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Savage Tales #1 (Ka-Zar)Issue(s): Savage Tales #1 (Ka-Zar story only) Review/plot: It's the story of a man driven to extremes by his ball-breaker of a wife. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ka-Zar and Zabu also happen to be in it. ![]() The woman is after Ka-Zar's Vibranium. I believe this is literally the Plunder Stone that was seen in Daredevil #14, which is why it's a sort-of unimpressive looking rock hidden behind a big wooden door. I also think this is the first time the Savage Land vibrating ore was referred to as "Vibranium", a word previously reserved for the Wakandan metal that actually resists vibrations. Going forward, we now have Savage Land Vibranium and Wakandan Vibranium. ![]() Since this is reprinted in a code book, it's been edited to cover up nakedness (including an entire missing scene where Carla tries to seduce Ka-Zar but he just points to a whole gaggle of naked bathing beauties to show he's got his pick of women)... ![]() ...as well as drawing in clothes where necessary (sometimes awkwardly). ![]() Buscema's art survives the recoloring and reduced size fairly well. ![]() Astonishing Tales #14 also reprints a story about Jann of the Jungle... ![]() ...who never gets dirty, even when crawling around in the mud or fighting dinosaurs. ![]() ![]() But hey, she does fight dinosaurs, and that's pretty awesome. The Jann story is from Jungle Stories #2, Nov 54. Quality Rating: C- Chronological Placement Considerations: The MCP places this in the same gap between Astonishing Tales as Ka-Zar's appearance in Amazing Spider-Man #103-104. References: N/A Crossover: N/A Continuity Insert? N My Reprint: Astonishing Tales #14 Inbound References (2): showCharacters Appearing: Ka-Zar, Zabu 1971 / Box 6 / Silver Age CommentsBetween the Femizons, Ellen in the Man-Thing story and this story, it seems like the creators of Savage Tales really had issues with women. Posted by: Michael | March 6, 2013 8:14 PM I have no idea if Jann exists in the proper Marvel Universe. She had a cameo in What If?#9, so she obviously existed in that continuity, but I can't guess what non-reprint post-1950s book she may have appeared in. Posted by: Mark Drummond | March 9, 2013 6:56 PM The intended Ka-Zar story for Savage Tales#2 was actually printed before this in #9(and later reprinted uncensored in Savage Tales#5). Posted by: Mark Drummond | March 10, 2013 2:57 PM Love Ka-Zar's "Do you know who the hell I am?" toward Carla when she tries to throw herself on him. Posted by: Brian Coffey | September 14, 2017 11:10 PM Comments are now closed. |
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