Read more about Set (Marvel) at: Wikipedia Official Site: Marvel comics Set is the name of a fictional demon-god within the continuities of Conan the Barbarian and Marvel Universe. He is apparently an amalgam of the name of the Egypt god Set and the appearance and characteristics of the Egyptian monster Apep and the Greek mythological figure the Lernaean Hydra. This interpretation of the figure may also be influenced by H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. This iteration of Set, the malevolent primeval seven-headed serpent god of chaos, has its origins in Robert E. Howard's first Conan short story The Phoenix on the Sword, (first published in Weird Tales, December 1932); this story introduces Thoth-Amon, a follower of "the serpent god Set". The god was later extensively used in Marvel Comics' various Conan series starting in the 1970s. Of those series, the issue which contains the first mention of "Set" is Conan the Barbarian, Vol.1 #7 (July 1971). |
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Set (Marvel)