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Tarzan on Mars
Suddenly, Kar Komak paled and his eyes stared into
space. He trembled visibly. Then he staggered back toward
a stone bench and sat down.
"By the holy seed of life!" he exclaimed.
"What ails you, friend?" asked Tarzan.
"I—I have just remembered! The final words of the
Legend of Issus!"
Tarzan waited for the Lotharian to continue, but he only
stared incredulously into space while beads of perspiration
emerged upon his forehead.
"Well, Tharos Pthan," said the Tarnathian, "if you would
overthrow Tario, you had better help the Warlord quickly.
His invasion fleet is being demolished."
"I am sorry," said the apeman to Kar Komak. "We will
have to consider your legend at a later time. Just now, we
should be concentrating upon escape from this place."
Having said this, he turned abruptly to the bars in the
window and grasped them with mighty hands. While the other
prisoners watched in sudden wonderment, he braced his
shoulders against the casing and, taking advantage of all the
leverage he could, he pressed outward, throwing all the
savage strength of his powerfully muscled body against the
metal, which slowly began to yield.
"Look!" exclaimed one of them. "His strength is superhuman!
The bars are bending!"
As the bars opened further and one of them finally burst
loose from its anchorage, even the Tarnathian was convinced.
"He is Tharos Pthan, after all!" he exclaimed. "It is a
miracle!"
At that moment, however, the door of the dungeon
swung open, and all except Kar Komak turned to see the
towering, hideous form of Thum step inside. He closed and
locked the door behind him and then caught Tarzan directly
in his baleful gaze.
"Tario or no," he rumbled, "the laws of Tarnath permit
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