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Apr 2, 2016 · In 1971's Avengers #88 by Harlan Ellison, Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema and Jim Mooney, we see three fifths of the Illuminati seemingly doing a trial run for what they plan to do with the Hulk years later. The Hulk, by the way, is kidnapped by a villain we haven't seen in decades, Psyklop, who ends up sending Hulk to a miniature planet known as K'ai ...
- Brian Cronin
- Senior Staff Writer
Sep 14, 2022 · In Planet Hulk #1, written by Sam Humphries and with art by Marc Laming, the Illuminati led by Reed Richards, Tony Stark, and Doctor Strange decide that Hulk is too dangerous to remain on Earth. They trick Bruce Banner and his alter ego to go to space to destroy a rogue satellite, only for it to turn out that the satellite is a rocket meant to maroon him on a distant planet.
- 10 The Return of The Thunderbolts
- 9 They Never Looked Captain Mar-Vell's Return
- 8 They Never Looked Into Shield's Operation in The Savage Land
- 7 Driving The New Avengers Underground
- 6 The Skrulls Gained Their Power Copying Ability from The Illuminati
- 5 Civil War
- 4 Black Bolt Was A Skrull
- 3 They Never Investigated Spider-Woman
- 2 They Got The Hulk Off-World
- 1 The Skrulls Wanted Revenge on The Illuminati
The Thunderbolts aren't always the Avengers' best allies, but they played a significant role in Secret Invasion. The villains were working for the Superhero Initiative, completely under SHIELD's control. The Skrulls took the Avengers off the table early in the conflict, leaving the Thunderbolts to act as the tip of the spear. However, without the I...
In the months leading up to Secret Invasion, a surprising character returned to the land of the living. Mar-Vell was the original Captain Marvel and had died of cancer many years prior. Yet, he made a momentous return. The superhero community celebrated, but he had a terrible secret — he was a Skrull secret agent. The Illuminati felt it was their j...
During the New Avengers' first mission, they learned that a rogue element of SHIELD was doing something in the Savage Land. This seemed like a big deal, yet the Illuminati never looked into it. It was later revealed that this rogue group comprised Skrulls, who had taken almost complete control of SHIELD by this time. RELATED: 10 Biggest Reveals Fro...
The Avengers are Earth's Mightiest Heroes, but they were splintered during Secret Invasion. There were two teams — the New Avengers and the Mighty Avengers. The New Avengers comprised unregistered heroes and were driven underground. The Mighty Avengers were the main team and hunted the New Avengers. The Illuminati played a key role in holding the N...
Marvel heroes have amazing powers. The sheer variety of them made it difficult for the Skrulls to replicate them. Skrulls with superpowers were very rare, and it's why they could never attempt a large-scale infiltration disguised as Earth's heroes. However, the Illuminati gave the Skrulls the tools they needed. After the Kree-Skrull war, the Illumi...
Civil War was disastrous. The battle between Captain America and Iron Man made the superhero community choose sides, something which played into the Skrulls' hands. The conflict did tremendous damage, sowing seeds of discord and distrust in the superhero community. The Illuminati were almost entirely pro-Registration, helping along this process. Th...
Black Bolt's inability to speak comes in handy when playing his cards close to the vest. He joined the Illuminati as the representative for the Inhumans, relying on Professor X's telepathy to communicate his thoughts to the group. However, Black Bolt's secretive nature made it very easy for the Skrulls to replace him. The aliens knew how to subvert...
Spider-Woman was revealed to be Veranke, the Skrull Queen. The Skrulls had captured Jessica Drew prior to her joining the New Avengers. While "Spider-Woman" was on the Avengers, there were many questions about her relationship to SHIELD, Hydra, and how she got her powers back. Unfortunately, everyone took her word for it. RELATED: 10 Most Shocking ...
The Hulk's reputation is well-known throughout the universe and has kept many alien races from attacking the Earth. The Skrulls were just as frightened of the Hulk as everyone else was and were reticent to draw his ire. The Illuminati getting rid of Hulk was the best thing the Skrulls could've hoped for. With the Hulk out of the picture, the Skrull...
The Kree-Skrull War changed everything. Suddenly, Earth was thrust into intergalactic politics. The Illuminati decided they had to make a statement, so they went to the Skrull Homeworld and told the Emperor to leave the Earth alone. He responded by having them captured and experimenting on them. The Illuminati broke free and wrought havoc on the Sk...
- Staff Writer
Jan 2, 2022 · In the Marvel multiverse, two different iterations of Cap have done the unthinkable to take full control of Bruce Banner's more violent half, the Hulk: lobotomized the man to take full control of the monster. While one version of Steve Rogers what explicitly evil, the other was the Captain America of Earth-616, the main Earth in Marvel's ...
- Nicholas Hunter
Oct 30, 2017 · Planet Hulk served as a major chapter in Hulk's growth as a character in the mid-2000s. This yearlong story saw Hulk dragged away from Earth and crash-land on the alien world of Sakaar. There ...
May 4, 2022 · The Illuminati essentially dissolves when the Ultimate and 616 Marvel universes collided with each other in the events of Secret Wars, wiping out both realities save for a handful of heroes ...
Mar 1, 2022 · The Illuminati were responsible for kicking off a number of Marvel events, including the decision to launch Bruce Banner into space after one of the Hulk's rampages leveled Las Vegas.
