Skrull
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The Skrulls are an alien race in Marvel Comics' fictional universe. An advanced intergalactic race, the Skrull have had several encounters with the Fantastic Four, beginning in Fantastic Four #2 (January, 1962). They inhabit the Andromeda Galaxy and their homeworld was Skrullos, until it was devoured by Galactus.
Skrulls resemble green-skinned humanoids with large pointed ears and corrugated chins. Male Skrulls are typically hairless, although not uniformly so.
The Dire Wraiths central to the plot of Rom were an evil, parasitic magic-using offshoot of the Skrull race, analogous to vampires.
In the Marvel Ultimate line of comics, the Skrulls are called the Chitauri. They are unable to exist in our universe unless they take someone else's form. They tried to take over the world, but were stopped by the Ultimates.
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History
The Skrulls have been spacefarers for millions of years. Originally, they were peaceful merchants; however, subsequent to their encounter with the Kree, they were forced to become militaristic and aggressive.
Until 1987, all Skrulls were shapeshifters. However, during the factional strife following the destruction of Skrullos, the insane Zabyk triggered a bomb whose hyperspatial radiations would rob all Skrulls, everywhere, of their shapeshifting abilities, trapping them in whatever form they occupied at the time. This devastated Skrull society.
In 1989, Kl'rt the Super-Skrull was rescued from Earth's van Allen belts, where he had been trapped as a stream of dissociated particles. Because he had not physically existed at the time, Kl'rt remained unaffected by Zabyk's bomb.
Kl'rt joined forces with the Silver Surfer, who introduced him to S'Byll, one of the claimants to the Skrull Throne. By using Kl'rt as a template, S'Byll was able to regain her own shapeshifting abilities and, more importantly, to restore them in others. She soon was acclaimed as Empress, a position she holds to this day.
Rulership
- Emperor Dorrek
- Emperor Dorrek VII
- Empress R'klll
- Empress S'ybll
Notable Skrulls
- Kl'rt the Super-Skrull
- Lyja
- Replica, of the Guardians of the Galaxy
- Skrullverine
- Z'Cann
War Skrulls
Normal Skrulls can only take on the appearance of their template, not the abilities of that person. Warskrulls are an elite group of Skrulls gifted with the ability to emulate the powers as well as the appearance of their templates. Warskrulls do not naturally have this ability, special encoding technology is used to grant them their powers.
They first appeared in the pages of the Uncanny X-Men comic. In this story the Warskrulls sought an aliance with the X-Men's enemy, Deathbird, in a plot to conquer the Shi'ar empire. The X-Men routed them out and Wolverine killed the Warskrull posing as Professor Xavier.
See also
References
- FFPlaza.com - Anatomy of a Skrull (http://www.ffplaza.com/commcenter/articles/Skrulls.shtml)