Zukala

Zukala made their mark on the Bronze Age Marvel universe with a debut in Conan the Barbarian #14 (1972), a legendary issue brought to life by the remarkable creative trio of Roy Thomas, Michael Moorcock, and Barry Smith. That's rarefied company for any character's first appearance, and it shows — sharing pages with figures as formidable as Conan himself, the Sorcerer-King Elric of Melniboné, and the sinister Kulan-Gath marks Zukala as a presence woven into some of the most ambitious storytelling Marvel's Hyborian Age had to offer. Though their catalog footprint is small, appearances in Giant-Size Conan and preservation in Conan The Barbarian: The Original Comics Omnibus ensure Zukala endures wherever serious collectors dig into the sword-and-sorcery classics — a Bronze Age curio worth every page.