- Kro (comics)
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comic_color=background:#ff8080
character_name=Kro
real_name=Kro
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Eternals " #1 (July,1976 )
creators=Jack Kirby
alliance_color=background:#4040ff
status=Active
alliances=Deviants
previous_alliances=Eternals
aliases=Warlord Kro, Mr. Pluto, Prince of Darkness
relatives= Donald Ritter (son); Deborah Ritter (daughter)
powers=Shape-shifting,
Acceleratedhealing factor ,
Immortal,
Superhuman physical attributes|Kro (sometimes referred to as the Warlord Kro) is a
Marvel Comics supervillain .Publication history
Created by
Jack Kirby , Kro first appeared in "Eternals vol. 1 #1" (July,1976 ).The character subsequently appeared in "Eternals" #3 (September 1976), "Iron Man Annual" #6 (1983), "Eternals" Vol. 2 #5-6 (February-March 1986), #8 (May 1986), "Quasar" #12 (July 1990), "Eternals: The Herod Factor" #1 (November 1991), "The Avengers" #370-371 (January-February 1994), "Fantastic Four Unlimited" #10 (July 1995), "The Avengers" Vol. 2 #45 (October 2001), #49 (February 2002), and "Eternals" Vol. 3 #2-3 (September-October 2006).
Kro received an entry in the original "
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe " #6 and in the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition" #7, and the "All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z: Update" #3 (2007).Fictional character biography
In the
Marvel Universe , Kro is the leader of the Deviant race, an evolutionary offshoot of thehuman race created by the Celestials. He is one of the first Earth Deviants created. Besides being a shapeshifter, he is immortal and one of the very few Deviants that are attractive by human standards. He hides this from his fellow Deviants by pretending to be a long line of fathers/sons. Also hidden from theDeviants is his long-standing (20,000 years) on-off relationship withThena , leader of the Eternals and mother of their twin children,Donald & Deborah Ritter .In the past, Kro has disguised himself as the
Devil in order to try to influence or frighten humans. His control over his own molecules renders him immune to the genetic manipulations ofGhaur .Kro is also the founder of the
Delta Network .References
The Eternal #4 - #6 (2004)
External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/brenni_au/K.html "K" in the Encyclopaedia Olympianna]
* [http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/k/kro.htm Marvel Directory entry on Kro]
* [http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/ The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics' Creators]
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