Elloe Kaifi

Elloe Kaifi
Elloe Kaifi center front row. Art by Jim Cheung.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #92 (April, 2006)
Created by	Greg Pak Carlo Pagulayan
In-story information
Alter ego	Elloe Kaifi
Species	Sakaar "Imperial"
Team affiliations	Warbound

Elloe Kaifi is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history

She first appeared in Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #92 in the 2006 Hulk storyline Planet Hulk and was created by Greg Pak and Carlo Pagulayan.

Fictional character biography

Prior to the events of Planet Hulk, Elloe Kaifi was the daughter of Ronan Kaifi, a member of a high-ranking family on the planet Sakaar. Enjoying a relatively carefree life for most of her early years, Elloe's life changed when her father spoke out against the Red King, resulting in his titles being stripped from him and he, his daughter and her bodyguard Lavin Skee being sent to the gladiator training school, the Maw. When her father protested at his treatment, he was killed by the guards shortly before the training battle began, of which Elloe and Lavin were two of the seven survivors. Initially lacking combat skills, Elloe received training from Skee before she left the group to try to aid rebels in an attack on the emperor.^{[ volume & issue needed ]}

After she and her fellow rebels were captured and brought before her former comrades in the arena, the gladiators were ordered to kill Elloe and the others to earn their freedom. Hiroim revealed that Lavin Skee had been killed in battle earlier, and that the others had formed a Warbound Pact; thus, since Skee had served Elloe, the Warbound could not kill her without violating their oath. Although their obedience discs were activated, the Warbound were freed when the Surfer destroyed the discs, allowing them to escape and begin a rebellion against the Red King.^{[ volume & issue needed ]}

Although physically the weakest member of the Warbound, Elloe remained one of the members most dedicated to the death of the Red King. However, she retained her old family loyalties; after the Red King was killed in a fight with the Hulk and her mother was discovered to be one of the King's remaining supporters, Elloe fought against fellow Warbound Miek in the arena before the Hulk told both of them to cease.^{[ volume & issue needed ]}

Traveling to Earth

Following the destruction of Sakaar, Elloe travelled to Earth with the remaining members of the Warbound to seek revenge on the Illuminati who exiled Hulk. During the fight with the Avengers, Elloe takes down Spider-Man. Later she is shown working alongside Hiroim to capture Doctor Strange, where she defeated Ronin and Echo, who were soon electrocuted by the others soldiers while Hiroim easily bested Iron Fist. After this fast fight, Hiroim says to Elloe to take the trio to the arena while he attacks Doctor Strange, although he was defeated by the Sorcerer Supreme before he went on to confront the Hulk.^{[ volume & issue needed ]}

At the arena, Elloe is almost slain by the infiltrating hero Cloud 9. She is saved when Cloud 9's companions talk her out of completing her actions. ^[1]

In World War Hulk's "Aftersmash" one-shot followup, Elloe is heavily wounded, impaled on a spear to end hostilities between Sakaarians and Hivelings, who had been killing each other over Miek's complicity in the destruction of Sakaar. It is also revealed that though she was not part of Miek's betrayal, she had harbored a shameful secret in that part of her was glad when Crown City was destroyed, because it gave her an excuse to give in to her anger and hatred.

She is shown alive, but gravely injured with the remaining Warbound when they are transported to Gammaworld, a massive energy dome placed over the Southwestern United States by The Leader. Elloe's injuries were then healed by Kate Waynesboro administering medical nanites, her own alien physiology, and the gamma radiation. ^[2]

During the Civil War II storyline, Elloe Kaifi was with the Warbound when they learn of Bruce Banner's death. ^[3]

Other versions

Marvel Zombies Return

An alternate universe variant of Elloe Kaifi appears in Marvel Zombies Return #4. ^[4]

What If?

Elloe Kaifi was featured in some issues of What If :

• In the What If? issue revolving around Planet Hulk called What if Caiera the Oldstrong had survived the destruction of Sakaar instead of the Hulk?, Elloe assists Caiera in conquering Earth.^{[ volume & issue needed ]}
• Miek was also featured in a What If? issue revolving around "World War Hulk". In the first story, he is killed by Iron Man. In the second story, she and the Warbound leave Earth after Miek's treachery is exposed.^{[ volume & issue needed ]}

Powers and abilities

Because of her training for the Olympia Imperia, Elloe possesses the physical conditioning, stamina, dexterity and agility of a top athlete. She is also a skilled hand-to-hand combatant due to her training. ^[5]

In other media

• Elloe Kaifi appears in the Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. episode "Planet Leader", voiced by Laura Harris. ^[6] This version was enslaved by the Leader when he took over Sakaar until the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. free him.

• Elloe Kaifi appears in Planet Hulk (2010), voiced by Advah Soudack. ^{[7] [6]}

References

1. Avengers: The Initiative #5 (2007)
2. Planet Skaar (collects Skaar: Son of Hulk #7-12 and Planet Skaar Prologue, 192 pages, hardcover, September 2009, ISBN   0-7851-3986-9, softcover, June 2010, ISBN   0-7851-2821-2)
3. Civil War II: The Fallen #1
4. Marvel Zombies Return #4 (2009)
5. Flamini, Anthony & Pak, Greg ( w ), Calafiore, James  ( p ). Planet Hulk: Gladiator Guidebook,no. 1(July 19, 2006).Marvel Comics.
6. "Elloe Kaifi Voices (Hulk)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 18, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
7. James Harvey (December 25, 2009). "Animated "Planet Hulk" Cast And Crew Details, "Hulk Versus" 2009 Year-End Sales". Marvel Animation Age. Archived from the original on December 25, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2010.

External links

• Elloe Kaifi at the Marvel Universe wiki