Kull and the Barbarians Vol 1 3

Kull and the Barbarians #3
Previous Issue	Kull and the Barbarians #2
Next Issue	Savage Sword of Conan #9 (Story)
Art by: Mike Whelan
Release Date	July 8, 1975
Cover Date	September, 1975
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Marv Wolfman

1. "Red Sonja"
Appearances · Synopsis
Penciler(s)	Howard Chaykin
Inker(s)	Howard Chaykin
Colorist(s)	Black and White
Editor(s)	Roy Thomas Marv Wolfman Archie Goodwin
2. "The Omen in the Skull"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Doug Moench
Penciler(s)	Vicente Alcázar
Inker(s)	Vicente Alcázar
Colorist(s)	Black and White
Editor(s)	Roy Thomas Marv Wolfman Archie Goodwin
3. "The Day of the Sword"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Roy Thomas Doug Moench
Penciler(s)	Howard Chaykin
Inker(s)	Howard Chaykin
Colorist(s)	Black and White
Editor(s)	Roy Thomas Marv Wolfman Archie Goodwin
4. "Into the Silent City"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Roy Thomas
Penciler(s)	Alan Weiss
Inker(s)	Pablo Marcos
Colorist(s)	Black and White
Editor(s)	Roy Thomas Marv Wolfman Archie Goodwin

Appearing in "Red Sonja"

Featured Characters:

• Red Sonja (Pinup art)

Synopsis for "Red Sonja"

Pinup

Appearing in "The Omen in the Skull"

Featured Characters:

• ⏴ King Kull ⏵

Supporting Characters:

• Ridondo

Antagonists:

• King Ardyon/Thulsa Doom

Other Characters:

• Picts (Mentioned)
• Sea-Mountain Tribe (Only in recap)
  • Sareeta (Only in recap) (Death)
  • Om-Ra (Only in recap)
• Tu
• Hamar (Mentioned)
• Kareesha (First appearance)
• Brule (Vision or hallucination)
• Ka-Nu (Vision or hallucination)
• Shiva (Vision or hallucination)
• King Borna (Vision or hallucination)
• Valka (Invoked)
• Hotath (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Elder Race

Locations:

• Earth
  • Pictish Isles
    • Witch-Isle (First appearance)
  • Atlantis
  • Thuria
    • Valusia
      • City of Wonders
        • Palace of Kings
          • Topaz Throne
    • Commoria (Vision or hallucination)

Events:

• Pre-Cataclysmic Age

Synopsis for "The Omen in the Skull"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "The Day of the Sword"

Featured Characters:

• Red Sonja (Origin revealed)

Supporting Characters:

• Scathach (goddess, unnamed)
• Erlik

Antagonists:

• Robbers
  • Bayard (First appearance)
  • Vartok (First appearance; dies)
  • Nameless One (Main story and flashback)
• Hyrkanian mercenaries
  • Horvak (First appearance) (Only in flashback)

Other Characters:

• Ivor (Only in flashback) (Red Sonja's father) (Death)
• Red Sonja's mother (Death) (Only in flashback)
• Red Sonja's two younger brothers (Death) (Only in flashback)
• Tarim (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Nemedia
  • Darkwood
• Hyrkania (Only in flashback)
• Hells (Mentioned)
• Sea of Vilayet (Mentioned)
• Khitai (Mentioned)

Events:

• Hyborian Age

Synopsis for "The Day of the Sword"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "Into the Silent City"

Featured Characters:

• Solomon Kane

Supporting Characters:

• Zunna

Antagonists:

• Vampires

Other Characters:

• N'Longa (Dream)
• Kran (Zunna's lover, possessed by N'Longa)

Locations:

• Africa

Synopsis for "Into the Silent City"

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

• The issue begins with a pinup art of Red Sonja, then a map of the Thurian Continent during the rule of King Kull (circa 18,000 B.C.).
• Thomas is editor, Wolfman and Goodwin are consulting editors.
• All three featured characters were in separate stories and eras despite the misleading cover.
• Sequence 3 The Day of the Sword plot by Thomas, script by Moench.
• Sequence 4 Into the Silent City the Solomon Kane story is the second part of an adaptation of Robert E. Howard's "The Hills of the Dead", which would be adapted again for Solomon Kane #5.

See Also

• 2 image(s) from Kull and the Barbarians Vol 1 3
• 5 reprint(s) of Kull and the Barbarians Vol 1 3