Publication History
The character of the Plunderer was initially introduced in the Marvel comic book Daredevil issue #12 (January 1966), and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. He was the brother of the character Ka-Zar, as revealed in his origin story in Daredevil #13.
He also made significant appearances in subsequent comics throughout the 60's, 70's, and early 80's, including Tales to Astonish #95 - 98 (September - December 1967), Marvel Super-Heroes #19 (March 1969), Astonishing Tales #11 (April 1972), and #17 - 20 (April - June 1973), Fantastic Four #191 (February 1978), Rom #13 (December 1980), and Ka-Zar the Savage #31 - 33 (April, June and August 1984). However, the character faded into obscurity for many years, until he served as a main antagonist for the first half of Ka-Zar's eponymous 1997 title by writer Mark Waid and artist Andy Kubert, from issues #1 - 10 (May 1997 - February 1998).
The Plunderer was apparently killed by the Punisher in Punisher War Journal #2 (February 2007) during Marvel's Civil War event. This led to a turning point in the storyline involving Captain America's activities during the Civil War, as he was intending to allow supervillains to join his side and the Punisher's actions prevented this.
However, the Plunderer re-appeared a short time later in Marvel Comics Presents Vol. 2 #5 - 6 (March - April 2008), explaining the man who had died had not been him but his "American representative."
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