Tazander Tazah, known to his boyhood friends as Tandy, was the crown prince, and is now the king, of Ozamaland on the continent of Tazara.

Description

After living his young life isolated in the White Tower of the Wise Men in the Ozaman capital, Tandy was a pale and frail child. Yet only a few months of vigorous life aboard the Crescent Moon helped the boy grow strong and fit.

History

His parents were murdered by the usurping Ozamandarins. The orphaned Tandy was sedated and spirited away from his country by Blogodore the Old Man of the Jungle, on a flying umbrellaphant. Tandy was kept prisoner for five months by the Leopard Men on Patrippany Island; after the Leopard Men were extinct, Tandy was fed by a friendly talking hippopotamus named Nikobo, until he was rescued by Captain Samuel Salt and King Ato. (Captain Salt in Oz)

Background

Tazander Tazah's name and origin story are noticeably similar to Tarzan, the pulp fiction hero from Edgar Rice Burroughs' stories. Captain Salt in Oz came out in 1936, concurrent with the third Tarzan movie of the iconic Johnny Weissmuller series.