Plot

With Jane still away for the war effort, Tarzan and Boy set off to retrieve rare medicinal herbs, only to run into an American messenger, German spies, and the mysterious desert's treacherous fauna and flora.

A letter from Jane, who is nursing British troops, asks Tarzan's help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Tarzan and Boy set out across the desert looking for the plants and wind up ruining a German's attempt to capture a wild horse. They arrive in an Arab city and rescue a stranded American lady magician, sentenced to be hanged for carrying a secret message to the Sheik. To obtain the plants, Tarzan must fight prehistoric monsters, Nazis, and so on.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

Jane is still in London working as a nurse in a military hospital. She asks Tarzan to get her some of the medicine they had used when Boy had developed fever and he sets off with Boy and Cheetah to the great desert to get the plants in question. Along the way, they meet Connie Bryce, a magician who had been entertaining troops in North Africa and has now been offered the opportunity entertain an Arab sheik. They make their way to the desert capital but find their leader under the influence of Nazis. Once there, Tarzan is charged with horse theft and imprisoned. Tarzan, Boy and Connie manage to escape and along the way encounter many strange creatures including giant lizards, killer spiders and a man-eating plant.—garykmcd

With Jane still away in war-torn London doing her duty for the war effort as a nurse, Tarzan and Boy set off to the edge of the vast desert, in Bir-Herari, to retrieve rare and powerful medicinal herbs for the terrible jungle fever. On their way, the father and son stumble upon Connie Bryce--an American messenger posing as a magician--who has important information for the local Sheik, Abdul El Khim, as a couple of Nazi spies tirelessly plot to destabilise the region. However, to further complicate matters, the theft of a proud wild stallion sends Tarzan behind bars, and an imminent death sentence threatens to put a premature end to the expedition. Can Tarzan find his way to freedom, even if he has to travel through the mysterious desert's treacherous fauna and flora?—Nick Riganas