Skwaul

SKWAUL

Real Name: Skwaul

Class: Extraterrestrial (Hepvestus)

Occupation: Bounty hunter

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Mobile

First Appearance: R.E.B.E.L.S. #1 (April 2009)

Powers: Skwaul was a telepath and telekinetic.

History: (R.E.B.E.L.S. #1, 2) - Vril Dox received a subspace transmission warning him to flee because L.E.G.I.O.N. was about to be taken away from him, and further directing him to go to Earth, locate Supergirl, and speak the word "cephalophore" to her. Vril was indeed usurped, and fled to Earth with extraterrestrials Tribulus, Skwaul, Amon Hakk, and Getorix in pursuit. He crash landed, and asked people in a boat he'd just upended to tell him the location of the nearest restroom. They complied, and he told them to start swimming. His pursuers ship landed on top of the tourists, and Skwaul detected his psionic signature nearby. Vril used the restroom to enter the sewer system and emerged in the city, ready to turn the tables even if he had to sacrifice every human in sight. Supergirl arrived, and he convinced her to save him and lure his pursuers away from bystanders. He spoke the mnemonic trigger, and her heat-vision activated, burning code into a blank CD he held in front of her. He decoded the disc, which gave schematics, and told Supergirl the tech he needed to build it. She couldn't help but feel she was being manipulated, but she was curious about who implanted code into her head. They went to an Antarctic science station so Vril could build the device, and it was a message from the 31st century from his descendant Brainiac 5. Brainiac said he'd put data in Supergirl's head before she left the Legion because he had no intention of Vril being the last of their great house. There were no further records of Vril from the 31st Century archives, so Brainiac sent him files on the Legion of Super-Heroes so he could construct the perfect team, and said Supergirl would be an excellent first choice. The bounty hunters found them, Skwaul hated the needless harm his teammates were willing to cause bystanders, and said he was never working with them agian. Vril asked Amon what happened to him, a former honored member of L.E.G.I.O.N., and Amon said Vril ruined his life like he ruined everything he touched. Vril dodged Amon's plasma blast, which hit Getorix. Vril realized Getorix was controlling the monstrous Tribulus with a cranial implant, so he removed it, and had Supergirl implant it in him with her heat vision. Vril had Tribulus knock out Supergirl, saying he had no further use for her, and flew off with Tribulus in tow. Brainiac yelled at him for going off plan, and Vril said he preferred an unquestioning and unmerciful asset like Tribulus over the willful Supergirl, and deactivated his connection to Brainiac 5.

(R.E.B.E.L.S. #4) - Hakk, Getorix and Skwaul were sent to the Slab prison for metahumans in Antarctica. A Khund warship broke them out, and it was commanded by Captain Ciji, who appeared to be a small child. Skwaul read something disturbing in her thoughts, and she revealed herself as a Durlan, impaling and killing him, saying she hated mindreaders. She wanted Vril Dox, and knew Getorix could track his former charge Tribulus, but warned the bounty hunters not to step out of line. They found Vril and his newly assembled group of R.E.B.E.L.S. near Maltus, and boarded their ship.

Comments: Created by Tony Bedard & Andy Clarke.