Super-Skrull

The Super-Skrull is an alias used by characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The original and most well-known incarnation, Kl'rt, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, first appeared in Fantastic Four #18 (September 1963), and has been depicted as both a supervillain and an antihero.^[2] The character has also appeared on television and in video games and novels.

Kl'rt was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and first appeared in Fantastic Four #18 (September 1963). He was the original and well-known Super-Skrull, an enemy of the Fantastic Four and has been depicted as both a supervillain and an antihero.^[3]

S'byll was created by Steve Englehart and Joe Staton, and first appeared in Silver 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, before it was destroyed by Galactus. 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 named Jazinda 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 emperor Dorrek VII devises a way to strike back against the Fantastic Four who thwarted the Skrull empire's invasion of Earth.^[6] Dorrek chooses Kl'rt to be given the combined abilities of the Fantastic Four, surpassing all four in terms of power. Super-Skrull retains his shapeshifting and hypnotic abilities, and is sent to Earth to defeat the Fantastic Four and pave the way for a new Skrull 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 kidnaps Franklin 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 by Doctor Doom to attack Reed Richards and Sue Storm at their wedding, but Reed used a machine to remove the villain's memories.^[9]

Super-Skrull is the Empire's agent on Earth during the Kree–Skrull War; he temporarily disbands the Avengers and kidnaps Captain Marvel, the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.^[10] With the war ending in a truce, the disgraced Super-Skrull sides with Thanos, aiding him in his quest to obtain the Cosmic Cube. The Super-Skrull attempts to capture Rick Jones for Thanos, but is thwarted by Captain Marvel.^[11] After a skirmish with Spider-Man, the Human Torch and Ms. Marvel, Kl'rt is trapped in the Van Allen radiation belt.^[12]

A Canadian research team accidentally pulls Kl'rt back from deep space, after which he kills all of them except for Sasquatch. 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.^[13] The Super-Skrull, later freed by the Silver Surfer, discovers that his cancer is in remission, apparently due to a temporal anomaly that reverted his cellular makeup to its precancerous state.^[14]

Kl'rt is freed from the Van Allen belt and cured of cancer by the sorcerer Master Khan,^[15] and used against Iron 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 and Power Man. Captain Hero's misuse of powers leaves Iron Fist apparently dead and triggers disintegration.^[16]

The Super-Skrull's imprisonment shielded him from the effects of Zabyk's Disaster, when the Skrulls lost their shapeshifting abilities.^[17] 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. Super-Skrull later captures Teddy Altman, informing him that he is a Skrull-Kree hybrid. Teddy chooses to remain on Earth, refusing to join either species in space. Super-Skrull poses as Teddy and returns to space to spy on the Skrulls and the Kree.^[18]

During the Annihilation War, Kl'rt tries to stop the destructive wave before it reaches the Skrull world, where his son is. After nearly being overwhelmed by the forces of Annihilus, he sacrifices himself by destroying the warship Harvester of Sorrow, however unable to save his son. Kl'rt meets Praxagora, a Negative Zone android who becomes his lover.^[5] His body is later recovered and revived.^[19] Kl'rt joins Ronan the Accuser and Zak-Del to reclaim the Kree home world from a Phalanx invasion,^[20] during which Praxagora is killed by Ultron.^[21]

During the "Infinity" storyline, the Super-Skrull is a member of the Galactic Council.^[22] 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.^[23] After his victory in the war against the Builders, Kl'rt is crowned emperor of the reborn Skrull empire as the Skrulls settle on the planet Tarnax II.^[24]

During the "Return to Planet Hulk" story arc, Super-Skrull arrives on the restored planet Sakaar and unearths the Time Gem, intending to use it to restore the Skrull empire to its former glory.^[25] In the "Infinity Wars" storyline, Doctor Strange takes the Time Gem and uses it to loop through time, creating multiple versions of himself to defeat Kl'rt.^[26]

During the "Empyre" storyline, Super-Skrull joins the Kree/Skrull Alliance and is recruited by Tanalth the Pursuer to become part of Hulkling's inner circle.^[27]

S'byll is a Skrull who was raised on the planet Satriani. She was responsible for curing Kl'rt's disease.^[28] Some of the Silver Surfer's Power Cosmic helps S'Byll restore the Skrulls' shapeshifting abilities as she temporarily wielded a portion of the Power Cosmic. Because of this, she was later sworn in a Skrull Empress.^[29]

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.^[30]

In this reality, Kl'rt is the Skrull lord of Colony UK7 and a Captain Britain Corps member.^[31]

In the "Heroes Reborn" universe created by Franklin Richards, the Super-Skrull masquerades as Wyatt Wingfoot, tricks Doctor Doom into capturing the Silver Surfer, and steals Galactus's powers. When the Fantastic Four release the Surfer from Doom, he defeats Kl'rt.^[32]

Several Super-Skrulls appear in the Marvel Zombies series. He is infected by the zombified Spider-Man before a zombified Thing rips off his right arm and seemingly kills him.^[33] Another infected version appears in Marvel Zombies Return, in which he fights Zombie Spider-Man and the zombie New Avengers before he is killed by Iron Man.^[34] When the Fantastic Four of Earth-616 (Black Panther, Storm, the Thing, and the Human 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, with Lyja as the "Invisible Woman".^[35] These four Skrulls are later turned into zombies when Galactus attacks,^[36] and the Fantastic Four take them apart before moving on to another dimension.^[37]

In this two-issue limited series, the Super-Skrull has been killed by Rogue and his powers have been stolen. His abilities, superpowers and darker personality traits remain in Rogue as the latter joins Cyclops's Brotherhood of Mutants.^[38] Professor W's X-Men appear in X-Men: Millennial Visions (2000) #2000 (August 2000) and X-Men: Millennial Visions (2001) #2001 (January 2002).

The Ultimate Marvel version of Kl'rt is the Skrull emperor and oldest living Skrull. In an alternate timeline, created when the Fantastic 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.^[39]

An original incarnation of the Super-Skrull named Kreega appears in Marvel Mangaverse.^[40]

The Skrullian Skymaster, also known as Skymax, is a member of the Squadron Supreme who possesses the same powers as Kl'rt.^[41]

A "Poison Super-Skrull" appears in Venomized #5.^[42]

• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears in The Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Tom Harvey.^[43]
• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears in the Fantastic Four (1967) episode "Invasion of the Super-Skrull", voiced by Marvin Miller.^[43]
• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears in Fantastic Four (1994), voiced initially by Neil Ross and later by Jess Harnell.^[43]
• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears in Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes, voiced by Mark Oliver.^[43]
• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears in The Super Hero Squad Show, voiced by Charlie Adler in the first season,^[44] and by Jim Cummings in the second season.^[43]
• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Kyle Hebert.^[43]
• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.,^[45] voiced by Kevin Grevioux.^[43]
• The Super-Skrulls appear in Secret Invasion,^[46] with Gravik (portrayed by Kingsley Ben-Adir^[47]) and G'iah (portrayed by Emilia Clarke^[47]) appearing prominently. These versions were empowered by genetic samples from Groot, a Frost Beast from Jotunheim, Cull Obsidian, an Extremis patient, and all of the superpowered individuals who fought in the Battle of Earth.^[a] Additionally, a genderbent version of Kreega (portrayed by Irmena Chichikova) appears as a member of Gravik's Skrull resistance.

• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears in Fantastic Four (1997).
• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appear as a mini-boss in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, voiced by Greg Eagles.^[43]
• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears as a boss in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, voiced by Joey Camen.
• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears as a playable character in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, voiced again by Charlie Adler.^[43]
• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears in Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet, voiced again by Jim Cummings.^[43]
• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online.
• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears as a playable character in Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth, voiced by Troy Baker.^[43]
• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes,^[48] voiced by John DiMaggio.
• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears as a boss in Marvel Heroes, voiced again by Charlie Adler.^[43]
• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears as a playable character in Marvel Puzzle Quest.^[49]

• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears in the Ultimate Super-Villains: New Stories Featuring Marvel's Deadliest Villains line of novels by Stan Lee.
• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears in Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D., voiced by Jesse Falcon.^[43]
• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears in the Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds tie-in prequel comic as a member of the Cabal.
• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull appears in the X-Men / Avengers novel trilogy Gamma Quest. He allies with the Leader to enhance his powers and successfully mimics those of Cyclops, Storm, Iceman, Beast, Captain America, Wolverine, Rogue, the Scarlet Witch, and the Hulk before Rogue uses the Leader's intellect to undo the procedure.

• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull received figures in the HeroClix "Clobbern Time", "Supernova", and "Galactic Guardians" sets.^[50]
• The Kl'rt incarnation of the Super-Skrull received a "Build-A-Figure" in the Marvel Legends line.

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