| Solomon Kane | |
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 Weird Tales, August 1928, the first appearance of Kane | |
| First appearance | "Red Shadows" |
| Created by | Robert E. Howard |
| Portrayed by | James Purefoy |
| In-universe information | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Adventurer |
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| Religion | Puritanism/Protestantism |
| Origin | Kingdom of England |
| Nationality | English |
Solomon Kane is a fictional character created by the pulp-era writer Robert E. Howard. A late-16th-to-early-17th 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.
When Weird Tales published the story "Red Nails", featuring Conan the Barbarian, the editors introduced it as a tale of "a barbarian adventurer named Conan, remarkable for his sheer force of valor and brute strength. Its author, Robert E. Howard, is already a favorite with the readers of this magazine for his stories of Solomon Kane, the dour English Puritan and redresser of wrongs".
Solomon Kane was portrayed by James Purefoy in the film Solomon Kane in 2009. He has also been featured in a series of comics published by Marvel from 1973 to 1994 and again from 2008 to 2009.