Solomon Kane (comics)

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character_name = Solomon Kane


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publisher = Marvel Comics
Dark Horse Comics
debut = "Monsters Unleashed" #1 (August 1973)
creators = Robert E. Howard
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Solomon Kane featured in several comics published by Marvel Comics in the 1970s and 1980s. Dark Horse Comics will be publishing a new series of Kane stories in 2008.

Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics has published several comic books featuring Solomon Kane. He was the lead character in the six-issue mini-series "Sword of Solomon Kane", published 1985-6. He also appeared numerous times in the company's black and white, non-Code approved magazine format comics, most frequently in "Savage Sword of Conan", starring Howard's most popular pulp character. The complete list of Marvel's Solomon Kane story appearances are:
* "Monsters Unleashed" #1, July 1973, an adaptation of Howard's "Skulls in the Stars" by Roy Thomas, art by Ralph Reese.
* "Dracula Lives" #3, October 1973, Kane meets Dracula by Thomas, art by Alan Weiss.
* "The Conan Saga" #50 (May 1991), by Alan Rowlands, art by Steve Carr and Al Williamson (although this magazine was a reprint title, the Kane story in this issue had not been previously published).
* "Kull and the Barbarians" #2-3 (July and September 1975), an adaptation of "The Hills of the Dead" by Thomas, art by Weiss, Neal Adams and Pablo Marcos.
* "Marvel Premiere" #33-34 (December 1976 and February 1977; like the Kane miniseries, this was a Code-approved/four-color comic), an adaptation of "Red Shadows" by Thomas, art by Howard Chaykin.
* "Marvel Preview" #19 (Summer 1979), an adaptation of "The Footfalls Within" by Don Glut, art by Will Meugniot and Steve Gan.
* "Savage Sword of Conan" #13-14, 18-20, 22, 25, 26, 33, 34, 37, 39, 41, 53, 54, 62, 83, 162, 171, 219 and 220, by Thomas, Glut, Doug Moench, Jo Duffy and John Arcudi, art by Gan, Chaykin, Weiss, and many others, including a sequel to the Kane vs. Dracula story, two adaptations of the Howard poem "Solomon Kane’s Homecoming", [ [http://www.geocities.com/ratmmjess/kane.html Jess Nevins' Solomon Kane Comic Page] .] and in the last two issues, a meeting of Kane and Conan for which Thomas used Howard's brief Kane fragment, "Death's Dark Riders," as a springboard. [ [http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=174819 "Savage Sword of Conan" #219 at the Grand Comic-Book Database] ] [ [http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=174820 "Savage Sword of Conan" #220 at the Grand Comic-Book Database] ]
* "The Sword of Solomon Kane" #1-6 (September 1985—July 1986), Of the six issues, four adapted Howard stories (all previously adapted by Marvel), and two (#s 2 & 4) contained original stories by Ralph Macchio, with the art credits varying. The finale also contained yet another rendering of the poem "Solomon Kane's Homecoming," illustrated by Sandy Plunkett and Williamson. [ [http://www.solomonkane.com/sk.pdf Solomon Kane Info Page] ]

Dark Horse Comics

It was announced at the 2006 Comic Con that Paradox Entertainment has completed a publishing deal with Dark Horse Comics for a "Solomon Kane" comic series, to be written by Scott Allie. [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=11252 Robert E. Howard's Solomon Kane Returns at Dark Horse] , Comic Book Resources, August 18, 2007] [ [http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080721-SolomonKane.html Scott Allie - Bringing Solomon Kane to Comic Book Life] , Newsarama, July 21, 2008] The first arc will include completed versions of two Howard fragments — "The Castle of the Devil" and "Death's Black Riders." The first issue picks Kane up traveling through the Black Forest after ending his military career. It will initially be a five-issue mini-series, based on "Castle of the Devil", and feature art by Mario Guevara (pencils), Dave Stewart (inks) and John Cassaday (covers). An eight page sample was posted on the Dark Horse Presents MySpace page in June 2008 [ [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16110 NYCC Exclusive: Dark Horse Runs Wild with "Solomon Kane"] , Comic Book Resources, April 20, 2008] and the comic book will be published in September 2008. [ [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17169 EXCLUSIVE: Solomon Kane #1 Preview] , Comic Book Resources, July 10, 2008]

Notes

References

* [http://www.comics.org/search.lasso?type=character&query=Solomon+Kane&sort=chrono&Submit=Search Solomon Kane] at the Grand Comic-Book Database
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External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/ratmmjess/kane.html Solomon Kane in Marvel Comics]
* [http://gadsircomics.blogspot.com/2007/08/drab-garb-of-solomon-kane.html The Drab Garb of Solomon Kane]