King Kull Kovers

King Kull never got the illustrated love Conan received. It's a shame because there's a lush, liana-drapped decadence I associate with the Kull stories that I think would lend themselves to the sort of art folks like Frazetta and Kelly specialized in. Still, there've been so decent to excellent covers over the years.

One of the first and easily my favorite. It captures Kull's balancing act between his savage heritage and Valusia splendor. Plus - serpent man in background with bat/monster.

I'm not a big fan of Achilleos and this only increased my lack of love for his work. The gore doesn't bother me, it's the creepily muscled torso.

 Yeah,....this just isn't good at all.

It's alright. Kelly's one of the best Conan artists but this doesn't quite work for me. Kull's a little too Conanesque for me. I don't know, I expect more than a fur loin cloth. And his right hip's oddly proportioned.

These are my second and third favorites. Murderous serpent men in the first, a battlefield declaration in the second, in both illustrations Kull looks just right. 

I won't, because a) I've got too many other things to be read, b) I'm lazy, but just looking at these pictures really makes me want to read the stories again. Or at least wish the Kull movie didn't stink to high heaven.