[1] Created by writer Otto Binder and artist C. C. Beck, King Kull's first appearance was in Captain Marvel Adventures #125 (cover-dated October 1951).

[2] King Kull appeared in adventures of Captain Marvel during the 1950s and the period in which DC Comics revived the hero during the 1970s.

[3] King Kull is the ruler of the Submen (also called Beast-Men), a brutish but technologically advanced race who ruled humanity until being overthrown in a revolt.

[6] On another occasion, he released the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man and used Sin bombs in an attempt to destroy the world.

A character partially inspired by King Kull named Kru'll the Eternal appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voiced by Michael Dorn.