CARNIVOROUS PLANTS OF SKORNHEIM

Classification: Extradimensional (Asgard) flora

Location/Base of Operations: Skornheim

Known Members: Inapplicable

Affiliations: Morgan Le Fay

Enemies: Loki (Laufeyson), Magdalene of Earth-9201, Swordsman (Philip Jarvert) of Earth-921, Thor (Odinson)

First Appearance: Journey into Mystery I#116 (May, 1965)

Powers/Abilities: They were actually not one species, but several types of presumably semi-sentient flesh-eating plants native to Skornheim. Some of them were vine-like, others comparable to Venus Flytraps from Earth. They differed in size, but most of them were way larger than a person. What they all had in common were flesh-rending teeth inside jaw-like structures that could trap their prey until they were digested.

History:
(Journey into Mystery I#116) - Odin sent Thor and Loki as part of a contest to Skornheim and Loki made it to the area where the carnivorous plants existed first. He used a Norn Stone that repelled any form of plant life from approaching him to get through the area.

   When Thor arrived in the area he fought his way through some of the plants until he made it to a river. He swam for miles to make it through the forest were the carnivorous plants resided.

(Avengers III#1) - The Carnivorous Plants from Skornheim were among the magical beings summoned by Morgan Le Fay from Asgard to Earth in a plot against the Avengers. They were fought in Manhattan's Central Park by Swordsman and Magdalene until they suddenly vanished again.

Comments: Created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta.

This profile was finished on 03/16/2025, but delayed for publication until Arbor Day 2025.

Profile by Markus Raymond.

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Carnivorous Plants of Skornheim have no known connections to:

• Black Orchid - giant carnivorous plant in Congo jungle--Jann of the Jungle#16/5
• Eleha'al - carnivorous vines on the planet Sakaar--Incredible Hulk III#95
• Fatima - carnivorous plant discovered by Vah Rashid during Hyborian era--Savage Sword of Conan I#63
• Kulamtu - carnivorous plant during Hyborian era--Conan the Buccaneer
• man-eating plants - carnivorous plants in Africa's Swampland of Terror--Lorna, the Jungle Girl I#7/4
• Omnophages - carnivorous plants in the dark depths of Earth's ocean, Earth-8310 seen--What If? I#41
• Thornoids - carnivorous plants from Black Nebula, brought to Earth by Dire Wraiths--Rom#7
• Weed - mutated carnivorous plant, telepathic--Dom Samson II#1
• Zhadorr - extraterrestrial carnivorous plant, landed on Earth during Hyborian era--Conan the Barbarian I#41
• any other carnivorous plant races

images: (without ads)
Journey into Mystery I#116, p10, pan5 (main)
Avengers III#1, p4, pan4 (vs Swordsman and Magdalene)

Appearances:
Journey into Mystery I#116 (May, 1965) - Stan Lee (writer/editor), Jack Kirby (pencils), Vince Colletta (inks)
Avengers III#1 (February, 1998) - Kurt Busiek (writer), George Perez (pencils), Al Vey (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)

First Posted: 04/25/2025
Last updated: 04/25/2025

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