Shanna

Biography

Shanna was a daughter of a diamond miner named Gerald O'Hara. She was born in Africa and spent most of childhood growing up in the jungle. One day her father had to go hunt rouge leopards that belonged to her mother, Patricia. While he was hunting the leopards, he accidentally shot Patricia. This caused Shanna to hate guns and never uses them. Shanna eventually moved back to the U.S. and became a licensed veterinarian.

When she completed college, she began working at a Zoo in New York City as a zoologist. Shanna raised many animals during her time as a Zoologist, she became like a mother to a leopard named Julani. Julani would soon later be shot and killed by a zoo guard, which resulted in Shanna quitting and taking Julani's cubs to Africa.

While in Africa Shanna started to protect the animal reserve from poachers and went by the name Shanna the She-Devil. Her father would soon be kidnapped by Mandrill. She would search for him until she was captured herself and brought to the Savage Land by Malgato. Ka-Zar would come to help Shanna against Malgato. When Shanna returned to Africa to look for her father, she found out that her father was killed by Mandrill. She returned to America and teamed with Daredevil and Black Widow to stop Mandrill and Nekra from overthrowing the American government.

When Shanna returned to Africa, she discovered that her Leopard cubs had been killed by a religious cult leader named Raga-Shah. Shanna would tracked down Raga-Shah and kill him.

Shanna eventually moved to the Savage Lands where she fell in love with Ka-Zar. They would get married and have a son named Matthew. Shanna and Ka-Zar would fight to protect that prehistoric wildlife reserve known as the Savage Lands.

Alternate Shanna

Powers and Abilities

Shanna has the strength of an Olympic athlete with extraordinary agility and fighting skills at the very limits of human capacity. She is also very skilled at using all sorts of primitive weapons such as spears, knives, and a bow and arrow. She also has skills in hunting and gathering, as well as first-aid. She is a well-trained veterinarian, with the capability of being close to wild animals.