Pagon

Pagon
Pagon
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The New Avengers #1; (December 2004).
Created by	Brian Michael Bendis; David Finch
In-story information
Alter ego	Pagon
Species	War-Skrull
Team affiliations	Skrull Empire
Notable aliases	Elektra
Abilities	Shapeshifting; Use of sai (as Elektra);

Pagon is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist David Finch, the character first appeared in The New Avengers #1 (December 2004).^[1] He belongs to the fictional extraterrestrial Skrull species.^[2]

Publication history

Pagon was created by Brian Michael Bendis and David Finch, and debuted as a cameo in The New Avengers #1 (December 2004) before appearing with a full appearance in New X-Men vol. 2 #13 (May 2005); the character impersonated Elektra as a lead-in to the Secret Invasion storyline.^[3]

Fictional character biography

Pagon was a lover of Veranke who went alongside several Skrulls to assist Siri, but his allies were killed so Pagon utilized the powers of Invisible Woman, Colossus and the Thing to severely blindside Elektra who he impersonated.^[4] His infiltration as the leader of the Hand and Hydra resulted in arranging the Raft's breakout, and harassing the X-Men.^[5]^[6] Pagon kills, resurrects and imprisons Maya Lopez to use as a weapon before the New Avengers rescue his victim who stabs the Skrull to death.^[7] Pagon's death was a planned major "reveal" of the Skrulls' conspiracy towards Earth.^[8] An autopsy on Pagon's body was done by Iron Man and Mister Fantastic.^[9]

Powers and abilities

Pagon possesses the ability to physically transform himself like other Skrulls.^[10]

In other media

Pagon / Elektra has a cameo appearance in Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth.^{[citation needed]}
Pagon / Elektra appears as a boss in Marvel Heroes.^{[citation needed]}
Pagon appears in Secret Invasion, portrayed by Killian Scott.^[11]^[12] This version is the Skrull Resistance's second-in-command who posed as an unidentified man. Pagon would perform reconnaissance missions alongside Gravik in locating the Harvest but gets callously murdered once he spoke out against the first Super-Skrull's leadership.