List of Marvel Comics characters: K

Kaecilius

Elloe Kaifi

Kala

Jennifer Kale

Noble Kale

Kaluu

Kamikaze

Kamuu

Garrison Kane

Kang the Conqueror

Kangaroo

Karisma

Karkas

Karma

Karn

Karn is a member of the Inheritors from the Spider-Verse storyline, who wanders the Multiverse to slay Spider Totems. He first appeared in Superior Spider-Man #32 (September 2014)^[1] and he was created by Dan Slott, Christos N. Gage and Giuseppe Camuncoli.

During the hunt against the Master Weaver, he hesitates to deliver the finishing blow, leading to the death of his mother. As a result, he is condemned to wear a mask by his father Solus and exiled to hunt Spider Totems to earn his place back to the family.^[2]

A time-displaced Superior Spider-Man later discovered Karn. Assembling an army of Spider-Men, the Superior Spider-Man and his team ambushed Karn while hunting the Spider-Man of Earth-2818, but despite Karn continued to gain the upper hand, the Spider-Men only escaping when two of Karn's estranged siblings showed up and began fighting.^[2] Karn later joins the Spider-Men in their fight against the Inheritors.^[3]

Karn realizes that Master Weaver is his future self. He establishes a new team of multiversal spider-heroes called the Warriors of the Great Web, consisting of Mayday Parker, Spider-Ham, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Man India, and Spider-Gwen.

During the "Electroverse saga," an alliance of counterparts of Max Dillon invade Loomworld, damaging the great web while forcing the Web-Warriors to retreat to Earth-803. Karn and an alternate version of Doctor Octopus managed to fix the Web, but tangle it at the same time, causing the Web Warriors to become split between realities. Karn's reconnection of Earth-803 into the web also causes an earthquake that frees the Electros caught by the Web-Warriors.^[4]

In Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy , Karn welcomes Kaine, but soon realizes that he no longer has the powers of the Other and is now dying from a carrion virus, and cannot go back to his Earth lest someone catch it. Karn shows Kaine a number of realities with zombie apocalypses caused by this disease, and Kaine decides to visit these realities to find a way to stop it. Kaine tries to keep himself hidden from the Web Warriors while researching, but is caught by Spider-Gwen.^[5]

Like the rest of the Inheritors, Karn has the ability to drain the life force from other beings through physical contact. Depending on the power of the individual he drains, his powers and vitality can increase substantially. He also has superhuman strength, speed, reflexes and durability. He has a staff that emits a unique energy signature capable of vaporizing people. As the Master Weaver, Karn threads the Web of Life and Destiny, gaining dominion over various realities. He can open portals at his command or alter realities.

Karnak

Karnilla

Vasily Karpov

Vasily Karpov was a ruthless Soviet officer who was involved with the Red Room soldiers' training. The character, created by Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark, first appeared in Captain America Vol. 5 #5 (May 2005).

A ruthless but efficient officer in Soviet Russia, Karpov was involved in an operation during World War II with Captain America and the Invaders, in which he helped foil a plot of the Red Skull and Master Man. Afterwards, Karpov adopted Alexi Shostakov as his own to be trained and molded into the Red Guardian for the Soviet Union, and retrieved and reprogrammed Bucky Barnes into the Winter Soldier to be used in numerous Cold War operations.^[10] Karpov eventually died around 1988 most likely from natural causes with his primary protégé Aleksander Lukin trained to take his place.^[11]

Karthon the Quester

Ka-Zar

Robert Kelly

Kestrel

Khonshu

Khonshu first appeared in Moon Knight #1 (November 1980), and is based on the Egyptian lunar god Khonsu. He is a member of the Heliopolitan pantheon and the patron of the superhero Moon Knight. While Khonshu possessed Moon Knight during the hero's time with the West Coast Avengers, Khonshu was often shown as a largely benevolent god who wanted to assist the team. He was at times shown to be conflicted as to whether he should reveal his powers and what was worthy of it. He was able to effortlessly resist being controlled by the mutant The Voice.

KIA

Kiber the Cruel

Kid Cassidy

Kid Colt

Kid Gladiator

Son of Gladiator. He shares similar powers as his father, but is very impetuous and hard-headed. As punishment he is sent to Earth to the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning to learn discipline. He is escorted by his personal bodyguard Warbird. During the Avengers Vs. X-Men crossover event, Gladiator comes to Earth to rescue his son but is overwhelmed by the combined Phoenix Force Five. When he heals he returns to Shi'ar with his son, but orders Warbird to stay behind.

Kid Kaiju

Kid Omega

Killer Shrike

Aldrich Killian

Erik Killmonger

Killpower

Killraven

Kimura

Hannibal King

King Bedlam

Kingmaker

Kingpin

Roderick Kingsley

Laura Kinney

Kirigi

Kismet

Kiwi Black

Klaatu

Klaw

Kleinstocks

Herr Kleiser

The Knave

Misty Knight

Herr Kleiser

Amiko Kobayashi

Amiko Kobayashi was created by Chris Claremont and John Romita, Jr., and first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #181 (May 1984). Amiko found herself orphaned when she and her mother were caught in a battle between the X-Men and a dragon. Discovering the dying woman and her young daughter, Wolverine promised that the girl would be raised as though she were his own child.^[12] In the limited series Wolverine: Soultaker, Amiko discovered that her mother belonged to a family of warriors called the Shosei and now spends time with them trying to improve her martial arts skills, and hoping to make her adoptive father Logan proud of her.^[13]

Kobik

Kobik is a physical manifestation of a Cosmic Cube in the Marvel Comics universe.

The character, created by Chris Bachalo, first appeared in Marvel NOW! Point One Vol 1 #1 (June 2015).

Within the context of the stories, Kobik originated from a S.H.I.E.L.D. project using fragments of Cosmic Cubes. The pieces merge into a single being that adopts the form of a child. Kobik becomes a member of the Thunderbolts.^[14]

During her time affiliated with S.H.I.E.L.D., Kobik is involved in the Pleasant Hill project, where supervillains are taken to a pre-created town and brainwashed to act as normal civilians. At the same time, Kobik comes into contact with the Red Skull, the Cube's past experience with the Skull giving her a certain attachment to him. Using his influence on her, the Skull is able to convince her of Hydra being a noble organization. Kobik later makes contact with the elderly Steve Rogers during a stand-off where his life is in danger, and as a consequence of the Skull’s manipulation, she not only reverts him to his youthful state but also rewrites his history so that he has been a Hydra sleeper agent since childhood. As Hydra's "Secret Empire" rises to power — after Hydra Agent Rogers has deposed Red Skull —, Kobik begins to regretfully rewrite Rogers' mind, but it is revealed that the memory of his original, good conscious has remained hidden in her mind. The original Steve Rogers tries to convince Kobik to undo her mistakes, but she believes it is too late and is frightened of Hydra Rogers. Making things worse, in the real world Arnim Zola implants a Cosmic Cube into Rogers' physical body during the Resistance’s hopeful raid on Hydra's main base, led by Sam Wilson. However, the good Rogers manages to get through to her, and eventually they are both saved by Bucky Barnes and Scott Lang, who takes away Hydra Rogers’ ability to use both the Cosmic Cube and Mjolnir, allowing the real Captain America to defeat his mind-altered self. After Hydra Rogers is defeated, Kobik restores the history of the world, although she leaves some aspects intact from the Hydra-created reality.^[15]

Eric Koenig

Komodo

Korath the Pursuer

Korg

Korrek

Korvac

Korvus

Kraken

Krakoa

Krang

Kraven the Hunter

Kro

Kronos

Krugarr

Heinz Kruger

Heinz Kruger is a German spy during World War II. The character, created by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941).

Within the context of the stories, Heinz Kruger is a Gestapo agent working for the Nazi Party during World War II tasked with investigating Abraham Erskine and the American supersoldier experiment. He is able to infiltrate the project and pass the formula to his superiors. He attends the experiment on Steve Rogers, crashing through the viewing window and assassinating Erskine after the Super Soldier Serum is administered. He struggles with Rogers before accidentally grasping an electrical wire and being electrocuted.^[27]

Krushki

Krystalin

Kubik

Kubik is a Cosmic Cube who first appears in Tales of Suspense #79 (Jul. 1966), and as Kubik in Avengers #289 (Mar. 1988). The concept was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and refined by Ralph Macchio. Kubik (once evolved into humanoid form and now a student of the entity the Shaper of Worlds)^[28] returns to Earth when attracted by an anomaly possessing a fraction of its power—revealed to be the robot the Super Adaptoid. The Adaptoid uses its abilities to "copy" Kubik's abilities and banishes the character, intent on creating a race in its own image. The Adaptoid, however, is tricked into shutting down by Captain America. Kubik returns and then removes the sliver of the original Cosmic Cube from the Adaptoid that gave the robot its abilities.^[29] Like all Cosmic Cubes, Kubik possesses the ability to manipulate extra-dimensional energy to alter reality to achieve virtually any effect. Upon reaching maturity, a cube takes on humanoid form with its behavior modeled after the individuals who have possessed it. Kubik's chest also displays a holographic representation of a Cosmic Cube.

Shen Kuei

Shen Kuei, also known as "The Cat", was created by Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy and first appeared in Master of Kung Fu #38-39 (March–April 1976). He is a freelance espionage operative, probably originally from Hong Kong. He has been both enemy and ally of Shang-Chi. He is a master thief whose skill in martial arts equals Shang-Chi's. The meaning of the character's name is both similar and opposite to Shang Chi's name. He is a sort of mirror image, a 'good bad guy' in opposition to Shang Chi's 'bad good guy'. While they share mutual respect, the two always find themselves in opposition. Shen Kuei has no superhuman powers. However, he possesses the normal human strength of a man of his age, height, and builds who engages in intensive regular exercise. An extraordinary hand-to-hand combatant, Shen Kuei is one of the greatest living masters of the Oriental martial arts, whose skill rivals that of Shang-Chi.

Marduk Kurios

Marduk Kurios is a demon character created by Gary Friedrich and Herb Trimpe. He first appeared in Marvel Spotlight #13 (January 1974) and was identified as "Satan." He is also presented as the father of the characters Daimon Hellstrom and Satana. Within the context of the stories, Marduk Kurios is a high level demon and ruler of one realm of Hell who has from time to time presented himself as "Satan" or "Lucifer". During the Fear Itself storyline, Marduk Kurios attended the Devil's Advocacy where they talked about the Serpent's actions on Earth. Marduk Kurios taunted Mephisto during this meeting.^[30]

Kurse

Kylun

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