Lyja
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Lyja is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. As a Skrull, she possesses the ability to shapeshift into almost any humanoid or animal form. Modifications on her body gave her the power to generate energy blasts.
Character biography
Longtime enemies of the Fantastic Four, the Skrull empire embarked on a plan to infiltrate the Fantastic Four via seduction. The author of the plan Paibok the Power Skrull elected Lyja to be the spy, possibly because they had once had a failed affair.Unbeknownst even to readers, during the Secret Wars Lyja replaced Alicia Masters, blind love interest of the Thing. The Skrullian plan almost hit a snag when the Thing opted to stay behind at the end of the war, instead of returning home to Earth. Lyja instead seduced Johnny Storm and eventually went on to marry him.
When the unhappy Thing returned for the wedding though, they found out Lyja's real identity, and that the real Alicia was a captive of the Skrulls. In the ensuing battle to rescue Alicia, Lyja was believed to be slain, when she threw herself in the path of a blast which Paibok had meant for the Human Torch.
Instead Paibok recovered her body and with the assistance of Devos the Devastator, reanimated Lyja, also bestowing her with the power to fly and fire energy blasts from her hands. Joining them in search of vengeance, the three isolated and battled the Torch at Empire State University. Panicking, the Torch burst into his Nova Flame and destroyed the campus. However, Lyja still bore feelings for the Torch and once again betrayed her cohorts to side with the Four.
Still in love with Johnny, Lyja stalked him while as a human, Bridget O'Neil, eventually revealing herself. She became an ally of the Fantastic Four, and joined the Fantastic Force team. The Fantastic Force dissolved after its leader Franklin Richards was reverted to childhood, and Lyja returned to the Fantastic Four, where she and Johnny seemed to be on track to reconciling their relationship. However, in the wake of the Onslaught criss, the Fantastic Four were thought dead, and Lyja left to attempt a normal life, masquerading again as a human woman. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
MC2
In the MC2 universe, Lyja is married to the Human Torch and is a member of the Fantastic Five, under the name Ms. Fantastic. They have a son, Torus Storm, who inherited both Lyja's shape-shifting abilities and the Torch's flame powers.Other Media
Lyja appeared as a Skrull soldier in the Fantastic Four 1994 TV series.
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