Paibok
Paibok is a male extraterrestrial supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Paibok was a male member of the Skrull race who by adulthood came to serve as a warrior in the empire. (Fantastic Four v1 #358)
At some point, he had once had a relationship with Lyja though this was noted to ahd ended badly. (Fantastic Four v1 #358)
As the Skrull Empire schemed to find the means to defeat the Fantastic Four, Paibok suggested to them that they replace their friend Alicia Masters with one of their agents. He chose Lyja, a woman he had once had a relationship with, but had ended badly. After Lyja had mastered her mimicry of Alicia Masters, she was sent to earth and replaced her, while the real Alicia Masters was held captive by Paibok. Some time later, the Fantastic Four discovered the deception, and came to Paibok's base on War World to save Alicia. By this time, Paibok had undergone bio-engineering to grant him superhuman powers, making him almost the equal of the Super-Skrull. Calling himself the Power-Skrull, Paibok led his forces against them, and managed to battle the Fantastic Four to a standstill. Just as he was about to strike down the Human Torch from behind, Lyja leapt in the path of his blast, and he seemingly killed her. Enraged, the Thing buried Paibok beneath a section of War World. (Fantastic Four v1 #358) After escaping the wreckage, Paibok found Lyja's body, and carried her to safety aboard his vessel. (Fantastic Four v1 #390) Paibok set off to have his revenge upon the Fantastic Four, and soon came across Devos, who had also been defeated by them. The two of them forged an alliance, and Paibok showed him the body of Lyja. (Fantastic Four v1 #366) While Devos watched, Paibok genetically enhanced Lyja, granting her superhuman powers with an organic power receiver so that she could destroy the Fantastic Four. (Fantastic Four v1 #390)
With Lyja's enhancements completed, Paibok, Devos and Lyja prepared to combat the Fantastic Four together. (Fantastic Four v1 #370) Paibok joined with Lyja and Devos in assaulting the Human Torch at Empire State University. When the Torch called for help from his teammates, they pressed their attack, and the Torch prepared to release his Nova Flame. Devos' sensors registered the Torch's power build-up, and the three of them escaped before he went nova. (Fantastic Four v1 #371) The trio monitored the Human Torch as he was arrested for setting fire to Empire State University, and determined to worsen the situation. Disguised in the crowd outside the station where the Torch was being brought, Paibok and Lyja opened fire at him, causing a panic. No longer trusting the police to protect him, the Torch flew away. (Fantastic Four v1 #372) Paibok and Devos observed as the Torch became a fugitive from the law, but were surprised when Lyja turned against them, and went to help the Fantastic Four. (Fantastic Four v1 #374) Paibok and Devos assaulted the courtroom where the Human Torch was being tried, and found themselves joined by the Fantastic Four's enemy Klaw, and the amnesiac Huntara. The four of them naming themsleves the Fearsome Foursome joined forces in assaulting the Fantastic Four. (Fantastic Four v1 #377) Paibok battled the Fantastic Four, but found he also had to contend with Spider-Man. Although the four villains managed to hold their own, with the arrival of the Avengers, they decided to escape using one of Huntara's portals. (Fantastic Four v1 #378) Once again aboard Paibok's vessel, the Skrull showed off his vessel to Klaw, as they schemed their next attempt at revenge against the Fantastic Four. (Fantastic Four v1 #379)
With the aid of one of Huntara's portals, the four villains invaded Four Freedoms Plaza, and Paibok and Devos set a trap for the Fantastic Four when they returned, knocking them unconscious with gas. They then teleported the Thing, Human Torch, Invisible Woman and Lyja to his ship, and Paibok presented their captives to the Skrull Empire including Kalamari at their new Throneworld. Having now reestablished contact with the Empire, Paibok realized that Devos had a price on his head and attempted to arrest him, but by then Devos had contacted his Arsenal Planet, and had it assault the Throneworld in an attempt to destroy the Skrull military. (Fantastic Four v1 #382) As the Death Cruiser assaulted Throneworld, the Skrull Empress branded Paibok a traitor for bringing Devos to their world, and sent her armies to kill him. Paibok chased after Devos as he returned to his Death Cruiser, and snuck aboard, hoping to reclaim his honor by defeating him. He sabotaged Devos' stardrive, resulting in the vessel being sent into sub-space, far away from the Skrull Empire. (Fantastic Four v1 #383)
In the final stages of the war, the worms that were controlling him began to weaken allowing for Terrax to free himself from their control. Paibok sought to take control of the Annihilation Wave ship but an angry Terrax destroyed it in a rage where they along with the Delinquent surviving by crashing on an isolated world. They were saved from the wreckage by a Centaurian named Chandra who sought their aid in Randau the Space Parasite who had enslaved in the inhabitants of the planet. Paibok sought to ambush their target though an angry Terrax wanted to charge the enemy then and there but was ultimately convinced to attack the next day. They then attacked Randau where both Paibok and the Delinquent were both defeated by the Space Parasite who then tried to absorb Terrax's Power Cosmic but was ultimately slain by the Herald. Chandra was killed in the fighting with the three warriors witnessing that the slave inhabitants of the world did not desire freedom but rather a master to serve. After seeing Chandra's sacrifice for nothing, Terrax destroyed the planet with Paibok and the Delinquent being the only survivors where they parted ways as the Herald told the Skrull never to approach him again. (Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus v1 #1)
He was later recruited by the Maker to join the ranks of the New Revengers. (New Avengers v4 #12)
After the Cotati conflict, the Kree/Skrull Alliance was formed under the leadership of Emperor Hulkling. This saw Paibok being assigned to serve as a diplomatic representative from the Alliance to Earth. As a result, he was assigned to the S.W.O.R.D. space station where he would often have meetings with the chief diplomat Joanna Cargill. (S.W.O.R.D. v2 #1) He was present on the station when the Earth came under attack from Knull who was the God of the Symbiotes wherehe assisted the Krakoans in the defence of the planet. (S.W.O.R.D. v2 #2)
Overview
Personality and attributes
He was noted by the title of the Power-Skrull. (Fantastic Four v1 #358)
He considered himself among the finest warriors of the Skrull empire. Despite his nature, he was shown as being polite in conversation to those he did not consider his immediate enemies. In fact, he felt those that were rough and aggressive to lack breeding as well as manners. (Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus v1 #1)
Powers and abilities
As a shapeshifter, he was able to move vital organs out of harms way allowing him to avoid fatal injuries. Paibok could shift into the form of the Fomalhautian amoebid allowing him to absorb powerful traumatic impacts. (Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus v1 #1)
He went through a procedure that led to him being bionically re-engineered to give him superpowered abilities. This gave him a range of abilities such as being able to generate electrostatic energy up to fifty thousand volts of electricity that could create backlash that can go through force fields. Paibok could also manipulate cold allowing him to create icy blasts, freeze the air around a person causing a person’s body temperature to drop to absolute zero as well as form constructs made of ice. The Power Skrull could also transform his skin into a steel-like substance greatly increasing his endurance as well as strength. In addition, Paibok was able to generate power blasts able to kill even powerful beasts. (Fantastic Four v1 #358)
Notes
- Paibok was created by Tom DeFalco, Paul Ryan and Danny Bulanadi where he made his first appearance in Fantastic Four v1 #358 (November, 1991).
In other media
Video games
- In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Paibok appeared as a mini-boss antagonist in the setting of the video game where he was voiced by actor Khary Payton. He appeared during a mission when the player must visit the Skrull homeworld that was under attack by Galactus. Initially, the player can choose either the Super-Skrull or Paibok to act as bodyguards while opening the doors for the Skrull Empress' spaceship to escape. The only exception was if their team was composed of the Fantastic Four, in which case they do not trust either Paibok or the Super-Skrull. Afterwards, the Skrull Empress then ordered Paibok and the Super-Skrull to kill the heroes while she escaped.
Appearances
- Fantastic Four v1: (1991)
- Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus v1:
- New Avengers v4:
- S.W.O.R.D. v2: (2021)
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