The 1980s were not kind to our dinosaur-riding, smilodon-loving jungle hero Ka-zar. But, we did get a few good stories about Zabu, who was always the one we liked more anyway. Artists like Gil Kane and Val Mayerik contributed to the back up stories “Tales of Zabu” that traced the tiger’s life from a cub to his first mate to his first encounters with the future lord of the Savage Land.
Plus, we got this totally awesome page you could cut out and fold to make your own Zabu! Print it out and send us a pic of your own sabretooth! (Yes, I did it.)
Collector’s Guide: From Ka-zar the Savage #14 and #18; Marvel Comics.
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My friend, the 1980s were Ka-Zar’s absolute BEST years. The garbage put out involving Ka-Zar since the 1997 train wreck started by Waid and Kubert has been laughable. But to each his own – I do think the cut-out Zabu was a great idea. It still amazes me that two men as talented as Waid/Kubert couldn’t stick around long enough to make Ka-Zar great again!
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Glad you got a kick out of this, Wally! Thank you for dropping by and commenting.
The 1980s Ka-Zar series did have some highlights, especially with rampaging dinosaurs on the cover. I also loved his appearance in the Stern/Buscema/Palmer run on Avengers in the 80s. If I had to pick my favorite Ka-Zar stories of all time, though, some gems from the 1970s would take the prize. Since you have strong feelings about the 1980s era, I’d love to hear which issues of storylines you especially love, so I can track them down. Maybe I missed the gems!
Also, thanks to your comment, I realized I screwed up the “ka-zar” tag on this post by leaving out the hyphen. Now it’s fixed, and you can explore our complete Ka-Zar archive using the following URL: https://marswillsendnomore.wordpress.com/tag/ka-zar/
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I will definitely do so. And I’d like to invite you to join the Age of Ka-Zar Fan Page over on Facebook, which I run. 🙂 Thanks for writing about Marvel’s jungle lord, and I will be certain to check out the archive you’ve got!
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Put a link in your comment and you just might pick up some new fans for your page! Even the older posts on this blog get a traffic spike now and then.
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Thank you! https://paintmonk.blogspot.com
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