Troll (Marvel Comics)
Troll | |
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Publication information | |
Kevin Walker | |
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Alter ego | Gunna Sijurvald |
Species | Asgardian/Troll Hybrid |
Team affiliations | Thunderbolts |
Abilities | Super-strength |
Troll (Gunna Sijurvald) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Publication history
The character first appeared in
She has appeared as a regular character in Thunderbolts since issue #157, and has remained with the team since the title transitioned into Dark Avengers beginning with issue #175.
Fictional character biography
Troll is the offspring of an
When Luke Cage lead the Thunderbolts on their first mission to the Raft, they run into the young Gunna, who attacks and disables Ghost suit with her axe. Ghost tries calling for help, as the attacking girl wearing troll skin is about to slice him in two. Luckily for Ghost, Crossbones hits her in the side with one shot, causing her to fall down. Cage reprimands Crossbones for the seemingly lethal action, though the latter defends that he simply used a dart to penetrate the girl's ear.
Later at the Raft, Valkyrie identifies the girl as Gunna, an
Thor also visited Troll in her jail cell to offer her a place at Asgard, but she rejected his offer telling him that she was not Asgardian.[4]
When a trio of male prisoners tease Gunna from behind the forcefield separating the men's courtyard from the women's. Gunna tries pouncing on them only for the forcefield to block her way. Warden
Recently, Troll was recruited to join their Beta team of the Thunderbolts nicknamed 'The Underbolts'.
During the
Troll escaped together with several other inmates who were members of the Thunderbolts. Due to a failure of the teleportation technology of their tower caused by
While the other members of the Thunderbolts went their criminal ways, Troll stayed behind in the care of Luke Cage and Songbird, to - as the latter put it - "Show the world who you really are."[15]
At the time when the Mother Parasite plotted to take over the world, Troll is among the younger characters that assist the Young Avengers into fighting the Mother Parasite as children and those who are young at heart can see the Mother Parasite's machinations.[16]
Powers
Troll has been shown to have superhuman strength, displayed by bending the metal bars on her jail cell and wielding a battle-axe that mortal men find impossible to lift. She appears to have the ability to call the axe to her mentally as shown when she fought an army of Doombots in Latveria.[17]
References
- ^ a b c d Thunderbolts #146
- ^ Thunderbolts #147
- ^ Thunderbolts #148
- ^ Thunderbolts #150
- ^ Thunderbolts #155
- ^ Thunderbolts #156
- ^ Thunderbolts #157
- ^ Thunderbolts #158
- ^ Thunderbolts #163
- ^ Thunderbolts #164
- ^ Thunderbolts #166
- ^ Thunderbolts #169
- ^ Thunderbolts #170
- ^ Thunderbolts #173
- ^ Dark Avengers #183
- ^ Young Avengers Vol. 2 #11-15
- ^ Dark Avengers #177