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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published March 1975
Cover Price 0.75 USD
Pages 68
Editing Gerry Conway; Len Wein (consulting editor); Don McGregor (consulting editor); Marv Wolfman (editor-in-chief); John Romita (art director); David Anthony Kraft (editorial staff); John Warner (editorial staff); Roy Thomas ("editor emeritus")
Notes Lenny Grow (production); Marcia Gloster (designs); Barbara Altman (designs).

Cover Details - "Dark Island of Doom"

Characters Ka-Zar; Zabu
Genre jungle
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils Michael Kaluta (painting)
Inks Michael Kaluta (painting)
Colors Michael Kaluta (painting)
Letters typeset
Notes Lenny Grow (production); Marcia Gloster (designs); Barbara Altman (designs).

1 page Ka-Zar illustration "Ka-Zar Lord of the Hidden Jungle"

Characters Ka-Zar; Zabu
Genre jungle
Pencils Mike Zeck [as Michael J. Zeck]
Inks Mike Zeck [as Michael J. Zeck]
Colors Mike Zeck [as Michael J. Zeck] (graytones)
Notes Inside front cover.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Lo, This Savage Scourge!"

Characters Ka-Zar; Shanna; Zabu [all in illo]
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils ? (illo)
Inks ? (illo)
Letters typeset

17 page Ka-Zar story "Dark Island of Doom"

Characters Ka-Zar; Jurrlor; Omell; Sann; Zabu
Synopsis Deep within the Hidden Jungle, in a region unfamiliar even to Ka-Zar, lurks the dark city of Palandor - Palandor, where men dwell in misery and squalor, oppressed by the rule of a mad tyrant, until the fateful coming of - the lord of the Savage Land! [per contents]
Genre jungle
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils Steve Gan
Inks Steve Gan
Colors ? (graytones)
Notes Part 1.

18 page Ka-Zar story "Beneath the Palace of Pain"

Characters Ka-Zar; Omell; Sann; Zabu
Synopsis Alone against a city, Zabu the Sabre-Tooth fights to his master's side - but can he reach Ka-Zar in time? Can either survive the Death Pool of Palandor? [per contents]
Genre jungle
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils Steve Gan
Inks Steve Gan
Colors ? (graytones)
Notes Part 2 (conclusion).

15 page Shanna the She-Devil story "The Golden Blood-Beasts of Daka-Jur!"

Characters Jakuna Singh; Raga-Shah; Sarapha; Shanna; Shanna's leopard and panther [Ina and Biri]
Synopsis The dying whisper of an old friend sends Shanna on a quest for revenge - a quest that takes her to the black jungles of India, and a meeting with Kali - Goddess of Death! [per contents]
Genre jungle
Script Carla Conway; Gerry Conway (assist)
Pencils Tony DeZuniga; ? [as The Tribe]
Inks Tony DeZuniga; ? [as The Tribe]
Colors ? (graytones)