Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle · Character
Wilbur Stimbol
A blustering American businessman who mistakes wealth for power and learns, in Tarzan's jungle, exactly what neither can buy.
supporting
Also known as Stimbol, Wilbur Stimbol of Stimbol & Company
First appearance: i tantor the elephant
As a supporting figure in Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, Wilbur Stimbol is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Lost and starving, stumbles into Ibn Jad's camp; saved by Fahd; boasts of wealth.
Stimbol arrives in Tarzan's country expecting his money and citizenship to bend the world to his convenience, hunting where he pleases and sneering at the ape-man's authority. When Tarzan strips him of his safari and sends him packing toward railhead, Stimbol's rage curdles into futile schemes for vengeance. His humiliation is the story's sharpest lesson in the limits of privilege, and his resentment keeps a dangerous edge on the expedition's tail.
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- Jungle Threats & Stranded Americans
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- Knights of Nimmr
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- Protagonist
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Wilbur Stimbol in i tantor the elephant