History Characters / MarvelComicsSavageLand

And, yes, you heard right, he is indeed named after the Tolkien character. Both InUniverse and out, in fact, despite the fact that the Dark Lord of Mordor likely wasn't meant to be a vampire pterodactyl-man.

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* DefectorFromDecadence: Kevin Plunder was born to prestigous British nobility but abandoned his lordly title and holdings to live in the Savage Land.

* ElectiveMonarchy: Ka-Zar II is oftened called the "King of the Savage Land" and while not all the Savage Land's inhabitants acknowledge it, when the poop hits the fan he's usually the leader they all rally around.

* ModestRoyalty: Ka-Zar II is of noble blood but no one would ever guess it by how he dresses.
* NatureHero: Unsurprisingly, considering his roots as a Tarzan expy.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Kevin had this relation with Sauron's alter ego of Karl Lykos, back before the latter had surrendered completely to the Sauron identity.

* BattleCouple: with ComicBook/ShannaTheSheDevil to whom he is married.

* AmbiguouslyLesbian: Her interactions with [[ComicBook/ShannaTheSheDevil Shanna]] in the X-Men's late 80s "Savage Land" story arc were ambiguous, to say the least. ''Uncanny X-Men'' #250, especially, which had her all but going IHaveYouNowMyPretty on the captured jungle heroine. (The story was written, naturally, by Creator/ChrisClaremont.)

* ComboPlatterPowers: Practically the poster child of this trope. He's a guy that can [[OurVampiresAreDifferent drain the life force of others]], [[ShapeShifting turns into a flying pterodactyl man when he drains the life force of a mutant]], said pterodactyl man form also has SuperStrength, the power to [[HypnoticEyes hypnotize people]] and can [[BreathWeapon breathe fire?]] Franchise/SpiderMan even noted how ridiculous him being a vampiric pterodactyl man was without even making note of all his other powers.

* NubileSavage: She lives in Savage Land. The only reason for the existence of a tropical region in the middle of the Antarctic is so that residents can fit this trope.

* FurBikini: She wears one in most of her incarnations, even in the X-Men series from the 1990s, though she wore a less stripperific outfit made of cloth in Skaar: King of the Savage Land and a more traditional bikini-esque outfit in the late 90s Ka-Zar series.

Shanna is a jungle adventuress and protector of the Savage Lands with her husband Ka-Zar and their pet Zabu who grew up as a child in Africa. When she was younger, a pet leopard belonging to her mother had gone amok; in his haste to shoot it, her father accidentally shot and killed her mother instead. Moving to America, she became a veterinarian and ecologist specialising in big cats, until an event where a maniac with a high-powered sniper rifle sneaked into the zoo one night and shot all of the big cats in the African exhibit. The sole survivor, a female leopard whom Shanna had raised from a cub, was then shot by a panicking police officer, further disgusting Shanna with guns, men and human society. Given an opportunity to be part of a project run by the zoo aiming to return zoo-born leopards to the wild in the African Dahomey Reserve, Shanna eagerly joined, personally caring for the twin cubs, offspring of her own murdered pet, that had somehow survived the massacre.

* BoobsOfSteel: The most physically imposing of the female Mutates, and the one with the largest chest.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: In keeping with her JunglePrincess archetype, Shanna loves running barefoot through the jungle, and even in the Arctic snow on at least one occassion.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Shanna seems to enjoy running barefoot through the jungle. Despite this, she has absolutely gorgeous feet that are always perfectly clean!

* BladeOnAStick: Shanna's other favored weapon, besides her knife.

* PteroSoarer: Scaly skin instead of hair-like pycnofibers? Check (occasional hairstyle aside). Bat-like wing structure? Check. Bipedalism? Check. Identified as a dinosaur? Check.

* DressedLikeADominatrix: Red leather, uses a whip and her outfit is full of spikes. Even if she doesn't know what a dominatrix is, she dresses like one.
* GirlishPigtails: Her style, even if she's not very girly.

* StatuesqueStunner: Stands at 6'1"/185cm tall and she dresses pretty provocatively.
* WhipItGood: She uses a psychic leash to bind the psyches and souls of other people to her will.

* CuteMonsterGirl: Lupa has furry forearms, pointed elf-like ears, yellow-on-black bestial eyes, and pronounced claws on her hands, but she's still otherwise a very buxom young woman who runs around in a ragged bikini.

Characters associated with the Savage Land, a hidden prehistoric land in Antarctica created by the aliens known as Nuwali for the Beyonders who wanted to observe the process of evolution under relatively controlled conditions.

A hidden prehistoric land in Antarctica created by the aliens known as Nuwali for the Beyonders who wanted to observe the process of evolution under relatively controlled conditions.

!!The Savage Land in General
* FantasticNaturePreserve: The Savage Land was constructed by AncientAstronauts on commission from another alien species.
* LostWorld: Located in a hidden part of Antarctica, the Savage Land mainly has an environment and wild life from the Triassic period. It’s implied that there are other areas in the Savage Land that have preserved other prehistoric periods.
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A mutate that was originally supposed to be a vampire, that was a no-go with the comics code at the time, so instead he was reworked into an energy-sucking pterodactyl man. Really. Lykos was on an expedition to Antarctica with his father when they stumbled upon some caves leading to the Savage Land, full of Pteranodons. Lykos was injured by a Pterodon scratch and gained the ability to drain energy from other humans, and later when he did so to a mutant, the ability to turn into a giant were-Pterodactyl with hypnotic powers. Going mad with evil, he names himself after the villain from his favorite books and decides to try to suck the life out of everyone. Joined Toad's Brotherhood in UsefulNotes/TheNineties, despite not being a mutant.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: How he came to be known as the King of the Savage Land (not an official title, but one he does take seriously as the Savage Land's self-appointed steward).

* NoPronunciationGuide: The 90s cartoon went with "Gah-rock", as you might expect of a man made of stone.

* [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS Brought To You By The Letter "Z"]]: As the High Evolutionary's assistant Zaladane wore an outfit featuring a prominent stylized Z, predating [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Lord Zedd]] by a handy decade or so.

* {{Mutant|s}}: Averted, at least if we accept her word for it. Zaladane claims at one point to be a mutate, an ordinary human empowered with mutant-level abilities via technology, and while she never proves this it should be noted that the Savage Land features a ''heavy'' mutate population. [[spoiler:Though if she is truly Polaris's sister then she was either lying and actually a mutant or she had latent mutant potential that was activated by mutate technology.]]

* AnAxeToGrind: In earlier appearances when he was still a threat he tended to use throwing axes as weapons.

* WeaponOfChoice: One appearance had him carrying an actual prehistoric club. ''[[NarmCharm Of course]]'', it was included with his action figure.

* ShesGotLegs: Thanks to her outfit of choice that present her long muscular yet shapely legs.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent Averted]]. No matter how silly this guy sounds, he's always a pain in the neck to deal with.

* EverythingIsBetterWithDinosaurs: Created his own formula based on Connors' Lizard serum and mixed it with stegosaurus DNA from the Savage Land, turning himself into a humanoid dinosaur. Unlike Connors he's almost never seen in human form.

* KnifeNut: While Ka-Zar can use a wide variety of weapons, the one he is almost always seen with is a large knife.

* KnifeNut: Not crazy (usually) but she does carry a knife as her primary weapon.