Kree-Skrull War
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Publication date | June 1971 – March 1972 |
| Genre | |
| Title(s) | Avengers #89 - 97 (June 1971 - March 1972) |
| Main character(s) |
Avengers Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) Rick Jones Kree Skrulls |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Roy Thomas |
| Penciller(s) |
Sal Buscema (#89-92) Neal Adams (#93-97) John Buscema (#94) |
| Inker(s) |
Sam Grainger (#89-90) Sal Buscema (#91) George Roussos(#92) Tom Palmer (#93-97) |
| Letterer(s) |
Sam Rosen (#89, 92-97) Mike Stevens (#90) Art Simek (#91) |
| Editor(s) | Stan Lee |
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The "Kree-Skrull War" is a story arc that was written by Roy Thomas, and drawn by Sal Buscema, Neal Adams, and John Buscema. The story was originally published in the Marvel Comics comic book title Avengers #89–97 (June 1971 – March 1972).
The "Kree-Skrull War" is notable for its cosmic scope of interstellar warfare, enormous cast of characters, use of metaphor and allegory (for instance, to Joseph McCarthy and HUAC), and the introduction of the Vision–Scarlet Witch romance, which became an ongoing theme for the characters (and by default the Avengers) for years to come. The "Kree-Skrull War" is considered by critics to be a highlight of its era, and is the culmination of a string of notable Thomas–Adams collaborations from this period, which began with their run on X-Men in 1969.
Writer Thomas admits he had no "master plan" in writing the "Kree-Skrull War," other than that the two "rapacious, galaxy-spanning races ... would be at war in the far reaches of space, and that their conflict would be threatening to spill over onto the Earth, turning our planet into the cosmic equivalent of some Pacific island during World War II." In this regard, Thomas was inspired by Raymond F. Jones' 1952 novel, This Island Earth.
In 2000, almost thirty years after the "Kree-Skrull War"'s original publication, Marvel produced a trade paperback collection of the entire story arc.
The Kree hero Captain Marvel, arriving on Earth after an extended stay in the alternate dimension the Negative Zone, is captured by several members of the superhero team the Avengers—Quicksilver, the Scarlet Witch, and android Vision—with aid of Mar-Vell's (the hero's true Kree name) sometime companion Rick Jones, and Mar-Vell himself. It is later revealed that he conceived a child with the skrull princess Annelle during this period of time. This is necessary as Mar-Vell has inadvertently absorbed a lethal amount of radiation from spending weeks in the Negative Zone, and it will prove fatal unless treated. With the aid of a scientist, the Vision drains the excess radiation from Mar-Vell.
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