Kull the Destroyer: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus HC

January 15, 2021 Gormuu

Kull the Destroyer Omnibus HC – Regular Cover (Paolo Siqueira) regular cover

Kull the Savage Omnibus HC – Variant Cover (Mike Ploog) direct market cover

KULL THE DESTROYER: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS HC

Reprints: Kull the Conqueror #1-10, Kull the Destroyer #11-29, material from Creatures on the Loose #10, Monsters on the Prowl #16, Kull and the Barbarians #1-3, Savage Sword of Conan #9, Conan the Barbarian #10, Conan the Barbarian Annual #3

First Print
Release Date: August 25, 2021

PAULO SIQUEIRA COVER (REGULAR EDITION) ISBN: 978-1-302-92919-0 • List Price: $125.00

MIKE PLOOG COVER (DIRECT MARKET EDITION) ISBN: 978-1-302-92920-6 • List Price: $125.00

800 Pages

Written by Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart, Doug Moench & Don Glut with John Jakes & Len Wein

Penciled by Marie Severin, Mike Ploog, Ernie Chan & Ed Hannigan with Ross Andru, Bernie Wrightson, Jess Jodloman, Vincente Alcazar, Alfredo Alcala & Howard Chaykin

Cover by Paulo Siqueira & Frank D’Armata
Direct Market Cover by Mike Ploog

Introduction by Roy Thomas

Collection Editor: Cory Sedlmeier
Color & Art Reconstruction: Michael Kelleher & Kellustration, Tom Mullin, Jimmy Porter

BONUS CONTENT:

• Unused Kull the Conqueror #2 cover rough by Marie Severin
• “The Thurian Continent in the Time of King Kull” map
• Kull the Conqueror #1 house ad from Savage Tales #1, May 1971
• Tower of Shadows #10 unused cover, original art by Bernie Wrightson
• Tower of Shadows #10 house ad from February 1971 titles
• Creatures on the Loose #10 house ad from March 1971 titles
• Kull the Conqueror #1 house ad from May 1971 titles
• Kull the Destroyer #1 house ad from November 1973 titles
• Kull the Destroyer #27 house ad from June 1978 titles
• Editorial by Richard Ashford from Conan Saga #69
• Kull the Conqueror #1 Kull, Brule, Enaros, Baron Kaanuub, Ducalon and Ridondo character designs by Ross Andru
• Kull the Conqueror #1 cover original art by Andru and Sal Buscema
• Kull the Conqueror #1 final cover original art by M. Severin
• Kull the Conqueror #3, 4, 6, 7, 9 & 10 cover color guides by M. Severin
• Kull the Conqueror #9 cover original art by John Severin
• Kull the Conqueror #10 cover sketch by M. Severin
• Monsters on the Prowl #16 cover original art by J. Severin
• Monsters on the Prowl #16, pgs. 1, 8 & 10 original art by M. & J. Severin
• Kull the Destroyer #11 cover original art by Mike Ploog
• Kull the Destroyer #11, pgs. 1, 13 & 17 original art by Ploog
• Kull the Destroyer #12 & 13 unused cover original art by Ploog
• Kull the Destroyer #17, pg. 15 original art by Ed Hannigan and Alfredo Alcala
• Kull the Destroyer #21 cover original art by Gil Kane
• Kull the Destroyer #25, pg. 16 original art by Ernie Chan and Rudy Nebres
• Kull the Destroyer #29 cover original art by Chan and Nebres
• Kull the Destroyer #29 cover sketch by Chan
• Marvel Treasury Edition #19 Kull and Brûlée’s pinup by Dave Wenzel, Duffy Vohland and John Tartaglione
• F.O.O.M. #14 cover by M. Severin
• F.O.O.M. #14, “King Kull Lives” article by Howard Zimmerman
• F.O.O.M. #16 cover and cover key by M. Severin
• F.O.O.M. #16 interview with M. Severin
• Introduction by Mark Finn from Chronicles of Kull Vol. 1: A King Comes Riding and Other Stories TPB
• Introduction by Mark Finn from Chronicles of Kull Vol. 2: The Hell Beneath Atlantis and Other Stories TPB
• Introduction by Mark Finn from Chronicles of Kull Vol. 3: Screams in the Dark and Other Stories TPB
• Kull the Destroyer: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus HC cover art by Paulo Siqueira and Frank D’Armata

ON SALE:
• MARVEL OMNIBUS STOREFRONT

DISCUSS AT THE COLLECTED EDITIONS FORUMS:
• KULL THE DESTROYER OMNIBUS DISCUSSION

PREVIEW IMAGES

Creatures on the Loose #10 cover; pencils, Herb Trimpe; inks, Marie Severin; first appearance, King Kull, Robert E. Howard, Atlantis, Valusia, The Skull of Silence, octopus monster

Kull the Conqueror #1 cover; pencils and inks, Marie Severin, first issue, The King is Dead, Long Live King Kull, corner box, Atlantis, tiger god

Kull the Conqueror #1, pg. 20; pencils, Ross Andru; inks, Wally Wood; Tiger God, Tiger Totem, first issue, King Kull

Kull the Conqueror #2, pg. 6; pencils, Marie Severin; inks, John Severin; serpent society, Tu, Brule, King Kull

Conan the Barbarian #10; Kull in "The King and the Oak", pg. 30; pencils, Marie Severin; inks, John Severin; backup story, Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, splash page, Robert E. Howard poem adaptation

Monsters on the Prowl #16 cover; pencils and inks, John Severin; King Kull, Atlantis, The Serpent-God of Lost Swamp, undersea creature

Kull the Conqueror #3, pg. 11; pencils, Marie Severin; inks, John Severin; Thulsa Doom, skull face, King Kull

Kull the Conqueror #4, pg. 5; pencils, Marie Severin; inks, John Severin; Ducalon, Count of Komahar, magic user, Melkori, King Kull

Kull the Conqueror #5, pg. 15; pencils, Marie Severin; inks, John Severin, Brule, King Kull, Rikos, H’Nar, Valka and Hotath, undead

Kull the Conqueror #6, pg. 17; pencils, Marie Severin; inks, John Severin; King Kull, the lurker beneath the earth, Atlantis

Kull the Conqueror #7, pg. 1; pencils, Marie Severin; inks, John Severin; Delcardes’ Cat, King Kull, Gerry Conway, splash page, Based on a story by Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas editor

Kull the Conqueror #8, pg. 2; pencils, Marie Severin; inks, John Severin; King Kull, cult of the leopard, tiger totem, tiger god

Kull the Conqueror #9, pg. 3; pencils, Marie Severin; inks, John Severin; King Kull; King Borna

Kull the Conqueror #10, pg. 5; pencils, Marie Severin; inks, Frank Chiaramonte; King Kull, Zarfhaa, Kaanuub, Queen Veria of Zarfhaana

Kull the Destroyer #11, pg. 16; pencils and inks, Mike Ploog; King Kull, battle axe, Now Who Dies First

Kull the Destroyer #12, pg. 6; pencils, Mike Ploog; inks, Sal Buscema, John Romita; King Kull, Grondar, Zarfhaanans, executioner

Kull the Destroyer #13, pg. 9; pencils, Mike Ploog; inks, Al Milgrom; King Kull, Brule

Kull the Destroyer #14, pg. 14; pencils, Mike Ploog; inks, Jack Abel; King Kull, sword fight, flying monster, pterodactyl

Kull the Destroyer #15, pg. 7; pencils, Mike Ploog; inks, Ernie Chan; Brule, King Kull, Santha, romance

Kull and the Barbarians #1 frontispiece; pencils and inks, John Severin; pinup, inside front cover, King Kull, Robert E. Howard, black-and-white magazine

Kull and the Barbarians #2, pg. 7; pencils and inks, Jess Jodloman; black-and-white magazine, B+W, king kill, Thulsa Doom

Kull and the Barbarians #3, pg. 23; pencils and inks, Vicente Alcazar; King Kull, tiger totem, tiger god, serpent society, Hotath, Thulsa Doom, serpent crown

Savage Sword of Conan #9, pg. 36-37; pencils and inks, Sonny Trinidad; When a Tiger Returns to Atlantis, King Kull, backup story, double-page spread

Kull the Destroyer #28, pg. 5; pencils and inks, Ernie Chan; King Kull; Thulsa Doom; Gasshga, Laralei, Ridondo, Ardyon

Conan the Barbarian Annual #3, cover; pencils, John Buscema; inks, Ernie Chan; King Kull team-up

Kull ® and © Robert E. Howard Properties LLC

KULL’S COMPLETE COLOR ADVENTURES OF THE 1970s COLLECTED IN ONE OMNIBUS EDITION!

Conan wasn’t the only sword and sorcery icon borne from the mind of Robert E. Howard to be adapted to Marvel Comics. With the breakout success of Conan, Roy Thomas set his sights on Howard’s legendary barbarian king of Valusia, Kull, for his own four-color comic book series. Sibling art tandem Marie and John Severin joined for what many consider the creative highlight of their careers, in a run of tales that showed how uneasy hung the crown on the head of Kull, especially when confronting the wicked sorcerer Thulsa Doom! The art of Mike Ploog features heavily in Kull, along with further contributions from some of the era’s top talents, not to mention Kull’s first appearance drawn by comics legend Bernie Wrightson!

ISSUES REPRINTED
Kull the Conqueror #1-10, Kull the Destroyer #11-29, material from Creatures on the Loose #10, Monsters on the Prowl #16, Kull and the Barbarians #1-3, Savage Sword of Conan #9, Conan the Barbarian #10, Conan the Barbarian Annual #3

PLEASE NOTE: Not all cover art below is final Omnibus restored versions