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Cover: Frank R. Paul & Frank R. Paul
Marvel Comics #1 #[nn]
“Origin of the Human Torch”
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writer Ben Thompson
artist Ben Thompson
inker Ben Thompson
cover pencils Frank R. Paul
cover inks Frank R. Paul
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A plane crashes int the jungle of the Belgian Congo, and a young boy named David watches his mother die, and later his father at the hands of Paul De Kraft. The youngster is trained in survival tactics by his father and is later re-named Ka-Zar, brother of the mighty Zar, a lion whose life he once saved.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).