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Issue Details

Issue #26
Published May 1983
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Danny Fingeroth
Notes Last monthly issue. Statement of Ownership average # of copies in preceding 12 months: 256,928 while # of copies nearest to filing date is only 80,845 (book went to direct sales only during this period).

Cover Details

Characters Ka-Zar; Shanna; Zabu
Genre jungle
Pencils Ron Frenz; Danny Fingeroth (background photo)
Inks Armando Gil; Danny Fingeroth (background photo)
Notes Wraparound cover with a photographic background of New York city skyline (look! it's the twin towers!)

1 page text article "The Story Behind the Cover"

Script Danny Fingeroth
Pencils Ron Frenz
Letters typeset
Notes Text page explaining the genesis of the cover with accompanying Frenz cover sketch.

23 page Ka-Zar story "Escape from New York!"

Characters Ka-Zar; Shanna; Zabu; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Synopsis Ka-Zar battles Spider-Man, rescues Shanna, and returns to the Savage Land.
Genre jungle
Script Bruce Jones
Pencils Ron Frenz (breakdowns); Armando Gil (finished art)
Inks Armando Gil
Colors George Roussos
Letters Janice Chiang

5 page Tales of Zabu! story "The Final Blow"

Characters Zabu; Ka-Zar
Genre jungle
Script Bruce Jones
Pencils Val Mayerik
Inks Val Mayerik
Colors George Roussos
Letters Janice Chiang

1 page photo story

Script Louise Jones
Pencils Armando Gil; Danny Fingeroth (photographer)
Inks Armando Gil; Danny Fingeroth (photographer)
Letters Rick Parker?
Notes Fumetti featuring Chris Claremont and what he'd like to do with the book if he wrote it. Ka-Zar appears.