Origin
Crom was a barbarian from a tribe of blondes called the Aesir from somewhere in Asia.
For reasons never stated Crom, his sister Lalla, and his pure iron sword Skull-cracker wander into Europe where over the course of a few adventures he becomes the ruler of Ophir with Queen Tanit.
Creators
This Conan inspired character was created by Gardner Fox and John Giunta.
Crom may be the first character from the sword & sorcery sub-genre to make it into the comics.