Trull

History: When his spaceship crashed in the jungles of Africa, Trull sent his life-essence out of his crushed body in search of a new form to inhabit. He drifted along and came upon a construction crew testing a new “steam shovel”. Trull penetrated the structure of the steam shovel and took over the piece of equipment. He threatened the members of the crew, telling them how he planned to conquer the Earth. The menace of Trull was ended when the alien-controlled steam shovel was forced to battle an elephant, which resulted in a damaged engine for the steam shovel. No longer having any mobility, the exhausted Trull abandoned the wrecked steam shovel and disappeared into the jungle.

Height: Inapplicable
Demonstrated Powers: Trull was a formless, immaterial life-essence (a quality he shared with his “people”) who could inhabit the molecular structure of inanimate objects. While inhabiting the steam shovel, Trull had all of its functions, but also its weaknesses (control could be overridden by operator at controls, immobile if engine damaged).

Trull could speak by manipulating parts of the steam shovel mechanism, the vibrations simulating a “voice”.

Equipment: Spaceship - damaged

Comment: The theme of this story (immaterial, alien life-force taking over a piece of construction equipment) was originally used by Theodore Sturgeon in his story, “Killdozer” (which was adapted by Marvel in Worlds Unknown # 6, and by the ABC network as a TV movie).

Comment: Trull should not be confused with the wizard Trull, who battled Starr the Slayer in Chamber of Darkness #4.

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