A
villain published by
Marvel Comics. The
Super-Skrull
first appeared in
Fantastic Four #18 in 1963.
The Skrulls were a group of reptilian aliens with
the ability to change their shape. The Skrull empire
attempted to take over the Earth, but were rebuffed by
the Marvel Universe's premiere group of heroes the
Fantastic Four. The emperor Dorrek decided to avenge
this defeat.
Investing a huge amount of resources in the project,
Dorrek had a group of scientists alter a Skrull warrior
named K'lrt so that he would possess the super human
abilities of the Fantastic Four. Powered by cosmic
radiation beamed from the Skrull homeworld, K'lrt had
the ability to stretch his body parts like Mr. Fantastic,
turn invisible like the Invisible Woman, become fiery
like the Human Torch, and gain the invulnerability of
the rocky skin of the Thing along with his enhanced
strength. Taken together, K'lrt was a formidable foe and
took on the name Super-Skrull.
Travelling to Earth, the Super-Skrull engaged the
Fantastic Four, but was defeated when Reed Richards
deduced that he gained his power from a projected beam and
blocked the transmission. The Super-Skrull later
escaped and clashed with the Fantastic Four as well
as Thor and the Kree hero Captain Marvel. Every time,
the Super-Skrull met with defeat and finally was
abandoned by his homeworld.
Trapped on Earth with no way to get home, the Super-Skrull
attempted to gain a crystal that would allow him to teleport
home. He was opposed by Spider-Man and the original
Ms. Marvel, who used the crystal to send the Super-Skrull
into space with no way to reintergrate his atoms.
Years later, the Super-Skrull's atoms were remerged
by accident by the efforts of a research team in Canada
lead by Walter Langkowski. Langkowski was also the
Canadian hero Sasquatch. After killing the rest of the
research team, the Super-Skrull forced Langkoski to
build a device to send him home. But, the Super-Skrull's
time in space had exposed him to unshielded radiation and
he now had the Skrull version of cancer. Sasquatch was
able to return the Super-Skrull to space as scattered
atoms.
Years passed and the Skrull empire was shattered when
their homeworld was destroyed by Galactus. During
this time, the Skrulls also lost their ability to
shape change. When the remnants of the empire were attacked
by the Badoon, the Empress S'byll got the Silver
Surfer to use his powers to reintergrate the Super-Skrull
to protect his people. As he still had the ability to
shape change, Skrull scientists were able to "jump start"
S'byll's ability, who then was able to pass it on to
other Skrulls.
The Super-Skrull was killed fighting an alien pirate
named Reptyl for the right to be S'byll's consort.