(January 1975)

Marvel, 1971 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1974-11-26
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Magazine Group
Editing
Gerry Conway (editor); Len Wein (consulting editor); Doug Moench (consulting editor); Marv Wolfman (editor-in-chief); Roy Thomas (editor emeritus)

Issue Notes

Further credits include: John Romita (art director); Lenny Grow (production); Marcia Gloster (design); Barbara Altman (design). On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #112, November 1974, with issue number typo in listing.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The War that Time Forgot! (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Stephen Fabian (credited as Steve Fabian) (signed as SF) (painting); Gil Kane (penciled layout, uncredited)
Inks
Stephen Fabian (credited as Steve Fabian) (signed as SF) (painting)
Colors
Stephen Fabian (credited as Steve Fabian) (signed as SF) (painting)
Letters
typeset
Genre
jungle; superhero
Characters
Ka-Zar; Shanna; Zabu
Reprints
Keywords
snakes
Cover Thumbnail for Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #8
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Cover gallery

Creatures of the Savage Land No. 1 (Table of Contents: 1)

Creatures of the Savage Land / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset
Characters
tyrannosaurus rex
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Ka-Zar; Shanna; Zabu
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Contents and indicia.

The Billion Year War! [part 1] (Table of Contents: 3)

Ka-Zar / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Colors
? (graytones)
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Evening in the savage land...
Genre
jungle; superhero
Characters
Bobbi Morse; Ka-Zar; Shanna; Zabu; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Hill-Forest people
Reprints

Of Savages and Kings (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Ka-Zar
Reprints

Part Two The War that Time Forgot! (Table of Contents: 5)

Ka-Zar / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Colors
? (graytones)
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Back, all of you!
Genre
jungle; superhero
Characters
Bobbi Morse; Ka-Zar; Shanna; Zabu; Hill-Forest people; Grond; S.H.I.E.L.D.
Reprints

The Unspeakable Shrine Conclusion (Table of Contents: 6)

Brak the Barbarian / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
John Jakes (original story); Doug Moench (adaptation)
Pencils
Steve Gan
Inks
Steve Gan
Colors
? (graytones)
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The last wakening is sudden.
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Ariane; Brak; Tyresias; Yob-Haggoth

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the short story "The Unspeakable Shrine," by John Jakes.

Ka-Zar of the Pulps (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Weinberg (credited as Bob Weinberg); ? (introduction)
Pencils
J. W. Scott (cover reprints, paintings)
Inks
J. W. Scott (cover reprints, paintings)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Ka-Zar [David Rand] (cover reprints)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes reprints of the covers of all three issues of the Ka-Zar (Manvis Publications, 1936 series) pulp magazine series.

The Drum Beats at Midnight! (Table of Contents: 8)

Jann of the Jungle / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Don Rico
Pencils
Al Williamson
Inks
Ralph Mayo
Colors
? (graytones)
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)
Job Number
L942
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You stuck your nose too far into my business!
Genre
jungle
Characters
Jann; Pat
Reprints

Next Issue: (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Ka-Zar / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Savage Mails / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Ka-Zar

Indexer Notes

Letters on Savage Tales #6 with four Ka-Zar illustrations; includes letters from Dean Mullaney, Peter B. Gillis, W. James Grayson, Duane Spurlock, and Allen B. Kretschmar.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The War that Time Forgot!
    Ka-Zar
  2. 1. Creatures of the Savage Land No. 1
    Creatures of the Savage Land
  3. 2. Contents
  4. 3. The Billion Year War! [part 1]
    Ka-Zar
  5. 4. Of Savages and Kings
  6. 5. Part Two The War that Time Forgot!
    Ka-Zar
  7. 6. The Unspeakable Shrine Conclusion
    Brak the Barbarian
  8. 7. Ka-Zar of the Pulps
  9. 8. The Drum Beats at Midnight!
    Jann of the Jungle
  10. 9. Next Issue:
    Ka-Zar
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Savage Mails
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