Captain Marvel: 9 Things You Need To Know About The Skrulls
2. The Chitauri Are Skrulls In Ultimate Universe Form
Remember the Chitauri - Loki's Thanos-sanctioned army in Avengers Assemble? Well they were Skrulls too... Sort of.
The comic origins of The Chitauri lie in the Marvel Ultimate Universe, which was a mass alternate-reality reboot of the Marvel storyline and all the characters within. Instead of the Skrulls as a malevolent alien force, The Chitauri were the big bad of outer space.
Like the Skrulls, the Chitauri had the ability to shape shift, and they too fought an intergalactic war with The Kree. They also tried multiple times to invade Planet Earth, particularly during World War II, with varying degrees of success.
For many readers, the benefit was that the Chitauri timeline was freshly written, and therefore less confusing to follow than the 50-odd year comic book history of the Skrulls.
But to make matters confusing nonetheless, the authentic Skrulls did make a guest appearance in the Ultimate universe, and resented being compared to the Chitauri, whom they dubbed as terrorists.
With this in mind, the Avengers Assemble movie translation of the Chitauri was a pretty loose one. Still, they worked well for the film.