X-Men (1963) #10

 

Cover by Jack Kirby

Cover Date: March 1965

On-Sale Date: January 1965

Synopsis: The X-Men go to the Savage Land, where they fight some dinosaurs and swamp people, and meet Ka-Zar and Zabu.

CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES:

Page 3

The flashback on this page shows Ka-Zar and Zabu causing a ruckus at an Antarctic base, which prompts the X-Men to go and investigate. It happened the day before the start of this story.  Note that Professor X had already been contacted by Washington about the incident, and determined that Ka-Zar is not a mutant.

Page 4, panel 3

The X-Men have been inactive for weeks, and are absolutely gagging for some kind of adventure.  In publishing terms, their last mission happened in X-Men (1963) #9, so I'll probably place it around a month after that story.

Page 10, panel 4

This is all we get as far as on origin for Ka-Zar goes.  "Many moons ago" is very vague as far as telling me when Ka-Zar became lost in the Savage Land.  I'm not particularly up on my Ka-Zar lore, and I couldn't find anything on the internet to indicate how old he was at the time.  Looking at the flashback in Daredevil (1964) #13 I'd estimate that Ka-Zar was 8 years old.  Assuming he's in his mid-20s when he meets the X-Men, that would place his origin in XY -17.  These ages are all conjecture, and are open to change if I find some more concrete information.

This is also the first meeting between the Ka-Zar and the X-Men.  They'll team up with him plenty of times in the future.

COUNTING THE DAYS

• Day 1
• Page 3.2 to 3.4 flashback: Ka-Zar and Zabu cause a stir at an Antarctic base
• Washington notifies Professor X about the "Antarctic wild man", and the professor determines that he is not a mutant.
• Day 2:
• Page 1 to 4. The X-Men see footage of Ka-Zar on TV, and Professor X gives them permission to investigate.
• Some days pass in which the X-Men make preparations and travel to Antarctica.
• Days Later:
• Page 5 to 20. The X-Men meet Ka-Zar in the Savage Land, and rescue Marvel Girl from a tribe of swamp men.