| Issue | #1 |
| Published | Summer 1975 |
| Cover Price | 1.25 USD |
| Pages | 92 |
| Editing | Archie Goodwin |
| Genre | jungle |
| Pencils | Ken Barr |
| Inks | Ken Barr |
| Characters | Ka-Zar (Origin, told in detail); Zabu (Origin, told in detail); Parnival Plunder (Ka-Zar's brother, Flashback); Lord Plunder (Ka-Zar's father, Death, Flashback); Maa-Gor (Origin, Villain, Flashback); Barbara Morse (full name not revealed until Astonishing Tales #12); Paul Allen (full name not revealed until Astonishing Tales #12); Spassky; Willis; Swamp Men of the Savage Land (Flashback) |
| Synopsis | The origin of Ka-Zar and Zabu, including the tale of Lord Plunder's first visit to the Savage Land. |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Script | Roy Thomas |
| Pencils | Gil Kane |
| Inks | Frank Giacoia |
| Letters | Sam Rosen |
| Editing | Stan Lee (Original Editor) |
| Reprinted | from Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #11 (April 1972) |
| Genre | jungle |
| Script | Len Wein |
| Pencils | Steve Gan |
| Inks | Steve Gan |
| Reprinted | from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #6 (September 1974) |
| Characters | Ka-Zar (Feature); Zaladane, Queen Priestess of Garokk, the Sun-God (Introduction) (Villain); Tongah (Introduction); Petrified Man (Origin); Zabu |
| Synopsis | Ka-Zar and the Petrified Man return to the Savage Land where Zaladane, Queen Priestess of Garokk, the Sun-God has destroyed Tongah's village and killed his family. They arrive just in time to see Zaladane leading her people to attack the kingdom of the lizard-men. |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Script | Gerry Conway |
| Pencils | Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith] |
| Inks | Sam Grainger |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Editing | Stan Lee (Original Editor) |
| Notes | The origin of the Petrified Man. |
| Reprinted | from Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (December 1970) |
| Characters | Ka-Zar (Feature); Zaladane (Villain); The Petrified Man; Zabu; Tongah; Garokk, the Sun God [formerly Petrified Man]; The Vala-Kuri (Introduction) |
| Synopsis | The Petrified Man is turned into Garokk, the Sun God and he stops the attack on the Vala-Kuri by Zaladane and her people. Zaladane rejects Garokk and continues to attack Ka-Zar. |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Script | Gerry Conway |
| Pencils | Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith] |
| Inks | Sam Grainger |
| Letters | Sam Rosen |
| Editing | Stan Lee (Original Editor) |
| Reprinted | from Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #4 (February 1971) |
| Characters | Ka-Zar; Garokk (Villain, Death); Zaladane (Villain, Death); Guardian of the Pool (Introduction, Death); Tongah; Zabu |
| Synopsis | Ka-Zar is taken to the Pool that Garokk drank from that made him immortal. He is attacked by the Guardian of the Pool but he manages to defeat him and then cast Garokk into the Pool where he loses his immortality and dies. |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Script | Gerry Conway |
| Pencils | Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith] |
| Inks | Frank Giacoia |
| Letters | Mike Stevens |
| Editing | Stan Lee (Original Editor) |
| Reprinted | from Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (April 1971) |
| Script | Gerry Conway |
| Pencils | Gray Morrow |
| Inks | Gray Morrow |
| Letters | Gray Morrow |
| Reprinted | from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #2 (October 1973) |