Ka-Zar the Savage #5 [Direct]
(August 1981)

Marvel, 1981 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-04-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Louise Simonson (credited as Louise Jones) (editor); Danny Fingeroth (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #191.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Brent Anderson (signed as Anderson)
Inks
Brent Anderson (signed as Anderson)
Colors
?
Genre
jungle; superhero
Characters
Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Tongah
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The Ties That Bind! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Bruce Jones
Pencils
Brent Anderson
Inks
Carlos Garzón
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Novak
First Line of Dialogue or Text
On the way to the island of Nahgen...
Feature Logo
Ka-Zar the Savage!
Genre
jungle; superhero
Characters
Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; She-Devil [Shanna O'Hara]; Zabu; Fall People [Kapah (death); Lodah; Sarak (death); Selma; Tongah (death)]
Synopsis
Zabu is temporarily believed to be the rabid killer of Kapah, a young member of the Fall People. Sarak, Kapah's father, is driven insane by rabies and Ka-Zar is forced to take him down. Realizing that he will also succumb, Tongah commits suicide. Ka-Zar watches a t-rex take down the rabid saber-toothed tiger and is relieved that it isn't Zabu.
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Keywords
dinosaurs; rabies; saber-toothed tiger; Savage Land; triceratops; tyrannosaurus rex

Indexer Notes

No listed credits.

A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Shambling Mound] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Dungeons & Dragons / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Fantastic Four in Wonders of Nature (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Fantastic Four; Hostess / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Through the Grapevine / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Louise Simonson (credited as Louise Jones); Danny Fingeroth (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Through the Grapevine

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Robert M. Stuendel, Kevin C. McConnell, Danny DeAngelo, James Walters, Ray D. Smith, and T. M. Maple.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Ka-Zar
  2. 1. The Ties That Bind!
    Ka-Zar
  3. 2. A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Shambling Mound]
    Dungeons & Dragons
  4. 3. The Fantastic Four in Wonders of Nature
    Fantastic Four; Hostess
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Through the Grapevine
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Daniel Block
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Steven Tice
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