10 Things Marvel Wants You To Forget About Elektra

5. She Was Replaced By A Skrull

Elektra Skrull Siri
Marvel Comics

While we all might be clamouring for a Secret Invasion-style storyline to hit the MCU in the wake of Captain Marvel's 2019 release, it's important to bear in mind that the comic wasn't really all that great. In fact it was pretty bad, and Elektra's treatment during the event was particularly woeful.

Replaced by a Skrull at some point during her time in Japan, the real Elektra was left imprisoned on a Skrull ship. The fake one, however, was out and about doing normal Elektra things during Brian Bendis' and Ed Brubaker's respective Daredevil comic series, which is too goofy for words, really.

Skrull deceptions make sense in certain contexts, but they can often devalue the work of other writers - especially when their presence is instrumental in the development of a specific story or plot.

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