WritingWritten May 1929
By This Axe I Rule!
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Introduction
'By This Axe I Rule!' is a fantasy short story by Howard, set in his fictional Thurian Age. It was first published in the Lancer Books paperback King Kull in 1967.
This story was rejected by the pulp magazines Argosy and Adventure in 1929, after which Howard rewrote it as the Conan story 'The Phoenix on the Sword', substituting a new secondary plot and adding elements of supernatural horror. The main shared elements of the two stories are the conspiracy and the king's defeat of it. The Conan story was published in December 1932.
Textual states
Shown in a practical developmental order where possible: synopsis/outline, numbered drafts, submission states, then published or posthumous states. This display order does not itself assert exact chronology or textual authority.
Publication appearances
King KullLancer1967 to 1973↗
Kull the Destroyer Volume 1 Number 11Marvel ComicsNovember 1973↗
Kull di ValusiaEditrice NordSeptember 1975↗
Terra Fantasy 29: Herr von Valusien (Lord of Valusia)Erich Pabel Verlag KGDecember 1976 August 1979 (2nd printing)↗
King KullSphereOctober 1976↗
KullBantam BooksSeptember 1978↗
Kull le roi barbare (Kull the Barbarian King)NeO1st Quarter 1980 May 1983 (2nd printing) September 1984 (3rd printing) April 1988 (4th printing)↗
Kull le roi barbare (Kull the Barbarian King)EuredifOctober 1984↗
KullDonald M. Grant1985↗
Kull von AtlantisBastei Verlag KGMarch 1989↗
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 177Marvel ComicsSeptember 1990↗
Král Kull (King Kull)Arla1991↗
Magazí n Poutník 2: Conan barbar a jiné povidky (Conan the Barbarian and Other Stories)Klub Julese Vernea1991↗
Kull le roi barbare (Kull the Barbarian King)Fleuve NoirJanuary 1992↗
Yön kuninkaat (Kings of the Night)WSOY1992↗
Cyber Fantasy 1Alberto Santos (Spain)March 1992↗
Conan Saga Volume 1 Number 69Marvel ComicsDecember 1992↗
Rey KullEdiciones Martinez Roca (Spain)1993↗
Kull di ValusiaEditrice NordOctober 1993↗
KullWydawnictwo Andor1994↗
Tutti i cicli fantastici - I Cicli di Kull di Valusia, di James Allison, di Cthulhu e di AlmuricNewton Compton EditoriApril 1995↗
KullBaen BooksJuly 1995↗
Κουλ Koul KullΕκδόσεις Πατάκη (Ekdósis Patáki) (Pataki Publications)November 1995↗
Конан и другие бессмертные. Том 2 (Konan i drugie bessmertnye. Tom 2) (Conan and Other Immortals Volume 2) Cover and publication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Азбука-Терра (Azbuka-Terra) (ABC-Terra)1996↗
Hősök KoraValhalla Páholy Könyvklub1997↗
Král Kull (King Kull)Kunder Publishing1997↗
Кулл и трон Валузии (Kull i tron Valuzii) (Kull and the Throne of Valusia) Covers and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Северо-Запад (Severo-Zapad) (North-West)1997↗
Царь Кулл (Tsar Kull) (King Kull ) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Азбука-Терра (Azbuka-Terra) (ABC-Terra)1997↗
KullLaser Books2000↗
Holland SF Volume 39 Number 1Nederlands Contactcentrum voor Science FictionFebruary 2005↗
Kull: Exile of AtlantisBallantine Books - Del ReyOctober 31, 2006↗Kull: Exile of AtlantisScience Fiction Book ClubNovember 2006↗
Grim Lands: The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 2Ballantine Books - Del Rey2007↗
Καλλ, ο βασιλιάς Kall, o vasiliás Kull the KingLocus 72007↗
Kull. Esule di AtlantideArnoldo Mondadori EditoreApril 2008↗
Kull: Exile of AtlantisSubterranean PressAugust 2008↗
El reino de las sombras y otras historias de un exiliado de la Atlántida (The Kingdom of Shadows and Other Stories of an Exile from Atlantis)La Biblioteca del Laberinto (Spain)November 2009↗
Kull: Exile of AtlantisTantor Media Inc.January 2010↗
The Kull Series: By This Axe I Rule!Paradox Entertainment Inc.January 2010 (Trade paperback) September 2011 (eBook)↗
The Chronicles of Kull Volume 2: The Hell Beneath AtlantisDark Horse BooksMarch 2010↗
Kull le roi atlante (Kull The Atlantean King)BragelonneJuly 2010↗
Kull király és az ősök (Kull and the Ancients)Delta Vision Kft.August 2012 (Trade paperback) November 2012 (eBook)↗
Kull: Banita z AtlantydyRebisFebruary 2014 (Trade paperback) February 2014 (eBook)↗
Бран Мак Морн, последний король. Кулл, выходец из Атлантиды (Bran Mak Morn, posledniy korol'. Kull, vykhodets iz Atlantidy) (Bran Mak Morn: The Last King. Kull: Native of Atlantis) Cover and publication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Эксмо (Eksmo)May 2014↗
Kull von Atlantis - Die Komplette Saga (Kull of Atlantis - The Complete Saga )Apex VerlagAugust 2016 ( Paperback ) August 2016 (eBook)↗
Robert E. Howard - Die Original Erzählungen Band 7 Kull - Verbannt aus AtlantisFesta VerlagAugust 2016↗
Альмарик (Al-marik) (Almuric) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Подсолнухи (Sunflowers)2020↗
Kull le roi atlante, L'IntégraleBragelonneJune 2020↗
Kull di ValusiaGM LibriJuly 2020↗
Kull di Valusia. Il ciclo completoFanucci EditoreSeptember 2020↗
The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v14 #2Robert E. Howard FoundationSummer 2020 (mailed late September/early October 2020)↗
El exiliado de la Atlántida. La saga completaLa Hermandad del Enmascarado (Spain)November 2020↗
Les Guerriers du ValhallaLe Livre de PocheNovember 2020↗
Rey KullEdiciones t&t (Spain)February 2023↗
Exilado de Atlântis e Outras Histórias (Exile of Atlantis and Other Stories)Red Dragon PublisherFebruary 2024↗
El reino de las sombras (The Shadow Kingdom)SportulaMay 2024↗
愛蔵版 英雄コナン全集 4 覇王篇 The Complete Conan Collectors Edition 4: The Overlord ArcShinkigenshaAugust 2024↗