Description

Bizarre Adventures #26                     Magazine
Featuring Kull the Barbarian… Robert E. Howard’s epic hero in a savage tale of Sword and Sorcery.
Cover by: John Bolton

Bizarre Adventures (formerly Marvel Preview) was one of Marvel’s more adventurous magazine undertakings. It let Marvel present some of its more offbeat characters in a different, more adult context than comics usually allow. Included were such new stars as The Unlikely Heroes & Hangman, as well as new takes on old favorites such as King Kull and The Uncanny X-Men.

To read a story featuring a familiar character in Bizarre Adventures was like meeting that character for the first time again. Bizarre Adventures used its black-and-white magazine format to the fullest, concentrating on stark imagery and detailed storytelling—and it never shied away from the offbeat. Its final issue, #34, bade farewell in style, featuring a holiday send-up, “Son of Santa,” and a Howard the Duck feature by Paul Smith.

Bizarre Adventures #26 contains:

“Editorial”   Page 4
By: Ralph Macchio
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“Kull: Demon in a Silvered Glass”   Page 5
Writer: Doug Moench
Artist: John Bolton
Letterer: Tom Orzechowski

A tale of Kull when Kull was King. “There comes, even to kings surrounded by splendor, the time of great weariness: Then the gold of the throne is brass, the silk of the palace drab. The speech of men is like the empty rattle of the jester’s bell. A feeling of un-reality takes hold; the sun is a dull copper in the sky, the breath of the turquoise ocean is no longer fresh. Kull sits upon the topaz throne in mighty Valusia, in the City of Wonders, as he listens to the endless drone of Tu, his chief advisor, the hour of weariness upon him…”

Story/Spoilers
Tu suggests Kull seek the advice of the city’s only sorcerer, Sekhmet Tharn. After some philosophical discussion about the nature of Self in the wizard’s mansion, Kull discovers the girl who has enthralled him is actually the wizard’s daughter Jeesala. Her seduction continues with the approval of her ghoulish father, and the wizard offers Kull a glimpse into his magical mirror. In the silvered glass Kull sees the evolution of primordial man, followed by his own reflection distorted and devolved into a brutish travesty of himself. Sekhmet Tharn casts a subtle enchantment upon the Valusian King. Corruption proceeds to breed in Kull’s mind and soul, as he makes Jeesala his queen and sinks into the depths of apathy and decadence. Causing a decline in Valusia’s fortunes, and it takes a rebellion from Kull’s own people and the help of his longtime ally, Brule the Spear-Slayer, to stir him from his dark dream. Now, Valusia faces utter destruction from nefarious forces, and Kull rallies his countrymen for a final conflict that will determine the course of humanity’s future.
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“Letters”   Page 62
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Features an introduction by Ralph Macchio entitled: Of Boltons and Barbarians and an awesome painted Kull cover by John Bolton (as well as incredible interior art!).

Collectible Entertainment comment: There is no finer entertainment than the vintage black and white graphic magazines of the 70’s with their epic story-lines and their incredible art and inks. Most especially, Savage Tales, Savage Sword of Conan. Conan the Savage, Conan Saga, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Rampaging Hulk, Dracula Lives, The Haunt of Horror, The Planet of the Apes, Monsters Unleashed, Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu, Doc Savage, Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction, The Legion of Monsters, and Tales of the Zombie… among a few others. Very highly recommended. Search them out and enjoy!

Magazine is bagged & boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

Publisher: Marvel Comics
Publication Date: May 1981
Format: BW, 66 pages, Mag, 10.75″ x 8.15″
UPC: 07148602808

Collectible Entertainment note: Magazine is in Fine + condition.  Very Nice!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Kull collector and/or enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Very Highly Recommended.

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