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{{Short description|Marvel Comics fictional character}}

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image=[[Image: Psyklop.jpg|250px]]

|captionimage =''' Psyklop''' in Avengers 88.jpeg

|caption = Psyklop's first appearance in ''Avengers'' #88.

|character_name = Psyklop

|alter_ego=None

|alter_ego =
|publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]

|debut = ''[[The Avengers (comic book)|Avengers]]'' Vol. 1, #88 (May 1971)

|creators= [[Harlan Ellison]], <br>[[Roy Thomas]], <br>[[Sal Buscema]], <br>[[Jim Mooney]]

|alliances = Dark Gods

|aliases = None

|supports =

|powers = AbilityGenius-level to manipulate and warp the perception of those he blasts with beams shot from his eyesintellect<br>Energy projection<br> SuperhumanHypnosis<br>Enhanced strength, speed, agility, durability, and staminaendurance<br>Powerful claws and fangs<br> Double-jointed limbs, fangs and claws

|}}

'''Psyklop''' is a <!--Do not add "fictional" as it is tautological; supervillains (and characters in general) are by definition implied to be fictionalized to some extent.-->[[supervillain]] appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. Created in combination by [[Harlan Ellison]], [[Roy Thomas]], [[Sal Buscema]] and [[Jim Mooney]], the character first appeared in ''[[The Avengers (comic book)|Avengers]]'' #88.<ref>{{cite book |last1=DeFalco |first1=Tom |last2=Sanderson |first2=Peter |last3=Brevoort |first3=Tom |last4=Teitelbaum |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |last6=Darling |first6=Andrew |last7=Forbeck |first7=Matt |last8=Cowsill |first8=Alan |last9=Bray |first9=Adam |title=The Marvel Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-7890-0 |page=281}}</ref>

==Fictional character biography==

'''Psyklop''' is a humanoid insect and a reccuring foe of the [[Hulk (comics)|Incredible Hulk]], he has also fought the Avengers on occasion.

Psyklop is the last survivor of a prehistoric, [[Insectoids in science fiction and fantasy|insectoid]] species. They dominated the Earth before falling out of favor with the Dark Gods they worshipped and being placed in hibernation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eckhardt |first=Peter |date=July 19, 2022 |title=10 Avengers Villains Too Weird For The MCU |url=https://www.cbr.com/avengers-villains-too-weird-for-mcu/ |access-date=September 28, 2024 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Avengers88">''Avengers'' #88</ref>

Eons later, the Dark Gods awaken Psyklop and task him with finding a power source for them. In exchange, the rest of his species would be awoken and allowed to conquer the Earth. After covertly organizing a voodoo-based cult in New Orleans, Psyklop discovers that the [[Hulk]] possesses the power he needs to energize the Dark Gods and captures him for study. In the process, he shrinks the Hulk to a microscopic size, transporting him to the [[Microverse]]. Psyklop also battles the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]] when they arrive to rescue Hulk, erasing their memories and returning them to New York.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 10, 2018 |title=The 15 Most Off The Rails Avengers Stories Ever |url=https://www.cbr.com/wild-avengers-stories/ |access-date=September 28, 2024 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref><ref name ="Avengers88"/><ref>{{cite book|title=Hulk: The Incredible Guide|last=DeFalco|first=Tom|year=2009|publisher=DK Publishing, Inc.|isbn=978-0-7894-9260-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/hulkincrediblegu0000defa/page/55 55]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/hulkincrediblegu0000defa/page/55}}</ref>

== Character Biography ==

Psyklop later finds Hulk in the sub-atomic planet [[K'ai]], where he had met and fallen in love with Princess [[Jarella]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corley |first=Shaun |date=October 29, 2022 |title=One Hulk Story By a Sci-Fi Legend Predicted Planet Hulk 35 Years Earlier |url=https://screenrant.com/planet-hulk-story-harlan-ellison-predicted-marvel/ |access-date=September 28, 2024 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Peterson |first=John |date=August 9, 2020 |title=The Hulk's Greatest Comic Book Love Never Made it To The MCU |url=https://screenrant.com/the-hulks-greatest-comic-love-never-in-mcu/ |access-date=September 28, 2024 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Allan |first=Scoot |date=March 1, 2023 |title=8 Most Important Worlds In The Microverse And Quantum Realm |url=https://www.cbr.com/ant-man-wasp-quantumania-microverse-most-important-worlds-quantum-realm/ |access-date=September 28, 2024 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Webber |first=Tim |date=July 16, 2018 |title=Small World: 20 Micro Mysteries About Marvel's Quantum Realm, Revealed |url=https://www.cbr.com/marvel-quantum-realm-mysteries/ |access-date=September 28, 2024 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Davidson |first=Chris |date=May 3, 2017 |title=Hulkbusters: 15 People Who SMASHED Uglies With A Hulk |url=https://www.cbr.com/hulkbusters-15-people-who-smashed-uglies-with-a-hulk/ |access-date=September 28, 2024 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 26, 2017 |title=15 Most Iconic Hulk Covers |url=https://www.cbr.com/most-iconic-hulk-comic-book-covers/ |access-date=September 28, 2024 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> He shrinks himself to capture him, but is defeated, taken away by the Dark Gods, and abandoned on K'ai with no means of returning to his normal size.<ref>''Incredible Hulk'' (vol. 2) #140</ref><ref>''Incredible Hulk'' (vol. 2) #156</ref>

Psyklop was a member of an insect-humanoid race which existed on Earth centuries before the first humanoid did; during their time, Psyklop's race prospered, but they soon fell out of favor with the [[Dark Gods (comics)|Dark Gods]], who they worshipped and were put into a state of hibernation. <ref> ''Avengers'' Vol. 1, #88 </ref>

While on K'ai, Psyklop creates a giant drill to cause catastrophic earthquakes on K'ai, only stopping if its inhabitants agreed to worship him. He also captures the spirits of those killed by the earthquakes, planning on give them to the Dark Gods.<ref>''Incredible Hulk'' (vol. 2) #202</ref> Psyklop hypnotizes Hulk when he arrives to stop him, but is ultimately defeated by him and consumed by the captured spirits.<ref>''Incredible Hulk'' (vol. 2) #203</ref>

Eons later, Psyklop was awakened by the Dark Gods, who charged him with the responsibilty of finding a power source for, if Psyklop did so, his race would be awakened and allowed to conquer the Earth. After covertly creating a voodoo based cult in New Orleans, Psyklop discovered that the Hulk possessed the power he needed to energize the Dark Gods. Transporting the Hulk to his lair, Psyklop, explaining his origin and intentions to him, began the process of shrinking the Hulk to a size where his molecular structure could be examined better. Unfortunately, Psyklop lost track of the Hulk when he was distracted by the Avengers, who had appeared, having traced Psyklop to his base. Battling the Avengers, Psyklop managed to blast them with a device that erased their memories and teleports them to a Subway platform in New York.

==Powers and abilities==

Afterwards, Psyklop, after searching for the Hulk, found him in the sub-atomic world of K'ai. Still wanting to harness the power of the Hulk, Psyklop shrunk himself in size to capture him. Successfully obtaining the Hulk, Psyklop returned to his base with him, only to be violently pummeled by the Hulk. As the Hulk prepared to kill Psyklop, Psyklop himself was quickly transported away by the Dark Gods, who had decided to abandon him as an agent of theirs.

Psyklop is an inventive genius and has mastery of the advanced technology of his race. Psyklop has access to advanced technology, including a hand-held ray-blaster firing beams of concussive force, sonic displacer beams, Spasm-rays (able to disrupt the nervous systems of his victims) and teleporters. He wears body armor of unknown materials. Psyklop has also employed giant Lemurian slug creatures, teleportation rays, shrinking rays, giant robots, planetary view-scanners, a dreadnought-drill (capable of producing planet-wide earthquakes), and an essence-urn (capable of storing the life-forces of living beings).

Psyklop has a single compound eye, like all members of his race. He can fire energy blasts from his eye, and his eye allows him to instantaneously hypnotize a victim through beams of light from his single eye.

It was later revealed that Psyklop had been simply dumped on K'ai by the Dark Gods and was left with no way to return to his regular size.

Psyklop has enhanced strength, speed, agility, endurance, and durability, and is an average hand-to-hand combatant. He has sharpened canine teeth, and clawed and double-jointed limbs.

While on K'ai, Psyklop began to form a plan, inspired by an incident caused by the Hulk, who had accidentally kicked K'ai while leaving the planet, causing chaotic earthquakes. Creating a large drilling device, Psyklop began to create catastrophic earthquakes on K'ai, telling the planet's inhabitants he would only stop his destruction if they worshipped him as a God; Psyklop also captured the spirits of those who died in his earthquakes, planning on giving the spirits to the Dark Gods as a power source, wanting to regain their favor.

==In other media==

The Hulk, wanting to face this "angry God" who threatened the inhabitants of K'ai, ventured to Psyklop's headquarters with [[Jarella]] to confront the God. After destroying a robotic sentinal at Psyklop's base, the Hulk was knocked unconscious by Psyklop, who blasted him with a large projectile weapon.

An illusory Psyklop appears in the ''[[Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends]]'' episode "The Prison Plot".<ref>{{cite episode| title = The Prison Plot | series = [[Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends]] | network = [[NBC]] | airdate = 1990-12-01 | season = 1|number = 8}}</ref>

==References==

Restraining the Hulk, Psyklop began to taunt Jarella, only for the Hulk to escape. Having all his weaponry destroyewd by the Hulk, Psyklop resorted to using his hypnotic powers against the Hulk, managing to brainwash him. Psyklop then sent the Hulk out to attack the inhabitants of K'ai who had begun to storm Psyklop's base. Unfortunately for Psyklop, the Hulk was returned to normal by several K'ai sorcerers and began to advance on Psyklop. Taking Jarella hostage, Psyklop began panicklingly try to hypnotize the Hulk again, only to fail. Advancing on Psyklop, Hulk smashed the ground hard enough to break the urn in which Psyklop kept the spirits he captured. Before he could react, Psyklop was consumed by the spirits freed from the urn; all that remained of Psyklop was a pile of ash on the ground. <ref> ''Incredible Hulk'' Vol. 2, #203 </ref>

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