Kraa the Unhuman

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Kraa the Unhuman
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Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #18 (June 1961)
Created by	Stan Lee (script) Jack Kirby (art)
In story information
Team affiliations	S.H.I.E.L.D. Howling Commandos
Abilities	superhuman size and strength

Kraa the Unhuman is a fictional character from the Marvel Universe. It first appeared in Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #18 (June 1961)

Contents 1 Fictional character history 2 Powers and abilities 3 Notes 4 Bibliography

[edit] Fictional character history

Kraa the Unhuman is a former tribesman in Wabuzi, Africa who is mutated by an explosion caused by Soviet soldiers. Kraa is mistaken for and named after the seeker of vengeance and sekks vengeance against the Russians that caused his condition as he is in constant pain from his radiation burns. Kraa’s pain from the burns is soothed by an ointment from a teacher and Kraa apparently falls to his death from a cliff while saving the teacher from a python. In turn, the teacher is subsequently worshipped as a god for apparently destroying Kraa.

Recently it is discovered that Kraa survived and is in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody where he is placed in the Howling Commandos Monster Force.

In Warlock & the Infinity Watch #7, a duplicate of Kraa is created and made much larger than the original. This duplicate is seen amongst the mutates of Monster Isle.

[edit] Powers and abilities

Kraa the Unhuman has superhuman size and strength.

[edit] Notes

There have been a few other characters known as Kraa. These include:

• A Luphomoid is known as Kraa. He is the brother of Zorr and uncle of Nebula. He swore revenge on Xandar for the death of his brother and has killed a number of the Nova Corps before be was stopped by Richard Rider as Nova. He appeared in Nova vol. 1 #1 and 14 and Nova vol. 2 #1, 15-16. Kraa also had access to advance technologies which included his death-ship, which levelled an entire planet in Nova vol. 2 #15 before it was destroyed by Rider, and Slave-Borgs, which were lobotomized and cybernetically controlled slave that served as the crew of Kraa’s death-ship. They were first seen and destroyed in Nova vol. 2 #15.
• In Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #18, the seeker of vengeance of who Kraa the Unhuman is named after was foretold in the beliefs of the Wabuzi people.

[edit] Bibliography

• Nick Fury's Howling Commandos #1-6
• Tales of Suspense vol.1 #18
• Where Monsters Dwell #15