Kull and the Barbarians No. 1: Museum Object and Cultural History
Kull and the Barbarians No. 1: date made: 1975. maker: Marvel Comics. Object Name: comic book.
The object in the museum catalogue
Kull and the Barbarians is a black and white comic magazine published by Marvel Comics parent company Magazine Management. It is one of several titles from the 1970s where Magazine Management used Marvel's talent to produce content outside of the publishing industry's self-censoring "Comics Code."
The magazine includes stories featuring the characters of King Kull, Solomon Kane, and Red Sonja. All three were all inspired by the writings of Robert E. Howard, the pulp author recognized for creating what became known as "sword and sorcery" fantasy.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1975
- maker: Marvel Comics
- Object Name: comic book
- Object Name: magazine
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 8 1/4 in x 11 in; x 20.955 cm x 27.94 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York City
- Subject: Comics
- Subject: Star Wars
- ID Number: 2013.3039.348
- nonaccession number: 2013.3039
- catalog number: 2013.3039.348
- Credit Line: Gift of George R. Zug
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of American History through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed.
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