lar-ka-kree-ann1-faceCOMMANDER LAR-KA

Real Name: Lar-Ka

Identity/Class: Extraterrestrial (Kree) advanced technology -user

Occupation: Kree field commander

Group Membership: United Front (Drax the Destroyer/Arthur Douglas, Firelord/Pyreus Kril, Gamora, Kika, Nova/Richard Rider, Red Shift, Skrull forces, Peter Quill (previously and again-to-be Starlord), Stardust, Talos)

Affiliations: House of Fiyero, the ruling party of the Kree Empire at the time;
    formerly field commander of Kree
2nd and 3rd Kree battalions

Enemies: Annihilation Wave (notably Annihilus, Eradica, Extermina, Extirpia and the massive swarms of insectoid warriors), Ronan the Accuser

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
    perished on Daedalus 5,
unidentified star system (presumably the Daedalus system), or the periphery of Kree territory, which would presumably be the Greater Magellanic Cloud)


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First Appearance: Annihilation#1 (October, 2006)

Powers/Abilities: Commander Lar-Ka presumably had some degree of training in military armed and unarmed combat as well as military tactics, but he saw soldiers as cannon fodder and just used them en masse against a target, sacrificing lives without concern.

Height: Unrevealed (he looked to be only a few inches shorter than the 7'5" Ronan, but it is likely that Ronan was either standing or lower ground, significantly crouching and/or picking Lar-Ka up off the ground; 5'10" to 6'2" more or less seems more likely)
Weight: Unrevealed (difficult to approximate based on lack of full body images, but 180-220 lbs. seems reasonably likely given the above height estimations)
Eyes: Apparently blue
Hair: White mustache and goatee (top of head covered by helmet)

History:
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Annihilation#1 (fb) - BTS) - Desiring his ally of convenience Thanos to discover the biological application of cosmic power, Annihilus ordered his forces to apprehend Heralds of Galactus.

(Annihilation#1 (fb) - BTS) - The United Front established a base on Daedalus 5 on the periphery of the Kree system. Nova (Richard Rider) served as the commander-in-chief (Alpha Prime), with Peter Quill as his second-in-command.


(Annihilation#1 (fb) - BTS) - With the House of Fiyero -- who had usurped power via having the Supreme Intelligence lobotomized -- in control of Hala, they just sent warm bodies against the Wave, and Kree casualties were staggering.

(Annihilation#1 - BTS) <Annihilation Day, plus 204> - As the Annihilation Wave attacked the command center, the United Front held them off for a time, but then Right Flank 076's force barricades were overloaded and blew out, which caused a cascade that apparently took out multiple, if not all, force fields.



lar-ka-kree-ann1-ronan(Annihilation#1 - BTS) - At Right Flank 076, the 2nd and 3rd Kree battalions, ineffectively led by field commander Lar-Ka, were instructed to hold their ground while being overwhelmed by the massive insectoids of the Annihilation Wave who swarmed over the walls.

    Ronan provided tactical guidance, shoving another Kree out of the way, blasting one of the insectoids and instructing the Kree troops to fall back, form a secondary perimeter.

(Annihilation#1) - Frustrated with his inept command, Ronan confronted Commander Lar-Ka and advised him that the front was lost and that they needed to fall back or all would die.
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lar-ka-kree-ann1-death     Lar-Ka denounced Ronan as the "the Accused," as he had been stripped of his rank as the head of the Kree Accuser Corps (via the House Fiyero having framed him for conspiracy) and told him that he carried no authority there.

    Lar-Ka continued that their allegiance was to House Fiyero, but Ronan interrupted, delivering a fatal punch to Lar-Ka's head and telling him that he was relieved of duty.

(Annihilation#1 - BTS) - With the other Kree still respecting Ronan, he led them in a tactical and orderly retreat that would otherwise have been a bloodbath, which also bought Rider's forces some desperately needed time.

    Although the Kree positions were the hardest hit, with Ronan's lead, they suffered the fewest casualties.

Comments: Created by Keith Giffen and Andrea DeVito.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Lar-Ka
should be distinguished from:


images: (without ads)
Annihilation#1, story (post flashback/recap) pg. 4, panel 1 (Kree forces overwhelmed by Annihilation Wave);
       pg. 5, panel 1-2 (profile, with Ronan; upper body & face close-ups);
          panel 3 (slain with a punch from Ronan)


Appearances:
Annihilation#1 (October, 2006) - Keith Giffen (writer), Andrea DeVito (artist), Andy Schmidt (editor)

First posted: 07/03/2025
Last updated: 07/03/2025

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