Secret Invasion: Who Is Queen Veranke?

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There is still a frankly absurd catalog of Marvel Comics characters waiting their turn to enter the big-screen or small-screen adaptation universe. Some are hotly anticipated mainstays, while others are short-lived but impactful fixtures who are bound to the story that introduced them.

Secret Invasion is on its way to Disney+, in the form of a six-episode miniseries from a writer of Mr. Robot. The well-known Marvel Comics series is set to be a cornerstone of the ongoing Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it'll bring with it a host of new and interesting characters. Among the new introductions may be one of the original series' main villains, Skrull leader Queen Veranke.

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Queen Veranke was created by Brian Michael Bendis and David Finch, she first appeared in 2004's New Avengers #1. She's a member of the shape-shifting alien race known as the Skrulls who finds herself attaining the crown by birthright. She is initially a princess who is slavishly devoted to the species' vague religious order. She spends her early life doom-saying about the upcoming apocalyptic approach of an unclear threat. Her zealotry and defiance get her banished to a distant planet by her home's overlord. She's proven nightmarishly correct when Marvel's world eater Galactus comes to destroy her unnamed homeworld, leaving over a billion Skrulls dead. Thanks to the sudden power vacuum back home and her exile placing her in a safe location, she's the lone member of the royal family around to claim the crown.

Veranke's motivation is religious, she spearheads the invasion of Earth with the belief that it belongs to her and her people. The plan to seed the blue planet with sleeper agents, disguised