Real
name: Kl'rt
Occupation: Warrior
Group
affiliation: None
Base of operations: Mobile
First appearance: Fantastic Four (Vol. 1) #18
History: The Super-Skrull was created by order
of Dorrek, emperor of the transmorphic alien race known
as the Skrulls. The fabled Fantastic Four had turned back
the extraterrestrials' invasion of Earth, and the monarch
hoped to exact revenge against that planet's first family
of super heroes. After many months, Skrull technology
succeeded in bionically re-engineering a select warrior
to simulate the FF's combined powers.
After completing a rigorous training program, the Super-Skrull
sought out and battled the superhuman adventurers. The
alien agent was defeated when Mr. Fantastic determined
that a broadcast energy beam dispatched to Earth through
warp space was augmenting his strength. The elastic inventor
jammed the signal and helped his teammates overpower the
weakened Super-Skrull. The Fantastic Four imprisoned its
formidable foe on a small island in the Pacific Ocean,
blocked from the energy beam's effects.
Learning of their champion's predicament, the Skrulls
developed and broadcast a stronger power source. Freed
from his confinement, the Super-Skrull again sought out
the Fantastic Four. The transmorphic terror used his innate
shapeshifting ability to disguise himself as a terrestrial
villain, the Invincible Man. The alias proved to be a
misnomer, as the Fantastic Four soundly thrashed the shrouded
Super-Skrull. The team used him as a bargaining chip to
broker the safe return of Franklin Storm, father of the
Human Torch and Invisible Woman.
Granted yet another opportunity to prove his worth in
battle, the Super-Skrull faced Thor -- Norse God of Thunder,
wielder of the mighty Uru hammer Mjolnir. Once more, he
met with defeat. Upon returning to Skrull space, the disgraced
warrior was exiled for repeated failure to achieve his
mission objectives. After wandering aimlessly for years,
the Super-Skrull again was summoned before the emperor.
The Skrulls had learned that their intergalactic rivals,
the Kree, had undertaken surveillance of Earth. Fearing
Kree control of this strategically important planet, Emperor
Dorrek dispatched the Super-Skrull to destroy the Earth-based
Kree super hero called Captain Marvel. The costumed champion,
gifted with Cosmic Awareness, bested the Super-Skrull
by turning his own power against him.
Despite his poor track record, the Super-Skrull was drafted
into active service during the Kree-Skrull War. He successfully
carried out the emperor's orders to abduct Captain Marvel,
the fleet-footed Quicksilver and the hex-casting Scarlet
Witch. Back on the Skrull throneworld, however, he betrayed
his emperor. Subdued, the Super-Skrull was sent into permanent
exile.
Though banished, the Super-Skrull continued to serve
the Skrull Empire zealously. Following the devastation
of the Skrull homeworld by the planet-devouring force
of nature known as Galactus, Skrull factions were disbursed
throughout the galaxy. The Super-Skrull subsequently came
into the service of the Intelligentsia, a computerized
amalgamation of his race's most potent minds. The Super-Skrull
again was dispatched to Earth, this time to destroy a
girl who had developed the ability to warp reality. The
Intelligentsia had determined that the youngster's power
was too dangerous to the universe, and that she must be
exterminated before developing further. The Super-Skrull's
pursuit of the girl brought him into conflict with the
son of Captain Marvel, Genis. In a display of his contempt
for the Intelligentsia's rule, the Super-Skrull kidnapped
the Earthling instead of killing her, and brought her
before the sentient computer. The second Captain Marvel
pursued the patchwork powerhouse, who planned to use the
young woman's talents as a weapon on behalf of the Skrull
Empire. However, the Super-Skrull's power play came to
an abrupt end when the girl simply wished away her awesome
abilities.
Bred and raised to be the most powerful warrior of a
whole race, the Super-Skrull hides on Earth, in human
guise -- until a new, legitimate emperor again unites
his people and orders him to act.
Height: 6 ft.
Weight: 625 lbs.
Eyes: Green
Hair: None
Powers: The Super-Skrull possesses the combined
abilities of the Fantastic Four, as well as the heightened
degree of physical malleability common to all Skrulls.
His powers allow him to mimic the elasticity of Mr. Fantastic;
vanish from sight and create invisible force-fields like
Invisible Woman; manipulate fire, as would the Human Torch;
and manifest the rocky hide and super-strength of the
Thing. Also, the Super-Skrull can project potent hypnotic
energy from his eyes.
Weapons: None
