| Super-Skrull | |
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 Super-Skrull (Kl'rt) as seen on the cover ofAnnihilation: Super-Skrull #4. Art byGabriele Dell'Otto. | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Fantastic Four #18 (September 1963)[1] |
| Created by | Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Kl'rt |
| Species | EnhancedSkrull |
| Place of origin | Tarnax IV |
| Team affiliations | Secret Defenders United Front |
| Notable aliases | Invincible Man Dr.Franklin Storm Thing Captain Hero Bobby Wright Dorrek VIII |
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TheSuper-Skrull is an alias used by characters appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The original and most well-known incarnation,Kl'rt, created byStan Lee andJack Kirby, first appeared inFantastic Four #18 (September 1963), and has been depicted as both asupervillain and anantihero.[2] The character has also appeared on television and in video games and novels.
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Kl'rt was created byStan Lee andJack Kirby, and first appeared inFantastic Four #18 (September 1963). He was the original and well-known Super-Skrull, an enemy of theFantastic Four and has been depicted as both asupervillain and anantihero.[3]
S'byll was created bySteve Englehart andJoe Staton, and first appeared inSilver Surfer (vol. 3) #13 (April 1988). She was the second Super-Skrull.
Kl'rt the Super-Skrull is from the Skrull world of Tarnax IV, which was destroyed byGalactus. He was a decorated soldier in the army and married a Skrull countess from the planet Zaragz'na and had two children, his beloved son named Sarnogg and a daughter namedJazinda whom he despised.[4] Because of his duty, he was kept away from his family and after the defeats outnumbered his victories, he was banished from Zaragz'na and was not allowed to see his son due to his wife.[5]
Skrull emperorDorrek VII devised a way to strike back against theFantastic Four who thwarted the Skrull Empire's invasion of Earth.[6] Dorrek chose the warrior Kl'rt who was given the combined abilities of the Fantastic Four. Kl'rt was stronger than theThing, had superior flight and greater pyrokinetic ability than theHuman Torch, had better control of invisibility and force fields than theInvisible Woman, and could stretch further thanMister Fantastic. The Super-Skrull retained his shapeshifting and hypnotic abilities, and was sent to Earth to defeat the Fantastic Four and pave the way for a new Skrull Empire invasion.
During their first encounter, the Super-Skrull keeps the Fantastic Four at bay and forces them to retreat. Mister Fantastic senses that Kl'rt's powers are augmented by an energy beam from the Skrull homeworld. Blocking the beam with a device placed on him by the Invisible Girl deprives Kl'rt of his new powers. Defeated, he is imprisoned in a crater by the Human Torch when he pursues the Invisible Girl.[7]
The Super-Skrull returns as the Invincible Man after the Skrulls restored his powers to fight the Fantastic Four. He breaks out of his prison, travels to New York and kidnapsFranklin Storm. The Fantastic Four recognize his deception and return him in exchange for Storm. Storm is killed by a bomb placed on him by the Skrull Warlord Morrat in a final attempt to kill the Fantastic Four.[8] The Super-Skrull was among the villains summoned byDoctor Doom to attack Reed Richards and Sue Storm at their wedding, but Mister Fantastic used a machine to remove the villain's memories.[9] Repeatedly sent back to Earth, he battlesThor,[10] and theKree heroCaptain Marvel.[11] The Super-Skrull is the Empire's agent on Earth during theKree–Skrull War; he temporarily disbands theAvengers and kidnapsMar-Vell, theScarlet Witch andQuicksilver.[12] With the war ending in a truce, the disgraced Super-Skrull sides withThanos, aiding him in his quest to obtain theCosmic Cube. The Super-Skrull, attempting to captureRick Jones for Thanos, fights Mar-Vell and the Thing; Mar-Vell defeats him and Thanos.[13] After a skirmish withSpider-Man, the Human Torch andMs. Marvel, Kl'rt is trapped in theVan Allen radiation belt.[14]
A Canadian research team accidentally pulls Kl'rt back from deep space, after which he kills all of them except forSasquatch. Kl'rt discovers that the radiation belt has given him cancer. Sasquatch is initially defeated by the Super-Skrull but tricks him, converting him into a stream of dissociated particles and sending him back into deep space.[15] The Super-Skrull, later freed by theSilver Surfer, discovers that his cancer is in remission, apparently due to a temporal anomaly that reverted his cellular makeup to its precancerous state.[16]
Kl'rt is freed from the Van Allen belt and cured of cancer by the sorcererMaster Khan,[17] and used againstIron Fist. Khan brainwashes the Super-Skrull into believing that he is Bobby Wright, a twelve-year-old boy who acquires superhuman powers and a terminal disease from exposure to an alien spore. "Bobby" uses his powers to assume the identity of adult superhuman Captain Hero and ingratiate himself with Iron Fist andPower Man. Captain Hero's misuse of powers leaves Iron Fist apparently dead and triggers disintegration.[18]
The Super-Skrull's imprisonment shielded him from the effects of Zabyk's Disaster, when the Skrulls lost their shape-shifting ability.[19] When the Skrull Empire falls into disarray, Kl'rt goes into hiding on Earth and later attacks the Fantastic Four. He escapes his imprisonment and resumes contact with the Skrull Empire. The Super-Skrull seeks to takeHulkling into protective custody because the latter has Skrullian heritage due to being the son ofAnelle. He impersonates Hulkling (who wishes to remain on Earth) and returns to space able to spy on the Skrulls and the Kree who also have a stake in Hulkling's mixed parentage since the latter is the son of Mar-Vell.[20]
During theAnnihilation War, Kl'rt tries to stop the destructive wave before it reaches the Skrull world, where his son was. After nearly being overwhelmed by the forces ofAnnihilus, he sacrifices himself by destroying the warshipHarvester of Sorrow, however unable to save his son. Kl'rt meets Praxagora, aNegative Zone android who becomes his lover.[5] His body is later recovered and revived.[21] Kl'rt joinsRonan the Accuser andZak-Del to reclaim the Kree home world from aPhalanx invasion,[22] during which Praxagora is killed byUltron.[23]
During the Skrulls'Secret Invasion of Earth, the Super-Skrull aidsNova against the Skrulls.[24]
After an unexplained capture, Kl'rt is seen as a prisoner onThe Raft.[25]
During the "Infinity" storyline, the Super-Skrull is a member of the Galactic Council.[26] To repay the Avengers' efforts in the war and attain glory, Kl'rt accompanies Alliance forces to Earth to free it from occupation by Thanos and they liberate the Peak.[27] After his victory in the war against the Builders, Kl'rt is crowned emperor of the reborn Skrull Empire as the alien race is settled on the planet Tarnax II.[28]
During the "Return to Planet Hulk" story arc, the Super-Skrull arrived on the restored planet Sakaar. WhileAmadeus Cho's Hulk form was fighting the Warlord, the Super-Skrull unearthed theTime Stone and plans to use it to restore the Skrull Empire to its former glory.[29]
During the "Infinity Wars" storyline,Doctor Strange took the Time Stone from the Skrull sorcerer Mt'nox and used it to loop through time, creating multiple versions of himself to defeat Kl'rt.[30]
During the "Empyre" storyline, the Super-Skrull took part in the Kree/Skrull Alliance and was recruited by Tanalth the Pursuer to become part of Hulkling's inner circle.[31]
Kl'rt can shapeshift like all Skrulls, and possesses all the powers of the Fantastic Four. He also possesses mind control via eye contact, is an accomplished combatant, a competent starship pilot, talented impersonator, and highly trained in the martial applications of his powers.[32]
S'Byll is a Skrull Empress who became a Super-Skrull during the second Kree-Skrull war upon gaining a sample ofSilver Surfer's Power Cosmic and fought alongside Kl'rt and the Silver Surfer.[33][34]
H'rpra (created byRoy Thomas, Dan Thomas and David Ross, and first appeared inAvengers West Coast #91 (December 1992)) was a Skrull who posed asMockingbird.[35][36]
Pagon was a Skrull who impersonatedElektra.
Criti Noll was a Skrull who impersonatedHank Pym.
Jarvis the Skrull was a Skrull who impersonatedEdwin Jarvis.
Greenie (created byJeph Loeb and Christos Cage, and first appeared inFallen Son: The Death of Captain America #5 (August 2007)) is a Skrull who infiltratedS.H.I.E.L.D. asDum Dum Dugan andValentina Allegra de Fontaine. Greenie (as Dugan) fooledIron Man,Maria Hill andClay Quartermain on various matters, such as theHulk'svengeance and leading the Skrulls posing as government agents.[37][38][39] Greenie (as Valentina) was involved in covert matters, such as obtainingvibranium in the Savage Land.[40][41][42] During the Skrull Empire'sinvasion of Earth, Greenie (as Dugan) infiltratedS.W.O.R.D. and fooledAbigail Brand to ensure the Peak orbital base's destruction for Veranke's armada.[43] Greenie hijacked theFifty State Initiative for a doomsday weapon before being killed by3-D Man.[44]
Rl'nnd was a Skrull who utilized the powers of the X-Men.
Pitt'o Nili (created byBrian Michael Bendis andLeinil Francis Yu, first appeared inSecret Invasion vol. 1 #1 (April 2008)) was a Skrull who impersonatedCaptain America (Steve Rogers) to the point of being brainwashed as perVeranke's orders. Nili and a Skrull group disguised as superheroes fake an escape to Earth in order to confuse theAvengers'splinteredgroups in theSavage Land.[45] Nili was exposed by poison darts deadly to Skrulls, and killed byShanna the She-Devil andKa-Zar.[46][47][48]
Chrell was a Skrull training instructor and commander.
X'iv (created by Christopher Yost and Takeshi Miyazawa, first appeared inSecret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers #1 (June 2008)) is a Skrull trained by Chrell who utilized the powers ofCloak and Dagger as well asDaredevil and Elektra. X'iv fights theYoung Avengers while trying to assassinateHulkling who defeated her.[49]
Siri debuted inNew Avengers #40 (April 2008). She's a female Super-Skrull who possessed the abilities of Elektra andGhost Rider. Siri tries to replace the former, but is killed in battle.[50][51]
In this reality, Kl'rt is the Skrull lord of Colony UK7 and aCaptain Britain Corps member.[52]
In the "Heroes Reborn" universe created byFranklin Richards, the Super-Skrull masquerades asWyatt Wingfoot, tricksDoctor Doom into capturing theSilver Surfer, and stealsGalactus's powers. When the Fantastic Four release the Surfer from Doom, he defeats Kl'rt.[53]
Several Super-Skrulls appear in theMarvel Zombies series. He is infected by the zombifiedSpider-Man before a zombified Thing rips off his right arm and seemingly kills him.[54] Another infected version appears inMarvel Zombies Return, in which he fights Zombie Spider-Man and the zombie New Avengers before he is killed byIron Man.[55] When the Fantastic Four of Earth-616 (Black Panther,Storm, the Thing, and theHuman Torch) visited the Marvel Zombies universe, they encountered four Skrulls who had been given the powers of one of the original Fantastic Four each in an attempt to replace the Super-Skrull, withLyja becoming the "Invisible Woman".[56] These four Skrulls are later turned into zombies when Galactus attacks,[57] and the Fantastic Four take them apart before moving on to another dimension.[58]
In this two-issue limited series, the Super-Skrull has been killed byRogue and his powers have been stolen. His abilities, superpowers and darker personality traits remain in Rogue as the latter joinsCyclops's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.[59] Professor W's X-Men appear inX-Men: Millennial Visions (2000) #2000 (August 2000) andX-Men: Millennial Visions (2001) #2001 (January 2002).
TheUltimate Marvel version of Kl'rt is the Skrull emperor and oldest living Skrull. In an alternate timeline, created when theFantastic Four attempt to undo the accident that gave them their powers, their teleportation experiments allowed them to contact seemingly benevolent Skrulls, who manipulate them as part of their plan to use Earth's technology to further their conquests. Despite wearing an anti-assassination suit that allows him to duplicate the powers of any superhuman in a thousand-mile radius, Kl'rt is defeated by the powerless Ben Grimm, the last human on Earth, who had no powers for him to replicate.[60]
An original incarnation of the Super-Skrull namedKreega appears inMarvel Mangaverse.[61]
TheSkrullian Skymaster, also known as Skymax, is a member of theSquadron Supreme who possesses the same powers as Kl'rt.[62]
A "Poison Super-Skrull" appears inVenomized #5.[63]
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