Details, Fiction and Zabu
Zabu encountered a young boy named Kevin Plunder as he was about to be attacked by a gaggle of Guy-Apes. Zabu saved Kevin, and the two became companions. Zabu guarded the boy as he grew to adulthood, and at some point took around the identify Ka-Zar, which suggests "Son of the Tiger". Zabu was brought to near-human intelligence due to exposure to r