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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published Summer 1975
Cover Price 1.25 USD
Pages 92
Editing Archie Goodwin

Cover Details

Genre jungle
Pencils Ken Barr
Inks Ken Barr

21 page Ka-Zar story "A Day of Tigers!"

Characters Ka-Zar (Origin, told in detail); Zabu (Origin, told in detail); Parnival Plunder (Ka-Zar's brother, Flashback); Lord Plunder (Ka-Zar's father, Death, Flashback); Maa-Gor (Origin, Villain, Flashback); Barbara Morse (full name not revealed until Astonishing Tales #12); Paul Allen (full name not revealed until Astonishing Tales #12); Spassky; Willis; Swamp Men of the Savage Land (Flashback)
Synopsis The origin of Ka-Zar and Zabu, including the tale of Lord Plunder's first visit to the Savage Land.
Genre Jungle
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Frank Giacoia
Letters Sam Rosen
Editing Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Reprinted from Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #11 (April 1972)

9 page story "Dragonseed"

Genre jungle
Script Len Wein
Pencils Steve Gan
Inks Steve Gan
Reprinted from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #6 (September 1974)

10 page Ka-Zar story "Back To the Savage Land"

Characters Ka-Zar (Feature); Zaladane, Queen Priestess of Garokk, the Sun-God (Introduction) (Villain); Tongah (Introduction); Petrified Man (Origin); Zabu
Synopsis Ka-Zar and the Petrified Man return to the Savage Land where Zaladane, Queen Priestess of Garokk, the Sun-God has destroyed Tongah's village and killed his family. They arrive just in time to see Zaladane leading her people to attack the kingdom of the lizard-men.
Genre Jungle
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]
Inks Sam Grainger
Letters Artie Simek
Editing Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Notes The origin of the Petrified Man.
Reprinted from Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (December 1970)

10 page Ka-Zar story "The Sun God!"

Characters Ka-Zar (Feature); Zaladane (Villain); The Petrified Man; Zabu; Tongah; Garokk, the Sun God [formerly Petrified Man]; The Vala-Kuri (Introduction)
Synopsis The Petrified Man is turned into Garokk, the Sun God and he stops the attack on the Vala-Kuri by Zaladane and her people. Zaladane rejects Garokk and continues to attack Ka-Zar.
Genre Jungle
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]
Inks Sam Grainger
Letters Sam Rosen
Editing Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Reprinted from Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #4 (February 1971)

10 page Ka-Zar story "Rampage!"

Characters Ka-Zar; Garokk (Villain, Death); Zaladane (Villain, Death); Guardian of the Pool (Introduction, Death); Tongah; Zabu
Synopsis Ka-Zar is taken to the Pool that Garokk drank from that made him immortal. He is attacked by the Guardian of the Pool but he manages to defeat him and then cast Garokk into the Pool where he loses his immortality and dies.
Genre Jungle
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]
Inks Frank Giacoia
Letters Mike Stevens
Editing Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Reprinted from Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (April 1971)

11 page story "Dark Tomorrow"

Script Gerry Conway
Pencils Gray Morrow
Inks Gray Morrow
Letters Gray Morrow
Reprinted from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #2 (October 1973)