SHARAKAN
Real Name: Sharakan
Identity/Class: Extraterrestrial (Sprulku)
Occupation: Scout ("orange-rank")
Group Membership: Scout-Corps
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Hulk (Bruce Banner), humans
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: Briefly impersonated the Hulk
Base of Operations: Rocky Mountains, USA, Earth;
formerly Sprulku Home-World
First Appearance: Hulk Annual 1985 (UK)
Powers/Abilities: Like others of the warlike
Sprulku race, Sharakan is a shapeshifter with a semi-solid mass and no
nervous system, yet full visual and aural acuity (despite no obvious
body parts) plus a vocal system that can quickly mimic other
extraterrestrial voices. He can extend multiple pseudopods (tentacles)
up to about 7' in length to manipulate immediate surroundings. With
effort and marginal discomfort, he can shift his form's viscosity
within a minute to fully impersonate a life form that he visually
perceives, first by shape, then by color, apparently maintaining the
same bodily mass. His body feels no pain and has a high dexterity that
can easily withstand a concussive blow from the Hulk, but can be
incinerated and destroyed by penetrative explosives. Trained in Sprulku
military, Sharakan can pilot a small interstellar spacecraft,
accurately fire a destructive blaster, has excellent espionage skills
and is overconfident in his species' ability to conquer other aliens.
Height: Variable (potentially 1' - 10')
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: None
Hair: None
History:
(Hulk Annual 1985/3 (fb) - BTS) - A passing Sprulku
survey spaceship detected transmissions from Earth's solar system.
Military scout Sharakan was dispatched to locate and investigate the
new world, and spy on the intelligent species for the shapeshifting
warlike Sprulku to conquer.
(Hulk
Annual 1985/3) - After several months travel, Sharakan arrived and
admired planet Earth, the seas reminding him of Sprulku Home-World. He
transmitted his arrival as per procedure but confidently longed to
conquer the planet by himself. After landing in the Rocky Mountains, he
followed Sprulku regulations to find and mimic the first moving
creature before progressing to determine the most intelligent and learn
local speech patterns. By chance, he first encountered the Hulk (Bruce
Banner), who sought respite from pursuing US military forces. The Hulk
was surprised to see the blob-like creature, but felt repulsed and
retreated. Sharakan was pleased to have found an Earthling
approximating
his own size and slowly morphed his body to copy the Hulk's. Sharakan
declared that he intended to kill the Hulk and replace him. Confused
and angry at seeing the alien now looking completely like him, the Hulk
lashed out and punched Sharakan-Hulk away. Although apparently
uninjured, Sharakan-Hulk could not duplicate the Hulk's strength and
took a gun from his spaceship and shot the Hulk. Surprised the Hulk was
only unconscious and not dead, Sharakan-Hulk returned the gun and
sealed the ship, then wandered down the mountains, expecting to easily
mingle withe local populace and spy on them. Instead Sharakan-Hulk
encountered the military forces hunting the Hulk; the army opened
intensive fire and the explosions killed Sharakan-Hulk. This was
observed by the now-recovered Hulk, who realized the military would (at
least briefly) stop hunting him as they thought the Hulk dead. The real
Hulk smashed the alien spaceship so that there would be no trace of an
alien shapeshifter.
Comments:
No credited creators.
Given this was a Marvel UK publication, it could be linked to Reality-7711 (Bereet's "Rampaging Hulk" movie); however, this story came out after Bereet's movie was released, shown in Incredible Hulk II#285 (July, 1983).
This was a 6-page text story featuring 5 images (no
credits) in a UK publication.
Profile
by Grendel
Prime.
CLARIFICATIONS
:
Sharakan has no known connections to:
- any other "Sharakan" characters
images:
(without ads)
Hulk Annual 1985/3, p1 (main image)
p4 (transforming)
p2 (spaceship)
Appearances:
Hulk Annual 1985 (UK) (1984) - uncredited writer, artist, editor
First posted: 05/02/2022
Last updated:
05/02/2022
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