Appearing in "Into the Savage Land!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Volcanus (First appearance; dies)
- his men
Other Characters:
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Fantastic Four (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ Mr. Fantastic ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ Invisible Girl ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ Human Torch ⏵ (Only in flashback)
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Items:
Vehicles:
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Hyper-Jet
Synopsis for "Into the Savage Land!"
When Reed Richards picks up strange volcanic activity in the Savage Land, he sends the Thing to investigate on a solo mission. There he meets up with Ka-Zar and Zabu who agree to help the Thing having seen strangers in the Savage Land.
After battling a T-Rex, Thing, Ka-Zar and Zabu find an army of men under the command of Volcanus who hopes to use the volcanic energy of the Savage Land for his own ends. After a brief battle, the two heroes are incapacitated by Volcanus and his men and put in an iron cage suspended over a volcano.
Breaking free, the Thing and Ka-Zar battle Volcanus one more time, making short work of his men and in the final confrontation with Volcanus, Volcanus falls into the lava in the volcano.
Notes
Continuity Notes[]
- The narrative of this story states that the events in this tale happen before Fantastic Four #166–167. Those stories (printed six months earlier) end with the Thing being reverted back to human form a condition which lasts until Fantastic Four #175.
- Ben mentions his battle against the Living Eraser from last issue.
- Ben believes that Ka-Zar should be in England according to the newspapers he has read. Ben is very much out of the loop, Ka-Zar learned of his British heritage and returned home in Daredevil #24 where he stayed for a short period of time before returning to the Savage Land in Incredible Hulk #109.