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Savage Tales # 7 - Ka-Zar & Zabu by Buscema and Adams!

Artists: John Buscema (Penciller) , Neal Adams (Inker) , Crusty Bunkers (Inker)

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Savage Tales # 7 - Ka-Zar & Zabu by Buscema and Adams! Comic Art

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Title:	Savage Tales # 7 - Ka-Zar & Zabu by Buscema and Adams!
Artist:	John Buscema (Penciller)
Artist:	Neal Adams (Inker)
Artist:	Crusty Bunkers (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	Trade or offers considered
Views:	610
Likes on CAF:	5 6
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	5/6/2022
Comic Art Archive:	Savage Tales Issue: 7 Page: 53 View

Description

A truly gorgeous page featuring two giants of the medium at their height - this is pure, dynamic John Buscema on pencils with Neal Adams and the Crusty Bunkers on inks.

Looking closely at this awesome piece, it's clear that Adams had a significant role in the inking - possibly the smaller Zabu panel, but certainly the large middle one shows fine line and hints of drybrush effect which is Adams through and through. I think the facial inks on the priest could be Adams (there's drybrush again on the second to last panel), but the final panel featuring Ka-Zar ending him almost definitely is - the quality of line in rendering the anatomy is pure Adams.

My bro, who has one hell of an eye for this sort of thing, reckons that Dick Giordano had a hand in some of the inks here and I agree. There's some of his stylings on the penultimate panel's Ka-Zar for sure. He also thinks that Russ Heath probably inked the lizard creature.

Some lovely half-tone washes on this piece give it the volume and solidity which characterised black and white Marvel mags at their best in the 1970s.

In all, one hell of a sweet page and a great example of a Bronze Age Marvel Masterpiece!

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jean marie lahmar
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 4/30/2023

kazar lord plunder and zabu magnificent piece big john always on top a kazar always wild and angry who defends injustice

Robert C
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 4/11/2024

Dinosaurs, Sabertooths, pyramids, cult fanatics -- this pagejust needs spaceships and it would check all the boxes in my comic bingo card.

Marvelman Excelsior
Member Since 2011

Posted on 4/13/2024

Robert C wrote:

Dinosaurs, Sabertooths, pyramids, cult fanatics -- this pagejust needs spaceships and it would check all the boxes in my comic bingo card.

Hell yeah! It's got a lot going for it, including a roster of master artists! I'm still gobsmacked that I managed to seek out and nab such a sweet example of Buscema and Adams with so many bells and whistles!

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