History
Mara Rice was the daughter of famous botanist Professor Rice. During their expedition into the Belgian Congo to collect rare plant samples, they had the unfortunate luck of unknowingly hiring international criminal Red Skelton who would attempt to extort them out of money and force Mara to marry him in exchange for safe passage back home. When Mara's father refused, Red shot him dead. Deciding that he needed all his supplies to get out of the jungle alive, Red attempted to kill Mara, but she was rescued by Ka-Zar who cut Red's throat. Despite Mara wanting to abandon civilization and live with Ka-Zar, the jungle man brought her to a nearby caravan so that she could be taken home.[2]