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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published December 1971
Frequency Bi-Monthly
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "Man Vs. Beast-- In A Savage Land!"

Characters Ka-zar; Iranda; Zabu
Genre Jungle
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Frank Giacoia
Letters Artie Simek

16 page Ka-Zar story "The Legend of the Lizard Men!"

Characters Ka-zar; Iranda (Villain, Introduction, Death); Lizard Men (Introduction); Zabu; Lowani
Synopsis When Ka-Zar goes in search of missing women and men from a local village, he finds the woman, Iranda and the Lizard Men. She takes him to her castle where he sees one of the missing women. When he tries to rescue her, the Lizard Men attack him. He is barely able to escape but when he does, he takes Iranda's crown with him. With her crown gone, at moonrise her enchantment wears off and she becomes a Lizard being. After she dies, her enchantments fade and the Lizard Men turn back into the missing warriors from the village.
Genre Jungle
Script Stan Lee
Pencils John Buscema
Inks John Buscema
Letters Artie Simek
Notes This story takes place after the story in Savage Tales #1 and before the story in Astonishing Tales #8. Some of the dialogue is altered when this story is reprinted in Savage Tales #5.
Reprinted in Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #5 (July 1974) [black and white, with altered dialogue]

4 page Lorna, the Jungle Girl story "Tom-Toms of Danger!"

Characters Lorna, the Jungle Girl; Greg Knight; Mikki; Chief Akabi; Moki
Synopsis Moki uses the sound of Tom-Tom's to drive all of the Gabu into a war frenzy so that he can take over the jungle.
Genre Jungle
Script Don Rico
Pencils Jay Scott Pike
Inks Jay Scott Pike
Notes This issue reprints only the first four pages of this story. Job number comes from the Atlas Tales website. According to George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B some of the artwork is retouched in this reprinted story.
Reprinted from Lorna the Jungle Girl (Marvel, 1954 series) #14 (July 1955) [pages 1-4 of "Tom-Toms of Danger!", with retouched artwork]

2 page Lorna, the Jungle Girl story "The Green Opal!"

Characters Lorna, the Jungle Girl; Greg Knight; Mikki; Subu; Alexei; The Green Opal
Synopsis Alexei and Subu surrender when The Green Opal warns them that if they don't stop abusing it's name and power it will pursue them to the ends of the earth.
Genre Jungle
Script Don Rico
Pencils Jay Scott Pike
Inks Jay Scott Pike
Notes This issue only reprints the last two pages of this story. Job number comes from the Atlas Tales website. According to George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B some of the artwork is retouched in this reprinted story.
Reprinted from Lorna, the Jungle Girl (Marvel, 1954 series) #14 (July 1955) [pages 5-6 of "The Green Opal", with retouched artwork]