Marvel Super-Heroes - Ka-Zar Swings!

Ka-Zar was one of Marvel's revivals which didn't immediately get a comic book home of his own. Debuting in the X-Men in the early days of that run under Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Chic Stone, he migrated to Daredevil for some number of issues and even spent some time in Spider-Man before returning to the X-Men under the watch of Roy Thomas and Neal Adams. But he got a nod in Marvel Super-Heroes #19, a book in which he shifts from England to the Savage Land and battles against his brother The Plunderer as well as aliens who seek hegemony over the Swamp Men. Under a dynamic cover by Barry "Not-Quite-Windsor" Smith still in his earliest days and a up and coming Herb Trimpe, the comic beneath features some George Tuska artwork which frankly shows signs of having been done very swiftly. All of Mr.Tuska's shortcuts are on full display, but despite that the story by Steve Parkhouse and Arnold Drake unrolls mostly logically. Of note is that the inking is by longtime DC mainstay Sid Greene. (Is this the only inking he did for Marvel?)

This one ain't the greatest effort by the Bullpen, but it's still worthy of notice. And as we all know Ka-Zar and his toothsome buddy Zabu were destined for bigger things when he set up shop alongside Doc Doom in Astonishing Tales. And speaking of the bad Doctor Doom, he's up tomorrow as we close out this glimpse of Marvel's little Silver Age try-out comic.

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