—Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)We have discussed our differences before, Bobbi -- We needn't renew them! Perhaps someday you will return to the Savage Land-- or I to your city-paths! You can leave knowing you have perhaps helped rid my land of a most bothersome foe!
Appearing in "A Man-God Unleashed!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Man-Apes
- ⏴ Man-God/Man-Ape (Maa-Gor) ⏵
- Numerous unnamed members (Constructs)
- ⏴ El Tigre (Juan Meroz) (Death)
Other Characters:
- Robert Plunder (Referenced)
- Vida Blue (Mentioned in narration) (Topical Reference)
- Colonel Nick Fury (Mentioned)
- Man-God (Maa-Gor) (First appearance; vision or hallucination)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe
- Earth
- Savage Land
- Mystic Mists
- Savage Land
- Earth
- Unidentified Reality (First appearance; vision or hallucination)
Items:
- Reporter Machine (First full appearance)
Synopsis for "A Man-God Unleashed!"
Bobbi angers Man-God into throwing her into the pit with Ka-Zar and the Man-Apes before leaving them to their fate. Back in the Fall People's village, Zabu senses Ka-Zar's need for help and leaves to find him and join in the battle.
El Tigre barely manages to escape the vengeful Fall People and finds Man-God, who abandons the pleading lackey to pursue his goals of world domination alone. El Tigre heads into the mystic mists in attempt to gain the same powers Maa-Gor did, but is instead horrified to find his mind and body degraded to a bestial state, driving him to run off a cliff to his death. Man-God returns to find the corpse and theorizes that the mists are the source of the Savage Land's evolutionary anachronisms. Realizing the power to control evolution will help him conquer the world, he dives back into the mists to find their source, a seemingly alien machine. When he attempts to grab the machine, it splits him into two copies: a cold and logical blue Man-God, and a violent and emotional red Man-God. The red Man-God snaps and kills his blue half, prompting the machine to incapacitate him with a blast of energy. The machine then issues a report, referring to itself as a "reporter", explaining that the organism that touched it had created total disharmony and it acted to restore balance.
With Man-God defeated, the revived Man-Apes vanish. Bobbi and Ka-Zar determine that the crisis has passed and Bobbi can return home. Elsewhere, Maa-Gor emerges from the mists, restored to his original state.
Notes
Continuity Notes[]
- Though its origins are not elaborated on, the "reporter" machine may be a relic of the Nuwali's maintenance of the Savage Land 200 million years ago.
Publication Notes[]
- Plot by Bullpen West, script by Friedrich.