INTELLIGENTSIA

Real Name: Intelligentsia

Identity/Class: Composite being of the greatest minds of the Skrulls

Occupation: Ruler of the Skrull empire

Affiliations: Super-Skrull (Kl'rt)

Enemies: Captain Marvel (Genis-Vell), Kelly Kooliq, Moondragon (Heather Douglas), Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: Intelligencia (see comments)

Base of Operations: Planet Skrell

First Appearance: Captain Marvel IV#8 (August, 2000)

Powers/Abilities: Intelligentsia has brilliant powers of deduction and possesses an intellect that probably surpasses our imagination. While physically vulnerable (just a big head) Intelligentsia most likely has psionic powers. She can deduct the exact probability of an event taking place, so she must be able to predict almost all possibilities simultaneously. Also, Intelligentsia has the entire Skrull army at her command. Basically, she is just reeaaaalllly smart.

 

History:
(Captain Marvel IV#10 (fb) - BTS) - Intelligentsia was created by Skrull scientists to rule them as a Skrull equivalent to the Kree Supreme Intelligence.

(Captain Marvel IV#8) - Super-Skrull calls into Intelligentsia, who had sent him on a mission to capture Kelly. Intelligentsia tells him he can try to subdue her, but he will fail. When hesitating at the chance to kill Kelly, Intelligentsia reprimands him.

(Captain Marvel IV#9) - Intelligentsia forbids Super-Skrull to offer Kelly any position in the Skrull army, after he suggested she could be valuable. Intelligentsia is peeved at Super-Skrull for disobeying orders earlier (He takes Kelly to Intelligentsia instead of killing her and also shows contempt for Intelligentsia).

(Captain Marvel IV#10) - Super-Skrull expresses contempt for Intelligentsia, for being insecure in her own fortress at Kelly's power. Intelligentsia cuts in and orders Kelly and Super-Skrull brought before her. Intelligentsia then exchanges words with Kelly, while Captain Marvel, Surfer, and Moondragon fight Skrulls outside. Intelligentsia says she is equipped to be immune to her powers and she knew the Super-Skrull would probably betray her. When the heroes demand Kelly back, Intelligentsia says that if Kelly goes, the universe will always be in danger. Eventually Kelly goes to another reality where she never got her powers.
...or time is rewritten/reversed, so that she never got her powers on Earth-616. I think she's still on Earth-616--Snood.

Comments: Created by Peter David and Chris Cross

The character was called Intelligentsia in all her appearances, but on the cover of Captain Marvel IV#10 she was accidentally called Intelligencia.

Most unoriginal character ever (or at least one of them)! As a fan of the Supreme Intelligence, I didn't have that much love for Intelligentsia. The Supreme Intelligence was something that made the Kree unique, while the Skrulls already had shape-shifting powers to make them unique. I think a new emperor in Intelligentsia's place might have been better.
   I'm going to disagree on this. Is she original? No. However, it is very common practice for armies and warring nations to try to duplicate their foes' greatest weapon. The Skrull's had created a cosmic cube, which became the Shaper of Worlds, but they have no ability to control the Shaper, and so they needed something else. Plus, given Peter David's style, the whole thing was likely done tongue-in-cheek. And I loved the story.
   I'd personally like to know the fate of S'Byll, because she was the last ruler we had seen before this story.

Hey, I loved the story too, Snood. I loved most of the Captain Marvel series. I just didn't like Intelligentsia.

Additional images and name correction by Markus Raymond.

PROFILE BY STUNNER

CLARIFICATIONS: Intelligentsia is a rip off of:


images:
Captain Marvel IV#10, p8, pan3 (main)
Captain Marvel IV#8, p14, pan1 (on screen)
Captain Marvel IV#10, Cover (misspelled)


Appearances:
Captain Marvel IV#8 (August, 2000) - Peter David (writer), ChrisCross (artist), Anibal Rodriguez with Sean Parsons, Bob Wiacek & Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Captain Marvel IV#9 (September, 2000) - Peter David (writer), ChrisCross (artist), Anibal Rodriguez & Mark McKenna (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Captain Marvel IV#10 (October, 2000) - Peter David (writer), ChrisCross (artist), Anibal Rodriguez with Mark McKenna & Harry Candelario (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)


First Posted: 04/12/2003
Last updated: 01/14/2024

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