S.K.U.L.L.
(SINISTER KABAL FOR THE UNDERMINING OF LIFE & LIBERTY)

Membership: None identified

Purpose: Undermining life and liberty

Affiliations: Absorbing Man (Carl Creel), Awesome Android, Mad Thinker, Red Skull (Johann Shmidt), Titania (Mary MacPherran Creel)

Enemies:The Avengers (Captain America (Steve Rogers), Firestar (Angelica Jones), Justice (Vance Astrovik), Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff), Thor (Thor Odinson), Wonder Man (Simon Williams)), Bounty, Caledonia (Alysande Stuart of Earth-9809), Chris Claremont, Fantastic Four (Human Torch (Johnny Storm), Invisible Woman (Susan Richards), Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards), Thing (Ben Grimm)), Salvador Larroca, Marvel Girl (Valeria von Doom of Earth-99315), Puppy, Franklin Richards, She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters)

Base of Operations: San Diego, California, USA

First Appearance: Fantastic Four III#23 (October, 1999)

History:

(Fantastic Four III#23 (fb) – BTS) – The Red Skull and Mad Thinker used mind-altering nanites to convert civilians to their cause as agents of S.K.U.L.L.

 (Fantastic Four III#23 (fb)) – Having tracked the source of mind-altering nanites to San Diego, Human Torch and Caledonia took Franklin Richards to the San Diego Comic Con while Mr. Fantastic, Puppy, Marvel Girl and Invisible Woman investigated the nanites' source at an industrial plant nearby. At the Comic Con, S.K.U.L.L. agents released the Awesome Android and  infected the special guest Avengers with the nanites, causing them to go on a rampage through the convention. Mr. Fantastic, Marvel Girl and Invisible Woman soon after teleported into the convention, releasing an electromagnetic pulse designed to disable the nanites, freeing the heroes from the nanites' influence. Invisible Woman then launched the Awesome Android out into the ocean, where the heroes found the warship housing the Red Skull and the Mad Thinker. The two villains held off the Fantastic Four and their allies long enough to escape when their warship transformed into a heli-carrier.

(Fantastic Four III#23 (fb) - BTS) – The Fantastic Four managed to neutralize the nanites in all those infected, including those who had been forced to serve as agents of S.K.U.L.L.

Comments: Created by Chris Claremont, Salvador Larroca and Art Thibert.

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
S.K.U.L.L. has no known connections to:

• Skull of Earth-9997 (Ben Beckley), telepath who controlled a good portion of Earth @ Earth X Sketchbook
• Skull of the Microverse, gangster on Prisonworld, sought to replace Little D as head of Den o’Thieves @ Micronauts I#53
• Skull of Daimon, magic item used by Taboo to empower Algon @ Werewolf by Night I#14
• Skull of Quincy Harker, magic item created per Harker’s will to extend Britain’s protection from vampires @ Captain Britain & MI13#15
• Skull of Truth of Earth-Nightside, Lost Treasure of Tao, revealed what people around it said @ Nightside#3
• Skull the Slayer (Jim Scully), invulnerable hero @ Skull the Slayer#1?
• or any other "Skull" characters/groups

images: (without ads)
Fantastic Four III#23, p15, pan2 (main image)
Fantastic Four III#23, p14, pan2 (agents amidst a crowd)

Appearances:
Fantastic Four III#23 (October, 1999) - Chris Claremont (writer), Salvador Larroca (pencils), Art Thibert (inks), Bobbie Chase (editor)

Last updated: 03/23/14.

Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.

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