FENDING OFF UNHOLY MONSTROSITIES IN THE THURIAN AGE -- CONQUERING ALL.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the dawn of the Serpent-Men of Valusia in the Marvel Universe -- Cover art to "KULL THE CONQUEROR" Vol. 1 #2. September, 1972. Marvel Comics. Artwork by Marie & John Severin (siblings) & John Rosen.

PIC #2: 1972 Marvel house advertisement for the aforementioned "KULL" issue.

Resolution at 1421x2099 & 1088x1600.

MONSTROUS-MARCH-MARVEL-MADNESS CONTINUES WITH KING KULL!

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1004x1506 -- Spotlight on King Kull hacking and slashing his way through an ancient, unnamed, tentacled monstrosity -- Cover art to "Creatures on the Loose!" Vol. 1 #10. March, 1971. Marvel Comics.

Cover artwork by: 

Herb Trimpe (✝)

Marie Severin (✝)

Morrie Kuramoto (✝)

Story adapted from the works of Robert E. Howard, by Roy Thomas

MARVEL MONSTROSITIES OF THE THURIAN AGE -- IN THEIR FIRST FEARSOME APPEARANCE!

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on Marvel house advertisement for "KULL the Conqueror" Vol. 1 #2. September, 1972 [featuring the first appearance of the Serpent-Men of Valusia]. Marvel Comics.

PIC #2: Cover art to "KULL" Vol. 1 #2. Artwork by comic-book artist siblings, Marie & John Severin & Sam Rosen.

THE UNHOLY SPAWN OF SET -- TERROR OF THE THURIAN & HYBORIAN AGES.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1200x1363 -- Spotlight on concept art of a snake-man/ serpent-man from the online video game "The Age of Conan: Unchained" (2008). Artwork by Fang Wan Lin.

UNHOLY SPAWN OF THE SERPENTINE PATH -- THE SONS OF SET -- THE SERPENT MEN!

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on panels of the dreaded Serpent Men, a fictional race created by Robert E. Howard for his King Kull tales, and were later adapted for the "Conan the Barbarian" Vol 1. comic-book series by Roy Thomas and Marie Severin over at Marvel Comics in the early '70s.

MINI-OVERVIEW: "Serpent Men are humanoids with scaled skin and snake-like heads. They possess magical abilities, the most common of which is the use of illusion to disguise themselves as a human. In some stories, the ghost of someone killed by a Serpent Man becomes the Serpent Man's slave. Due to the shape of their mouths, Serpent Men cannot utter the phrase "Ka nama kaa lajerama." Robert E. Howard's character Kull uses the phrase as a shibboleth in the story "The Shadow Kingdom.""

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