tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post1447636212872681999..comments2024-03-16T09:14:48.561-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: That Hammer Guy ReturnsJ. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-43955997733184960492013-07-04T08:57:00.258-07:002013-07-04T08:57:00.258-07:00MAC: How old is Robin Hood?......Or Tarzan?
Tarza...MAC: How old is Robin Hood?......Or Tarzan?<br /><br />Tarzan and the Foreign Legion — Tarzan told some new friends a story about his saving the life of a witch doctor way back when, with the result that the witch doctor had gratefully dosed him with a secret potion that allegedly made the patient “immortal” — in the sense of “ageless — although not “unkillable.”<br /><br />In Tarzan’s Quest, Jane’s friend, the Princess Sborov was searching for a way to restore her youth. This quest took the Princess and Jane into the land of the Kavuru, since it was rumored that they had this ability. There were many rumors about the Kavuru; many of these were not true. That their pills could restore youth seems to be one of these. The Kavuru pills arrested the aging process but probably did not rejuvenate. In Tarzan Alive, Philip Jose Farmer carefully noted that although Jane was forty-seven years old, she still moved and looked as if she were in her twenties; therefore there was not a noticeable age difference between Tarzan and Jane. If the pills restored youth, Farmer need not have noted this.<br /> <br />Philip Jose Farmer speculated that Doc Savage successfully synthesized Karavu, “which is why he and his aides have not aged since 1933”[3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-55580028527306358272008-10-05T05:33:00.000-07:002008-10-05T05:33:00.000-07:00Just picked up a copy at the NCIBA yesterday and c...Just picked up a copy at the NCIBA yesterday and can't wait to read it. Thanks for your article and interview. The publisher rep told me a lot about Max and Mickey, but your blog filled in so many more details.Janet Rudolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.com