could crush Tarzan

It might have worked, that plan, but not before those terrible black hands would surely seize him and, once they did, even the jungle lord would have been crushed to a bloody pulp in a matter of seconds.
The old scar on his forehead pulsed redly as Tarzan of the Apes considered this line of attack. He might, in the end, bring down the creature, spilling its life’s blood upon the declivity floor, but his own blood would also be shed in kind.


King Kong vs Tarzan, Chapter 63