John the Skrull
John the Skrull is a male comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
John was the name given to a member of the Skrull race who was sent to infiltrate the Earth and alongside his compatriots went to take the form of the original Beatles. As John Lenon, he and his fellow spies were to take the place of the original Beatles and use their position to help in an eventual invasion of the planet. At first, he thought that they could do more with the invasion if they were given a free reign and managed to convince his superiors to allow them to operate independently. However, the Skrull Beatles came to enjoy their time on Earth and their deviating interests saw their team disbanding to live among the humans. The John Lenon Skrull came to later embark on a relationship with Kree Captain Boko of the Free Kree Liberation Army. (Wisdom v1 #2)
John then joined MI: 13 as a member of Pete Wisdom's superhuman team and helped to stop and interdimensional alien invasion among other weird happenings in the UK. At the beginning of the recent Skrull invasion of Earth, John was nearly killed as a possible traitor to Earth in his cell in Shoredditch by a Skrull impersonating MI:13 agent Grimsdale. Fortunately, Wisdom interceded to save him. The faux Grimsdale's assassination attempt was revealed to be part of a larger strategem by Skrull infiltrators to kill off Skrull defectors, which John helped Pete Wisdom in stopping. He remained a very important member of MI:13 in their fight against the Skrull invasion on England and Avalon. Bound with Wisdom, Spitfire, and Tink, he was executed as a traitor near the end of the battle for Avalon and British magic. John was so fixed on not being a fascist like the rest of the people, he did everything he could to undermine and insult them. He refused to shape shift back to his original Skrull form even when faced with death and even following his death his body did not revert back to its natural form.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Like other Skrulls, is a shape-shifter. They can mentally cause the unstable molecules that comprise his or her body to become pliant, enabling him or her to assume other forms through muscular expansion and contraction. Once a new shape has been assumed, it takes a conscious act of will to assume another form or revert to natural. Hence, Skrulls do not spontaneously lose their assumed form when asleep or unconscious. Skrulls in altered form will, however, revert to their original forms at the moment of death. Notably, John prefers his John Lennon form, and will take on any look the original Lennon used during his life. He's never been shown taking his original Skrull form.
Notes
- John the Skrull was created by Paul Cornell and Trevor Hairsine where he made his first appearance in Wisdom v1 #1 (November, 2006).
Appearances
- Wisdom v1: (2006)
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