Zabu is a living Smilodon who appears in the Ultimate Spider-Man episode "The Savage Spider-Man".
Zabu was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
Role in Ultimate Spider-Man[]
Zabu is captured and taken by Taskmaster and Kraven the Hunter to New York City. Ka-Zar teams up with Spider-Man and Wolverine to save him before Kraven can perform a ritual to become immortal by sacrificing Zabu at a certain time. Zabu is eventually saved by Spider-Man. Zabu and Ka-Zar later become members of the New Warriors. Zabu and Ka-Zar assist other heroes in stopping a prison break about a S.H.I.E.L.D. transport ship.