Daredevil Volume 1, Issue 13: “The Secret of Ka-Zar’s Origin!”

Also starring Maa-Gor the man-ape
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The issue following Daredevil #12, published in February 1966, sported a beautiful cover by the late great Jack Kirby, who also shared pencilling credit with John Romita Sr. for the whole issue.

This one features the origin story of loincloth aficionado Ka-Zar, who (shockingly!) turns out to be the brother of the Plunderer, that pirate with the ray gun on the previous issue’s cover.

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1 Great White Snark  Apr 12, 2015 3:39:44pm

Enlargenate. I like that.

2 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 12, 2015 3:45:14pm

BACK HOME AGAIN!

Work tomorrow.

3 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 12, 2015 3:45:32pm

Expandulate.

4 Nyet  Apr 12, 2015 3:45:34pm

Enlargenate your embiguety.

5 b.d.  Apr 12, 2015 3:48:30pm

I see that that comic was approved by the Comic Code Authority.

They sure did have a lot of regulatory agencies back in the day.

6 #FergusonFireside  Apr 12, 2015 3:51:30pm

re: #2 Lord Of The Pies

BACK HOME AGAIN!

Work tomorrow.

We all saw your tweet!

7 Decatur Deb  Apr 12, 2015 3:51:59pm

re: #5 b.d.

I see that that comic was approved by the Comic Code Authority.

They sure did have a lot of regulatory agencies back in the day.

It was ‘voluntary’, like the MPAA rating system.

8 Justanotherhuman  Apr 12, 2015 3:53:42pm

You won’t believe how the cops are spinning this latest killing of a suspect.

Video released of deadly shooting in Tulsa after police chase

kfor.com

WTF? Not in their “normal states of mind”? Sounds as though police training needs a major, major overhaul.

“The reserve deputy who shot a suspect with his firearm rather than his stun gun, and another deputy who can be heard cursing at the suspect after he was shot, were not in their normal states of mind because of the elevated stress of apprehending the suspect, according to a Tulsa, Oklahoma, investigator.

(snip)

“Clark was emphatic that Bates had done nothing criminally wrong and went so far as to say the reserve deputy was a victim.

“Reserve Deputy Bates did not commit a crime. Reserve Deputy Bates was a victim, a true victim of slip and capture,” he said. “There’s no other determination I could come to.” More

9 Charles Johnson  Apr 12, 2015 3:55:24pm

re: #5 b.d.

I see that that comic was approved by the Comic Code Authority.

They sure did have a lot of regulatory agencies back in the day.

The Comics Code Authority was actually an industry group that was formed in 1954 to avoid having governmental oversight, because religious fanatics were freaking out about graphic violence and sexual content in comics like the EC line. The panic was apparently started with a book by a German psychologist, Seduction of the Innocent, that blamed comic books for juvenile delinquency.

We’re still seeing these kinds of idiotic religion-based panic attacks in America today.

10 #FergusonFireside  Apr 12, 2015 3:56:32pm

re: #8 Justanotherhuman

That guy was a big insurance guy in town who gave money to the police and in return was basically allowed to play cop.

So many ways wrong.

I’m ready to hear more about the tatted up steroid undercover who said fuck your breath.

11 Decatur Deb  Apr 12, 2015 3:57:47pm

re: #9 Charles Johnson

Our 24/7 school’s nuns were quite cool about comic books, which circulated like prison cigarette currency. Guess they were glad to see us sit down and read anything.

12 Justanotherhuman  Apr 12, 2015 4:04:07pm

Listen to how calm and collected Slager appears to be in this recording when talking w/a senior officer, then evidently calls someone (his wife?) and says everything is all right:

He must have been totally stunned when he was charged with murder.

13 Targetpractice  Apr 12, 2015 4:07:21pm

re: #8 Justanotherhuman

You won’t believe how the cops are spinning this latest killing of a suspect.

Video released of deadly shooting in Tulsa after police chase

kfor.com

WTF? Not in their “normal states of mind”? Sounds as though police training needs a major, major overhaul.

“The reserve deputy who shot a suspect with his firearm rather than his stun gun, and another deputy who can be heard cursing at the suspect after he was shot, were not in their normal states of mind because of the elevated stress of apprehending the suspect, according to a Tulsa, Oklahoma, investigator.

(snip)

“Clark was emphatic that Bates had done nothing criminally wrong and went so far as to say the reserve deputy was a victim.

“Reserve Deputy Bates did not commit a crime. Reserve Deputy Bates was a victim, a true victim of slip and capture,” he said. “There’s no other determination I could come to.” More

Okay, call me crazy, but haven’t we been told time and again that cops are uniquely trained to handle the stress of these situations and that’s why we can rely upon them to make the “right call” when the situation calls for it? If the stress of the situation was too much for the deputy involved, then perhaps he needs to be put on permanent desk duty. As for the “reserve” fucker, I hope whatever he donated to be allowed to play cop was worth it, because he’s gonna be paying out the ass when the family sues him for wrongful death.

14 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 12, 2015 4:08:59pm

re: #6 #FergusonFireside

We all saw your tweet!

Did you retweet?

15 Thanos  Apr 12, 2015 4:09:22pm

re: #9 Charles Johnson

The Comics Code Authority was actually an industry group that was formed in 1954 to avoid having governmental oversight, because religious fanatics were freaking out about graphic violence and sexual content in comics like the EC line. The panic was apparently started with a book by a German psychologist, Seduction of the Innocent, that blamed comic books for juvenile delinquency.

We’re still seeing these kinds of idiotic religion-based panic attacks in America today.

Yes, the worry was that horror and true crime would come to rule comicdom so the Christians banished the demons, and the prudes among them forbid the true crime angle. We see the modern iterations of those fascinations with shows like NCIS and Bones at dinner that typically start out with a grisly and/or nude corpse.

I must say that cover is just primo, the inks are like new.

16 Mattand  Apr 12, 2015 4:11:36pm

re: #9 Charles Johnson

The Comics Code Authority was actually an industry group that was formed in 1954 to avoid having governmental oversight, because religious fanatics were freaking out about graphic violence and sexual content in comics like the EC line. The panic was apparently started with a book by a German psychologist, Seduction of the Innocent, that blamed comic books for juvenile delinquency.

We’re still seeing these kinds of idiotic religion-based panic attacks in America today.

I believe the CCA is officially kaput. Even if you’re not a comics geek, reading through their stringent guidelines is good for a laugh or SMH or both. IIRC, there was something about werewolf stories being forbidden, or something crazy like that.

17 BeachDem  Apr 12, 2015 4:13:18pm

re: #8 Justanotherhuman

You won’t believe how the cops are spinning this latest killing of a suspect.

Video released of deadly shooting in Tulsa after police chase

kfor.com

WTF? Not in their “normal states of mind”? Sounds as though police training needs a major, major overhaul.

“The reserve deputy who shot a suspect with his firearm rather than his stun gun, and another deputy who can be heard cursing at the suspect after he was shot, were not in their normal states of mind because of the elevated stress of apprehending the suspect, according to a Tulsa, Oklahoma, investigator.

(snip)

“Clark was emphatic that Bates had done nothing criminally wrong and went so far as to say the reserve deputy was a victim.

“Reserve Deputy Bates did not commit a crime. Reserve Deputy Bates was a victim, a true victim of slip and capture,” he said. “There’s no other determination I could come to.” More

The guy Clark quotes extensively is Bill Lewinski of Force Science Institute.

POLICE LOVE LEWINSKI. He has been named to the National Commission on Law Enforcement Integrity and was the keynote speaker last month at the Trexpo Law Enforcement Exposition in Long Beach.

That should come as no surprise; as an expert witness in nearly 100 cases, Lewinski always supports the use of force and always defends police when they are accused of overstepping their bounds.

“This is a guy who’s firmly in the category of junk science,” says Paul Wright, the founder and editor of Prison Legal News, who has tracked Lewinski’s career.

In most cases, Lewinski is called upon to present a scientific-sounding justification for what looks on its face unjustifiable.

citypages.com

18 Nyet  Apr 12, 2015 4:19:06pm
Like the previous code, the CCA prohibited the presentation of “policemen, judges, government officials, and respected institutions … in such a way as to create disrespect for established authority.” But it added the requirements that “in every instance good shall triumph over evil” and discouraged “instances of law enforcement officers dying as a result of a criminal’s activities.”
19 b.d.  Apr 12, 2015 4:20:44pm

You mean there was an agency that could have prevented Casper the Friendly Ghost and they didn’t do it?

20 Bass Reeves  Apr 12, 2015 4:21:04pm

re: #17 BeachDem

I believe the ‘I accidentally pulled my gun when I meant taser’ was a somewhat successful defense used in the Oscar Grant shooting. Successful in that the shooter only got two years for killing a subdued victim. And since the shooter is 73, what do you think they are going to do?

21 Charles Johnson  Apr 12, 2015 4:25:43pm

What the fuck is wrong with these people?

22 #FergusonFireside  Apr 12, 2015 4:26:15pm

re: #14 Lord Of The Pies

Did you retweet?

Of course!!!!

23 Justanotherhuman  Apr 12, 2015 4:28:57pm

In other Horrible People News, I hope this woman is convicted and given a long sentence. She was probably robbing this poor elderly man blind as well. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s found out this is how she makes a “living” for herself.

Police: Apopka woman neglected to feed 96-year-old, only offered him dog feces

mynews13.com

I think my suspicions may be correct. And only a $5K bond? Which she probably paid with the old man’s money.

Elderly neglect suspect bonds out of jail
Alice Kovach-Suehn arrested Friday afternoon

wesh.com

24 jaunte  Apr 12, 2015 4:29:08pm

re: #21 Charles Johnson

Eight more years of economic improvement? I’m in.

25 BeachDem  Apr 12, 2015 4:37:14pm

re: #20 Bass Reeves

I believe the ‘I accidentally pulled my gun when I meant taser’ was a somewhat successful defense used in the Oscar Grant shooting. Successful in that the shooter only got two years for killing a subdued victim. And since the shooter is 73, what do you think they are going to do?

And that article really sets a great tone with phrases like:

Harris — a possibly PCP-addled felon

Bates arrived with a pepper spray gun in hand.

(uh, apparently it was NOT a pepper spray gun)

Clark was emphatic that Bates had done nothing criminally wrong and went so far as to say the reserve deputy was a victim.

Clark defended the officer’s language, saying the deputy experienced auditory exclusion, never heard the gunshot

(now that there is some serious bullshit)

It’s very upsetting when you think you are going to have to take someone’s life and this deputy, one of the involved deputies, was upset,” he said.

(not nearly as upsetting as it must be to be the person shot dead, motherfucker.)

As Harris fled, police worried he might still be armed because he ran with his right forearm pressed against his hip, “consistent with trying to maintain control of a gun,” Clark said, adding that no gun was found when Harris was searched after the chase.

Surprise, surprise.

The gun discharges.

(Apparently, it’s a magic gun that discharges all by itself.)

kfor.com

26 Belafon  Apr 12, 2015 4:41:06pm

re: #25 BeachDem

That’s one of the ways you can tell the shooting in SC is different: I’m seeing prison pictures of the (ex)cop. You wouldn’t see those unless everyone is ready to throw him to the wolves.

27 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 12, 2015 4:41:38pm

re: #25 BeachDem

The gun discharges.

(Apparently, it’s a magic gun that discharges all by itself.)

kfor.com

It also clouds men’s minds, convincing them it is a taser.

28 BeachDem  Apr 12, 2015 4:43:18pm

re: #27 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

It also clouds men’s minds, convincing them it is a taser.

And it mysteriously becomes silent, convincing them that it has not been fired at all. What an amazing instrument!!

29 ObserverArt  Apr 12, 2015 4:48:32pm

re: #11 Decatur Deb

Our 24/7 school’s nuns were quite cool about comic books, which circulated like prison cigarette currency. Guess they were glad to see us sit down and read anything.

Heh. I had a Cracked magazine in my desk, 5th grade. It was discovered by one of the girls in class at I was ratted out I tell ya’!

My parents were called and asked to meet with the head school nun/principal.

My father was pissed they called him over a stupid cartoon magazine. I was told don’t take those to school. Hell, it wasn’t mine. It was another kid’s, but I had just borrowed it to take it home.

It left a lifelong impression. I will never be the same. /

30 Justanotherhuman  Apr 12, 2015 4:51:23pm

re: #29 ObserverArt

My older son was a comic book fanatic. He wishes today he hadn’t thrown away some he bought 40 yrs ago since finding out what they fetch today.

31 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 12, 2015 4:53:07pm

Was sitting and thinking about dinner. Finally decided that I could really go for a nice curry. So I went and did so.

Curry, rice, and garlic naan. Jealous yet?

Also had a nice glass of pinot grigio with it and topped things off with a small serving of mango ice cream. Wasn’t the cheapest Indian food meal I have ever had, but it was cheaper and much better than the banquet food I got Saturday night.

32 Decatur Deb  Apr 12, 2015 4:53:11pm

re: #29 ObserverArt

Heh. I had a Cracked magazine in my desk, 5th grade. It was discovered by one of the girls in class at I was ratted out I tell ya’!

My parents were called and asked to meet with the head school nun/principal.

My father was pissed they called him over a stupid cartoon magazine. I was told don’t take those to school. Hell, it wasn’t mine. It was another kid’s, but I had just borrowed it to take it home.

It left a lifelong impression. I will never be the same. /

You deserved it—Cracked was a cheesy rip-off of Mad. (OTOH it made a great website while Mad degenerated to Mad TV.)

33 Decatur Deb  Apr 12, 2015 4:59:45pm

re: #30 Justanotherhuman

My older son was a comic book fanatic. He wishes today he hadn’t thrown away some he bought 40 yrs ago since finding out what they fetch today.

Yeah—wish I still had this.

archive.facetasm.com

Mad was a dime comic when I started reading it.

34 ObserverArt  Apr 12, 2015 5:02:47pm

re: #32 Decatur Deb

You deserved it—Cracked was a cheesy rip-off of Mad. (OTOH it made a great website while Mad degenerated to Mad TV.)

I know. Over the years I’ve heard that very comment many times.

If I remember right, it was just coming out. Of course it just had to be checked out by 11-12 year old guys in a Catholic school. I think it says that in the Bible. The nuns knew they had to fight our desire to go straight to hell.

35 Bubblehead II  Apr 12, 2015 5:03:21pm

Evening Lizards. Hope all is well with you. VB, glad to see you’re back in the States. Did all you’re luggage make this time?

36 Decatur Deb  Apr 12, 2015 5:04:57pm

re: #34 ObserverArt

I know. Over the years I’ve heard that very comment many times.

If I remember right, it was just coming out. Of course it just had to be checked out by 11-12 year old guys in a Catholic school. I think it says that in the bible. The nuns knew they had to fight our desire to go straight to hell.

There was another mag, perhaps Panic, that used a catch phrase “The wold is a garbage can and (situation) is at the bottom of it.” That’s where nihilists came from.

37 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 12, 2015 5:09:34pm

re: #36 Decatur Deb

There was another mag, perhaps Panic, that used a catch phrase “The wold is a garbage can and (situation) is at the bottom of it.” That’s where nihilists came from.

I hate Illinois Nihilists
38 Justanotherhuman  Apr 12, 2015 5:09:44pm

Later, Lizards!

Keep calm…

39 Varek Raith  Apr 12, 2015 5:18:00pm
40 jaunte  Apr 12, 2015 5:21:30pm

This way to Red Arrow Logo Complaint Department.

41 jaunte  Apr 12, 2015 5:23:44pm

Located between Green Tree Logo Complaint Department and Blue Circle Logo Complaint Department.

42 Charles Johnson  Apr 12, 2015 5:26:41pm

You may remember this great music video I posted a little while ago: littlegreenfootballs.com

Well, Jon Henry has a new one, and it’s quite a bit more… intense.

…

43 Decatur Deb  Apr 12, 2015 5:36:03pm

Note: The first issue of Mad seems to be available on Kindle.

goodreads.com

44 bratwurst  Apr 12, 2015 6:01:00pm
45 Charles Johnson  Apr 12, 2015 6:03:07pm

Now watching episode 6 of Daredevil. This might be the best Marvel series ever.

46 andres  Apr 12, 2015 6:07:54pm

re: #44 bratwurst

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More importantly, how can a fifth grade business man who can’t stay away from bankruptcy is still taken seriously by business journalists?

47 PhillyPretzel  Apr 12, 2015 6:17:45pm

re: #39 Varek Raith

Next thing is someone will be complaining that she stole her arrow from FedEx.

48 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Apr 12, 2015 6:17:46pm

re: #45 Charles Johnson

I’m a few episodes ahead of you, but I have to agree. Daredevil wasn’t my absolute favorite Marvel comic but it was one that I always made sure to read every issue and crossover. I am really enjoying how Kingpin/Fisk is being portrayed (both in the writing and the acting) in the Netflix series.

With an extremely short list of exceptions that most certainly does not include “The Avengers”, I haven’t been very impressed with the Marvel adaptations.

I would still like to see a non-terrible Silver Surfer movie, but I’m not sure it’s possible to make one.

49 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 12, 2015 6:23:47pm

Great day at the quarry. Warm air and sun, but cold water. Can’t wait for next week, doing my Rescue Diver Certification. (think Scuba Lifeguard)

Here’s how it looked, we (10 of us) had the place to ourselves. Sweet.

The Quarry Today.
50 Charles Johnson  Apr 12, 2015 6:35:29pm
51 teleskiguy  Apr 12, 2015 6:39:06pm

The ski area closed today. Vail closes next week. After that, we’ll get four feet of snow. Just you watch!

52 teleskiguy  Apr 12, 2015 6:40:47pm
53 Mattand  Apr 12, 2015 6:42:31pm

re: #52 teleskiguy

As a lifelong resident of that area, I can state with all honesty that my contribution to that 50% is very, very tiny.

54 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 12, 2015 6:50:28pm

re: #53 Mattand

As a lifelong resident of that area, I can state with all honesty that my contribution to that 50% is very, very tiny.

It’s like when I go on mass (200-10,000 people) bike rides. Somebody has to make it possible to finish in the top 80% of the pack.

RBS

55 #FergusonFireside  Apr 12, 2015 6:59:49pm

Mad Men time!

56 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Apr 12, 2015 7:05:39pm

re: #55 #FergusonFireside

I don’t think I’ve seen either Godfather movie in their entirety. I see bits and pieces here and their. I’ve probably seen all of the first one, but there are still parts of the second one that I don’t remember.

57 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Apr 12, 2015 7:06:30pm

And I think #2 is better than #1.

Who’s that giggling in the background?

58 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Apr 12, 2015 7:08:49pm

re: #50 Charles Johnson

His mind slid away into the labyrinthine world of doublethink. To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them, to use logic against logic, to repudiate morality while laying claim to it, to believe that democracy was impossible and that the Party was the guardian of democracy, to forget whatever it was necessary to forget, then to draw it back into memory again at the moment when it was needed, and then promptly to forget it again: and above all, to apply the same process to the process itself. That was the ultimate subtlety: consciously to induce unconsciousness, and then, once again, to become unconscious of the act of hypnosis you had just performed. Even to understand the word ‘doublethink’ involved the use of doublethink.

59 freetoken  Apr 12, 2015 7:13:42pm

Speaking of doublethink, I just came across this article from Bloomberg today, which not only embodies doublethink, but all sorts of misdirection and, basically, garbage substituting for any real insight:

Saudi Arabia’s Plan to Extend the Age of Oil

Idealized journalism may be windmill at with to point our lances, but I want to believe that somewhere in the big world of media there are people who still want to ask hard questions and search for real answers to them.

60 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 12, 2015 7:14:20pm

re: #51 teleskiguy

The ski area closed today. Vail closes next week. After that, we’ll get four feet of snow. Just you watch!

Thanks @beavercreekmtn for the wonderful wire ropeways that slingshot us up those great slopes on the flank of Grouse Mountain. Much love!

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FWIW, I got some used scuba gear from a dive shop in Beaver Creek CO, called, not surprisingly, “Beaver Divers”. I’ve got their sticker someplace.

RBS

61 teleskiguy  Apr 12, 2015 7:21:57pm

re: #60 RealityBasedSteve

FWIW, I got some used scuba gear from a dive shop in Beaver Creek CO, called, not surprisingly, “Beaver Divers”. I’ve got their sticker someplace.

RBS

Ah yes. Beaver Divers, down the road from Beaver Liquors, and another hop skip and a jump to Master Bait and Tackle in little Heeney, CO

62 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 12, 2015 7:40:02pm

re: #61 teleskiguy

Ah yes. Beaver Divers, down the road from Beaver Liquors, and another hop skip and a jump to Master Bait and Tackle in little Heeney, CO

I don’t know if you’re pulling my leg on this one, or not…..

RBS

63 teleskiguy  Apr 12, 2015 7:40:36pm

re: #62 RealityBasedSteve

I don’t know if you’re pulling my leg on this one, or not…..

RBS

I assure you I’m not!

64 teleskiguy  Apr 12, 2015 7:41:37pm

Next door to Beaver Liquors is their t-shirt/novelty shop, called Lips, Too. Classy, eh?

65 goddamnedfrank  Apr 12, 2015 8:06:05pm

Chuck retweeted that guy’s retarded unscientific garbage. Racists are so quick to assert and eager to believe completely made up bullshit that has no basis in reality whatsoever.

66 Lidane  Apr 12, 2015 8:47:16pm

Speaking of Daredevil, I’m two episodes into the Netflix series and I’m absolutely digging it. What I’ve seen so far is great. It’s a lot grittier than I expected from Marvel.

I wasn’t a fan of the character since my first real exposure to Daredevil was the shitty Affleck film. The TV series more than redeems things.


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