 | This articlerelies excessively onreferences toprimary sources. Please improve this article by addingsecondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "Shiklah" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(May 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| Shiklah | |
|---|---|
 Shiklah with her pet, Bug. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Deadpool: The Gauntlet #3 (January 2014) |
| Created by | Brian Posehn Gerry Duggan Reilly Brown |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Succubus |
| Place of origin | Earth |
| Notable aliases | Queen of the Undead (formerly) Mrs. Deadpool (formerly) Shiklah Wilson (formerly) Mrs. Wilson (formerly) Deadpool's Wife (estranged) Dracula's Wife (currently) |
| Abilities | Superhuman strength and speed Enhanced agility, reflexes and endurance Shapeshifting Mind control Ability to project regular and ethereal flame |
Shiklah is asupervillain who appears inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. She was married toDeadpool, but they became estranged, and she marriedDracula instead.
Shiklah first appeared in theweb comicDeadpool: The Gauntlet #3, and was created by writersBrian Posehn andGerry Duggan and artistReilly Brown.[1][2][3][4]
Shiklah is asuccubus who ruled over the monsters of Earth alongside her family before humans existed. Her true form resembles a humanoid bull, but she usually takes the form of a human woman.[2] After his kingdom was conquered by vampires, Shiklah's father sealed her in a coffin until the war had ended or she was to be wed.Deadpool is hired byDracula to retrieve Shiklah from her coffin so he could marry her and unite the monster world under his rule.[5][1][3][6]
After Shiklah saves Deadpool from being possessed by a ghost, she admits to having feelings for him. Deadpool pushes away her advances due to his worry that things would turn disastrous just like all of his past relationships. Once Shiklah and Deadpool return to New York City, they are married in a ceremony officiated byNightcrawler.[7][1][3][8][9]
InAll-New, All-Different Marvel, Shiklah is shown to have been treating Deadpool with disdain. While watching television in bed withWerewolf by Night and agorgon, Shiklah tells them that Deadpool is one of her husbands.[10] Deadpool later discovers that Shiklah having an affair with Werewolf by Night.[11] Shiklah is angered that Deadpool is siding with the humans and declares war on the surface world to annex New York. During the war, Shiklah finally ends up marrying Dracula, who proposes to her.[12]
As a succubus, Shiklah possesses superhuman physical abilities and is nigh-immortal. She can additionally generate ethereal fire, shapeshift, create dimensional portals, and drain the life force of others.
| Deadpools | |
|---|---|
| Supporting characters | |
| Antagonists | |
| Publications | |
| In other media | |
| Related | |
| Original members | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other members | |||||
| Supporting characters | |||||
| Opponents | |||||
| Publications |
| ||||
| Related | |||||
