Skurge
Skurge is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Skurge was a male inhabitant of the realms of Asgard. (Journey into Mystery v1 #103)
Long ago, Loki came to recruit Skurge and the Enchantress for a plot to open a secret gate between Asgard and Jotunheim to allow the Giants to invade the realm of the Asgardians. This involved tricking Thor Odinson to removing the mystical jewel that sealed the gateway with Amora being tasked with using her wiles to trick the god of thunder. She began to spend sometime with him and invited him to her parlour with Skurge present at the time. A young Thor was in the company of the Enchantress and the Executioner where he had an arm-wrestling contest with Skurge where the winner getting a kiss from Amora as a reward. Skrge came to lose the match and was angry at his defeat but secretly Loki told him to wait as they bided their attempt for his plan to come to fruition. At this time, the All-Father Odin was displeased at his son's involvement with the darker side of Asgard and sent Volstagg to check on his son. Arriving at the scene, the Enchantress began to shower him with attention as part of her plot where she tricked him into removing the jewel. This allowed giants to enter into Asgard whilst Thor had to contend with the jealous Executioner who wanted to slay the god of thunder. Thor came to defeat Skurge and went to deal with the invading giants only to find that Volstagg had defeated them and forced them to flee back through the gateway. Thor then sealed the gateway by placing the mystic jewel back in its place thus thwarting Loki's plot. (Marvel Super-Heroes v2 #15)
During Angela's trip to Hel, she attempted to usurp the throne from Hela in order to free her love from death's embrace. To combat her, Skurge stood alongside Tyr and Balder in battling the rebellion forces. (Angela: Queen of Hel v1 #4)
In the aftermath, Skurge decided that he did not want to serve the new rulers of Hel and went on his own to wander the wilderness where he killed intruders into the realm. Around this time, he was seemingly visited by Amora who bade his aid in helping fight a great threat. This saw Skurge join the ranks of Asgardians and those with ties to Asgard in stopping the threat of Nebula who had acquired the power to control the Naglfar Armada. (Asgardians of the Galaxy v1 #3)
Whilst battling in Kenya, he as wounded in the fight against the Angels with Angela deciding on a new strategy to defeat her former homeland. She had Skurge cut open a doorway into Heven allowing her entry whilst he held the line against the Angels that fatally wounded him. This allowed Angela to use the Naglfar Beacon on the Tenth Realm where the army of undead gods slaughtered the ranks of the Angels and provided her the chance to slay the Queen of the Angels. Heven was devastated as a result thus removing their role in the War of the Realms with Skurge dying from his injuries. He fell into the afterlife expecting to be consigned to Hel once more but found that his actions had rewarded him a place in Valhalla. (Asgardians of the Galaxy v1 #10) In Valhalla, he was shown a paradise but found that whilst it had many weapons it lacked guns with him finding existence in this state to be boring. As a result, he would sneak out of Valhalla as a ghost to spy on Midgard where he found Beta Ray Bill to be find himself trapped in his powered-up form after his hammer Stormbreaker was destroyed. Skurge also came to witness Lady Sif unable to spend a night of passion with Bill due to him being trapped in this state. Thus, Skurge came to take on a physical form after escaping Valhalla to aid Beta Ray Bill in restoring his hammer and the magic within it. On-board the Skuttlebutt, they travelled across space to find All-Father Odin and were joined by Pip the Troll. The All-Father revealed that he had lost much of his magic and could not restore Stormbreaker but offered an alternative namely the Twilight Sword of Surtur within the realm of Muspelheim. Odin even showed Bill and his compatriots a means of travelling there through the Stygian Gate. (Beta Ray Bill v1 #2)
Overview
Personality and attributes
For many years, it was said that the Executioner had desired to claim the mystical hammer of Mjolnir for himself. (Journey into Mystery v1 #103)
Such was his passion for firearms that he found a heaven without such weapons to be a boring existence. (Beta Ray Bill v1 #2)
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Skurge the Executioner was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where he made his first appearance as the Executioner in Journey into Mystery v1 #103 (April, 1964).
- In Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe v1 #4 (1993), the Executioner was said to be the illegitimate son of a Storm Giant and a goddess born in the Asgardian province of Skarnheim. He was ostracized by his fathers people for his small stature with Skurge becoming a great warrior and giant killer where his reputation in slaying giants led to him becoming known as 'the Executioner'.
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Executioner appeared as an antagonist in the animated series where he was not voiced and had no speaking lines. He was an Asgardian armed with an axe and was the protector of Amora the Enchantress with him accompanying her as she worked for Loki.
- In Ultimate Spider-Man, the Executioner appeared as an antagonist in the animated television series in the episode "Run Pig Run" where he was voiced by actor Travis Willingham.
- In Avengers Assemble, the Executioner appeared as an antagonist in the animated television series fourth season "Secret Wars" where he was voiced again by actor Travis Willingham. He was shown as joining the ranks of the new Cabal that was being led by the Leader with them attacking the Avengers. Skurge was shown to hold a strange mystical coin through which he could summon a portal that brought his pet Asgardian dire wolf into battle to assist him.
Films
- In Thor: Ragnarok, Skurge appeared in the live-action film that was set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where he was portrayed by actor Karl Urban. He was an Asgardian warrior that once fought alongside Thor in the battle at Vanaheim with Skurge looking for an opportunity to prove himself. When Loki took the throne, he disguised himself as Odin to allay any suspicion where he declared Heimdall a traitor to the throne. He then appointed Skurge as his replacement in control of the Bifrost which he used to entertain himself and the female company he brought with him. Skurge used the Bifrost to claim numerous treasures and had it take a pair of assault rifles from Texas on Midgard. When Thor returned, Skurge attempted to warn Loki but failed to arrive in time with the Odinson revealing the duplicity of his adoptive brother. Skurge was later cleaning the Bifrost bridge when Hela arrived and massacred Fandral and Volstagg. He then willingly served Hela and was appointed her Executioner but came to feel guilt over his actions that tyrannised his fellow Asgardians. During the battle for Asgard, Skurge initially led Hela's undead warriors to try and kill the remaining Asgardians. However, he decided to flee on a ship from Sakaar but at the last second decided to turn against Hela when the ship was nearly boarded. He then went onto the Bifrost to slay more of the undead and challenged Hela who killed him,
Video games
- In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, the Executioner appeared as a boss level antagonist in the video game where he was voiced by actor Peter Lurie.
- In Marvel: Avengers Alliance, the Executioner was a character that had a Dossier in the Facebook video game.
- In Marvel: Future Fight, Skurge appeared as a character in the mobile video game.
Appearances
- Journey into Mystery v1: (1964)
- Thor v1:
- Angela: Queen of Hel v1:
- Mighty Thor:
- Asgardians of the Galaxy v1:
- Beta Ray Bill v1: (2021)
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