Shiklah is a supervillain that appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She was married to Deadpool, but they became estranged, and she married Dracula instead.

Publication history

Shiklah first appeared in the web comic Deadpool: The Gauntlet #3, and was created by writers Brian Posehn and Gerry Duggan and artist Reilly Brown.

Fictional character biography

Shiklah is a succubus who ruled over the monsters of Earth alongside her family before humans existed. After being overthrown by the vampires, Shiklah's father sealed her and her pet dragon Bug in a coffin to protect them. In the present, Dracula tasks Deadpool with retrieving Shiklah to unite the monster world under his rule.[1]

Shiklah falls in love with Deadpool instead, and they marry in a ceremony officiated by Nightcrawler. However, the two ultimately divorce, with Shiklah marrying Dracula instead.[2]

Powers and abilities

As a succubus, Shiklah possesses superhuman physical abilities and is nigh-immortal. She can additionally generate ethereal fire, shapeshift, create dimensional portals, and drain the life force of others.

Other versions

  • An alternate universe variant of Shiklah from Earth-16356 appears in Deadpool 2099. This version was shrunken and imprisoned in Deadpool's body following a failed attempt to conquer Earth.[3]
  • An alternate universe variant of Shiklah appears in Deadpool & Cable: Split Second.[4]
  • An alternate universe variant of Shiklah from Earth-61610 appears in the Secret Wars tie-in Mrs. Deadpool and the Howling Commandos.

References

  1. ^ Deadpool: The Gauntlet #3
  2. ^
    • Deadpool (vol. 6) #1 (January 2016)
    • Spider-Man/Deadpool #2 (April 2016)
    • Deadpool: Last Days of Magic one-shot (July 2016)
    • Deadpool (vol. 6) #28 (May 2017)
    • Deadpool (vol. 6) #29 (June 2017)
  3. ^ Deadpool (vol. 6) #6 (2016)
  4. ^ Deadpool & Cable: Split Second #4 (December 2015)
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