Aerians Ape-Men Awakilius Bhadwuans Cat People Cliff Forest People Disians Durammi Ethereals Fall People Golden People Gondorans Gorankians Gwundas Hauk'ka Hill-Forest People Jeriens Kantos Karems Klantorr Lemurans Lizard Men Locot Man-Apes Neo-Men N'Galans Nhu’Ghari Nowek Palandorians Pterons Reptile Men Rock Tribe Saurians Snowmen Sun-People Swamp Men Sylandans Tandar-Kaans Tokchis Tordon-Naans Tree People Tribe of Fire Tubanti Uruburians Waidians Water People Zebra People
The Savage Land first appeared as 'The Land Where Time Stands Still' inMarvel Mystery Comics #22 (Aug. 1941), in the tale "Khor, the Black Sorcerer" byJoe Simon,Jack Kirby, andSyd Shores.[2] It gained its familiar form and moniker inX-Men #10 (March 1965), courtesy ofStan Lee and Jack Kirby.
In theX-Men series of comics, the Savage Land was created by the alienNuwali at the behest of the other-dimensional, nigh-omnipotent aliens known as theBeyonders who sought to observe the process of evolution under relatively controlled conditions. In order to accomplish this, they had the Nuwali set up a number of game preserves on several planets. One of these planets was Earth during theTriassic period where the Nuwali chose a valley in Antarctica surrounded by activevolcanoes. They proceeded to install a number of advanced technological devices in order to maintain a tropical climate. The aliens then stocked the area with all manner of Earth life over the following several millennia such asdinosaurs andprehistoric mammals. They also brought over theMan-Apes, earlierhominid ancestors ofHomo sapiens.
The Beyonders eventually grew bored with the experiment, and the Nuwali stopped maintaining the Savage Land during the LatePleistocene era (the Ice Age era). However, the self-maintaining technology that allowed the pocket of tropical climate was left running, and many species which became extinct in other areas of the Earth continued to thrive within the Savage Land.
Later on, a group ofhuman survivors fromAtlantis sailed to Antarctica before the "Great Cataclysm" which sank Atlantis into the ocean. There, they discovered a cavern where they found an immense climate-controlling device and harnessed the technology used to keep the Savage Land's volcanoes working. They named their location "Pangea", which is Atlantean for "paradise".
They masteredgenetic engineering, which had been used on the Man-Apes when the Nuwali were still maintaining the Savage Land area. They used their genetic engineering techniques to transform other Savage Land inhabitants like the Golden People, the Lizard Men, the Reptile Men, the Tubantis, and others. The Atlanteans then forced them to work for them until these animal people revolted. After a time of war, the animal people demanded civil rights and the Atlanteans used technology to expand the Savage Land's surface area for the animal people to live in. When the Great Cataclysm struck, the Atlantean empire fell and thanks to the machines, the Savage Land locations were spared from sinking into the sea.
In more recent years, the Savage Land was rediscovered by Lord Robert Plunder, who took back a sample of the metal known as "anti-metal" or "Antarcticvibranium" with him. This mysterious metal had the ability to produce vibrations which would liquefy all other metals. Fleeing from those who sought to steal this discovery, Plunder took his eldest son Kevin with him for a second trip into the Savage Land. The elder Plunder was killed by a local tribe of Man-Apes.
Kevin survived, thanks to the timely intervention of the orphanedsabretooth tiger later known asZabu. He grew to adulthood in the Savage Land, becoming the adventurer known asKa-Zar. Ka-Zar had many team-ups with theX-Men, who first revealed the Savage Land's existence,Spider-Man, and many other superheroes who had visited the Savage Land. He later met and marriedShanna the She-Devil.
The Savage Land's existence is common knowledge throughout the world. At one time, there were press junkets sponsored by the oil companyRoxxon.Daily Bugle photographerPeter Parker was sent and helped uncover Roxxon's unethical and dangerous manipulation of the local resources.
The Savage Land was decimated by an evil alien namedTerminus (or one of his pawns) when he destroyed the machines that maintained the tropical climate. Many of the Savage Land's native people were saved from the ensuing destruction by M'rin: The Warlord of The Skies who took them into her own native dimension to safety. Ka-Zar, Shanna, and Zabu wandered until theHigh Evolutionary (with help from the X-Men, M'rin, and Garokk) restored the region and its creatures, allowing them to return to the Savage Land with their newborn son. The other natives who had taken refuge in M'rin's dimension returned as well.[4]
Evidence in the pages of theNew Avengers suggests thatS.H.I.E.L.D. is operating in the Savage Land, mining vibranium while using the indigenous population as slave labor, but these operations have been classified, and the operation was apparently decimated by a missile strike from theHelicarrier during an attack by the New Avengers. The team only survived thanks toIron Man's force field.
The Savage Land is featured in the limited seriesClaws, serving as a place of revenge forWolverine andBlack Cat onArcade andWhite Rabbit. After defeating the two villains, the heroes left them stranded.
During the "Secret Invasion" storyline, Ka-Zar and Shanna discover Skrulls mining for vibranium. TheNew Avengers and theMighty Avengers head toward the Savage Land where a downedSkrull ship was sighted.Luke Cage opens the downed Skrull ship and a large group of Marvel superheroes with older appearances and costumes come out, speaking as if they believe themselves to be authentic.[8] It is later discovered that Skrulls have replaced several heroes, with Shanna and the Savage Land natives working to hunt them down.[9]
After the events ofSecond Coming during theHeroic Age storyline, Cyclops takes some time off to go hunting in the Savage Land during which he encounters Steve Rogers. Steve Rogers suggests to Cyclops that he brings the X-Men out of the shadows and into the light as heroes. Steve Rogers also arranges to have the president award Scott the Presidential Medal of Freedom which sways the people of San Francisco to welcome the X-Men back.
Around the same time following their defeat after the hunt for "spiders" in theGrim Hunt storyline, the Kravinoff Family are also currently residing in the Savage Land.[10]
It is later revealed thatMiek and the other Imperials and Natives from Sakaar that came back withHulk in "World War Hulk" had settled in the Savage Land. There they constructed a village called New Imperia.[11]
During the "Avengers vs. X-Men" storyline, Captain America ends up fighting Gambit in the Savage Land.[12]
As part of the "Marvel NOW!" event, some of The Garden's evolution seeds had fallen into the Savage Land. While working to get it under control, the Avengers find that A.I.M. is also there where they test the extracted formula from one of the pods and tests it on their intern Dr. Jema. The formula puts a strain on Dr. Jema just as the Avengers arrive.[13]
As part of the "All-New, All-Different Marvel", Magneto led a new team of X-Men to protect mutant-kind at all costs with their base in the Savage Land.[14]
During the "Empyre" storyline, theCotati have invaded the Savage Land.[15]
TheUnited Nations considers the Savage Land an international wildlife preserve and forbids any commercial exploitation of its resources.[16] Areas of the Savage Land are tame enough that the X-Men visit for recreation, including having a vacation home there.[6]
The fauna of the Savage Land consists of prehistoric creatures which are extinct in rest of the world. The Nuwali created the Savage Land and stocked it with many kinds of extinct animals from theTriassic to thePleistocene until they stopped maintaining the Savage Lands.
Tyrannosaurus – The Tyrannosaurus is among the greatest predators in the Savage Land and has attacked Ka-Zar and other Marvel heroes who had visited the Savage Land.
Ankylosaurus – An Ankylosaurus was found dead by Ka-Zar and Zabu where they saw an arrow. Later another one attacks Ka-Zar and Zabu until Ka-Zar stabbed it with a log.
Smilodon – Smilodon is one of the famous cats in the Savage Lands. Many of them have been hunted by the Man-Ape tribe led by Maa-Gor leaving Zabu as the only confirmed Smilodon alive.
There are many types of races in the Savage Land and Pangea. The Nuwali transportedprimitive man now known as the Man-Apes, which unlike the rest of the world thrived until the 21st century. The next arrivals were the Ancient Atlanteans who added the region as part of their empire. They used the Nuwali technology to mutate the Man-Apes into various Beast-Men to perform certain tasks. These slaves rebelled after the great Cataclysm and made Pangea their home. Many Atlanteans remained and their descendants became the various human tribes, with some clinging to the old ways and technology but most forget and resort to more primitivehunter-gatherer societies.
It was mentioned in Torran's narration that there are at least 1,000 races living in the Savage Land.[18]
Since then, the different races of the Savage Land have been sorted between the human tribes, the early hominids, the Beast-Men, and the miscellaneous.
The following are the human tribes of the Savage Land:
Awakilius – The Awakilius are a tribe ofpygmies that live in the Savage Land and are descended from the immigrants that came from Africa. Ka-Zar and Shanna the She-Devil prevented the Awakilius chief from sacrificing a Lemuran.[19]
Bhadwuans – The Bhadwuans are a society of advanced people that live in the Savage Land that are the supposed descendants of the Atlanteans. They specialize in magic, they can fly, and they can discharge energy when they act in unison. The live in the mystical realm of Bhadwuan and watched the Earth for a millennium. Some Bhadwuans wanted to change the Savage Land's environment only for them to be stopped by Ka-Zar.[20]
Cat People – The Cat People (also calledPandorians) are a tribe of humans that dwell in Pandori, Pangea and in the periphery of the Lemuran society. They are a hunter-gatherer society. The Cat People worship and kill theSmilodons and other big cats that live in the Savage Land. These Cat People are not to be confused with theCat People that are associated withTigra.[21]
Cliff Forest People – The Cliff Forest People are a tribe of humans that live on a steep cliff in the Savage Land. They were allied with the Durammi against an unnamed barbarian tribe.[22]
Durammi – The Durammi are a tribe of humans that live in a peaceful valley within the Savage Land. They were allied with the Cliff Forest People against an unnamed barbarian tribe.[22]
Fall People – The Fall People are a hunter-gatherer tribe that live in villages, and are led by a chieftain. Their appearance and culture were similar to theNative Americans. Ka-Zar was very friendly with the Fall People, and their chieftain Tongah was his best friend. Most of the Fall People were killed in attacks by the Sun People and the extraterrestrial Quarlians. The Fall People later befriended the X-Men. The Fall People are a strong faction in the United Tribes.[23]
Gondorans – The Gondorans are a tribe of humans that inhabit Gondora, a city in a dormant volcano. It was ruled by a God-Man whose actual name was Montgomery Ford, a rogue scientist from the outside world. He used technology to build the city and rule with an iron fist. Gondora has been destroyed with some of its inhabitants escaping.[17]
Gwundas – The Gwundas are a race of primitive humans that live in the Savage Land. They are a hunter-gatherer society. Ka-Zar once saved their tribe from a Tyrannosaurus that they accidentally unleashed.[24]
Hill-Forest People – The Hill-Forest People are a race of primitive humans that live in the Savage Land. They are an agricultural tribe when they stumbled upon a capsule containing Grond of Gondwanaland (who was placed in suspended animation by his creators). The Hill-Forest People worshiped the capsule until Grond woke up and was defeated by Ka-Zar.[25]
Lemurans – The Lemurans are a society of humans that inhabit Lemura, an area of the section of Pangea known as Zarhan. Their level of technology is the same asMedieval England and are one of the descendants of the ancient Atlanteans. These humans are strongly loyal to their monarchy. The Lemurans were longtime allies of the Pterons.[24]
Locot – The Locots are a society of hunter-gatherers that have been at war with the Noweks.[26]
Nowek – The Noweks are a society of hunters and gatherers that have been at war against the tribes that are less developed.[26]
Palandorians – The Palandorians are a tribe of humans that live on an island surrounded by a lake in the original Savage Land. They live in the city of Palandor and ride giantlizards. Their culture likely derives form ancient Atlantis (same as the Lemurans). The Palandorians were often preyed upon by the Klantorrs. During the reign of Queen Omel, the Palandorians performed human sacrifices which ceased when a mutated Apatosaurus destroyed the temple which killed Queen Omel.[27]
Sun People – The Sun People control the Sun Empire, formerly ruled by their priestess-queen Zaladane. They were the most powerful grouping of sentient beings within the Savage Land, and they established a small empire through conquest. They conquered in the name of their sun god Garokk. Although the Sun People were depicted as green-skinned inThe Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #19 (Dec. 1987), they are in fact indistinguishable from ordinary Caucasians (see Zaladane). The cited Handbook entry in fact erroneously depicted a Sheenarian, member of an extradimensional race who once invaded the Savage Land (first seen inKa-Zar: Lord of the Hidden Jungle #14). During the "Secret Invasion" storyline, the Sun People were depicted among Ka-Zar's allies in his fight against the Skrulls, presumably as a result of the aforementioned error being used as reference.[23]
Swamp Men – The Swamp Men are humanoids covered head to toe in hair that live in the swamplands of the Savage Land. These tribal people have a level of technology comparable to that of Europe's Dark Ages, ride giantbirds, and are highly skilled in devising weaponry. They are continual enemies of Ka-Zar. The Swamp Men long worshipped Umbu the Unliving, a gigantic robot constructed by the alien Saggitarians. The Savage Land Mutates are Swamp Men who Magneto subjected to mutation by artificial means. During the "Secret Invasion" storyline, some of the Swamp Men joined Ka-Zar in his fight against the Skrulls.[28]
Sylandans – The Sylandans are a society of humans that are one of the descendants of the ancient Atlanteans. They live in Sylanda, a city of glass located in the Savage Land's Mountain of Darkness. They cling to their Atlantean ways as their level of technology is high. The Sylandans use the Water of Life to cure all diseases and used it to treat the people of the Savage Land for centuries. Their city was later damaged by a large dinosaur.[29]
Tandar-Kaans – The Tandar-Kaans are a tribe of people that live in the Savage Land. They are expertship builders andfishermen. They formed a community of barges on the river Tabar allowing them to move to new shores when they want to.[30]
Tokchis – The Tokchis have not yet been seen in the comics yet have been mentioned a lot. They are mentioned to be a human society of hunter-gatherers that use walkie-talkies. Ka-Zar formed an alliance with them to coordinate efforts to hunt.[31]
Tordon-Naans – The Tordon-Naans inhabit a city called Tordon-Naa in a secluded valley deep in the Savage Land behind the "curtain of gods' tears". They worship the god Ilaka-Aron and their beliefs were manipulated Sylitha who sought greater power. The Tordon-Naans are a lostHindu colony as their culture closely resembles that of ancient India.[32]
Tribe of Fire – The Tribe of Fire is a tribe of humans that live in the Savage Land. They are a hunter-gatherer society. Some of the tribe members were used in an experiment conducted by an Apocalypse robot until it was destroyed by Wolverine. The cyborgs from these experiments joined the Tribe of Fire.[33]
Water People – The Water People are a tribe of humans that live in the Savage Land. They are a hunter-gatherer society that live close to the rivers where they survive by fishing.[34]
Zebra People – The Zebra People are a racially integrated society made of up both white and black people, who wear makeup over their body in the form of zebra-like stripes. White Zebra People wear black stripes and black Zebra People wear white stripes. The Zebra People are known to ride dinosaurs that they have domesticated. During the "Secret Invasion" storyline, some of the Zebra People joined Ka-Zar in his fight against the Skrulls.[35]
Lizard People – There is also a rogue faction of the Zebra People called the Lizard People which wore reptilian armor and worked for Zaur and Sheeas the Witch. Zaur and those that were members of the Lizard People returned to the Zebra People after the death of Sheeas the Witch. Of course, some of them may have preserved the traditions of the Lizard People.[35]
The following are the primitive hominids of the Savage Land:
Ape-Men – The Ape-Men consist of all the species of uprightapes that developed into man. Each group lives in its own territory and has its own level of technology. The most advanced species of Ape-Man (theNeanderthals often called Man-Apes in the Savage Land) are the most dominant human race of the Savage Land and are capable of bringing down even the largest of dinosaurs.[36]
Kantos – The Kantos are a race of primitive humans that live near an underground river.[25]
Karems – The Karems are a race of primitive humans that live in the Savage Land. They are a hunter-gatherer society. Many of the Karem were abducted by the Nuwali andPlunderer using the Motyka Bone (a teleportation bone that was lost for centuries), but were rescued by Ka-Zar and Shanna the She-Devil.[37]
Man-Apes – The Man-Apes are tribal, highly primitivecave-dwelling humans that are often calledNeanderthals by paleontologists. These savage hominids were the first humanoid beings native to Earth to inhabit the Savage Land. Atlantean scientists used Man-Apes as subjects in the experiments by which they created the various non-human races of the Savage Land.Maa-Gor's Man-Ape tribe are said to have been the last living Man-Apes in the Savage Land and were responsible for killing some of the Smilodons including Zabu's mate. Ka-Zar killed all the male Man-Apes of Maa-Gor's tribe except for Maa-Gor himself. It seems likely that the Man-Apes are the only remaining humanoids on Earth that haven't had their genome tampered with like the other races in Savage Land or like the humans in the outside world were experimented with by the Celestials. During the "Secret Invasion" storyline, some of the Man-Apes joined Ka-Zar in his fight against the Skrulls.[28]
The following are theBeast-Men of the Savage Land:
Aerians – The Aerians are a race ofavian-type Beast-Men with large feathered wings which allow them to fly. Each member has a different color of skin and matching feathers (green, blue, orange, etc.). They are located in the city of Aerie Shalan which is located on a stone pillar high above Pangea. They are ruled by a technocracy, led by a chief scientist. Their technology advanced far beyond that of human scientists because they adapted and improved upon surviving antediluvian Atlantean technology. The Aerians became the principal allies of Ka-Zar and Shanna the She-Devil in Pangea, who aided them in their war with the Pterons.[31]
Gorankians – The Gorankians are a race of gray-skinned,ape-like, semi-intelligent, Beast-Men with small tusks coming from their lower jaw, pointed ears, and surprisingly small amount of hair. They are tribal in nature and led by Etuban. The Gorankians are a hunter-gatherer society and are long-time enemies of the Uruburians. Ka-Zar helped settle their dispute by having them play different games which includesbaseball in order to prevent an all-out war.[24]
Jeriens – The Jeriens are a race ofPterosaur-like Beast-Men that live in the Savage Land.[38]
Klantorrs – The Klantorrs are a race of Saurian-like Beast-Men withPterosaur-like wings that inhabit the forest-country surrounding Palandor. They have a taste for human flesh. Possibly resulted from the genetic tinkering of the ancient Atlanteans just like the genetic tinkering that resulted in the creations of the Aerians and Pterons. They have occasionally hunted the Palandorians.[27]
Lizard Men – The Lizard Man are alizard-like race that were one of the Beast-Men created by the Ancient Atlanteans. There had been two different Lizard Men that lived in the Savage Land where they are much different from the Lizard Men ofSubterranea and the Lizard Men of Tok (from theMicroverse).
Lizard Men of Vala Kuri – The first group of Lizard Men are a hunter-gatherer society of Beast-Men with pointy ears and reside in the city of Vala Kuri. The Lizard Men of Vala Kuri are peaceful in nature. They are protected from the Sun People by Ka-Zar and Garokk. The Lizard Men have ancestors in the Reptile Men and the Waidians.[23]
Queen Iranda's Lizard Men – The second group of the Lizard Men were actually a group of mystically-altered humans that went missing from their village and turned into Lizard Men by Queen Iranda. When Ka-Zar comes to their aid, he barely escapes them and manages to escape with Queen Iranda's crown which regressed Queen Iranda back to a lizard and the Lizard Men back to their human forms.[39]
N'Galans - The N'Galans are humanoid dinosaurs with possible ties to the Lizardmen and are a hunter-gatherer society. Most are highly superstitious. Kraven the Hunter's trainer, Gregor, forced the N'Galans to work for him when he served Pillard's interests in the Savage Land.[20]
Pterons – The Pterons are a race of Beast-Men that greatly resemble humanoid Pteranodons and have the ability to fly with their enormous wings. They inhabit the caverns of Athmeth beneath Pangea. They are ruled by their king Khalf. The Pterons launched a war against the Aerians, in which the Pteron race was mostly killed in a cave-in.[31]
Reptile Men – The Reptile Men are a race of green-skinned reptilian humanoids that reside in the marshes of the Savage Land. They are a hunter-gatherer society. When the alien Quor crash-landed on Earth and encountered the Reptile Men, he convinced them to make him their leader and provided them with advanced technology. The Reptile Men started to plunder the Vibranium deposits of the other tribes like the Golden People which attracted the attention of Ka-Zar. Once Ka-Zar managed to defeat Quor with the help of the Golden People, the Reptile Men retreated.[40]
Tree People – The Tree People are a race of Beast-Men that looks much like humans though they have long, prehensilemonkey-like tails. They live in Botor (a treetop village in Pangea) and are a hunter-gatherer society. Shanna the She-Devil was briefly married to one of the Tree People named Mele. During the "Secret Invasion" storyline, some of the Tree People joined Ka-Zar in his fight against the Skrulls.[41]
Tubanti – The Tubantis are a race offish-type Beast-Men that dwell in Pangea's inland Gorahn Sea. They briefly served the demon Belasco when he tried to conquer the Savage Land. The Tubantis are allies with the Lemurans and the other races of the Savage Land.[42]
Uruburians – The Uruburians are a race of Beast-Men with unspecified feline-like faces and fangs that live in the Savage Land as a hunter-gatherer tribe. The Uruburians are long-time enemies of the Gorankians. Ka-Zar helped settle their dispute by having them play different games which includes baseball in order to prevent an all-out war.[24]
Waidians – The Waidians are a race of green-skinned dinosaur-like Beast-Men that live in the Savage Land. They are a hunter-gatherer society and are very peaceful. When Ka-Zar was a teenager, he was trained by the wise Waidiansage named Benazu.[43]
Disians – The Dissians (also known as theChildren of Dis) are underground yellow-skinned humanoids who are the descendants of the Dante's Crew. They had mutated into creatures that resembled the Moloids ofSubterranea. They reside in the underground city of Belasco beneath the Savage Land. Some Dissians emitted bursts of energy from their eyes.[44]
Ethereals – The Ethereals are a race of advanced humanoids that were genetically enhanced by the Nuwali thousands of years ago. Until recently, they were considered to be mythical by the other tribes of the Savage Land. They are culturally arrogant and hostile to outsiders.[45]
Golden People – The Golden People are a race of yellow-skinned humans that reside in the Savage Land. They are the descendants of the Gortokians ofSubterranea. The Golden People are longtime allies of Ka-Zar and have salvaged Atlantean technology.[40]
Hauk'kas – The Hauk'kas are a race of reptilians that evolved from dinosaurs the same time way that humanity has evolved from apes. The Hauk'kas possess technology, culture, and civilization that rivals the human race. The Hauk'kas have a good knowledge of the superhuman side of the human race. A council of older Hauk'kas serve as the leaders of the Hauk'kas. The X-Men first encountered the Hauk'kas when investigating the mysterious resurrection of Psylocke at the same time when the Hauk'kas were capturing the Saurians that the X-Men once helped to emigrate to the Savage Land. The Hauk'kas are currently on neutral terms with the human race.[46]
Neo-Men – The Neo-Men are a society of mutated humans that were mutated by Nuwali technology.[47]
Nhu'Gari – The Nhu'Gari are a race of mutated humans with winged forms. They were actually altered by the radioactive properties of Hidden Valley which also provides them with telepathy. The Nhu'Gari once allied with Magneto. Volcanic upheavals later destroyed their city.[48]
Rock Tribe – The Rock Tribe are a group of stone-like humanoids.[49]
Saurians – The Saurians (also known as "The People") were originallylizards that were exposed to the first nuclear bomb test in New Mexico. It took them awhile for them to evolve and they built an underground city. They did have an encounter withMs. Marvel when she discovered their underground city. When theDire Wraiths attacked, the Saurians encounteredRom. The Saurian survivors hid from the humans until they later learned of the Savage Land. The Saurians were spotted by some people when traveling through Argentina and were rescued by the X-Men who helped them get to the Savage Land. They became part of the United Tribes at the time when the Savage Land Mutates attacked. Sometime later, the Saurians were captured by the Hauk'ka yet were rescued by the X-Men.[50]
Snowmen – The Snowmen lived on the high steppes of Pangea and resemble brown-furredYeti-like creatures. They are a hunter-gatherer society. Ka-Zar and Shanna the She-Devil encountered two of them channeling the lava from Mt. Flavius.[51]
In theAge of Apocalypse reality, the Savage Land houses Avalon, a secret haven for humans and mutants. A method to reach it exists, but it will only cost the refugee everything they own and even then, there is no guarantee of arriving alive. It is led byDestiny, a pacifistJuggernaut andDouglas Ramsey, the latter of whom provides a field that allows everybody to understand each other despite speaking different languages. Avalon was eventually found by Apocalypse forces and destroyed by theShadow King who mind-controlled its inhabitants into killing each other. He was defeated, but casualties were high.
During the "Age of Ultron" storyline, the superhero resistance againstUltron had relocated to the Savage Land to come up with a plan to defeat Ultron.[52]
InMarvel Zombies Return, the Savage Land, like everywhere else on Earth, has been eaten by the superhuman zombies, with the surviving zombies musing that the Savage Land was their 'number one' meal in the aftermath, as it contained such an abundance of food that they were actually full for a full hour after eating there, as opposed to the usual ravenous hunger they feel. It is also the location of the final battle between the zombies and 'New Avengers' - three zombies who have beaten their hunger and the cyborg James Rhodes - at the storyline's conclusion, with Rhodes using one of his fingers to lure the zombies into an ambush.
In theHouse of M reality created by an insane Scarlet Witch, the Savage Land was known as "Pangea". It is also known that Kevin Plunder has been granted political asylum in the United States for his human rights activism in this prehistoric land.
In the alternate future depicted inMarvel 2099, an alien attack floods much of the earth rendering the Savage Land the only habitable space. Thousands of refugees (includingMiguel O'Hara and most ofX-Nation andX-Men) make new homes here. It is not without its own dangers.
In theTransformers Marvel comics continuity, shortly after theArk spacecraft crashed on Earth 4 million years before the present day, the computer aboard the Ark detectedShockwave landing on the prehistoric Savage Land. TheArk used the last of its capabilities to revive fiveAutobot warriors and rebuild them into the Dinobots, based on scans of the Savage Land's dominant lifeform: dinosaurs. The Dinobots fought Shockwave, a battle that ended in stalemate whenSnarl brought down the mountain that Shockwave stood upon, knocking all of them into a tar pit. They remained deactivated until the year 1984. Since the Dinobots' alt-mode forms resemble creatures that were long-extinct by 4 million years ago, the Savage Land provided authorBob Budiansky a way to explain this within the canon timeline.
During the "Spider-Geddon" storyline, an alternate unidentified Earth has a version ofSpider-Man that lives in the Savage Land and was raised by a tribe of giant spiders following an airplane crash. It was mentioned by Ka-Zar the Hunter to Wilson Fisk that his father killed the last of the Man-Apes.[53]
In theSquirrel Girl reality, the Savage Land was created by an unknown race of aliens that created dinosaurs as an experiment on earth biology. Eventually, the experiment was abandoned, and all dinosaurs, except the ones in the Savage Land were left to die. In modern times it belongs to scientists, who protect it as a Nature Reserve. The Savage Land harbors no other intelligent creatures, except Ultron, who has rebuilt himself in the form of a dinosaur and resides in the Savage Land.[citation needed]
In theUltimate Marvel universe, the Savage Land is a large island somewhere in the southern hemisphere. It was originally stated inUltimate Origins to have been created byMagneto, using theories and methods developed byProfessor X, as the site for genetic experiments. Magneto's goal there was to create a new human race who would be less trouble to rule than the current one. He decided to restart evolution from scratch, and control the process to his own specifications. As a result of this, at its current level of advancement it has dinosaurs, but Magneto has shown no further interest in advancing the evolution of the Savage Land.[54] It has remained in its dinosaur state since the departure of Professor X. This story is later revealed as false.
Magneto's original base was on the Savage Land, but when it was destroyed in the first arc ofUltimate X-Men,[55] the computer controlling the base gained self-awareness, and hijacked the genetic experiment project to create an army ofnanotech-enhanced, zombie-like thralls. It planned to take over the world, but was stopped byWolverine,Cyclops, andKitty Pryde.
The Savage Land is now the home ofLongshot, who managed to get there in a small boat which launched fromGenosha. Longshot recently aided Magneto in breaking out of prison, and the two were alluded to be planning something, but Magneto later killed Longshot.[56]
InUltimates 3, it is revealed that the dinosaurs were conjured byScarlet Witch as a result of her reality warping abilities and not by Magneto's creation. The aboriginal inhabitants were wiped out and only a small tribe of survivors including Ka-Zar and Shanna remain.[57]
The inhabitants help the Ultimates remove the last of Magneto's forces as ofUltimatum.
An alternate universe variation of the Savage Land from Earth-6160 appears in theUltimate Universe imprint. InThe Ultimates (vol. 4), theRoxxon Energy Partners harvested much of its natural resources, turning it into a polluted wasteland and causing an extinction event.[58] Additionally, they are stated to have taken it over during the 1970s.[59]
InUltimate Spider-Man (vol. 3), it is implied that an untouched part of the Savage Land is connected to Subterranea and underMole Man's rule.[60]
The Savage Land appears in aWhat If story where the Savage Land was terraforming and has taken over New York. Both Ka-Zar and Parnival sacrifice themselves to return New York to normal, with Shanna the only survivor of his "family".[61]
Additionally, in theWhat If issues involving alternative outcomes to the Age of Ultron, a group composed of Wolverine, the Hulk, Peter Parker and a Ghost Rider venture to the Savage Land in order to prevent aMaster Mold under the control of a future version ofEzekiel Stane from unleashing a wave of Stark armors on the world.[62]
The Savage Land appears inThe Super Hero Squad Show episode "Brouhaha at the World's Bottom!" This version of the region is home to aS.H.I.E.L.D. outpost.
