Cover: Frank R. Paul
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1
“Origin of the Human Torch”
writer, artist, inker Ben Thompson · cover Frank R. Paul
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writer, artist, inker Ben Thompson
cover pencils, inks Frank R. Paul
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A plane crashes in 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.
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