History ComicBook / TheInhumans

* MakeMeWannaShout: Black Bolt's power. His scream isn't destructive just because of simple sound waves, but because it releases particles that break down matter on the sub-atomic level. This is because the part of his brain that controls speech also controls his matter-manipulating powers.

The Inhumans are a monarchy whose Royal Family tends to be among their most powerful members; they also [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething go out and kick butt]] when necessary. Their king is ComicBook/BlackBolt, who besides being a FlyingBrick with [[ShockAndAwe electrical powers]] also has a voice that can literally destroy cities; he is thus forced to remain silent, communicating only by sign language (his wife, ComicBook/{{Medusa|MarvelComics}}, often translates for him). Bolt's brother, Maximus, [[CainAndAbel hates him out of envy]] and has tried to usurp the crown many times. At one point their cousin Crystal had a romantic relationship with Johnny Storm (the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four) and has even been a member of that group and of ComicBook/TheAvengers. However she ended up marrying the mutant hero ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} instead. They had a daughter, Luna, who has often been a target of villainous plans, what with being related not just to the Royal Inhumans but also to the ComicBook/XMen's foe ComicBook/{{Magneto}}.

Other Royal family members include ComicBook/{{Karnak}}, a martial artist; Triton, a [[FishPerson fish-man]]; and the satyr-like Gorgon, who can stomp really, really hard. They also have Lockjaw, [[{{Pun}} a bulldog the size of a bull]] who has {{teleportation}} powers and who may or may not be of human intelligence.

Some time after the events of ''ComicBook/TheThanosImperative'', a group called the Universal Inhumans was discovered based on four other races: Kymellians, [[ComicBook/ROMSpaceKnight Dire Wraiths]], [[Comicbook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Centaurians and Badoons]]. They too were products of Kree experiments with their people but were brought together under the prophecy that Black Bolt would lead them. Black Bolt would eventually lead his Inhumans to assimilate with this new faction and leave the Kree empire and its people in Kree control, although bad blood still exists between the Inhumans and Kree.

During the ''Comicbook/{{Infinity}}'' CrisisCrossover, it is revealed that hidden tribes of Inhumans have lived around the world for a number of years, and mated with the general population. It is discovered that a number of seemingly-normal humans across the globe actually have dormant Inhuman genes, which can be activated by Terrigen Mists and as a result of destruction of the Inhuman capital in the event, clouds of Terrigen Mists began spreading across the globe doing so. This becomes the central plot of the ''ComicBook/{{Inhumanity}}'' crossover, producing new super human characters throughout the Marvel Universe and a new ongoing series titled ''Inhuman'' about the surviving Inhumans and newly discovered ones dealing with the fallout. Originally intended to be written by Creator/MattFraction, creative difference led Fraction to leave, prompting to Marvel replace him with Creator/CharlesSoule. He's currently the incumbent architect of [[ComicBook/InhumansCharlesSoule the flagship Inhuman titles]].

With the launch of ''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel'', the Inhumans brand expanded again. ''Inhumanity'' was replaced with two new ongoing series: ''[[ComicBook/InhumansCharlesSoule Uncanny Inhumans]]'', following Medusa and Black Bolt, along with several of their allies including [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Johnny Storm]] and Comicbook/{{Beast|Marvel Comics}}; ''[[ComicBook/InhumansCharlesSoule All-New Inhumans]]'' saw Crystal and a team of old and new Inhumans investigating mysterious power-boosting towers appearing around the world. In addition to this, Inferno and new Inhuman Psynapse joined the ComicBook/UncannyAvengers, Karnak received his own ongoing, and Devil Dinosaur teamed with eleven year-old [=NuHuman=] genius Lunella Lafayette in ''ComicBook/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur''.

** The fact that they had a slave caste at all is more than enough reason to give many outsiders pause. When a visit from Comicbook/BlackPanther and Comicbook/{{Storm}} led to the discovery that Gorgon and Karnak had once again enslaved the Alpha Primitives against Black Bolt's wishes, Gorgon didn't seem to get what the big deal was.

* SecretLegacy: The big [[TheReveal Reveal]] in ''Comicbook/{{Infinity}}'' is that as a result of early Inhuman tribes mating with outsiders, thousands of humans across the planet secretly possess dormant Inhuman abilities.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Black Bolt is incredibly, near uncontrollably, powerful and the king of Attilan. This is a trend for most of the inhuman monarchs given focus. Randac discovered terrigenesis and happened to develop vast pyschic powers that helped his people fight of the Kree. The Unspoken's power is literally choosing ''any'' power he wants to have as long as he has a steady supply of terrigen crystals.

* BigFriendlyDog: Lockjaw

* CityInABottle: The Inhuman capital Attilan at one point.

-->'''Gorgon:''' [[DiggingYourselfDeeper It was for the good of the kingdom. Who is supposed to prepare the meals? Sweep the walks? Inhumans are not meant for such tasks!]]

* {{Foil}}: The Inhumans serve as this to Mutants as a whole. Both species are a super-powered minority of humans, but mutants are forced out of mainstream society by humanity, whilst the Inhumans choose to sequester themselves away from humans out of a mixture of xenophobia and arrogance. Both species have random powers that can potentially leave them hideously deformed, but the Inhumans deliberately trigger their powers through exposure to the Terrigenesis process whilst mutants have their powers develop unconsciously and spontaneously. Mutants are generally seen as a lesser race, struggling to survive in the face of human aggression, whilst the Inhumans live in contented isolation and, DependingOnTheWriter, may actually have the ability to just annihilate humanity if they ever decided they were sick of living in the middle of nowhere. In short, if mutants are like homosexuals, or African-Americans during the 1960s, then Inhumans are like the 1%ers
** Also, whilst the Mutants are a natural (if unstable) evolution of humanity, the Inhumans are an aberration, being the result of ancient experimentation on humans by Kree scientists.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Maximus, though he seems to have been on the Face side of the door for the most part since ComicBook/SecretInvasion.
** Until post-''ComicBook/{{Inhumanity}}'' where he abducts Black Bolt, mind-controls him using super-tech[[note]]Maximus' own powers aren't enough to control Black Bolt on his own[[/note]] and goes walkabout with him.

* NonHumanSidekick: Lockjaw... maybe.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Black Bolt
* PowerIncontinence: Black Bolt's ''whispers'' could easily destroy a city. He has gone through ''severe'' mental training so he ''never'' utters a word without choosing to do so, ''even in his sleep''.

* PrehensileHair: Medusa.
* ThePurge:
** The original Kree program fell victim to one, when the Supreme Intelligence got spooked. It ordered the Accusers to destroy all the evidence, including the species that had been experimented on. Only the fact the scientists hadn't given it all the information saved the Universal Inhumans.

* ServantRace: The Alpha Primitives

* ShockwaveStomp: Gorgon's chief ability

* TheSilentBob: Black Bolt for safety reasons.

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[[caption-width-right:331:[[RoyallyScrewedUp A Royal court]] by way of Creator/JackKirby.]]

However, the Inhumans are very xenophobic, and went as far as moving ''their entire city'' (with help from The Eternals, another hidden race) to the Himalayas to avoid being discovered by humans. They were found there by the Fantastic Four, and convinced to reveal themselves publicly, though their history of relations with the rest of the world is spotty. Later the city was moved to the "Blue Area of the Moon" (also created by the Kree) which has a breathable atmosphere.

* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: One Abominable Snowman (among several found in the Marvel Universe) turned out to be an Inhuman named [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Yeti.]] Originally just a cameo character in an early ''Fantastic Four'' issue, ''Marvel: The Lost Generation'' [[RetCon later]] [[AscendedExtra established]] that he was once a member of the pre-Fantastic Four superhero team the First Line -- and was, in fact, one of the only members to survive that team's climactic final battle with a Skrull invasion fleet.

After ''Inhumans Vs. X-Men'', the Inhumans split up again, with Medusa relinquishing the throne and setting off into space to try and find a way to replenish the Inhumans' Terrigenesis stock, in ''ComicBook/{{Royals}}''. Meanwhile, Black Bolt got his own ongoing series. Both were eventually cancelled, and everything was streamlined into a single Inhuman miniseries, ''Death of the Inhumans'', which launched as part of the ComicBook/MarvelAFreshStart initiative.

* CListFodder: [[spoiler: Most of the characters killed off in ''Death of the Inhumans'' fit this, with the majority of the deaths being characters like the Universal Inhumans from Creator/JonathanHickman's ''Fantastic Four'' run and the recent [=Nuhuman=]s from Charles Soule's work. The only actual deaths among the royal family were Maximus and Triton, and even the latter has historically been considered the least popular member of the core Inhumans. The end result makes it seem like the purpose of the story was to get rid of the extraneous Nuhumans who'd failed to catch on more than anything.]]

* PlotArmor: Despite ''Death of the Inhumans'' revolving around the Kree setting out massacre the Inhuman race, the most popular new Inhumans like Ms. Marvel and Moon Girl conveniently don't appear.

** The Kree decided to do this again in ''Death of the Inhumans''. The end result saw the Nuhumans being mostly eradicated.