(February 1972)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1971-11-16 ?
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

To Die In Flames! (Table of Contents)

Ka-Zar / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane; John Romita (see notes)
Inks
Joe Sinnott; John Romita (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (sourced)

Genre
jungle; superhero
Characters
Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Zabu
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Zabu figure by John Romita. Info per Nick Caputo.

To End In Flame! (Table of Contents: 1)

Ka-Zar / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited); Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)
Inks
Sal Buscema
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

Job Number
809-Z
Genre
jungle; superhero
Characters
Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Bobbi Morse (full name not revealed until Astonishing Tales #12); Zabu; Germans of Lost Lake (villains); Heinrich Draco (introduction, death); Paul Allen (full name not revealed until Astonishing Tales #12); Heida; Gerhad Draco; Captain Christopher (introduction, death); Jonathan Christopher
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Ka-Zar uncovers the truth that Heinrich Draco and Captain Christopher, the leaders of the two warring factions in New Britannia, know that the war is over and are prolonging it for their own reasons. He and Zabu manage to stop the two when they try to blow up the Savage Land by dropping a bomb into a volcano.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This story is continued from issue #8.

Adventures of the Lee Family (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Lee Rider Jackets and Jeans / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Sensuous Bullpen [February 1972] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Astonishing Mails / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from (and answers to) Lee Bucher, Carl Waluconis and Steve Allsup. Roy Thomas identifies himself as writer of the letter column.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. To Die In Flames!
    Ka-Zar
  2. 1. To End In Flame!
    Ka-Zar
  3. 2. Adventures of the Lee Family
    Lee Rider Jackets and Jeans
  4. 3. The Sensuous Bullpen [February 1972]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Astonishing Mails
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Darrel McCann
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore