Kull: Exile of Atlantis

"Kull: Exile of Atlantis" is Del Rey's collection of all Robert E. Howard's Kull yarns, given life not only by the author's vivid writing, but also illustrator Justin Sweet's magnificent artwork. Kull, a barbarian, and exile of Atlantis that is later to become Valusia's most fabled King, is often cited as a Conan prototype and literary forerunner - which is indeed true as, ironically, the last Kull story - "By This Axe I Rule!" was later rewritten as "The Phoenix on the Sword" which is both the first written and first published Conan adventure