Kull the Conqueror (1st Series)

Marvel launched Kull in 1971, a year after making a hit with Robert E. Howard’s better-known swordsman, Conan the Barbarian. Both characters were barbarians who would slay kings to become kings themselves. Whereas Conan did this toward the end of his life (see King Conan), Kull’s adventures really begin when he slew a tyrant so that he might claim the Topaz Throne of fabled Atlantis.

Kull rules in a world that is still young, and which the old gods have not quite departed. Chief among his enemies are the shape-shifting snake men, descendants of the snake gods who once ruled the world. Luckily, Kull has help in fighting them, including his trusted friend (and sometimes rival), Brule the Spear-Slayer, a Pictish savage.

The series changed names with issue #11, becoming “Kull the Destroyer.”

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#1

Jun 1971

Cover: $0.15

W: Roy Thomas, Robert E. Howard · A: Ross Andru

1st Appearance of Brule the Spear-Slayer; Origin of Kull

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#2

Sep 1971

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W: Roy Thomas, Robert E. Howard · A: John Severin

15 copies from $4.75
#3

Jul 1972

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W: Roy Thomas · A: John Severin

11 copies from $3.75
#4

Sep 1972

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W: Gerry Conway, John Jakes · A: John Severin

7 copies from $1.99
#5

Nov 1972

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W: Gerry Conway · A: John Severin

9 copies from $4.25
#6

Jan 1973

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W: Gerry Conway · A: John Severin

8 copies from $2.75
#7

Mar 1973

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W: Gerry Conway, Robert E. Howard · A: John Severin

6 copies from $2.25
#8

May 1973

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W: Len Wein, Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas · A: John Severin

6 copies from $3.75
#9

Jul 1973

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W: Gerry Conway, Robert E. Howard · A: Marie Severin, John Severin

11 copies from $2.75
#10

Sep 1973

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W: Gerry Conway · A: Frank Chiaramonte

Continued as Kull the Destroyer

9 copies from $0.95