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Solomon Kane
Solomon Kane

Solomon Kane

36 appearances Β· Bronze Age Β· 1973–2026
Who is Solomon Kane?

Solomon Kane is a grim, wandering Puritan warrior from 16th-century England who travels the world driven by an inborn compulsion to fight evil and deliver justice. Armed with sword, daggers, and pistols, he relies entirely on iron will and combat skill rather than any superhuman power.

Few characters carry the brooding weight of history quite like Solomon Kane, the grim Puritan wanderer who stalked into Marvel's Bronze Age pages with his debut in Dracula Lives #3 in 1973, brought to comics life by Roy Thomas and Alan Weiss. Rooted in the pulp mythology of Robert E. Howard's sword-and-sorcery universe, Kane moves through a remarkable constellation of Howard's greatest icons β€” Conan, Kull, Red Sonja, and Dark Agnes among them β€” making him a treasured thread in Marvel's rich tapestry of heroic fantasy. His appearances across titles like Conan: Serpent War and Conan Saga cement his place as a figure of genuine collector interest, and the fact that his Marvel catalog presence stretches across more than five decades speaks to an enduring fascination with this particular shade of darkness. If you love the Howard universe and haven't yet followed Kane's trail through these pages, you're in for something genuinely special.

Identity

Real name. Solomon Kane

Powers. Solomon Kane had no known superhuman powers or capabilities.

Affiliations. Puritans ; N'Longa Formerly: French Army

β˜… First appearance
Monsters Unleashed #1
Jun 1973

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1973–2025

Dracula Lives #3 1973
Dracula Lives #3
The Savage Sword of Conan #54 1980
The Savage Sword of Conan #54
The Savage Sword of Conan #61 1981
The Savage Sword of Conan #61
Solomon Kane #4 1986
Solomon Kane #4
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #37 1992
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #37
The Tomb of Dracula Omnibus #3 2010
The Tomb of Dracula Omnibus #3
Solomon Kane #3 2012
Solomon Kane #3
Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme Omnibus #1 2017
Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme Omnibus #1
Conan: Serpent War #1 2020
Conan: Serpent War #1
Conan: Battle of the Black Stone #[nn] 2025
Conan: Battle of the Black Stone #[nn]

Appearances

Dracula Lives (1973)
#3
Kull and the Barbarians (1975)
Dracula Lives Annual (1975)
#1
Marvel Premiere (1972)
#33
The Savage Sword of Conan (1974)
Solomon Kane (1985)
Conan Saga (1987)
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988)
#37
Cerebus Archive (2009)
#5
The Tomb of Dracula Omnibus (2008)
#3
Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme Omnibus (2017)
#1
Conan: Serpent War (2020)
Kull the Savage: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2021)
Conan: The Barbarian FCBD 2023 (2023)
#00
Solomon Kane: The Serpent Ring (2025)
Conan: Battle of the Black Stone (2025)
The Savage Sword of Conan: Reforged (2025)
Conan: The Barbarian (2023)