The Chronicles of Kull, Vol. 5: Dead Men of the Deep and Other Stories

by Alan Zelenetz, Klaus Janson (Artist), Joe Rubenstein (Artist)

Kull slew the bloody-handed King Borna to free the people of Valusia from his tyranny, but that act turned out to be the easiest of Kull''s reign. Now his sovereignty is threatened from all sides; evil mages, eldritch spirits, plague, and serpent-men would see Kull, the barbarian king, to an early grave The final Chronicles of Kull collection features an unbelievably talented pool of creators including John Buscema, Bill Sienkiewicz, John Bolton, Marie Severin, and more, to give the conquering Atlantean king a proper farewell

Genres: Fantasy, Comics, Sword and Sorcery

256 pages, Paperback

Published March 6, 2012

Reviews

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice enjoyable read. Good art and writing. Recommended

[Drew Canole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as good as the earlier comics in this run from a story point of view, but its super awesome to see Marie Severin and Klaus Janson inking over John Buscema. Some of his coolest looking pages. Buscema seems to be working at a faster pace and has less detail in his panels than normal, but he's a master draftsman and I think it reads super well. More like modern manga than silver/bronze age comics.

[Dimitris Papastergiou · Rating 2 out of 5]

Set in 18000BC

First off, the stories feel disjointed, like they were thrown together without much thought for flow or consistency. The whole collection lacks a strong, central narrative to hold it together, making it hard to stay invested. Kull himself feels underdeveloped here—he’s supposed to be this larger-than-life warrior king, but the stories barely scratch the surface of his personality, leaving him feeling one-dimensional and just being a classic barbarian who's what he is because of his already made name from previous stories which we have to accept and move on.

So, for a simple adventure through stories with monsters and pirates and stuff, go ahead if you got time to spare and you found this sitting on a table. Otherwise, don't bother. It's ok for a read, but a huge disappointment against the other volumes of the series.

[Devero · Rating 4 out of 5]

Già la buona qualità delle storie è un ottimo motivo per acquistare e leggere il volume, inoltre per un completista come me, il fatto che queste storie siano in parte inedite in Italia è una spinta ulteriore alla lettura.