NENORANENORA
Real Name: Nenora
Identity/Class: Extra-terrestrial (Skrull)
Occupation: Former spy, former chief coordinator for Supreme Intelligence, former supreme commander of Kree Empire
Group Membership: former ruler of the Kree
Affiliations: Former lover of Aptak, former agent of
Kylor, former assistant to Supreme Intelligence; former ally of Clumsy
Foulup and Ronan the Accuser,
Enemies: Cotati, Reptyl,
S'Byll, Shalla-Bal, and the Silver Surfer; traitor to Skrulls Known Relatives: None Aliases: Agent K6@ Base of Operations: Kree-Lar, Hala Appearances: Silver Surfer III#6 (December, 1987) Powers: As a skrull, Nenora possessed the ability to
transform into any form within her mass and volume range. She
temporarily lost this ability as a result of the Hyper-Wave bomb
and was trapped in the form of a blue Kree female. She was exceptionally cunning, able to take advantage of any
opportunity which presented itself. She was willing to betray
allies and even lovers to further her own goals. She was a
skilled military strategist. She was presumably trained in armed and unarmed combat in the
skrull military. Nenora had been allied with a different would-be-emperor,
General Kylor. Under his orders, she had taken the form of a Blue
Kree female, and had managed to position herself into a position
of trust within the higher ranks of the Kree Empire. In fact, she
had become the coordinator to the Supreme Intelligence, the
composite entity which ruled the Empire. She was trapped in that
form by the Hyper-Wave bomb, and continued to act in that
capacity, reporting anything of value to Kylor and her lover
Aptak (who had become trapped in the form of a wazillah female). Opposition between the Blue and White Kree and caused problems
in the mind of the Supreme Intelligence, which was made up of
minds of hundreds or thousands of each. In order to unite these
minds, it utilized one of the Infinity Gems (presumably the Mind
Gem). The interstellar hero, the Silver Surfer, during a struggle
against the Supreme Intelligence, removed the Infinity Gem,
causing it to become catatonic from the disharmony of its
component minds. Ironically, this positioned Nenora as the temporary successor
to the Supreme Intelligence, making a skrull the secret ruler of
the Kree Empire. Kylor and Aptak were ecstatic at this turn of
events, which they felt would guarantee Kylor as emperor to the
Skrulls, as well as insure the downfall of the Kree, their
long-time enemies. However, Nenora decided she liked the power
she had gained more than her own alliances. She met with Aptak
with plans for celebration, and then poisoned him/her. Nenora
then sent Kylor into a trap, destroying him, his fleet, and
anyone who knew that she was not actually a true Kree. She also
had the Supreme Accuser, Ronan eliminate any other potential
candidates to rule the empire, or any who opposed her own rule. Seeking the alliance of the Silver Surfer, Nenora met with
Shalla-Bal, Empress of Zenn-La and former lover of the Silver
Surfer, to gain her support, and in turn, his. Shalla-Bal
refused, seeking only neutrality. As Nenora left, Shalla-Bal
thought she heard a Cotati, the intelligent plant race, say,
"Skrull." During her visit, other agents of Nenora had
had Kree Sentry#7497 buried in a desert on Zenn-La. Around this time, an entity posing as the Contemplator was
seemingly betrayed and killed by the savage reptilian pirate,
Reptyl. However, while posing as the Contemplator, the imposter
had been granted immortality by the cosmic entity Death.
Surviving as a disembodied head, the imposter sought vengeance on
Reptyl. Realizing Reptyl would ally himself with the skrulls, the
imposter coerced Reptyl's chief aide, a man known only as Clumsy
Foulup, to betray Reptyl. Foulup met with Nenora, detailing
Reptyl's plans Other events had positioned the Silver Surfer in alliance with
the Skrulls. Nenora activated Sentry#7497 and had it abduct
Shalla-Bal back to Kree-Lar. Nenora revealed that she knew
Shalla-Bal correctly suspected her true nature as a skrull, so
she had her abducted to prevent her from revealing the truth,
while seeming only to act against an enemy in the war. Fearing
the wrath of the Silver Surfer from slaying Shalla-Bal, Nenora
had her drugged into unconsciousness. However, the Cotati, acting
through the vegetable products used to drug her, reversed the
effects and awakened Shalla-Bal. Reptyl had become leader of the Skrull armada and was leading
a critical space battle, when Clumsy ambushed and skewered Reptyl
with his own sword, seemingly killing him. This allowed the Kree
to overpower a large Skrull armada and gain the upper hand in the
war. Desperate, the Silver Surfer, together with the acting
skrull empress, S'Byll, who had gained vast power in effort to
reform her metamorphic abilities, made a personal assault on the
Kree Capital, Kree-Lar. While there, the Silver Surfer was
contacted by Shalla-Bal, who revealed Nenora's true nature to
him. They then confronted her, and S'Byll returned Nenora's power
to her, the shock of which caused her to revert to her true form.
The sudden loss of their Empress caused turmoil in the Kree
Empire, during which time the Kree agreed to a truce. Comments: Created by Steve Englehart and Marshall
Rogers. S'Byll claimed to have destroyed Nenora. I'm not sure if she
killed her, but its hard to believe either the Skrulls or the
Kree would have allowed her to live after her actions. The Contemplator imposter was later shown to be a skrull,
which means that two separate skrulls, unbeknownst to each other,
were acting together as allies of the Kree. I don't think
Englehart initially intended the Contemplator in this story-line
to be an imposter. Just my opinion. The Cotati opposed Nenora in an effort to make peace with the
Silver Surfer for their actions against his former companion,
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History: Nenora is a skrull. Following the
destruction of the Skrull homeworld, Tarnax IV, was consumed by
Galactus, the Empress, R'Kll was killed, leaving the empire
without a ruler. This resulted in an immense civil war, in which
several generals and politicians sought to position themselves as
Emperor. During this war, one of the would-be emperors, Zabyk,
set off a device called the Hyper-Wave Bomb, which resulted in
all skrulls in the universe losing their metamorphic abilities,
trapping them in whatever form they had been in.
Silver Surfer III#7-10 (January-April, 1988) - Steve Englehart (writer), Marshall Rogers (pencils), Joe Rubinstein (inks), Michael Higgins (editor)
Silver Surfer III#11 (May, 1988) - Steve Englehart (writer), Joe Staton (pencils), Joe Rubinstein (inks), Michael Higgins (editor)
Silver Surfer III#12 (June, 1988) - Steve Englehart (writer), Marshall Rogers (pencils), Joe Rubinstein (inks), Michael Higgins (editor)
Silver Surfer III#13 (July, 1988) - Steve Englehart (writer), Joe Staton (pencils), Dave Cockrum (inks), Michael Higgins (editor)
Silver Surfer III#20 (February, 1989) - Steve Englehart (writer), Ron Lim (pencils), Joe Rubinstein & Tom Christopher (inks), Craig Anderson (editor)
Silver Surfer III#25-30 (July-November, 1989) - Steve Englehart (writer), Ron Lim (pencils), Tom Christopher (inks), Craig Anderson (editor)
Silver Surfer III#31 (December, 1989) - Steve Englehart (writer), Ron Lim (pencils), Tom Christopher & Keith Williams (inks), Craig Anderson (editor)
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