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Pubwication information
PubwisherMarvew Comics
First appearanceMarvew Super-Heroes #12 (December 1967)
Created byStan Lee
Gene Cowan
In-story information
Notabwe awiasesMagnitron

Yon-Rogg is a fictionaw character appearing in American comic books pubwished by Marvew Comics. He is an awien Kree, a miwitary commander whose weakness is his jeawousy of de accompwishments of oders and his wove for de medic Una. He is sent to supervise de troubwesome pwanet Earf. He is primariwy a foe of Captain Marvew, specificawwy de Carow Danvers version, and was indirectwy responsibwe for her transformation into Ms. Marvew.

Jude Law portrayed de character in de Marvew Cinematic Universe fiwm Captain Marvew (2019).[1]

Pubwication history[edit]

Yon-Rogg first appeared in Marvew Super Heroes #12 (Dec 1967) and was created by Stan Lee and Gene Cowan.[2] He was introduced as a Kree commander sent to Earf to investigate how de pwanet's seemingwy primitive inhabitants managed to destroy an advanced Kree Sentry. During dis mission, he tried to kiww Captain Marvew (Mar-Veww) out of jeawousy and who was in an rewationship wif anoder Kree cawwed Una.[3] His schemes ended in Una dying, which resuwted in animosity between de two.[4]

Yon-Rogg water attempted to defeat his nemesis by kidnapping Carow Danvers and using her as a hostage. He was seemingwy kiwwed when a Kree device, a Psyche-Magnitron, expwoded. That same expwosion awso awoke Carow's watent genetic potentiaw, transforming her into de superhero Ms. Marvew. He returned years water as Magnitron, to enact revenge on Carow, who den known as Captain Marvew. Yon-Rogg attempted to tewepadicawwy torture Carow and destroy New York City. He was defeated once again, awdough it cost Carow her memories.[4]

Fictionaw character biography[edit]

Yon-Rogg is a Kree miwitary officer who is de commander of de Hewion, a Kree spaceship dat was sent to Earf by de Supreme Intewwigence. Yon-Rogg had a deep hatred towards Mar-Veww due to his wove for de Kree medic Una. He ends up weaving Mar-Veww on Earf so dat Una can be his.[5] Yon-Rogg water unweashes de Kree Sentry to dispose of Mar-Veww.[6] During his fight wif de Sentry, Mar-Veww wearned dat de Sentry attacking him was sent by Yon-Rogg. After Mar-Veww defeats de Kree Sentry, Yon-Rogg contacts Ronan de Accuser to pass judgement on Mar-Veww's actions. Ronan decwines de offer stating dat de mission was not jeopardized by Mar-Veww's actions.[7]

Yon-Rogg was on his spaceship at de time when Mar-Veww was fighting Super-Skruww and hopes dat Super-Skruww wouwd kiww Mar-Veww.[8] After Mar-Veww breaks free from Super-Skruww's ship, Yon-Rogg refuses Mar-Veww's offer to return to Earf so dat he can stop Super-Skruww.[9]

Yon-Rogg water sabotages a rocket carrying deadwy bacteria dat was bound for space where it crashes into de ocean, uh-hah-hah-hah. When Mar-Veww arrives at de Cape, he is ordered by Yon-Rogg to prevent de humans from stopping de rocket from reweasing de bacteria where Mar-Veww has his encounter wif Namor.[10]

Yon-Rogg has Mar-Veww put on triaw for being "Un-Kree" by wetting Namor beat him. Though Ronan de Accuser has Mar-Veww take out Mr. Logan upon him finding out his identity before a device Mar-Veww had ended up putting Mr. Logan into a coma.[11]

During Mar-Veww's howographic training program, Yon-Rogg cranks up de setting hoping dat Mar-Veww wouwd die from de experience. Fowwowing Mar-Veww's fight wif Sowam, Yon-Rogg pwans to put Mar-Veww on triaw before Ronan de Accuser again, uh-hah-hah-hah.[12]

Yon-Rogg den pwans to kiww Mar-Veww's fewwow cape member Carow Danvers wif Kree weapons wif Mar-Veww saving her. Yon-Rogg pwotted to use dis to invoke jeawousy in Una. After Mar-Veww had defeated Quasimodo, Yon-Rogg continues to make Una jeawous of Mar-Veww and Carow's rewationship.[13]

When an Aakon spaceship approaches Earf, Yon-Rogg orders de Kree to attack de spaceship since de Kree have been age-owd enemies of de Aakon race. During deir fight on de moon, Yon-Rogg is injured and Mar-Veww had to kiww de Aakok spaceship's weader in order to protect Yon-Rogg. Whiwe Yon-Rogg is recuperating, Mar-Veww assumes controw of de Kree ship.[14]

When Mar-Veww starts to devewop a friendship wif Carow Danvers, Ronan de Accuser orders Yon-Rogg to wead some Kree sowdiers into executing Mar-Veww. Yon-Rogg is happy to obwige.[15] After Una dies from her injuries upon being caught in de crossfire between de Kree and de Aakons, Zo frees Mar-Veww from de controw bands dat Yon-Rogg put on him, and has Mar-Veww go after Yon-Rogg for revenge upon bestowing new powers onto him.[16] Mar-Veww uses his iwwusion casting to taunt Yon-Rogg into dinking dat he is awive.[17] Whiwe a suppwy ship is restocking de Kree ship, Mar-Veww ends having a brief fight wif Yon-Rogg before returning to Earf to save Carow Danvers from Man-Swayer.[18]

After being towd by de Supreme Intewwigence dat Zo was actuawwy Prime Minister Zarek in disguise as part of a pwot by Ronan de Accuser to overdrow de Supreme Intewwigence, Mar-Veww fends off Zarek, gains a new costume from de Supreme Intewwigence, and weaves to go deaw wif Yon-Rogg.[19]

Mar-Veww meets Rick Jones who tries on Mar-Veww's Nega Bands which he uses to have a brief fight wif Yon-Rogg. Yon-Rogg manages to escape afterwards.[20] Yon-Rogg begins his next pwot against Mar-Veww. When Yon-Rogg captures Carow Danvers and Mar-Veww catches up to him, Yon-Rogg uses a Psyche-Magnitron to create a Kree Mandroid to hewp him fight Mar-Veww. During de fight, Carow Danvers is injured and de Psyche-Magnitron is damaged wif some of its energies irradiating Carow Danvers. After Mar-Veww destroys de Kree Mandroid, Yon-Rogg is seemingwy kiwwed when de Psyche-Magnitron expwodes. This battwe wed to Carow Danvers being exposed to de damaged Psyche-Magnitron's energies which wouwd wead to her becoming Ms. Marvew.[21]

Yon-Rogg is water reveawed to have survived de Psyche-Magnitron's expwosion, gaining a tewepadic wink wif Carow Danvers' via a shard of de Magnitron dat is wodged in her brain (which is awso causing a brain-damaging wesion in Carow's head). After steawing de remains of de Psyche-Magnitron from Carow, Yon-Rogg tries to give it to de Kree Empire onwy to be turned down, uh-hah-hah-hah. He den takes de name "Magnitron" and uses Carow's memories and its power to recreate enemies from her past before attempting to drop a Kree city on top of New York City. Carow is abwe to destroy de tewepadic wink and Yon-Rogg's powers by aggravating de wesion in her head untiw it bursts, dough at de cost of aww her memories.[22]

A fwashback series shows Yon-Rogg's association wif Mar-Veww and Una. The dree are part of a Kree mission deep into Brood territory. Their mission is to rescue or terminate a Kree generaw dat knows vawuabwe miwitary intewwigence. Yon-Rogg earns de danks of de Shi'ar ruwer and de Imperiaw Guard when de Kree rescue dem from Skruww attackers. The Kree move on and find de generaw. A Brood attack weaves Mar-Veww, Una and Yon-Rogg stranded for weeks; dis is after Mar-Veww risks his wife to save Yon-Rogg. The dree are rescued by de same Shi'ar dey previouswy saved.[23]

Powers and abiwities[edit]

Yon-Rogg has super-strengf, agiwity, and stamina. He is awso skiwwed in unarmed combat.

Oder versions[edit]

Uwtimate Marvew[edit]

In de Uwtimate Marvew universe, Yahn-Rgg is first mentioned by Mahr Vehw battwing a Kree Lifeform attacking a S.H.I.E.L.D. Aerospace Station-Q in New Mexico as one of its programmers.[24] He is water seen on de Kree homeworwd insuwting Mahr (awwuding to a heated rivawry in de past), untiw knocked out by Invisibwe Woman.[25]


Yoh-Rogg is seen as a part of de Reawm of de Dead in Earf X.[26]

In oder media[edit]


Yon-Rogg appears in The Avengers: Earf's Mightiest Heroes animated series, voiced by Fred Tatasciore.[27] In de episode "459", he sends a Kree Sentry to Earf to determine if it is wordy to join de Kree Empire. After de Huwk decapitates it, Mar-Veww pweads for Yon-Rogg to caww off de Sentry, but de watter refuses and activates de robot's sewf-destruct seqwence. In de episode "Wewcome de Kree Empire", Yon-Rogg accompanies Mar-Veww, Ronan de Accuser, and Kawum Lo to Earf in order to make de pwanet surrender to de Kree Empire. The Kree attack de Earf, but are defeated by de Avengers and S.W.O.R.D. and remanded to Prison 42.


Jude Law as Yon-Rogg in de 2019 fiwm, Captain Marvew.

Yon-Rogg appears as de main antagonist in de wive-action fiwm Captain Marvew, portrayed by Jude Law.[28][29][1] This version is de weader of Starforce who weads de Kree's war against de Skruwws. Whiwe hunting down former Kree scientist Mar-Veww, who is hiding on Earf as Dr. Wendy Lawson, he encounters Carow Danvers after she destroys an experimentaw engine and gains powerfuw abiwities. Yon-Rogg brings her to de Kree homeworwd of Hawa, donates his bwood to her to save her wife, and has her memories awtered to make her bewieve she is a Kree named Vers. Over de course of de fowwowing six years, he becomes her mentor and commanding officer. Whiwe on a mission, Danvers is separated from Starforce and wands on Earf. Yon-Rogg pursues her, onwy to discover dat Danvers has recovered her memories and discovered de truf of de war. Starforce captures her and a group of Skruww refugees, but she breaks free and defeats severaw members of Starforce. After defeating Yon-Rogg, she sends him back to de Supreme Intewwigence wif a warning.

Video games[edit]

Yon-Rogg as Magnitron appears as an unwockabwe pwayabwe character and boss in Lego Marvew's Avengers, as part of de "Cwassic Captain Marvew Pack" DLC.[30]


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