Issue(s): Ka-Zar the Savage #8
Cover Date: Nov 81
Title: "In the beginning"
Credits:
Bruce Jones - Writer
Brent Anderson - Penciler
Carlos Garzon - Inker

Review/plot:
Ka-Zar and Shanna head back to the facility where Dherk brought them before he died to investigate it further.

They're attacked by a robot and eventually rescued by Dherk, who now has a physical android body.

The robot was his assistant that went a little haywire. It was also building Dherk an android version of Shanna. Awkward!

We get a little history of Dherk's Atlantis...

...and the description of the cataclysm that put it underwater doesn't sound at all like the version from the Tales of Atlantis back-up in Sub-Mariner #62, where it was due to an attack by the Lemurians.

It's said that Pangea was basically a resort or theme park created by the Atlanteans, using the Savage Land as a game refuge and stock area, and also for genetic experiments. The theme park idea is a bit on the silly side, but it's otherwise an interesting idea.

As always, great dialogue and nice art.

Quality Rating: B+

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A

References: N/A

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A