History
Origin and early years[]
Psyklop was a member of an ancient race of highly intelligent, humanoid insects that existed and the Earth before man. They worshiped the Dark Gods, but at some point fell out of favor of the Dark Gods who punished them with eternal sleep.[5]
Modern Age[]
Eons later, Psyklop was awakened by the Dark Gods, who charged him with the responsibility of finding a power source for them, and if he did, his race would be awakened and allowed to rule the Earth.
In a secret lab below an island out in the Pacific Ocean, Psyklop teleported and captured the Hulk, preparing to shrink him down to size, in order to use his body as a power source to summon the Dark Gods. Exploring the island, Falcon and the Avengers crashed into the lab and began fighting Psyklop. During the fight, the Hulk was left unattended and the shrink ray trained on him caused him to shrink so small that he vanished from sight. Furious at losing the Hulk, Psyklop used a teleportation device to send the Avengers back to New York City.[5]
He found the Hulk again in the Microverse on the micro-world planet K'ai. He captured the Hulk and returned him to his base, only to be violently pummeled by the Hulk. As the Hulk prepared to kill Psyklop, he was snatched away by the Dark Gods, who had decided to abandon him as their agent,[6] and was exiled to K'ai with no way to return to his regular size.[7]
The Mountain God[]
Psyklop then formed a plan is to create a large drilling device. He began to create catastrophic earthquakes all over K'ai, forcing the K'aitians to worship him as a god. He also captured the spirits of those who died in his earthquakes, planning on giving the spirits to the Dark Gods as a power source, wanting to regain their favor. He was confronted by the Hulk and Jarella,[8] but managed to hypnotize and enslave the Hulk. When K'ai's people tried to rescue them from Psyklop, the villain sent the Hulk against them. Jarella's wizards cast a spell to get the Hulk out of his trance and the green giant turned against his real enemy. Desperate, Psyklop accidentally annihilated himself with one of his devices.[1]
The Psyklop[]
The Psyklop, which had become later battled the Hiro-Kala during an invasion of K'ai.[2] This later led to a confrontation with the heroes of the Microverse known as the Microns.[3] Psyklop later teamed up with the Microns to battle Hiro-Kala.[4] The battle raged across the Microverse.[9] Working with the Hulk they stopped Hiro-Kala.[10]Attributes
Powers
Insectoid Physiology: Psyklop's race is evolved from insects and as such his natural physiology provides him abilities beyond that of a normal human. He has sharpened canine teeth, and four clawed digits, including an opposable thumb, on each hand; all four of his limbs are double-jointed.[11]
- Psyklop Eye: Psyklop has a single compound eye, like all members of his race. He can fire energy blasts from his eye, and it allows him to instantaneously hypnotize a victim through beams of light from it.
- Superhuman Strength: Psyklop's physiology provides him super strength allowing to lift great weights and even battle the Hulk.
- Superhuman Speed: Due, at least partially, to the great muscular strength and development of his leg muscles, he is capable of running and moving at speeds that are beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete.
- Superhuman Stamina: Psyklop's highly advanced musculature produces considerably less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of an ordinary human.
- Superhuman Durability: Psyklop's exoskeleton is highly resistant to most forms of conventional injury. His skin is capable of withstanding extreme pressures.
- Superhuman Agility: Psyklop's agility, balance and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete.[12]
Abilities
Paraphernalia
Equipment
Psyklop has access to a large supply of incredibly advanced technology, including; a hand-held ray-blaster firing beams of concussive force, sonic displacer beams, Spasm-rays able to disrupt the nervous systems of his victims, teleporters. Psyklop has also employed giant Lemurian slug, teleportation rays, shrinking rays, giant robots, planetary view-scanners, dreadnought-drill capable of producing planet-wide earthquakes, and an essence-urn capable of storing the life-forces of living beings.[13]
- Body Armor: He wears body armor of unknown materials.
See Also
- 11 appearance(s) of Psyklop (Earth-616)
- 7 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Psyklop (Earth-616)
- 3 minor appearance(s) of Psyklop (Earth-616)
- 3 mention(s) of Psyklop (Earth-616)
- 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Psyklop (Earth-616)
- 12 image(s) of Psyklop (Earth-616)
- 1 quotation(s) by or about Psyklop (Earth-616)
Links and References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Incredible Hulk #203
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Realm of Kings: Son of Hulk #1
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Realm of Kings: Son of Hulk #2
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Incredible Hulks: Enigma Force #1
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Avengers #88
- ↑ Incredible Hulk #140
- ↑ Incredible Hulk #156
- ↑ Incredible Hulk #202
- ↑ Incredible Hulks: Enigma Force #2
- ↑ Incredible Hulks: Enigma Force #3
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #10
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition #26
- ↑ Marvel Legacy: The 1970s Handbook #1 ; Psyklop's profile
- ↑ Marvel Avengers: The Ultimate Character Guide #2
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 9