Marvel’s Secret Invasion: Super Skrull Powers Explained

Jul. 6, 2023

With the release of episode 3 of Marvel’s Secret Invasion, we have got a lot to unpack and have made several new discoveries about Gravik, the villain in this series. In the latest episode, we see Gravik inspecting theSkrull-enhancing machineand telling other members of his council that he wants Skrulls to have superhuman abilities calling themSuper Skrulls. Doesn’t this revelation make you curious about what those powers could be? I am sure it does, so don’t you worry; to exterminate that bug of curiosity, I present you withall the Super Skrull abilitieswe know about till now in Secret Invasion.

Secret Invasion: Inspiration for Super Skrull Powers

In the year 1963, the first-ever appearance of Super Skrulls was marked byThe Fantastic Fourcomic #18. In the comic, Skrulls were up against the Fantastic Four but were not able to defeat them because of the superhuman capabilities of the Fantastic Four. So, to counter them, the Skrulls tried to replicate the powers of the Fantastic Four to create the first-ever Super Skrull, namedKl’rt the Super Skrull.

Now, let’s take a look at the superpowers of the Fantastic Four.

Up until Episode 3, we have seen the following two of Gravik’s Super Skrull powers in Secret Invasion:

If we talk about Gravik’s powers that we have seen so far in the Secret Invasion series, the trailer showed Groot-like powers displayed by Gravik as he extended his arm in a branch-like form. Rings a bell? This power of Gravik is a direct reference toMr. Fantastic’selasticity, imitated initially by the first Super Skrull,Kl’rt.

The third episode of Secret Invasion introduced us to his regenerative powers, granted to him by the Extremis virus. If you remember Iron Man 3, you must be familiar with Aldrich Killian, who used the Extremis virus to enhance himself and get regenerative abilities similar to what Gravik was seen flexing in the third episode.

Although Aldrich was also shown using fire generation as a weapon, which we haven’t seen Gravik do yet. We might see Gravik flexing his fire-generating powers in future Secret Invasion episodes. This will also directly reference the Fantastic Four’s Human Torch, which also possessesfire-generating powers.

Seeing Frost Beasts and Cull Obsidian on the list of DNA samples in Secret Invasion episode 2, we can speculate on the upcoming Super Skrull powers that Gravik and the other Skrulls could possess.

Marvel Studios can present the Skrulls using the DNA of Frost Beasts to replicate the superhuman strength of The Thing from Fantastic Four, as depicted in the comics.

Gravik can also be presented using the mystical DNA of Cull Obsidian to recreate the Invisible Woman’s powers of invisibility.

Featured image courtesy: YouTube/Marvel Entertainment

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