16 Facts About Zabu

Zabu is a fictional Pleistocene sabretooth tiger character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Zabu is the last known living Pleistocene Smilodon big cat and is a companion and ally of Ka-Zar.

Zabu wandered the Savage Land on his own, teaching himself how to survive as he grew to adulthood.

Zabu encountered a young boy named Kevin Plunder as he was about to be attacked by a group of human Savage Land natives.

Zabu protected the boy as he grew to adulthood, and eventually took on the name Ka-Zar, which means "son of the tiger".

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Zabu was brought to near-human intelligence due to exposure to radioactive mists.

Later, Zabu is involved with one of the earlier confrontations with the demonic Belasco.

Zabu's family grows by two when Ka-Zar marries Shanna the She-Devil and they later have a son named Matthew.

Zabu befriends the Savage Land native, Zira, who becomes Matthew's nanny.

Zabu left the Savage Land in at least one instance, venturing to New York City with Ka-Zar during marital difficulties; his master was having difficulty controlling an addiction to outside technology.

Zabu had many adventures in New York City, as he assisted Ka-Zar and Shanna against Parnival Plunder, who wished to kill them all.

Zabu's master had been temporarily blinded and deafened in a subway shoot-out, framed for it and pursued by the police and the Punisher.

Peter told Zabu to pull a "Calvin and Hobbes" maneuver, to which he played as though he were a stuffed animal, leaving Peter stunned at Zabu's intelligence.

Zabu helped Shanna and Ka-Zar battle the Skrulls, killing the Skrull pretending to be Jessica Jones.

Zabu joined with other animal sidekicks to form the Pet Avengers.

Zabu becomes involved in the fight when a zombie infestation, caused by the infected alternate reality version of Deadpool, reaches his homeland.