Marvel Masterworks: Ka-Zar, Vol. 1

Marvel Masterworks: Ka-Zar #1

by Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway

Beyond the cold Antarctic wastes, in the depths of a secret hidden jungle, Ka-Zar rules the Savage Land. Populated by dinosaurs, barbarians and saber-tooth tigers, this land that time forgot is threatened from beyond its borders by enemies including Kraven the Hunter and madmen still fighting World War II - and from within, by the bizarre Garokk the Petrified Man and the sunpriestessZaladane. These adventures, the origin of Ka-Zar and Zabu, and more await you! Featuring stories never before collected, this inaugural Ka-Zar Masterworks showcases a bona-fide who's who of top comics talent - from Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith to Gil Kane, John Buscema and Neal Adams! COLLECTING: Marvel Super -Heroes 19, Astonishing Tales 1-16, Savage Tales 1

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Superheroes, Comic Book, Graphic Novels

297 pages, Hardcover

First published January 22, 2013

About the author

Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.

With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.

Reviews

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

While Ka-Zar shares many of the story plot lines of Tarzan he is not just a Tarzan clone or knock off. Marvel does a nice job of making a jungle character a Superhero that interacts with the rest of their universe and characters. Good stories and art. Recommended

[Brent · Rating 3 out of 5]

I guess I forgot to review this so it has been some time since I actually read it but from what I remember it was mostly average but had some fun interaction with the Man-Thing.

[Rafael Umaña · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow this is… dated

[Brett · Rating 3 out of 5]

Never my favourite Marvel character and it seems like there are plot threads thrown at the wall that disappear (his brother is set up as important early but doesn’t reappear in this volume). Bobbi Morse (later to become Mockingbird) makes an early appearance here as a fairly standard Marvel female character pining after the lead.