John the Skrull

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Publication information
John the Skrull
John the Skrull. Art by Leonard Kirk.
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Wisdom #1 (November 2006)
Created by	Paul Cornell Trevor Hairsine
In story information
Alter ego	Unrevealed
Team affiliations	Skrull Empire MI-13
Notable aliases	John Lennon
Abilities	Shapeshifting Flight

John the Skrull is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, and currently a member of MI-13. A Skrull, he normally takes the shape of John Lennon.

1 Fictional character biography
2 Powers and Abilities
3 Notes
4 References

[edit] Fictional character biography

As yet, his birth name and background has not been revealed. In 1963, four Skrull agents were sent to Earth, ordered to disguise themselves as the Beatles and facilitate a Skrull invasion of Earth. However, the four "Skrull Beatles" decided that they would rather remain on Earth, where there was "money and power", rather than help the Skrulls conquer it. John, notably, fell into a relationship with a Kree Captain Boko of the Kree Liberation Army.^[1]

Some decades later, John came to be in the employ of the British secret service agency MI-13, investigating paranormal occurences throughout the British Isles. In this capacity he met Pete Wisdom, and helped thwart, among other things, a Martian invasion of Britain from an alternate universe.^[2]

At the time of the Secret Invasion, as the Skrull Empire mounts a new invasion of Earth driven by religious prophecy, John, considered a traitor by the Skrull high command, finds himself a target. A Skrull agent posing as Mr. Grimsdale, the chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee, attempts to have the Skrull Beatles all killed as potentially disloyal to the British; only John survives this purge, and the Skrull is unmasked and killed by Wisdom. John then joins Wisdom, Captain Britain, and Spitfire, all now recruited by MI:13 to fight off the Skrull attack on the Siege Perilous.^[3] ^[4]

[edit] Powers and Abilities

John's Skrull physiology enables him to shapeshift into virtually any form that he chooses. He normally favours the shape of John Lennon, but has been shown to, for example, grow wings and tentacles to better participate in battle.