Who Is Kull? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Kull is a Company-Licensed comic book character, with over 316 comic issue appearances. Kull of Atlantis settled in Valusia and became its King.

Who is Kull?

Kull the Conqueror was created by Robert E Howard in a story called the Shadow Kingdom published in Weird Tales in August, 1929. HIstory Born in the island nation of Atlantis, Kull was exiled for defending a condemned woman. As a wandering swordsman he gained many followers and eventually became king of Valusia. Soon after becoming king he inadvertently frees a powerful supernatural being called The Skull of Silence. After repelling it from the world, he returns to Valusia where a Pictish emissary named Ka-Nu informs him that his court has been infiltrated by a sinister serpent-man cult. Together they defeat the serpent-men and lead a war party to destroy the serpent-men's temple. At the sacking of the serpent-men's temple, Kull and Ka-Nu encounter Thulsa Doom another adversary of the serpent-men, and they bring him back to Valusia with them. However, Thulsa Doom is secretly plotting to gain supreme power by acquiring the Serpent's Eye gem from the temple, which is now in Kull's posession.

Key facts

Kull is of human origin and first appeared in "The Coming of Conan!". The character is published by Company-Licensed. With 316 recorded issue appearances, Kull ranks among the most featured characters in comics.