When Tarzan was an infant, his mother died, and his father was killed by Kerchak, leader of the ape tribe by whom Tarzan was adopted.
Tarzan is the son of a British lord and lady who were marooned on the coast of Africa by mutineers. Tarzan ( John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, a feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer.Ĭreated by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan first appeared in the novel Tarzan of the Apes (magazine publication 1912, book publication 1914), and subsequently in 23 sequels, several books by Burroughs and other authors, and innumerable works in other media, both authorized and unauthorized. Enhanced strength, speed, endurance, agility, durability, reflexes, and senses.
