EXECUTIONER

First Appearance:  Journey Into Mystery #103
Origin Issue: Not yet revealed

Real Name:  Skurge
Aliases:  Hans Grubervelt, the Evil One

Height:  7' 2"
Weight:  1100lbs
Eyes:  Blue
Hair:  Black, partially bald
Distinguishing Features:  Moustache and beard

Occupation:  Warrior
Citizenship:  Former citizen of Jotunheim, citizen of Asgard
Place of Creation/Birth:  Jotunheim
Place of Death:  Hel

Known Relatives:  none
Known Allies:  Amora the Enchantress, Masters of Evil I, Loki, Mandarin, Queen Casiolena, the Einherjar
Known Enemies:  Thor, Avengers, Hulk, Defenders, Valkyrie, Thin, Hela

Intelligence:  Normal (4/10)
Strength:  Superhuman Class 75 (9/12)
Speed:  Superhuman (6/10)
Stamina:  Metahuman (7/10)
Durability:  Metahuman (9/14)
Agility:  Athlete (3/7)
Reflexes:  Athlete (3/7)
Fighting Skills:  Proficiency at hand to hand combat, mastery of most Asgardian weapons
Special Skills/Abilities:  Superhuman visual acuity
Superhuman physical powers:  Strength, stamina, durability, longevity, immunity to terrestrial diseases
Superhuman Mental Powers:  none
Special Limitations:  none
Source of Superhuman Powers:  Asgardian hybrid physiology (son of a Frost Giant father and Skornheimian mother)
Personal Weaponry:  Double-bladed enchanted axe able to created dimensional rifts
Other Accessories:  Enchanted impregnable horned helmet (completely covering head)

Origin:  Skurge was the illegitimate son of a Storm Giant and a goddess, born in the Asgardian province of Skornheim.  Ostracized by the Storm Giants because of his relatively diminutive size, he grew up to be a great warrior and giant-killer.  It was through the widespread killing of his father's people, the Storm Giants, that he gained the epithet, "The Executioner."  Living for years a life of grim solitude, he was seduced into accompanying Amora the Enchantress on her many conquests of both Asgard and Earth.   But while the Executioner is a love-slave to the Enchantress, she continually withholds her favors from him to keep him in thrall.

Significant Issues: 

• Journey Into Mystery #103:  smitten with Enchantress, teamed with her to battle Thor at behest of Loki
• Avengers #7:  exiled to Earth with Enchantress by Odin; joined Baron Zemo's Masters Of Evil against the Avengers
• Journey Into Mystery #116-117:  menaced Jane Foster, fought Balder as ally of Loki
• Fantastic Four Annual #3:  among villains assembled by Doom to destroy Fantastic Four
• Tales to Astonish #76-77:  attempted to establish empire by conquest of alternate future 25th century Earth, battled Hulk
• Avengers Annual #1:  reunited with Enchantress, joined Mandarin's attempted world conquest, fought Hercules
• Incredible Hulk #102:  led Troll invasion of Asgard
• Avengers #83:  exiled by Odin to realm of Casiolena, abandoned Enchantress to become Casiolena's co-ruler
• Defenders #4:  led Casiolena's forces against the Defenders, resumed alliance with Enchantress
• Marvel Two-in-One/Defenders #20:  battled Defenders and Thing as Enchantress' ally
• Thor #258-261:  led assault on Asgard, fought Balder
• Thor #263-264:  with Enchantress, served as Loki's lieutenant during his brief rule of Asgard
• Thor #350:  with Enchantress, joined forces of Asgard against legions of Surtur
• Thor #360:  abandoned by Enchantress in favor of Heimdall, joined Thor's mission to rescue mortal souls trapped in Hell
• Thor #362:  sacrificed his axe to destroy Hela's giant battleship Naglfar, died guarding escape of Thor's forces from Hel
• Avengers Annual #16:  summoned from Valhalla by Grandmaster as member of his Legion of the Unliving, battled Thor
• New Mutants #85:  led escape of the Einherjar from Hela's prison, joined assault on Hela's forces by Asgardians and New Mutants

Appearances:

Avengers 7, 9-10, 15-16, 83, 157, 249
Avengers Annual 1, 16
Defenders 4, 20
Fantastic Four 405
Fantastic Four Annual 3
Incredible Hulk 102
Journey Into Mystery 103-104, 116-117
Marvel Two-in-One 7
New Mutants 83, 85
Tales to Astonish 76-77
Thor 258-260, 263-264, 277, 350-352, 359-362, 382, 402, 440
Thunderstrike 23-24