Thanos was no match for Kaza, and the impotent Marvel hero defeated him in such humiliating fashion that the story was later retold.exist Kazar #11, The Mad Titan confronts the Protector of the Badlands, and the two brawl over a bubbling volcano. Thanos seemed certain he would win the fight, but ended up being kicked into lava by Khazal, burning his armor away.
Khazar may not be a household name to non-comic readers, but he’s been a big part of Marvel history for over 50 years.Ka-Zar was created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee and debuted in x-men #11 as “King of the Jungle”. He’s essentially the Tarzan of the Marvel Universe. Khazar lives in Savage Land, a tropical land hidden in Antarctica where prehistoric life, including dinosaurs, still exists. He originally tangoed with the X-Men in some of their earliest adventures. Khazar and the Savage Lands still appear in Marvel Comics to this day.
exist Khazar#Mark Waid, Andy Kubert, Joe Rosas, Digital Chameleon, Jesse Delperdang and Todd In “11” (1997) by Todd Klein, Khazar’s brother Parnival teams up with Thanos to use the same alien terraformer to turn the wilderness of New York into a prehistoric areas. The plan was a success, and the concrete jungle became a veritable jungle. Thanos didn’t stop there, turning the homeworld of the Cree, Inhumans, and Shiites into a jungle. Khazar and Thanos battle in space to capture portals to various terraformed planets. The battle eventually took them to the Badlands, where they fought a volcano. Thanos grabbed Kaza when he used his powers to break free and kick the Mad Titan into the lava below.
The kick didn’t kill Thanos, who then emerged from the lava naked. Thanos sets Badlands on fire, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents detonate a bomb on a terraforming machine. With Thanos transported away, everything returned to normal with the explosion. Interestingly, the story was later retold, and the version Thanos Kazaar faced was actually one of his Thanos clones. According to CBR.com, Jim Starlin did a re-scout to make the Mad Titan look unbeatable in battle, as nearly five years of Thanos’ story have been reworked.
Re-scouting might have Khazar facing Thanos who wasn’t actually Thanos (even though it would have been Thanos back then and never mentioned in the story), but failure would still be an incredible shame . A hero without superhuman powers defeats Thanos and prevents the universe from being altered forever. Beyond Squirrel Girl, Khazar might be the strangest choice to take on Thanos one-on-one and win in embarrassing fashion.