzan #1-6, 2018 | see Red Sonja |
| 1928 - Ardan at the Pole | Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 12: Carte Blanche, 2015 | see Doc Savage |
| Doc Ardan's cousin and his wife (implicitly Tarzan and Jane) allow him to use their home while in Baltimore. | ||
| 1930-1950 - Pellucidar: Across Savage Seas | Pellucidar: Across Savage Seas #1-4, August 2021-May 2022 | see Pellucidar |
| 1944 - The Glass Lady | Hunt the Avenger, 2019 | see The Avenger |
| Veronica Balza (Tarzan and the Lion Men) attends the masked ball at the Schildiner mansion. Abelard Furnois’ (Tarzan at the Earth's Core) daughter Cynthia is mentioned in a newspaper article. | ||
| 1944 - The Curse of Kukulkan | The Avenger: Double Feature 2, 2020 | see The Avenger |
| 1951 - John Carter of Mars: Gods of the Forgotten | 2021 novel | see John Carter of Mars |
| 1952 - Jane Porter and the City of Fire | 2023 novel | Pellucidar The Land That Time Forgot |
| 1953 - A Bug's Life | Tales of the Shadowmen 15: Trompe l'Oeil, 2018 | see Spiridon the Mute |
| 1966 - The Revelation of the Yeti | Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 12: Carte Blanche, 2015 | see Doctor Omega |
| Barton Werper is said to be the son of Lieutenant Werper of the Belgian Army (however, he is more likely his grandson). He was granted interviews with Tarzan and used the material to (badly) write stories of his adventures with winged men, the silver globe, the serpent-men, and the yeti. Werper and Doctor Omega, joined by Ki-Gor and Nora, go on a search for the African yeti. | ||
| 1977 - The Shadow Across 110th Street | Waiting, 2017 | see Cthulhu Mythos |
| 1977 - Voodoo vs. Cthulhu! | Dreaming, 2018 | see Cthulhu Mythos |
| 2009 - The Beast | Glimmerglass: The Creative Writer's Annual Volume #1, October 2009 | see King Kong |
| Tarzan employed Denham on a documentary expedition to Skull Island back in the 1930s. Kong is also revealed to be the species of giant ape he encountered while in Pellucidar. | ||
| 2017 - The Librarians and the Mother Goose Chase | 2017 novel | see The Librarian |
| Flynn Carsen comments that he wouldn’t trade his job for all the Jewels of Opar. | ||
| ? - Lost City of Azgara | 2013 novel | see Rick Steele |
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