Captain Marvel (Khn'nr)

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Captain Marvel
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Cover to Captain Marvel (vol. 6) #4
Art by Ed McGuiness.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Civil War: The Return
(March 2007)
Created by Paul Jenkins (writer)
Tom Raney (artist)
In-story information
Full nameKhn'nr
Species Skrull
Place of originSkrull Empire
Team affiliations Church of Hala
Skrull Empire
Notable aliasesMar-Vell
Abilities
  • Superhuman strength
  • Shapeshifting
  • Flight
  • Master unarmed combatant
  • Wields Skrull-made Nega-Bands
  • Extensive knowledge of technologically advanced Kree vehicles and devices

Khn'nr is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Paul Jenkins and Tom Raney, the character first appeared in Civil War: The Return (March 2007). Khn'nr is a Skrull sleeper agent posing as the Kree Mar-Vell (also known as Captain Marvel ).

Contents

The shapeshifting Skrull Khn'nr is 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 is botched, causing Khn'nr's personality to be erased and 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, written by Paul Jenkins. [1] [2] 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. [1] [3] [4] [5]

Fictional character biography

As part of the Skrull Secret Invasion, a shapeshifting Skrull called Khn'nr is locked into the shape of the late Mar-Vell, the first Captain Marvel, and given replicas of the Kree Nega-Bands. Khn'nr receives memory implants to turn him into a sleeper agent making him believe he is Captain Marvel until the time of the invasion, when a psychological trigger would be activated to return him to his Skrull persona.[ citation needed ]

Powers and abilities

Though a Skrull, Khn'nr has the memories, knowledge, and skills of the Kree, Mar-Vell; [5] 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. [4] It is unknown if the botched mental conditioning has left Khn'nr any of his previous Skrull knowledge.[ citation needed ]

The Skrulls 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, though the bands do give him the exact same abilities. 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. [6]

Reception

Accolades

Literary reception

Volumes

Captain Marvel - 2007

According to Diamond Comic Distributors, Captain Marvel #1 was the 49th best selling comic book in November 2007. [10] [11] Captain Marvel #2 was the 68th best selling comic book in December 2007. [12] [13]

Jesse Schedeen of IGN gave Captain Marvel #1 a grade of 8.6 out of 10, writing, "Brian Reed and Lee Weeks wouldn't have topped my list for a killer Captain Marvel team (no pun intended), but they certainly make a case for themselves... In many ways Weeks evokes memories of Jim Starlin's work on The Death of Captain Marvel . If this series is eliciting favorable comparisons to that classic story already, I think we're in for a marvelously good time (har har)." [14]

Schedeen gave Captain Marvel #2 a grade of 8.7 out of 10, saying, "Lee Weeks is a name that hasn't graced many Marvel covers lately, but I hope that will change after this mini-series. Weeks is one of many similarly-accomplished noir artists at Marvel. His stark, realistic pencils aren't what I would have initially expected from this book, but his style wound up being a perfect fit. I highly recommend giving this series a look if you're still on the fence. I just don't think any supposed connection to Secret Invasion should be a motivating factor." [15]

Collected editions

TitleMaterial collectedPublication dateISBN
Captain Marvel: Secret InvasionCaptain Marvel (vol. 6) #1-5, Civil War: The ReturnAugust 13, 2008 ISBN   978-0-7851-3303-2

References

  1. 1 2 Shiach, Kieran (June 29, 2016). "The Replacements: Mar-Vell And The Legacy Of Captain Marvel". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Webber, Tim (July 22, 2018). "Every Captain Marvel Ever, Officially Ranked". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on July 23, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  3. ↑ Diaz, Eric (March 14, 2019). "The Comics History of All 9 CAPTAIN MARVELS". Nerdist . Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  4. 1 2 Dapul, Motzie (October 31, 2018). "Captain Marvel: 12 Major Characters From The Comics You Need To Know - 11. Khn'nr". Whatculture. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  5. 1 2 Blumberg, Arnold T. (April 6, 2019). "Know Your Captain Marvel from Your Captain Mar-Vell". IGN. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  6. ↑ Captain Marvel (vol. 6) #5 (June 2008)
  7. ↑ jbindeck2015 (May 19, 2017). "Guardians of the Galaxy 3: 50 Marvel Characters We Want to See". Den of Geek. Retrieved October 8, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ Lealos, Shawn S. (March 30, 2019). "Ranked: Every Version Of Captain Marvel". CBR. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  9. ↑ Gramuglia, Anthony (January 14, 2019). "All The Captain Marvels, Ranked". CBR. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Comichron: November 2007 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops". www.comichron.com. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Top 300 Comics Actual--November 2007". icv2.com. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Comichron: December 2007 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops". www.comichron.com. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Top 300 Comics Actual--December 2007". icv2.com. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  14. ↑ Schedeen, Jesse (November 15, 2007). "Captain Marvel #1 Review". IGN. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  15. ↑ Schedeen, Jesse (December 28, 2007). "Captain Marvel #2 Review". IGN. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
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