Kymellians

Kymellian
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Power Pack #1 (August 1984)

The Kymellians are a fictional extraterrestrial race that have appeared in many Marvel Comics. They were introduced in Power Pack #1 (August 1984).

The Kymellians resemble anthropomorphic horses. Centuries ago, the Kymellians experimented with a formula to generate energy from anti-matter, but destroyed their home planet, Kymellia. Many Kymellians survived, and created a new home: a huge artificial world named Kymellia II.

Kymellians have the latent potential of superpowers. These include abilities they consider "lesser" such as teleportation and healing, and other, "major" ones. Mastering the major powers is very rare among them, and the Kymellians call those among them who succeed "Sorcerers".

A Kymellian named Aelfyre Whitemane (nicknamed "Whitey") and his "smartship" (a sentient starship, one of many used by Kymellians), called Friday after the character in Robinson Crusoe (after Aelfyre's interest in human literature), were studying Earth when a human scientist, Dr. James Power, was about to commit the same mistake that destroyed Kymellia. Whitey tries to ask his people for permission to interfere and save the Earth, but his message is intercepted by the Kymellians' enemies, the Zn'rx (anglicized "Snarks"), and they kidnap Dr. Power and his wife to gain the anti-matter formula. Whitey is mortally wounded in the process. Whitey rescues Power's four children, and grants them the powers he had mastered as a Kymellian Sorcerer: control over gravity and the abilities to fly, to change his molecular density, and to convert matter into energy. With this final act, Whitey perishes. The children use their new powers to save the world and their parents, and become the superhero group Power Pack.

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