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| “ | The species you spent your entire adult life defending, they were condemned to die the day I realized you weren't a man of your word. You know, Fury, you really should have kept your promise. | „ |
| ~ Gravik threatening to kill "Nick Fury" |
Gravik, also known as Super-Skrull, is the main antagonist of the 2023 Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries Secret Invasion.
He was the leader of the Skrull Resistance, an extremist Skrull bent on taking over the Earth. Gravik takes over from Talos as the Skrull leader after he and Nick Fury fail to deliver on their promise to find a world where they can settle in peace.
He was portrayed by Kingsley Ben-Adir. As a child, he was portrayed by Lucas Persaud.
His Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
- Though he had a tragic backstory of losing his parents during the Kree-Skrull war, Gravik is unaffected by this in the present, even saying that they "died a brilliant death".
- He wanted to initiate World War III to pit the United States of America and Russia against each other in a nuclear conflict.
- He kidnapped a lot of people including world leaders and government officials and replacing them with Skrulls in order to infiltrate their government from the inside like impersonating UN Secretary Sergio Caspani, UK Prime Minister Pamela Lawton and US Presidential Aide Colonel James Rhodes/War Machine.
- He had Talos’ wife, Soren, murdered for opposing him and likely to spite Talos.
- After a CIA agent named Prescod had discovered his plans, he sent a Skrull who impersonates fellow government agent Everett Ross to steal Prescod's notes and eliminate him as a loose end.
- He led a raid on a weapons cache in Kazakhstan to steal dirty bombs and launch a major attack against Russia.
- Killed over 2m000 innocent people in a terrorist attack by detonating a bomb during the Unity Day Rally.
- Sent his Resistance to infiltrate a radical terrorist group called Americans Against Russia (AAR) by kidnapping and impersonating their members so that they could attack Russia publicly and frame Americans for it.
- He also had a rebel Skrull named Brogan impersonate AAR's leader Martin Wallace so he could lead the group.
- Killed Maria Hill by shooting her at point blank range while impersonating as Nick Fury in order to get Fury framed for her murder, although Fury's name has been cleared at the end of the series.
- Took over the Skrull Council by appointing himself as the new Skrull general and seemingly forces anyone to support him.
- While he does have a “pet the dog” moment where he allows a council member to leave unharmed for not wanting to take part in his war, this was just to save face in front of the other council members. Even if this was genuine, it doesn’t matter since he sent a hit squad to kill her out of spite, showing how little he cared for his own people.
- Orders Pagon to kill Brogan after knowing that he spilled their plan for taking over Earth and building a secret machine to transform Skrulls into Super Skrulls to Sonya Falsworth.
- He said that once the humans have weakened each other, the Skrulls would attack, inviting the Council to the extinction of humanity.
- Gravik reveals his plan to turn into a Super Skrull, giving him powers beyond those of an average Skrull and became more superior than the rest of them.
- He assigned Pagon, Beto, Zirksu and several other Skrulls to infiltrate the Royal Navy in order to launch a missile from the submarine HMS Neptune to destroy a United Nations aircraft and trigger a global war. However this all but a ruse to catch G'iah as the traitor, later he shot her at the chest, leaving her to die. Unbeknownst to him, G'iah survives thanks to the Extremis serum that she took earlier.
- He and his rebel Skrulls with a group of Russian PMCs then intercept President Ritson's convoy to kill him. He hired Russian mercenaries in order to make United States blame Russia for the attack.
- He disguised as an SAS team member who's helping Talos, only to stab him in the chest and kill him.
- Brutally kills Pagon with his newly acquired Groot powers by stabbing him for expressing his own speech.
- Never really cared about the Skrulls, proven by him calling them "nameless" and "faceless".
- Threatened the rest of his group that they'll suffer the same fate as Pagon if they're disobedient.
- Sent hitmen to kill Varra after she refuses to kill her husband, Nick Fury.
- Killed the rest of his group who rebelled against him using his Super Skrull powers.
- Cut Beto's throat in front of New Skrullos citizens as an example not to betray him.
- Mocked "Nick Fury" (G'iah in disguise) that there's no one else to help him by crushing his iodide pills.
- His final fight with G'iah destroyed some buildings and interiors of New Skrullos, resulting in some Skrull casualties.
- His demise is played for satisfaction, not for sympathy.
- Despite his defeat, thanks to him and the bad Skrulls infiltrating most of the organizations they traumatized former President James Ritson so much, it caused a lot of trust issues for the world and declared not only Skrulls, but other extraterrestrial life off the planet. When Ritson ordered a manhunt for Skrulls, lots of vigilantes have begun terminating humans mistakenly to be Skrulls and doesn't show any remorse or regret.
- While the heinous standards of the MCU are astronomically high, Gravik is able to stand out by trying to exterminate all of humanity and replace them with the Skrulls.
What Prevents Him from Being Pure Evil?[]
- He shows some remorse for killing the man whose face he uses as a disguise, especially after learning the man had a wife and children.
- In the final episode, he seemed genuinely hurt that Fury broke his promise to provide him and his kind a home, giving a degree of sympathy to his mostly flimsy tragedy.
External Links[]
- Gravik on the Villains Wiki
- Gravik on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
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 Near Pure Evils
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