(January 1982)
Marvel,
1981 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.75 USD; 0.30 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981-09-01
- 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)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. copyright registration filing.
With this issue, the title became Marvel's first direct-market exclusive series. Previous issues had been available through the newsstand distribution system. The title was joined as a direct-market exclusive the following week by Moon Knight, and the next month by The Micronauts. The three series were distinguished from the rest of Marvel's color-comics line by having no outside advertising or barcodes on the cover.
With this issue, the title became Marvel's first direct-market exclusive series. Previous issues had been available through the newsstand distribution system. The title was joined as a direct-market exclusive the following week by Moon Knight, and the next month by The Micronauts. The three series were distinguished from the rest of Marvel's color-comics line by having no outside advertising or barcodes on the cover.
[no title indexed]
Ka-Zar / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brent Anderson (signed as Anderson)
- Inks
- Brent Anderson (signed as Anderson)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- jungle; superhero
- Characters
- Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; She-Devil [Shanna O'Hara]; Dherk; Buth
- Reprints
Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here
Ka-Zar / comic story / 25 pages
- Script
- Bruce Jones (credited)
- Pencils
- Brent Anderson (credited)
- Inks
- Carlos Garzón (credited)
- Colors
- Don Warfield (credited)
- Letters
- Jim Novak (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Since their discovery of Pangea--a gigantic resort and amusement park...
- Feature Logo
Ka-Zar the Savage [arched]- Genre
- jungle; superhero
- Characters
- Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; She-Devil [Shanna O'Hara]; Zabu; Dherk; Buth
- Reprints
-
in Ka-Zar (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #4 - Le gouffre infernal (mai 1983) -
in Kazar (Ediciones Surco, 1983 series) #5 (julio 1983) [Reprints last 10 pages of story.] -
in Ka-Zar the Savage Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
-
Rocketman
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bruce Jones (credited)
- Pencils
- Bruce Jones
- Inks
- Bruce Jones
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For a twelve year old kid in Topeka, Kansas, there isn't much to do...
- Characters
- Bruce Jones
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
One-page strip about the author. All art is taken from earlier Bruce Jones stories.
In the Beginning...
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A long time ago, in a country far far away...
- Characters
- Brent Anderson
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
One-page strip about the author (how he started drawing comics).
[Original Concept Cover Art of Ka-Zar the Savage #1]
Ka-Zar / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Brent Anderson (signed as Anderson)
- Inks
- Brent Anderson (signed as Anderson)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Back when Ka-Zar the Savage was in the planning stages...
- Genre
- jungle; superhero
- Characters
- Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; She-Devil [Shanna O'Hara]; Zabu
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Original, unused version of the first issue's cover.
[no title indexed]
Through the Grapevine / letters page / 2 pages
- Feature Logo
Through the Grapevine- Characters
- Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; She-Devil [Shanna O'Hara]; Zabu
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers John A. Wilcox, Tim Baldwin, Greg Gull, Paul Whittemore, Shabi Asghar, Andy Hamilton, and Doug Thieme.
Sometimes Following in Somebody Elses Footsteps Is a Dangerous Business...
Micronauts / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Ka-Zar -
1.
Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here
Ka-Zar -
2.
Rocketman
-
3.
In the Beginning...
-
4.
[Original Concept Cover Art of Ka-Zar the Savage #1]
Ka-Zar -
5.
[no title indexed]
Through the Grapevine -
6.
Sometimes Following in Somebody Elses Footsteps Is a Dangerous Business...
Micronauts
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Dasinger
- Gregory Fischer
- R. S. Martin
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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