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| RealName = [[Kull]]
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| RealName = Kull
| CurrentAlias = [[King Kull]]
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| MainAlias = King Kull
 
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| Aliases = [[Beastman]]; [[Beast Man]]
 
| Aliases = [[Beastman]]; [[Beast Man]]
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| Identity = Public
 
| Alignment = Bad
 
| Alignment = Bad
| Affiliation = [[Monster Society of Evil]]
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| Affiliation = [[Monster Society of Evil (Earth-S)|Monster Society of Evil]]
 
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| Occupation = King; conqueror
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| Overview = '''King Kull''' is a prehistoric enemy of [[Billy Batson (Earth-S)|Captain Marvel]] and member of the [[Monster Society of Evil (Earth-S)|Monster Society of Evil]].
| HistoryText = In prehistoric times, King Kull was the ruler of a race of protohumans known as the Submen, a brutish but technologically advanced race which ruled humanity until eventually overthrown in a revolt. Kull survived until the 20th century locked in a state of suspended animation. He awakened and repeatedly threatened the human-dominated modern world with his immense strength and bizarre technology. He was usually thwarted by Earth's mightiest mortal [[William Batson (Earth-S)|Captain Marvel]], but one particularly well-planned escapade required the efforts of the [[Justice League of America|Justice League of America]] and the [[Justice Society of America]] (in one of their dimension-crossing team-ups), as well as a group of heroes of Captain Marvel and King Kull's home universe of [[Earth-S]], referred to unofficially as [[Shazam's Squadron of Justice]]. During this incident, Kull had captured both the wizard Shazam (who grants Captain Marvel's powers) and the ancient gods the powers are drawn from. He later became a member of [[Mister Mind]]'s [[Monster Society of Evil]].
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| HistoryText = In prehistoric times, King Kull was the ruler of a race of protohumans known as the Submen (also named Beast-Men<ref>{{c|Captain Marvel Adventures Vol 1 149}}</ref>), a brutish but technologically advanced race which ruled humanity until eventually overthrown in a revolt. Kull survived until the [[20th Century|20th century]] locked in a state of suspended animation. He awakened and repeatedly threatened the human-dominated modern world with his immense strength and bizarre technology. He was usually thwarted by Earth's mightiest mortal [[Billy Batson (Earth-S)|Captain Marvel]], but one particularly well-planned escapade required the efforts of the [[Justice League of America (Earth-One)|Justice League of America]] and the [[Justice Society of America (Earth-Two)|Justice Society of America]] (in one of their dimension-crossing team-ups), as well as a group of heroes of Captain Marvel and King Kull's home universe of [[Earth-S]], referred to unofficially as [[Shazam's Squadron of Justice]]. During this incident, Kull had captured both the wizard [[Shazam (Earth-S)|Shazam]] and the ancient gods the heroes' powers are drawn from. He later became a member of [[Mister Mind (Earth-S)|Mister Mind]]'s [[Monster Society of Evil (Earth-S)|Monster Society of Evil]].
   
 
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* {{Superhuman Strength}}: King Kull is several times stronger than the average adult male human being, and has demonstrated his physical prowess many times against the likes of power houses such as Captain Marvel.
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* {{Superhuman Strength}}: King Kull is several times stronger than the average adult male human being, and has demonstrated his physical prowess many times against the likes of power houses such as Captain Marvel. He could exchange punches with [[Albrecht Krieger (Earth-S)|Captain Nazi]] at exhaustion.
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* {{Superhuman Stamina}}
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* {{Superhuman Durability}}
 
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* {{Genius-Level Intellect}}
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* {{Aviation}}
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* '''An advanced airship'''
 
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| Notes = {{Precrisis|King Kull}}
* This version of King Kull is a prehistoric protohuman and should not be confused with Kull of Valusia, a sword & sorcery character created by Robert E. Howard and later adapted by Marvel Comics as the warrior hero [[MDP:King Kull (Earth-616)|King Kull]].
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* This version of King Kull is a prehistoric protohuman and should not be confused with Kull of Valusia, a sword & sorcery character created by Robert E. Howard and later adapted by Marvel Comics as the warrior hero [[w:c:Marvel:King Kull (Earth-616)|King Kull]].
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Revision as of 17:56, 20 November 2020

King Kull is a prehistoric enemy of Captain Marvel and member of the Monster Society of Evil.

In prehistoric times, King Kull was the ruler of a race of protohumans known as the Submen (also named Beast-Men[1]), a brutish but technologically advanced race which ruled humanity until eventually overthrown in a revolt. Kull survived until the 20th century locked in a state of suspended animation. He awakened and repeatedly threatened the human-dominated modern world with his immense strength and bizarre technology. He was usually thwarted by Earth's mightiest mortal Captain Marvel, but one particularly well-planned escapade required the efforts of the Justice League of America and the Justice Society of America (in one of their dimension-crossing team-ups), as well as a group of heroes of Captain Marvel and King Kull's home universe of Earth-S, referred to unofficially as Shazam's Squadron of Justice. During this incident, Kull had captured both the wizard Shazam and the ancient gods the heroes' powers are drawn from. He later became a member of Mister Mind's Monster Society of Evil.

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Abilities


Transportation

  • An advanced airship


  • This version of King Kull, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022-2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.
  • This version of King Kull is a prehistoric protohuman and should not be confused with Kull of Valusia, a sword & sorcery character created by Robert E. Howard and later adapted by Marvel Comics as the warrior hero King Kull.

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Wikipedia This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at King Kull (DC Comics). The list of authors can be seen in the page history. The text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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