This series was formerly published by Gold Key Comics. This is the first issue published by DC Comics. First appearance of all characters. Origin of the Ape Man (Part 1) - This story retells Tarzan''s origin as originally chronicled by novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs in the novel, Tarzan Of The Apes. Tarzan''s First Christmas is reprinted from a newspaper strip originally printed on December 27th, 1931. Arrival is adapted from the Edgar Rice Burroughs'' novel A Princess of Mars.