K'un-L'un

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publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Marvel Premiere" #15 (May 1974)
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residents=Master Khan
Yu-Ti
Lei Kung
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K'un-L'un is a fictional location in the Marvel Comics Universe usually associated with Iron Fist.

Publication history

K'un-L'un first appeared in "Marvel Premiere" #15 (May 1974), and was created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane.

K'un-L'un received an entry in the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89" #4.

Fictional history

K'un-L'un is the stronghold of a colony of humanoid aliens whose spaceship crashed in a pocket dimension that intersects with Earth. Daniel Rand, the boy who would become Iron Fist discovered K'un-L'un. It was there that he gained his powers and became the Iron Fist.

The dominant lifeform of this dimension is the H'ylthri. Its most prominent inhabitants are Master Khan, Yu-Ti, and Lei Kung. The usual means of access to this dimension is through magic.