Kraken in comics
| Kraken in comics | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics; Marvel Comics; Independents |
| First appearance | Adventure Comics #56 (Nov. 1940) |
| Created by | Various |
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The Kraken is an aquatic monster that has appeared in many comics publications.[1]
DC Comics[edit]
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Three versions appeared during the Golden Age of Comic Books: the first in Adventure Comics #56 (Nov. 1940), a second, land-based version existing on the planet Venus in Flash Comics #81 (March 1947) and a third variation capable of speech that claimed to be the actual Kraken from ancient folklore who battled the hero Captain Marvel in Whiz Comics #155 (June 1953).
Two versions appeared during the Silver Age of Comic Books: a giant octopus encountered by the Challengers of the Unknown in Showcase #12 (Jan.-Feb 1958), and the second being a giant squid summoned by the hero Aquaman in Aquaman #34 (July-Aug. 1967). Wonder Woman #247 (Sept. 1978) and #289 (March 1982) featured additional versions, and in Wonder Woman vol. 2 #75 (June 1993) the character encountered a version complete with tiara in a dream dimension. In Aquaman #1,000,000 (Nov. 1998), the eponymous hero of the title encounters one of the "Krakens of Vexjor", a race of huge tentacled reptilian sea monsters that inhabit Earth's oceans in the 853rd Century. Wonder Woman and Aquaman also encounter a young Kraken in Issue #1 (Aug. 2011, DC Comics) of the limited series Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies.
In the 2016 series DC Bombshells, King Nereus took the form of a Kraken to battle the heroines of the story. He's eventually dispatched by Aqua-Woman.[2][3]
Marvel Comics[edit]
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The first Kraken made multiple appearances in Marvel continuity, including The Avengers #27 (April 1966, Marvel Comics),[4] Tales to Astonish #93 and Sub-Mariner #27 (July 1970),[5] before returning years later in the second issue of the limited series Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America (#1 - 5, June-Aug. 2007).,[6] and in The New Invaders #4 from April 2014.
A Kraken appeared in the short story "When Strikes The Kraken!" in Kull The Destroyer #17 (Oct. 1976),[7] and was reprinted in Chronicles of Kull 2: The Hell Beneath Atlantis and Other Stories.[8] Another Kraken (a gigantic squid) debuted in the black and white Bizarre Adventures #26 (May 1981).[9][10]
A creature called The Black Kraken debuted in the short story "Red Shadows and Black Kraken!" (based on the 1968 fantasy novel Conan of the Isles written by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter featuring Robert E. Howard's hero Conan the Barbarian. The story is republished in the graphic novel Conan of the Isles.[11]) in Conan The Barbarian Annual #7 (1982).[12]
Another version of the Kraken (four-armed and reptilian in appearance) debuted in Marvel Comics Presents #121 (Jan. 1993). It returned in Marvel Action Hour featuring the Fantastic Four #2-4 (Dec. 1994-Feb. 1995) and in the one shot title Namora #1 (Aug. 2010); it would later be featured in the video game Marvel Ultimate Alliance.[13] A Kraken (a horned squid creature) appeared in the 2009 one-shot comic Sub-Mariner Comics: 70th Anniversary Special.,[14] while another (a house sized crab/octopus hybrid) appeared in Fantomex Max issues #2 and #3.[15] This Kraken was modified into a remote controlled cyborg to protect an underwater base of a brilliant scientist. Another Kraken (serpent-like in appearance) appeared in Jean-Grey #3.[16] in 2017.
Two additional versions possessed ties to Greek mythology. The first served the Olympian Gods and debuted in the one shot Chaos War: God Squad #1 (Feb. 2011)[17] before returning in Incredible Hulk #622 (April 2011).[18] The second Kraken appeared in the four-part limited series Wolverine/Hercules: Myths, Monsters & Mutants. Spirited away by the god Poseidon after a defeat by Greek hero Perseus, the creature is revived in modern times by King Eurystheus to battle the heroes Hercules and Wolverine.[19]
Miscellaneous[edit]
A Kraken was featured in the story "The Kraken" in issue #49 of Adventures into the Unknown by ACG in 1953.[20]
Champion Comics #5 (March 1940, Harvey Comics), Monster Hunters #10 (Oct. 1977, Charlton Comics), Indiana Jones and the Sargasso Pirates #2 (Jan. 1996, Dark Horse Comics), and the Japanese comic, One Piece (ワンピース Wan Pīsu) #62 (November 15, 2010, Shueisha) all featured versions of the Kraken.
Two one-shot publications featured characters bearing the name: a villain called "Dr. Kraken" in Web-Man #1 (1993, Argosy Communications Inc.) and a hero called Diego Hargreeves with the alias "Kraken" in Umbrella Academy #1 (2007, Dark Horse Comics). 2000 AD #583, (July 1988, Fleetway Publications) also featured the debut of a character called Judge Kraken. In Japanese comics, a servant of Poseidon and one of the main antagonists of the second saga of the Saint Seiya manga series. He was called Kraken Isaac (クラーケンのアイザック, Kurāken no Aizakku) - a former childhood friend and fellow saint trainee of main character Cygnus Hyoga -, and debuted in volume 16, published in 1989 by Shueisha.
The web comic "Angry Faerie" (from July 13, 2012), featured a bodybuilder type character called the Kraken.[21]
A Kraken (dispatched by the God Poseidon) appears in the Avatar Press comic God is Dead #48.
A Kraken (depicted as a huge tentacled reptilian monstrosity) is sent to attack the heroes in Grimm Fairy Tales #123 and #124.
A Kraken appears in Broken Moon: Legends of the Deep #1 by American Gothic Press.[22]
A character called "Kid Kraken" appeared in the Dynamite Comics series The Green Hornet 66' meets The Spirit.[23]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Beyond Bizarre: Frightening Facts and Blood-Curdling True Tales
- ↑ DC Bombshells #11
- ↑ DC Bombshells #12
- ↑ Stan Lee (w), Don Heck (p), Frank Giacoia (i), The Avengers #27 (April 1966), Marvel Comics
- ↑ Roy Thomas (w), Sal Buscema (p), Sub-Mariner #27 (July 1970), Marvel Comics
- ↑ Jeph Loeb (w), Ed McGuinness (p), Dexter Vines (i), Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America #2, "Anger" (June 2007), Marvel Comics
- ↑ Doug Moench (w), Alfredo Alcala (p), Kull The Destroyer #17, "When Strikes The Kraken!" (October 17, 1976), Marvel Comics
- ↑ Chronicles of Kull 2: The Hell Beneath Atlantis and Other Stories (2010), Dark Horse Comics ISBN 9781595824394 Search this book on .
- ↑ Doug Moench (w), John Bolton (p), Bizarre Adventures #26 (May 1981), Marvel Comics
- ↑ Sekhmett Tharn - Kraken at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
- ↑ Roy Thomas (w), John Buscema (p), Conan of the Isles (1988), Marvel Comics, ISBN 9780871354839 Search this book on .
- ↑ Roy Thomas (w), John Buscema (p), Conan The Barbarian Annual #7, "Red Shadows and Black Kraken!" (1982), Marvel Comics
- ↑ Jeff Parker (w), Sara Pichelli (p), Namora #1 (Aug. 2010), Marvel Comics
- ↑ Sub-Mariner Comics: 70th Anniversary Special
- ↑ http://www.comics.org/series/76842/
- ↑ https://www.comics.org/issue/1718666/
- ↑ Marc Sumerak (w), Dan Panosian (p), Chaos War: God Squad #1 (February 2011), Marvel Comics
- ↑ Greg Pak (w), Paul Pelletier (p), Danny Miki (i), Incredible Hulk #622 (April 2011)
- ↑ Frank Tieri (w), Juan Roman Cano Santacruz (p), Wolverine/Hercules: Myths, Monsters & Mutants #3-4 (July–August 2011), Marvel Comics
- ↑ "GCD :: Covers :: Adventures into the Unknown". Comics.org. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ↑ http://angryfaerie.com/comics/376/
- ↑ "GCD :: Covers :: Broken Moon: Legends of the Deep". Comics.org. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
- ↑ "The Green Hornet 66' meets The Spirit". Dynamite.com. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
External links[edit]
- Kraken (New Earth) at DC Wikia
- Kraken (Earth-616) at Marvel Wikia
- Kraken (Daniel Whitehall) at Marvel Wikia
- Kraken at ComicVine.com
- Kraken (Atlantean monster) at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
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