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1981-08-01 00:05:07
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Ka-Zar the Savage #2

Issue(s): Ka-Zar the Savage #2
Published Date: May 81
Title: "To air is human!"
Credits:
Bruce Jones - Writer
Brent Anderson - Penciler
Carlos Garzon - Inker

Review/plot:
Shanna shows up as Ka-Zar and Zabu sit miserably in the rain thinking about their lost loves. There's an accident and they both fall off a cliff, with Shanna's last words to Ka-Zar being "I love you". They wake up on top a of a huge tower called Aerie Shalann populated by the bird men that rescued them.

They inform Ka-Zar that Pangea is undergoing major ecological changes, and they don't know why. Soon, the bird men are attacked by Pterons, half-men, half-pterodactyl. Ka-Zar helps repel the attack with his sling...

...and they learn that Queen Leanne, an ally of the bird men and the woman that Ka-Zar met last issue, has been captured.

It turns out that one of the bird people, Sep, is really having an affair with Leanne, but he turns out to be a traitor, turning her over to the Pterons. Ka-Zar, Zabu, and Shanna attack, with Shanna killing the Pteron King. But they wind up in a situation where both Shanna and Leanne are hanging off a cliff, and Ka-Zar can only save one.

It's a deliberately heavy-handed scenario. Ka-Zar chooses Shanna but it doesn't really show a resolution in his torn feelings.

This continues to be a great book.

Quality Rating: B+

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: The first 6 or so issues of Ka-Zar are displaced from their publication dates due to Ka-Zar's appearance in Marvel Fanfare #1-2.

References: N/A

Cross-over: N/A

Continuity Implant? N

Reprinted In: N/A

Inbound References (1): show

Characters Appearing: Ka-Zar, Leanne, Sep, Shanna the She-Devil, Typ, Zabu

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Comments

i have this commic, just wondering how much they are in poor condition, i mean it is pretty good except water damage worn binding and stuff like that

Water damaged comics from the 80s always go for a high price on the secondary market. Try selling it on Amazon marketplace.


 
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