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Issue: Tara on the Dark Continent #1
Publication Date: January 1974
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Issues: #1 of 2 Issues
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Publisher: FlagAC
Brand: A Paragon Publication
Indicia Publisher: Paragon Publications
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 40
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: black and white interior; black on blue cover (issue #1), color cover (issue #2)
Dimensions: standard U.S. magazine
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Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ? (logo)
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle, superhero
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Pages: 1
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The Legend of Dark Continent

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle, superhero
First Line: Industrial tycoon T. C. Fremont, at the urging of his daughter...
Synopsis: Background on the Dark Continent and Tara's first adventure from Paragon Presents (AC, 1970 series) #2.
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Challenge from the Stars!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: jungle, superhero
Character(s): An Alien
First Line: Helplessly, Tara watches the strange craft...
Synopsis: Tara watches a strange aircraft crash into her lagoon. She dives in to rescue the pilot and is barely able to save him from an underwater carnivorous plant. When she comes to the surface she finds a group of men led by Vic Marco. He reveals that the pilot is an alien. The men then attempt to grab Tara but she defends herself. When she tries to grab the alien to help him get away, he telekinetically throws her through the air. Vic then threatens to shoot her.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Black and white. Artwork is dated 1971.
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How to Draw Tara

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Genres: jungle, superhero
First Line: Hi there, would-be artists!
Synopsis: Some instructions on how to draw Tara, including various poses as examples. The best entries will be presented in the next issue.
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Dr. Rivits, I Presume?

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Genres: jungle, superhero
Character(s): An Alien; Gip; Mad Dog
First Line: My, my, my! That's just pitiful!
Synopsis: Dr. Rivits kills Vic before he can shoot Tara because he wants her alive as a hostage. He ties up Tara so he can go back to working with the alien in finding out the secrets of the universe. Tara breaks free and goes after Dr. Rivits. The alien casts Tara into a parallel universe. Tara sees a strange alien animal in trouble and rescues it. Evidently this was a test as Tara is then pulled back to the Dark Continent. Dr. Rivits tries to fly away but the alien blows up his helicopter, and then flies away in his own spacecraft. Tara and Janis find four eggs that the alien spacecraft left behind.
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Disclose Notes: Black and white. Artwork dated 1972.
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When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

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Writer(s): ? (movie poster)
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Genres: horror, science fiction
Feature(s): When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth; Victoria Vetri
Character(s): Victoria Vetri (as Sanna, photographs)
First Line: Enter an age of unknown terrors...
Synopsis: First page is a print of the movie advertisement for When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970 Hammer Film Production). The next two pages are a centerspread pin-up of Victoria Vetri from the movie. The final page is of Victoria Vetri and two uncredited male actors.
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Disclose Notes: Printed in black ink on yellow paper in the center of the magazine.
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The Mirror of Horror!

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Genres: jungle, superhero
Character(s): Na' Waga; Numa
First Line: Millonaire T. C. Fremont wants his personal...
Synopsis: Tara's father sends her to Africa to collect more specimens for the Dark Continent. While she is there Na' Waga the Witch Woman sets out to capture her. First she sends a leopard after Tara but Tara kills it. Then Na' Waga sends beast men that manage to capture Tara and take her to Na' Waga's cave. Na' Waga uses her mystic mirror to drain Tara's beauty and exchange it for Na' Waga's ugliness. While Na' Waga is showing off her beauty an old and feeble Tara manages to reach the mirror and destroy it. Her youth is immediately restored and the demon from within the mirror claims Na' Waga.
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The Space Hag

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Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): The Space Hag; Yik
First Line: Holy hotpants! Where am I??
Synopsis: Stormy Tempest tracks the Space Hag across the galaxy to stop her. When she catches up to her on the Space Hag's planet she is captured by Yik. The Space Hag commands Yik to throw her off the cliff but the Yik likes Stormy better so she throws the Space Hag off instead.
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Encounter!

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Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Roach; Sissy; Old Man Johnson (really an agent of Vortex) (death)
First Line: From out of the far depths of cosmic void...
Synopsis: Sissy and Roach see what they think are a shooting star but it changes directions and heads right toward them. Roach runs away but Sissy stays to see the object float to earth and become Astron. Astron immediately kills Old Man Johnson (the groundskeeper) because he can see that he is really an agent of Vortex.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: jungle, superhero
First Line: Well, dear readers, here at long last is the...
Synopsis: Background and information on this issue's stories, including some credits information and a drawing of Tara.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover, it is printed in black ink on blue paper.
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Tara

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ? (logo)
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle, superhero
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover is printed in black ink on blue paper. Back cover, includes price. Illustration is signed 1972.

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