Solomon Kane Poster

[Bishop37]

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[Tribe13]

Okay... not who I thought initially. For some reason I got this confused with Solomon Grundy.

Who's Solomon Kane? (Other than being created by the same guy as Conan)

[Bishop37]

Okay... not who I thought initially. For some reason I got this confused with Solomon Grundy.

Who's Solomon Kane? (Other than being created by the same guy as Conan)

Here ya go, ya lazy bleeder! ;)



Solomon Kane is a fictional character created by the pulp-era writer Robert E. Howard. A 16th century Puritan, Solomon Kane is a somber looking man who wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to vanquish evil in all its forms. His adventures, published mostly in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, often take him from Europe to the jungles of Africa and back.

Howard describes him as a somber and gloomy man of pale face and cold eyes, all of it shadowed by a slouch hat. He is dressed entirely in black and his weaponry consists of a rapier, a dagger, and a couple of flintlock pistols. During one of his latter adventures his friend N'Longa, a black African shaman, gave him a voodoo staff that served as a protection against evil, but could easily be wielded as an effective weapon. It is revealed in another story, "The Footfalls Within," that this is the mythical Staff of Solomon, a talisman older than the Earth and unimaginably powerful, much more so than even N'Longa knew. In the same adventure with N'Longa, Kane is seen using a musket as well.

[necron2.0]

Solomon Kane is the quintessential puritan witch hunter. He was created by Howard in an era that wasn't choking on all this nauseating political correctness, back before witches had been "reimagined" into some sort of misunderstood underdog earth hippy. Frankly, I'm surprised someone has managed to green-light the project, and I shudder to think how badly it'll be mangled by "modern sensibilities."

[Tribe13]

Solomon Kane is the quintessential puritan witch hunter. He was created by Howard in an era that wasn't choking on all this nauseating political correctness, back before witches had been "reimagined" into some sort of misunderstood underdog earth hippy. Frankly, I'm surprised someone has managed to green-light the project, and I shudder to think how badly it'll be mangled by "modern sensibilities."Bingo. Therein lies the problem. The "reimagining of Solomon Kane" is a terrifying thought.

I swear, one they they're going to make Conan into a cross-dressing Alan Alda type who cries when butterflies fly by.

BTW, thank you for the read, Peter. I would be very interested in finding these stories; I think I'll do some snooping around at Borders....