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Part of the issue took place in the Savage Land, as a group of Avengers traveled there to deal with the threat of the Cotati. This included Black Knight, Scarlet Witch, Ka-Zar, and Doctor Voodoo, who were quickly attacked by surprising forces. Man-Thing and Shanna, Ka-Zar’s ex-wife, began to attack the team, with Shanna’s mind being controlled by the Cotati forces.
As Shanna explained to her ex-husband, her death (in the pages of 2013’s Savage Wolverine miniseries) was thwarted when she was bonded to a life force in the Savage Land, which unintentionally allowed that Cotati to manipulate her. The fight escalates from there, but Ka-Zar and Shanna seem to end it on a happier note — only for a Cotati leader to intervene.
He proceeds to brutally stab Ka-Zar in the chest, in almost the exact same way that Shanna was stabbed years prior.
The moment is certainly emotional for those who have been following Ka-Zar’s unpredictable canon in the Marvel Comics universe, especially given the parallel to his wife’s earlier demise. And while it’s safe to assume Ka-Zar isn’t permanently gone from the Marvel universe (after all, very few characters are), this certainly sets the entire team back for the time being.
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