Korak the Killer first appeared in the original Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. He was introduced as an infant in the non-Tarzan novel The Eternal Lover (later retitled The Eternal Savage), in which the Ape Man and his family played supporting roles. His next appearance (still as an infant) was in The Beasts of Tarzan, the third Tarzan novel, in which he was kidnapped and taken to Africa. The story of his youth and growth to manhood was told in the fourth novel, The Son of Tarzan, in which he returned to Africa and lived in the jungle, taking for the first time the name Korak (“Killer” in the language of the Great Apes). Most references to him were as “Korak the Killer”. Half of the book relates to Meriem, the girl he rescues from a beating. The two of them run wild in the forest for years before being separated. After many adventures they are re-united and eventually marry. Korak was later used as a supporting character in the eighth through the tenth entries in the series, Tarzan the Terrible, Tarzan and the Golden Lion, and Tarzan and the Ant Men. The last of those three also briefly mentions Korak and Meriem’s young son “Jackie”. The Bunduki series by J. T. Edson – authorized by the Burroughs estate – includes Korak and Meriem’s granddaughter Dawn as one of two main characters.
Appearance List Magazine (partial): “The Eternal Lover” (The Eternal Lover Part 1) in All-Story Weekly, March 7, 1914, “The Mad King” (The Mad King Part 1) in All-Story Weekly March 21, 1914, “Sweetheart Primeval” (The Eternal Lover Part 2) in All-Story Weekly, Jan.–Feb. 1915, “Barney Custer of Beatrice” (The Mad King Part 2) in All-Story Weekly, August 1915. Novels: The Beasts of Tarzan (1914), The Son of Tarzan (1915-1916), Tarzan the Terrible (1921), Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1922-1923), Tarzan and the Ant Men (1924), The Eternal Lover (1925).
Description Korak the Killer first appeared in the original Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. He was introduced as an infant in the non-Tarzan novel The Eternal Lover (later retitled The Eternal Savage), in which the Ape Man and his family played supporting roles. His next appearance (still as an infant) was in The Beasts of Tarzan, the third Tarzan novel, in which he was kidnapped and taken to Africa. The story of his youth and growth to manhood was told in the fourth novel, The Son of Tarzan, in which he returned to Africa and lived in the jungle, taking for the first time the name Korak (“Killer” in the language of the Great Apes). Most references to him were as “Korak the Killer”. Half of the book relates to Meriem, the girl he rescues from a beating. The two of them run wild in the forest for years before being separated. After many adventures they are re-united and eventually marry. Korak was later used as a supporting character in the eighth through the tenth entries in the series, Tarzan the Terrible, Tarzan and the Golden Lion, and Tarzan and the Ant Men. The last of those three also briefly mentions Korak and Meriem’s young son “Jackie”. The Bunduki series by J. T. Edson – authorized by the Burroughs estate – includes Korak and Meriem’s granddaughter Dawn as one of two main characters.
