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| Captain Marvel | |
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 Cover toCaptain Marvel (vol. 6) #4 Art byEd McGuiness. | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Civil War: The Return (March2007) |
| Created by | Paul Jenkins (writer) Tom Raney (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Khn'nr |
| Species | Skrull |
| Place of origin | Skrull Empire |
| Team affiliations | Church of Hala Skrull Empire |
| Notable aliases | Mar-Vell |
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Khn'nr is a character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Created byPaul Jenkins andTom Raney, the character first appeared inCivil War: The Return (March2007). Khn'nr is aSkrull sleeper agent posing as theKreeCaptain Mar-Vell (also known asCaptain Marvel).
Theshapeshifting Skrull Khn'nr is bonded with theDNA of Mar-Vell to lock his body into Mar-Vell's form and given technological replicas of the Kree Nega-Bands. However, his mental conditioning is botched, causing Khn'nr's personality to be erased and leaving the Mar-Vell persona dominant. Though part of theSkrull invasion ofEarth, this Captain Marvel decides to fight against the invading Skrulls.
In 2007, Mar-Vell supposedly returned to theMarvel Universe during Marvel'sCivil War crossover storyline. He made his appearance in the "Civil War: The Return"one-shot, written byPaul Jenkins.[1][2] It was later revealed that this was in fact a Skrull named Khn'nr during the 2008Captain Marvel mini-series, which spun out of the events of hisCivil War appearance.[3][4][1][5]
As part of the SkrullSecret Invasion, a shapeshifting Skrull called Khn'nr is locked into the shape ofMar-Vell, the firstCaptain Marvel and given technological replicas of the Kree Nega-Bands to replicate Captain Marvel's powers. Khn'nr receives memory implants to turn him into a sleeper agent making him believe he is Captain Marvel supposedly up until the time of the invasion when a psychological trigger would be activated to return him to his Skrull persona.[citation needed]
The real Mar-Vell dies of cancer so to explain his comeback from death, a false memory is implanted in the Skrull Mar-Vell to make him believe he has encountered a wrinkle in space-time in the past, supposedly caused byTony Stark,Hank Pym, andReed Richards' construction of a prison within theNegative Zone, which Captain Marvel touches and is transported through time to the Negative Zone in the present day. Initially unsure of how to approach the situation, the Earth's heroes reveal Mar-Vell's history to him but also offer him a place in this new future as a warden for their prison, at least until, as theSentry implicated, Mar-Vell would return to his past.[6]
He is later called in to help thepro-registration heroes who revived him, at the end of the 2007 "Civil War" storyline;[7] however upon seeing the chaos they are causing, he departs, toFrance, where he spends all of his time observing a painting ofAlexander the Great in theLouvre and contemplates Alexander's similarities to himself.[8] This painting is meant to be his psychological trigger, but due to an error in the methods of Skrull scientists, Mar-Vell retains his personality and memories prior to his Skrull captivity in their entirety. Most of Khn'nr's personality have accidentally been erased as a byproduct of the botched mental conditioning. Consequently, the Mar-Vell persona remains defiantly dominant.[citation needed]
When the Skrulls realize what happens, other Skrull agents posing as supervillainsCyclone,Cobalt Man, and a team of Kree soldiers[9] unsuccessfully attempt to capture Captain Marvel.[citation needed]
When he learns the truth and becomes fully aware of his true identity he decides to embrace Mar-Vell's memories and rebel against the Skrulls and protect Earth from their invasion.[10] However, at the same time that Skrull infiltrators strikeS.H.I.E.L.D.,S.W.O.R.D., theBaxter Building and a number ofStark Enterprises facilities, Captain Marvel launches an attack onThunderbolt Mountain,[11] deciding that he can destroy some of the things he sees as problems in the world, like the Government sanctioned supervillains Thunderbolts, during the initial strike of the Skrulls' invasion.[12] He defeats the Thunderbolts,[13][14] leavingNorman Osborn to convince Khn'nr that only he can decide who he really is,[15][16] which leads Khn'nr to attack the Skrull armada. He destroys many of the fleet but is attacked by a Super-Skrull and it nearly kills him.[15]
Barely alive after his effort, he manages to crash back on Earth, crossingNoh-Varr's path, who briefly mistakes him for the original Mar-Vell. Before dying from his wounds, Khn'nr spurs Noh-Varr into continuing Mar-Vell's legacy as the protector of Earth, branding with his dying words the Skrulls as liars and traitors and asking that Noh-Varr defeat the Skrulls and take on the mantle of Captain Marvel, which Noh-Varr does, joining theDark Avengers under that name.[5][17]
Though a Skrull, Khn'nr has thememories, knowledge, and skills of the Kree, Mar-Vell;[5] presumably including Mar-Vell's Kree military training giving him mastery of all forms of Kree unarmed combat, as well as extensive knowledge of the technologically advanced vehicles and devices of the Kree Empire.[4] It is unknown if the botched mental conditioning has left Khn'nr any of his previous Skrull knowledge.[citation needed]
The Skrulls also developed technological replicas of the Kree Nega-Bands, though it is unknown if these work in the same fashion as the Kree version which converted Mar-Vell'spsionic energy into strength, a high degree of imperviousness to harm, the ability to project force blasts, survive in space and the power to fly at faster-than-light speeds, though the bands do give him the exact same abilities. They are also fully compatible with the originals, as seen whenMs. Marvel, armed with the original Nega-Bands, is able to banish him in theNegative Zone by clicking her wrist on his.[10]
According toDiamond Comic Distributors,Captain Marvel #1 was the 49th best selling comic book in November 2007.[22][23]Captain Marvel #2 was the 68th best selling comic book in December 2007.[24][25]
Jesse Schedeen ofIGN gaveCaptain Marvel #1 a grade of 8.6 out of 10, writing, "Brian Reed and Lee Weeks wouldn't have topped my list for a killerCaptain Marvel team (no pun intended), but they certainly make a case for themselves. Reed is increasingly proving that he can easily survive without his frequent writing partner Brian Michael Bendis. Reed's own voice shines through in this issue, particularly with some well-written narration by Mar-Vell. Weeks, despite not qualifying as a very traditional superhero artist, is a near-perfect fit for this mini-series. In many ways Weeks evokes memories ofJim Starlin's work onThe Death of Captain Marvel. If this series is eliciting favorable comparisons to that classic story already, I think we're in for a marvelously good time (har har)."[26] Jesse Schedeen ofIGN gaveCaptain Marvel #2 a grade of 8.7 out of 10, saying, "Lee Weeks is a name that hasn't graced many Marvel covers lately, but I hope that will change after this mini-series. Weeks is one of many similarly-accomplished noir artists at Marvel. His stark, realistic pencils aren't what I would have initially expected from this book, but his style wound up being a perfect fit. I highly recommend giving this series a look if you're still on the fence. I just don't think any supposed connection toSecret Invasion should be a motivating factor."[27]
| Title | Material collected | Publication date | ISBN |
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| Captain Marvel: Secret Invasion | Captain Marvel (vol. 6) #1-5,Civil War: The Return | August 13, 2008 | ISBN 978-0-7851-3303-2 |
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