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Issue: The Savage Sword of Kull #1
Publication Date: November 2010
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Publisher: FlagDark Horse
Brand: Dark Horse Books [facing left]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Books
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 452
ISBN: 9781595825933
UPC/EAN: 978159582593351999
Price: $19.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 64 (30 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Patrick Thorpe (collection editor); John Schork (assistant)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound; trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected editions
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Whelan (painting)(signed)
Inker(s): Mike Whelan (painting)(signed)
Colorist(s): Mike Whelan (painting)(signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): Kull
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Pages: 1
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The Savage Sword of Kull Volume One

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Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Kull
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Kull
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Pages: 3
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert E. Howard
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Of that epoch known by the Nemedian chroniclers as the Pre-Cataclysmic age...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Introduction to The Skull of Silence!, includes a map of the Thurian Continent in the time of King Kull circa 18,000 B.C.
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Tower of Shadows #10 - alternate cover

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Bernie Wrightson [as Berni Wrightson]
Inker(s): Bernie Wrightson [as Berni Wrightson]
Letterer(s): Morrie Kuramoto
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull
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Pages: 1
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The Skull of Silence!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Bernie Wrightson [as Berni Wrightson]
Inker(s): Bernie Wrightson [as Berni Wrightson]
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Ka-Nu; Kuthulos; Raama (flashback)
First Line: In the time before the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities...
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Pages: 7
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): John Bolton
Inker(s): John Bolton
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reprint of the fourth panel from Bizarre Adventures #26 page 43 with all writing removed.
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An Atlantean In Aquilonia

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (introduction); Glenn Lord
Penciller(s): John Severin [as Severin] (signed); Ross Andru
Inker(s): John Severin [as Severin] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Baron Kaanuub; Ducalon; Enaros; Ridondo the Mistrel
First Line: Kull of Atlantis. Kull of Valusia. King Kull!
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Includes two illustrations of King Kull by John Severin (signed) and pencil sketches of Kull, Enaros, Baron Kaanuub of Komahar and of Ridondo the Minstrel by Ross Andru.
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The Beast from the Abyss

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Englehart
Penciller(s): Howard Chaykin
Inker(s): Russ Heath [as The Crusty Bunkers]; Neal Adams [as The Crusty Bunkers]; Dick Giordano [as The Crusty Bunkers]; Alan Weiss [as The Crusty Bunkers]
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Grogar (death); Monartho (death); Taligaro; Baron Ergon; Zareta
First Line: So-- you approve of customs here in Kamula, eh, milord?
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story "Black Abyss" by Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter. Crusty Bunkers credits confirmed in the letters page of Savage Sword of Conan #4.
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The First Barbarian (Part 2)

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lin Carter
Penciller(s): John Severin (signed)
Inker(s): John Severin (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chronicles of the Sword
Character(s): King Kull
First Line: The first genuine story of sword-and-sorcery which Robert E. Howard ever published was "The Shadow Kingdom,"...
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Part II of Lin Carter's 'Chronicles of the Sword' feature examines Robert E. Howard's creation of the sword-and-sorcery genre in the pages of "Weird Tales" pulp magazine in the 1920's and 30's, starting with the Atlantean outcast who became King Kull. Article is accompanied by two Kull illustrations by Severin.
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Kull of Atlantis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert E. Howard
Penciller(s): Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]
Inker(s): Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): Kull; Am-ra; Khor-nah; Sareeta (death)
First Line: We have been enemies to the Seven Empires since the dawn of time...
Synopsis: Sareeta, an Atlantean who married a Lemurian pirate, has been captured after being washed ashore when the pirate ship was broken. As Kull arrives, she is about to be burned for bringing shame to Atlantis. With her nodded assent, Kull hurls his dagger just under her heart, killing her instantly to spare her an agonizing death. Kull's tribesmen chase him with the intent of slaying him for violating their code of morals, but are unable to catch him.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: This is not a complete story. According to the splash page notes, Barry Smith and Roy Thomas were planning a paperback comic book dealing with the early days of Kull of Atlantis. The paperback never happened, but Smith did a number of finished drawings in preparation for the book. Some of those drawings are presented here with quotations from the story "Exile Of Atlantis" by Robert E. Howard.
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Kull and the Barbarians #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Michael Whelan (painting)
Inker(s): Michael Whelan (painting)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull
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Pages: 1
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): John Severin (illustration)
Inker(s): John Severin (illustration)
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull
Synopsis: Kull, standing with sword resting on sholdier in front of a line of warriors, spears forward, ready for battle.
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A King Comes Riding!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Red Slayers; Ridondo; Alecto; Baron Kaanuub; Councillor Tu (first appearance); Brule (first appearance); Om-Ra (flashback); Khor-Nah (flashback); Sareeta (flashback, death); Count Ducalon (flashback); King Borna (flashback, death)
First Line: First come the trumpeters---the blare of their tusk-carved horns surging...
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The Shadow Kingdom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Marie Severin
Inker(s): John Severin
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Councillor Tu; Serpent-Men (first appearance); Ka-Nu; Picts; Brule; King Eallal (ghost); Red Slayers
First Line: Well, Kull? What do you think of our Pictish entertainments?
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Pages: 19
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Maitz
Inker(s): Duffy Vohland
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Brule
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Pages: 1
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King Kull a Retrospective Review

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fredd Blosser
Penciller(s): Roy G. Krenkel (illustrations)
Inker(s): Roy G. Krenkel (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull
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Pages: 2
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The Forbidden Swamp

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Marie Severin
Inker(s): John Severin
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Red Slayers; Shanna (death); Alecto; Duron (death); Thulsa Doom (first appearance); Gomar (death)
First Line: They ride in silence, weapons at the ready...
Synopsis: Kull and Brule enter a temple to the Valusian snake-god which is guarded by a giant undersea beast. There he meets Thulsa Doom for the first time, who pretends to be an ally and asks to return with them to the City of Wonders.
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The Death-Dance of Thulsa Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Marie Severin
Inker(s): John Severin
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Thulsa Doom; Councillor Tu; Shiva (death); Ka-Nu (flashback); Baron Kaanuub; Ridondo; Tullina; Arctorus; Red Slayers
First Line: Valusia walks in sunshine once again!
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Pages: 19
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Kull and the Barbarians #2

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Whelan (painting)(signed)
Inker(s): Mike Whelan (painting)(signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): Kull; Thulsa Doom
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Pages: 1
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Kull and Brule

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Neal Adams
Inker(s): Neal Adams
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Brule
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An illustration of Kull and Brule brandishig his spear from the text article Hail the Barbarians! from Kull and the Barbarians (Marvel, 1975 series) #1.
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Teeth of the Dragon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): Jess Jodloman
Inker(s): Jess Jodloman
Letterer(s): Karen Mantlo ?
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): Kull; Brule; Black Legion; Ridondo; Hulgar (death); King Ardyon [Thulsa Doom]; Ka-Nu; Teyanoga
First Line: Horse hooves pound a staccato beat on the narrow mountain path...
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Pages: 26
Disclose Notes: continued from Kull the Destroyer (Marvel, 1974 series) #15.
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The Hyborian Age, Chapter 1: The Pre-Cataclysmic Age

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Walt Simonson
Inker(s): Walt Simonson
Letterer(s): Walt Simonson
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): The Hyborian Age
Character(s): King Kull
First Line: When Robert E. Howard began to chronicle the adventures of Conan the Cimmerian...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the essay by Robert E. Howard. Letters credit from Walt Simonson via GCD Errors list, October 2009.
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Kull and the Barbarians #3

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Michael Whelan [as MW] (painting) (signed)
Inker(s): Michael Whelan [as MW] (painting) (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Kull; Red Sonja; Solomon Kane
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Pages: 1
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A Portfolio of Robert E. Howard

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert E. Howard
Penciller(s): John Severin [as Sev.] (signed)
Inker(s): John Severin [as Sev.] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustration of King Kull holding his crown is taken from page 5 of the article "A Portfolio of Robert E. Howard" in The Savage Sword of Conan (1974 series) #15.
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The Omen in the Skull

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Doug Moench
Penciller(s): Vicente Alcazar
Inker(s): Vicente Alcazar
Letterer(s): Karen Mantlo ?; Jim Novak ? (pages 2-3)
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): Kull; Ridondo; Om-Ra (flashback); Sareeta (flashback); Kareesha; King Ardyon [Thulsa Doom]
First Line: Once he was King of the most powerful civilization...
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Pages: 26
Disclose Notes: This story continues in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #9.
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And in This Corner - Thulsa Doom, scourge of Atlantis

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Gene Day (signed)
Inker(s): Gene Day (signed)
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): Thulsa Doom
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When a Tiger Returns to Atlantis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Doug Moench
Penciller(s): Sonny Trinidad
Inker(s): Sonny Trinidad
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): Kull; Ridondo; Lorkars; Renas; King Om-Ra; Sarna; Kareesha; Khor-Nah; Lee-Sah
First Line: A city like that would take ten lifetimes to build...
Synopsis: Kull finds Atlantis greatly changed on his return after many years. Former hunting companions Om-Ra and Khor-Nah are the king and captain of the Atlantean army, respectively. But the mysterious Sarna seemed to have true power in Atlantis. Sarna's assistant, Kareesha, is a beautiful young woman who claims she is not the witch-woman Kull has encountered before. Ridondo causes more trouble when he charms Khor-Nah's woman, Lee-Sah. Sarna sends a dragon to kill Kull during a parade, but Kull defeats it with the help of Kareesha.
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Pages: 29
Disclose Notes: This story continues in Kull the Destroyer (Marvel, 1973 series) #16.
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A Portfolio of Robert E. Howard

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Roy G. Krenkel (signed)[as RGK]
Inker(s): Roy G. Krenkel (signed)[as RGK]
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): Kull
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sketch was originally from Infinity Three magazine. Sketch is reprinted in the article "A Portfolio of Robert E. Howard" page 7 in The Savage Sword of Conan (1974 series) #16.
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The Striking of the Gong

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Rick Hoberg; Marie Severin (Kull faces, uncredited)
Inker(s): Bill Wray
Letterer(s): Davida Lichter-Dale
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Death (first appearance); Brule
First Line: Somewhere in the hot red darkness there begins a throbbing...
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story "The Striking of the Gong" by Robert E Howard.
Stan Lee had Marie Severin redraw all Kull faces (source Alter Ego #145 pages 35 and 64).
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The Buscema Barbarians

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): John Buscema
Inker(s): John Buscema
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull
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Pages: 1
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Mirrors of Tuzun Thune

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Mike Ploog (signed)
Inker(s): Mike Ploog (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Tuzun Thune
First Line: There comes, even to kings, the time of great weariness...
Synopsis: The restless King Kull is drawn to Tuzun Thune's house of a thousand mirrors, where he almost loses himself in his own reflection before Brule comes to his rescue.
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune" by Robert E. Howard
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Introduction to "Kings of the Night"

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): David Wenzel
Inker(s): David Wenzel
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bran Mak Morn
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Pages: 1
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Kings of the Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): David Wenzel
Inker(s): David Wenzel
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Bran Mak Morn; Cormac na Connacht; Kull
Character(s): Cormac na Connacht (first appearance, not to be confused with Cormac Mac Art); Gonar (first appearance, descendant of Kull's priest); Wulfhere (first appearance, death); Bran Mac Morn; King Kull; Gron; Mocah; Brule (flashback)
First Line: The portents are good!
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Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: Adapted from Robert E Howard's short story, "Kings of the Night".
Continued in next issue.
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Pass of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): David Wenzel
Inker(s): David Wenzel
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Bran Mak Morn; Cormac na Connacht; Kull
Character(s): Cormac na Connacht (not to be confused with Cormac Mac Art); Gonar; Bran Mac Morn; King Kull; Wulfhere (flashback, death); Marcus Sulius (death); Gonar of Kull's time (flashback)
First Line: King Kull--- I have a thousand archers, 500 horsemen, fifty chariots...
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Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Adapted from Robert E. Howard's short story, "Kings of the Night". continued from last issue
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King Kull of Valusia

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Rudy Nebres
Inker(s): Rudy Nebres
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull
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Pages: 1
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Marvel Preview #19

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Credits
Penciller(s): Bob Larkin (signed) (painting)
Inker(s): Bob Larkin (signed) (painting)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Thulsa Doom
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Ernie Chan (signed)
Inker(s): Ernie Chan (signed)
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Thulsa Doom
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Pages: 1
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Riders Beyond the Sunrise (Part 1)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Sal Buscema
Inker(s): Tony DeZuniga
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Councillor Tu; Lala-Ah; Ka-Yanna; Fenar; Sareeta (flashback); King Borna (flashback, death); Thulsa Doom; Brule; Red Slayers; Kelkor
First Line: ...and thus, o king, did Lala-Ah, countess of Fanara...
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Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter adaptation.
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Beyond the River of the Dead (Part 2)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Sal Buscema
Inker(s): Tony DeZuniga
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Gayomart (death); Brule; Red Slayers; Kelkor; Councillor Tu; Lala-Ah; Ka-Yanna; Fenar [Thulsa Doom]
First Line: All night King Kull has ridden like a demon striving...
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Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter adaptation.
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The Tiger of Atlantis

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Neal
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kull
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Pages: 4
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Pin-up: Kull II

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Penciller(s): Marie Severin; John Severin
Inker(s): Marie Severin; John Severin
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Thulsa Doom; Serpent-Men
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[untitled]

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Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Alfredo Alcala (signed)
Inker(s): Alfredo Alcala (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Brule
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Wizard and Warrior

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Alfredo Alcala
Inker(s): Alfredo Alcala
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Prince Ronaro; Brule's father (first apppearance, flashback); Nial of the Tatheli (flashback); Aa-Thak (flashback, death)
First Line: Well, Kull? It's still your move!
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Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story "Wizard and Warrior" by Robert E Howard and Lin Carter.
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Bizarre Adventures #26

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Penciller(s): John Bolton (painted)
Inker(s): John Bolton (painted)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Ralph Macchio (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): John Bolton
Inker(s): John Bolton
Editor(s): Ralph Macchio (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Sekhmet Tharn
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Of Boltons and Barbarians

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Ralph Macchio
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Ralph Macchio (original editor)
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Demon in a Silvered Glass

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Credits
Penciller(s): John Bolton (signed)
Inker(s): John Bolton (signed)
Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski
Editor(s): Ralph Macchio (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull
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1. Restless Spirits

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Writer(s): Doug Moench
Penciller(s): John Bolton
Inker(s): John Bolton
Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski
Editor(s): Ralph Macchio (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Councillor Tu; King Borna (flashback, death); Brule; King Borna's animated corpse
First Line: ... otherwise satisfactory condition of the navy.
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2. A Madness of Mirrors

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Writer(s): Doug Moench
Penciller(s): John Bolton
Inker(s): John Bolton
Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski
Editor(s): Ralph Macchio (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Red Slayers; Councillor Tu; Sekhmet Tharn; Jeesala Tharn
First Line: Nothing, my king.
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3. And in Decadence, the Descent

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Writer(s): Doug Moench
Penciller(s): John Bolton
Inker(s): John Bolton
Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski
Editor(s): Ralph Macchio (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Jeesala Tharn (death); Red Slayers; Brule; Councillor Tu; Sekhmet Tharn; Red Slayers; Ridondo; Serpent-Men
First Line: For the third day in a row, the avenue leading to the palace...
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4. The True Enemy Within

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Credits
Writer(s): Doug Moench
Penciller(s): John Bolton
Inker(s): John Bolton
Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski
Editor(s): Ralph Macchio (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Ridondo; Red Slayers; Sekhmet Tharn (death); Councillor Tu
First Line: Halt your rebellion, fools!
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Appearing Monthly in... the Savage Sword of Conan

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Larry Hama (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Kull's appearances in Savage Sword of Conan.
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From Beyond the Grave!

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Credits
Writer(s): Chuck Dixon [as Charles Dixon]
Penciller(s): Geof Isherwood
Inker(s): Geof Isherwood
Letterer(s): Phil Felix
Editor(s): Larry Hama (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Lejanus (death)
First Line: The sun sets on the forest of Tarn...
Synopsis: A witch raises a warrior from the dead to kill King Kull.
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Night of the Monkey!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chuck Dixon [as Charles Dixon]
Penciller(s): Geof Isherwood
Inker(s): Geof Isherwood
Letterer(s): Phil Felix
Editor(s): Larry Hama (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Alecto; Toraus; Argo; Kodatha (death)
First Line: Each year during the hottest weeks of summer is the festival of the monkey.
Synopsis: The summer festival of the Monkey disturbs Kull. To him, the monkey is a figure of death.
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Pieces of Horror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chuck Dixon [as Charles Dixon]
Penciller(s): Geof Isherwood
Inker(s): Geof Isherwood
Letterer(s): Diana Albers
Editor(s): Larry Hama (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Ohris Dehjahl (death); Brule
First Line: Quite a turnout, I've never seen a crowd this big.
Synopsis: Kull executes Ohris Dehjahl, but he won't stay dead.
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One against All

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chuck Dixon [as Charles Dixon]
Penciller(s): Val Semeiks
Inker(s): Val Semeiks
Letterer(s): Phil Felix
Editor(s): Larry Hama (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; King Borna (flashback); Ghorba (flashback, death)
First Line: It is the most difficult task of my life trying to be civil to these... cretins.
Synopsis: Kull tells Brule of his days as a gladiator which led to his meeting with and going into the service of King Borna.
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King Kull, Mighty Monarch of Valusia

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Gene Day (signed)
Inker(s): Gene Day (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull
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Song of the Dead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chuck Dixon [as Charles Dixon]
Penciller(s): Geof Isherwood
Inker(s): Art Nichols
Letterer(s): Janice Chiang
Editor(s): Larry Hama (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Laria; Brule
First Line: In the imperial bedchambers, Kull and his favorite consort sleep...
Synopsis: King Kull and Laria wander the labyrinths beneath the palace.
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Trail of Blades

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chuck Dixon [as Charles Dixon]
Penciller(s): Geof Isherwood
Inker(s): Geof Isherwood
Letterer(s): Diana Albers
Editor(s): Larry Hama (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Alecto; Mangas; Black Legion
First Line: What do you see, my liege?
Synopsis: King Kull confronts a pack of caravan bandits.
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The King's Dream

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chuck Dixon [as Charles Dixon]
Penciller(s): Val Semeiks
Inker(s): Fraja Bator
Letterer(s): Jack Morelli
Editor(s): Larry Hama (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull
First Line: The Commorians moved by night surrounding the camp...
Synopsis: Injured on the battlefield, Kull dreams that his dead enemies return to get him.
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The Carrion Eaters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chuck Dixon [as Charles Dixon]
Penciller(s): Pablo Marcos
Inker(s): Pablo Marcos
Letterer(s): Deb Klein
Editor(s): Larry Hama (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Kull
Character(s): King Kull; Mokar (death); Krejak (death)
First Line: The battle started at dawn and stretched into the early afternoon.
Synopsis: Last ones standing on a battlefield, Kull and a Commorian join forces against those who would rob the dead.
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King Kull Tiger of Atlantis - Monarch of Valusia

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Ernie Chan (signed)
Inker(s): Ernie Chan (signed)
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): The Chan Barbarians; Kull
Character(s): King Kull
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Pages: 2

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