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Solomon Kane de Gary Gianni

Solomon Kane (late 16th Century/early 17th) was a Puritan swordsman and tireless traveler through Africa and Europe. His adventures were chronicled mainly in a series of stories and poems written by Robert E. Howard. Four unfinished fragments have been completed by at least three different authors: Ramsey Campbell in English, Javier Martin Lalanda in Spanish, and Gianluiggi Zuddas in Italian.

In the story The Moon of Skulls is a reference to Atlantis and the Atlantean gods present in the Kull series, also by Robert E. Howard.

In one variant version of the poem Solomon Kane's Homecoming is a reference to two characters named "Leigh and Yeo" possibly Amyas Leigh and Salvation Yeo from the novel Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley.

Solomon Kane has had several appearances in comics, initially published by Marvel and, more recently, published by Dark Horse. Most of these appearances have been adaptations of Howard's stories but also some new adventures appeared. Marvel Comics' Solomon Kane has had encounters with other famous persons, including Dracula and Conan the Barbarian.

Research by Philip José Farmer: Although not on the family tree in Tarzan Alive, according to the genealogy published in Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life Solomon Kane is an ancestor of Micah Clarke, and through him, much of the Wold Family Newton.

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