Korak #60
Korak #60 (1973) is part of the long-running Norwegian-language reprint series launched by Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag in 1966, which brought Edgar Rice Burroughs's jungle hero to Scandinavian readers for the first time in a dedicated comic format. The series played a meaningful role in the international reach of the Burroughs Tarzan franchise, demonstrating that Korak — whose civilian name is John 'Jack' Clayton III, the son of Tarzan and Jane — had an audience well beyond North America. By 1973 the Norwegian publisher had simultaneously launched a companion title, Korak & Co, to carry the new DC Comics material, meaning issue #60 of the original series represents the mature phase of a dual-track publishing strategy that served both classic Gold Key material and contemporary DC stories to Norwegian readers.
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Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag began publishing Norwegian-language Korak comics in October 1966, reprinting stories from Gold Key's Edgar Rice Burroughs Korak, Son of Tarzan series. Those Gold Key issues featured scripts predominantly by Gaylord Du Bois and art by Russ Manning, Dan Spiegle, and others. Williams Forlag printed the issues in Poland at the standard Scandinavian comics format (approximately 25 × 17.5 cm, staple-bound), translating the original American stories for Norwegian readers under the editorial oversight of the publisher's local staff. By issue #60 in 1973 the series was drawing on Gold Key issues from the late 1960s to early 1970s portion of that run.
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- Published by Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag (Norway) in 1973 as part of their 1966-launched Korak reprint series.
- The series reprinted Norwegian-language translations of Gold Key's Edgar Rice Burroughs Korak, Son of Tarzan comics (Gold Key run: issues #1–45, 1964–1972).
- Gold Key Korak stories featured scripts by Gaylord Du Bois and art by Russ Manning, Dan Spiegle, and other Dell/Western Publishing artists.
- Korak (Jack Clayton III) is the son of Tarzan and Jane Porter, first introduced as an infant in Burroughs's novels and given the name 'Korak' — meaning 'Killer' in the language of the Great Apes — in the fourth Tarzan novel, The Son of Tarzan.
- In 1973 Williams Forlag also launched the companion Norwegian title Korak & Co, which reprinted the new DC Comics Korak, Son of Tarzan material (beginning with DC's #46), running alongside the original reprint series.
- The Norwegian issues were printed in Poland at approximately 25 × 17.5 cm, staple-bound, consistent with the publisher's standard format for its Scandinavian comics line.
- Williams Forlag was a major conduit for American and European comics into Scandinavia, publishing over 125 series and 3,000+ issues under the Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag imprint.
- No dedicated key-issue analysis for this specific issue was located on Key Collector Comics, GoCollect, or major collector forums; it is an obscure foreign reprint with minimal dedicated English-language coverage.