K'un-L'un
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Marvel Premiere #15 (May 1974) |
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| Type | Dimension |
| Notable people | Master Khan Yu-Ti Lei Kung |
K'un-L'un (also known as K'un Lun) is a fictional location in the Marvel Comics Universe usually associated with Iron Fist.
[edit] Publication history
K'un-L'un first appeared in Marvel Premiere #15 (May 1974), and was created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane.
The name was derived from the Kunlun Mountains in Tibet.[citation needed]
K'un-L'un received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #4.
[edit] 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.[volume & issue needed]
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.
