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[[Image:Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art]] |
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'''Ka-Zar''' (pronounced "KAY-sar") is the name of three [[jungle]]-dwelling [[fictional character]]s. The first appeared in [[pulp magazine]]s of the [[1930s]], and was adapted for his second iteration, as a [[comic book]] character for [[Timely Comics]], the 1930s and [[1940s|'40s]] predecessor of [[Marvel Comics]]. The third and most prominent is a heroic character in the modern [[Marvel universe|Marvel Comics universe]]. |
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[[Image:Jean-Baptiste_Carpeaux_La_Danse.jpg|thumb|right|400px|La Danse (The Dance), Opera Garnier in Paris]] |
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'''Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux''' ([[May 11]], [[1827]], [[Valenciennes]] –[[October 12]], [[1875]], [[Courbevoie]]) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under [[François Rude]]. Carpeaux won the [[Prix de Rome]] in [[1854]], and moving to [[Rome]] to find inspiration, he there studied the works of [[Michelangelo Buonarroti|Michelangelo]], [[Donatello]] and [[Andrea del Verrocchio|Verrocchio]]. Staying in Rome from [[1854]] to [[1861]], he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of [[baroque art]]. In [[1861]] he made a bust of [[Mathilde Bonaparte|Princess Mathilde]], and this later brought him several commissions from [[Napoleon III]]. He worked at the pavilion of [[Flora (goddess)|Flora]], and the [[Opéra Garnier]]. His group La Danse (the Dance, [[1869]]), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency. |
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==Ka-Zar (David Rand)== |
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===Publication history=== |
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The first, David Rand, was a typical "jungle lord" in the [[Tarzan]] vein, also known as Ka-Zar the Great, who [[first appeared]] in the pulp magazine ''Ka-Zar'' #1 (1936) from [[Manvis Publishing]], one of many magazine companies owned by [[Martin Goodman (publisher)|Martin Goodman]]. Writer-artist Ben Thompson adapted the pulp story "King of Fang and Claw" by Bob Byrd for Goodman's first comic book, ''[[Marvel Mystery Comics|Marvel Comics]]'' #1 (Oct. 1939). In the 2000s, the David Rand Ka-Zar was integrated into mainstream Marvel continuity, in the ''All New Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe.'' |
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He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of [[Asia]], [[Europe]], [[North America|America]] and [[Africa]], and it was [[Emmanuel Frémiet]] who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin. |
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==Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)== |
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|caption=The first appearance of Ka-Zar and Zabu (1965).<br>Art by [[Jack Kirby]] & [[Chic Stone]]. |
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|character_name=Ka-Zar |
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|real_name=Lord Kevin Reginald Plunder |
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|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |
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|debut=''[[Uncanny X-Men|The X-Men]]'' Vol. 1, #10 (March 1965) |
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|creators=[[Stan Lee]]<br>[[Jack Kirby]] |
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|status=active |
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|relatives=Lord Robert Plunder (father), Parnival Plunder (brother), [[Shanna the She-Devil]] (wife), Matthew Plunder (son) |
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|powers=Peak physical strength, speed, agility and reflexes,<br>Ability to communicate with some animals|}} |
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== Sculptures by Carpeaux == |
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===Publication history=== |
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The second Ka-Zar started as a similar character, but reminisncent of both Tarzan and writer-artist [[Joe Kubert]]'s popular 1950s [[caveman]] character, [[Tor]]. Created by [[Stan Lee]] and [[Jack Kirby]] in ''[[Uncanny X-Men|The X-Men]]'' Vol. 1, #10 (March 1965), he lives in the [[dinosaur]]-populated [[Savage Land]], which was hidden beneath [[Antarctica]] by [[Extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrials]]. |
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* Ugolin et ses fils - [[Ugolino della Gherardesca|Ugolino]] and his Sons (1861, in the permanent collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]])[[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000009025.html]] with versions in other museums including the [[Musée d'Orsay]] |
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Originally written as a primitive and belligerent savage who spoke in broken English, Ka-Zar later became more articulate and civilized, although he retained a certain degree of distrust toward civilization and was generally wary of outside visitors to the Savage Land. Kevin Plunder refers to himself (and is called by others) the "Lord of the Savage Land," but the title has no formal weight. |
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* The Dance (commissioned for the [[Palais Garnier|Opera Garnier]]) |
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* Jeune pêcheur à la coquille - [[Naples|Neapolitan]] Fisherboy - in the [[Louvre]], [[Paris]] [[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000034255.html]] |
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* Girl with Shell |
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* [[Antoine Watteau]] monument, [[Valenciennes]] |
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==Neapolitan Fisherboy== |
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He has had two self-titled series. |
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Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of ''Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille'', the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the [[French Academy]] while a student in [[Rome]]. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for [[Napoleon III]]'s empress, [[Eugénie de Montijo|Eugènie]]. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the [[National Gallery of Art]] in [[Washington D.C.]] |
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===Fictional character biography=== |
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Ka-Zar is Lord Kevin Reginald Plunder, the eldest son of Lord Robert Plunder, the [[England|English]] [[nobility|nobleman]] who discovered the Savage Land. After his parents were killed, Plunder was found and raised by the [[smilodon|sabertooth tiger]] [[Zabu]], who possesses near-human intelligence thanks to a [[mutation]] caused by radioactive mists. Ka-Zar and Zabu are constant partners. |
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Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study. |
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In the Savage Land, some territories are populated by several human or humanoid tribes, and while most of them are on friendly terms with Ka-Zar, some of them consider him an outlander and an enemy. He acts more like an unofficial general protector, preventing outside commercial exploitation, such as [[poaching]] and [[mining]], as well as enforcing peace between tribes and serving as goodwill ambassador to friendly visitors. |
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Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to [[Naples]]. |
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After the Savage Land became known to outsiders after a visit by the X-Men, many people began travelling to the territory. Among them was Ka-Zar's brother Parnival, who had become the [[supervillain]] called the [[Plunderer]]. Ka-Zar has also become romantically involved with female visitors, the first being [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] agent Barbara Morse (who later became the Avenger named [[Mockingbird (Marvel Comics)|Mockingbird]]) and the adventurer Shanna O'Hara ([[Shanna the She-Devil]]) who married Ka-Zar. They have a son, Matthew. |
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==External links== |
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Ka-Zar has teamed up with several of Marvel heroes. The X-Men are recurrent visitors to the Savage Land and Ka-Zar has been a frequent ally, helping the mutant team defeat both inside and outside menaces such as [[Sauron (comics)|Sauron]], [[Garokk]], [[Zaladane]] and [[Magneto (comics)|Magneto]]. He has met [[Spider-Man]] on several occasions, one of which involved stopping [[Stegron|Stegron the Dinosaur Man]] from invading New York City with Savage Land dinosaurs. Ka-Zar has also assisted the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]] in their attempt to repel the space conqueror [[Terminus (comics)|Terminus]], but while they rescued many natives, they were unable to prevent the destruction of the Savage Land. The territory was later reconstructed by the [[High Evolutionary]], and Ka-Zar and Shanna resumed their previous roles. Ka-Zar had a cameo in ''[[Alias (comics)|Alias]]'', in which he asked [[Jessica Jones]] for her assistance finding Zabu. |
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*[http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=rs_display_res&critere=jean+baptiste+carpeaux&operator=AND&nbToDisplay=5&langue=fr A page on the official Louvre site giving access to some of Carpeaux's works (French language only)] |
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===Alternate versions=== |
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*[http://www.insecula.com/contact/A005511_oeuvre_1.html A page from insecula.com listing more views of Carpeaux's works (also in French;] it may be necessary to close an advertising window to view this page) |
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====What If?==== |
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*[http://www.studiolo.org/MMA-Ugolino/Ugolino.htm A page analysing Carpeaux's ''Ugolino'', with numerous illustrations] |
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He appears in a What If story, where the Savage Land terraforming has taken over New York. He has a son, Matthew, but it is obvious that Zabu has been killed as his skull is seen on Ka-Zar's head. Both he and Parnival sacrifice themselves to return New York to normal, with Shanna the only survivor of his "family." |
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[[Category:French sculptors|Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste]] |
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====House of M==== |
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[[Category:1827 births|Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste]] |
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Kevin Plunder appears in a short article in The Pulse: House of M Special Edition. The article explains that he has been granted asylum in the US and feature a picture of him alongside his faithful companion Zabu. |
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[[Category:1875 deaths|Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste]] |
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==Appearances in other media== |
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Ka-Zar appears in the 1981 [[Spider-Man (1981 TV series)|Spider-Man]] cartoon, trying to rescue Zabu from [[Kraven the Hunter]] in "The Hunter and the Hunted". |
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====X-Men: The Animated Series==== |
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Kazar appeared on [[X-Men (TV series)|the ''X-Men'' animated series]] in the episodes "[[Reunion (X-Men episode)|Reunion]]" parts 1 and 2, and in "[[Savage Land, Strange Heart]]" parts 1 and 2. |
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[[zh:让-巴蒂斯·卡尔波]] |
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==Trivia== |
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{{trivia|date=May 2007}} |
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*During the early 1980s, Marvel experimented with the then-new comic book specialty outlets by turning three of their monthly comic titles into "direct distribution only" titles. These comics were printed on harder paper stock than the newsprint commonly used for comics at the time, were removed from under the aegis of the [[Comics Code Authority]], and were written and drawn with more mature, adult themes. They were only available via subscription or from a direct distribution comics specialty store. Ka-Zar was one of the three titles to receive this treatment. (The other two were [[Moon Knight]] and [[Micronauts (comic book)|The Micronauts]].) |
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*The Jungle Lord in [[Warren Ellis]]' ''[[Planetary (comics)|Planetary]]'' is named Kevin Sack, a reference to Kevin Plunder. |
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==References== |
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*[http://www.spiderfan.org/characters/kazar.html Spiderfan.org: Ka-Zar] |
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*[http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/k/kazargoldenage.htm International Hero: Ka-Zar] (1930s) |
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Revision as of 01:07, 19 June 2007
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (May 11, 1827, Valenciennes –October 12, 1875, Courbevoie) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under François Rude. Carpeaux won the Prix de Rome in 1854, and moving to Rome to find inspiration, he there studied the works of Michelangelo, Donatello and Verrocchio. Staying in Rome from 1854 to 1861, he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of baroque art. In 1861 he made a bust of Princess Mathilde, and this later brought him several commissions from Napoleon III. He worked at the pavilion of Flora, and the Opéra Garnier. His group La Danse (the Dance, 1869), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency.
He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of Asia, Europe, America and Africa, and it was Emmanuel Frémiet who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin.
Sculptures by Carpeaux
- Ugolin et ses fils - Ugolino and his Sons (1861, in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)[[1]] with versions in other museums including the Musée d'Orsay
- The Dance (commissioned for the Opera Garnier)
- Jeune pêcheur à la coquille - Neapolitan Fisherboy - in the Louvre, Paris [[2]]
- Girl with Shell
- Antoine Watteau monument, Valenciennes
Neapolitan Fisherboy
Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille, the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the French Academy while a student in Rome. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for Napoleon III's empress, Eugènie. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.
Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.
Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to Naples.
External links
- A page on the official Louvre site giving access to some of Carpeaux's works (French language only)
- A page from insecula.com listing more views of Carpeaux's works (also in French; it may be necessary to close an advertising window to view this page)
- A page analysing Carpeaux's Ugolino, with numerous illustrations