Captain Marvel (Khn'nr)

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caption=Cover for "Captain Marvel" vol. 7, #4 by Ed McGuiness.
character_name=Captain Marvel
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Civil War: The Return" (March 2007)
creators=Paul Jenkins (writer)
Tom Raney (artist)
real_name=Khn'nr
species= Skrull
homeworld=
alliances=Church of Hala
Skrull Empire
aliases=Captain Marvel, Mar-Vell
supports =
powers=Superhuman strength
Flight
Wields Skrull-made Nega-Bands
Shapeshifting|

Khn'nr is a fictional alien character who has appeared in numerous comic book series published by Marvel Comics. He is a Skrull sleeper agent posing as the Kree Captain Mar-Vell aka Captain Marvel.

The shapeshifting Skrull Khn'nr was bonded with the DNA 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 was botched, causing Khn'nr's personality to be erased leaving the Mar-Vell persona dominant. Though part of the Skrull invasion of Earth, this Captain Marvel decides to fight against the invading Skrulls.

Publication history

In 2007, Mar-Vell supposedly returned to the Marvel Universe during Marvel's "Civil War" crossover storyline. He made his appearance in the "Civil War: The Return" one-shot, in a story written by Paul Jenkins. It was later revealed that this was in fact a Skrull named Khn'nr during the 2008 "Captain Marvel" mini-series, which spun out of the events of his "Civil War" appearance.

Fictional character biography

As part of the Skrull Secret Invasion, a shapeshifting Skrull called Khn'nr was locked into shape of Mar-Vell, the first Captain Marvel and given technological replicas of the Kree Nega-Bands to replicate Captain Marvel's powers. Khn'nr received memory implants to turn him into a sleeper agent making him believe he was Captain Marvel supposedly up until the time of the invasion when a psychological trigger would be activated to return him to his Skrull persona.

The real Mar-Vell died of cancer so to explain his comeback from death, a false memory was implanted in the Skrull Mar-Vell to make him believe he had encountered a wrinkle in space-time sometime during the past, supposedly caused by Tony Stark, Hank Pym, and Reed Richards' construction of a prison within the Negative Zone, which Captain Marvel touched and was transported through time to the Negative Zone in the present day. Initially unsure of how to approach the situation, the Earth's heroes revealed Mar-Vell's history to him but also offered him a place in this new future as a warden for their prison, at least until, as the Sentry implicated, Mar-Vell would return to his past. ["Civil War: The Return"]

He is later called in to help the pro-registration heroes who revived him, in the final battle of "Civil War" ["Civil War" #7] ; however upon seeing the chaos they are causing, he departs, to France, where he spends all of his time observing a painting of Alexander the Great in the Louvre and contemplates Alexander's similarities to himself ["Captain Marvel" #1] . This painting was meant to be psychological trigger, however, due to an error in the methods of Skrull scientists, the personality of Mar-Vell as well as all of Mar-Vell's memories prior to his Skrull captivity were retained in their entirety and that most of Khn'nr's personality had accidentally been erased as a byproduct of the botched mental conditioning. Consequently, the Mar-Vell persona remained defiantly dominant.

This now being known to the Skrull, other Skrull agents posing as supervillians Cyclone, Cobalt Man, and a team of Kree soldiers attempt to capture Captain Marvel, unsuccessfully.

When he learned the truth and became fully aware of his true identity he decided to embrace Mar-Vell's memories and rebel against the Skrulls and protect Earth from their invasion."Captain Marvel" #5] However, at the same time that Skrull infiltrators strike S.H.I.E.L.D., S.W.O.R.D., the Baxter Building and a number of Stark Enterprises facilities, Captain Marvel launches an attack on Thunderbolt Mountain, ["Secret Invasion #1"] deciding that he can destroy some of the thing he sees as problems in the world, like the Government sanctioned supervillains Thunderbolts, during the initial strike of the Skrulls' invasion. ["Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust" one-shot] He defeated the Thunderbolts ["Secret Invasion" #3] ["Thunderbolts" #122] , leaving Norman Osborn to convince Khn'nr that only he can decide who he really is"Secret Invasion" #5] ["Thunderbolts" #123] , which leads Khn'nr to attack the Skrull armada.

Barely alive after his effort, he manages to crash back on Earth, crossing Noh-Varr's path, who briefly mistakes him for the original Mar-Vell. Before passing of his wounds, Khn'nr spurs Noh-Varr into continuing Mar-Vell legacy as the protector of Earth, branding with his dying words the Skrulls as liars and traitors."Secret Invasion" #6]

Powers and abilities

Though a Skrull, Khn'nr has the memories, knowledge, and skills of the Kree, Mar-Vell; 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. It is unknown if the botched mental conditioning has left Khn'nr any of his previous Skrull knowledge.

The Skrull 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's psionic 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, the bands do give him the exact same powers. They are also fully compatible with the originals, as seen when Ms. Marvel, armed with the original Nega-Bands is able to banish him in the Negative Zone by clicking her wrist on his.

Bibliography

* "Civil War: The Return" one-shot, (Marvel Comics, March 2007)
* "Civil War" #7, (Marvel Comics, January 2007)
* "Captain Marvel" #1-5, (Marvel Comics, January - June 2008)
* "Young Avengers Presents" #2, (Marvel Comics, April 2008)
* "Secret Invasion" #1, #3 and #5-6, (Marvel Comics, April 2008, June 2008, October 2008-)
* "Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust" #1, (Marvel Comics, June 2008)
* "Thunderbolts" #122-3, (Marvel Comics, September 2008)

References

External links

* [http://en.marveldatabase.com/Khn'nr_(Earth-616) Khn'nr (Earth-616) - marveldatabase.com]