History ComicBook / TheInhumans

* 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.

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.

The Inhumans are a [[TheKingdom 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}}, 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}}.

* {{Ultraterrestrials}}: The Earth-based Inhumans, though they don't live on Earth anymore.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A number of people (including Creator/ChrisClaremont) have pointed out that the concept of the hybrid Inhumans from ''Infinity'' seems ''very'' similar to the existing concept of {{Mutants}}. It has been speculated that this is being done for the sake of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, which [[ExiledFromContinuity can't use mutants]] since the Film/XMen's film rights are owned by [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox Fox]].

Other Royal family members include 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.

* StevenUlyssesPerhero: Black Bolt's full name is '''Black'''agar '''Bolt'''agon.

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: The Inhumans prize unique appearances and abilities. When one girl gets nothing but a slightly lengthened right hand, she disappoints her family and is ostracized by her friends. Another Inhuman who wound up with the power to change people's skin color was ostracized by his parents and ended up living in Attilan's poor Darkward district.

* BadassNormal: Karnak never underwent the Terrigenesis process. After those in charge saw how drastic his brother Triton's mutation was, they didn't want to risk it a second time. Instead, he was trained in Inhuman martial arts and uses his high intellect to find the weak points in people and objects. Many people who don't know better assume this is a superpower from the Mists. Althought it should be noted that Karnak is still an Inhuman and has natural abilities such as being slightly stronger than humans or [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace being able to survive on the Moon unaided]], so he could be considered a borderline case.

* BlessedWithSuck: Black Bolt (only about his voice powers, however). DependingOnTheWriter, Lockjaw can be a more straight-up example, being an Inhuman that emerged from Terrigenesis with teleportation powers, but who looks like a giant dog and is of somewhat vaguely-defined intelligence. (More often, however, he looks like a dog and has limited intelligence because he's a dog.)

* BlessedWithSuck: Black Bolt (only about his voice powers, however). Lockjaw is a more straight-up example, being an Inhuman that emerged from Terrigenesis with teleportation powers, but who looks like a giant dog and is of somewhat vaguely-defined intelligence.

With the launch of ''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel'', the Inhumans brand will expand again. ''Inhumanity'' will be replaced with two new ongoing series: ''[[ComicBook/CharlesSoulesInhumans Uncanny Inhumans]]'' will follow Medusa and Black Bolt, along with several of their allies including [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Johnny Storm]] and [[ComicBoom/XMen Beast]]; ''[[ComicBook/CharlesSoulesInhumans All-New Inhumans]]'' will see 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 will join the ComicBook/UncannyAvengers, Karnak will receive his own ongoing, and Devil Dinosaur will team with eleven year-old [=NuHuman=] genius Lunella Lafayette in ''ComicBook/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur''.

Some time after the events of ''ComicBook/TheThanosImperative'', a group called the Universal Inhumans was discovered based on four other races, [[PettingZooPeople 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 Blackbolt would lead them. Blackbolt would eventually led his Inhumans to assimilate with this new faction and leave the Kree empire and its people in Kree control. Although bad blood still existing between the Inhumans and Kree.

* BreakoutCharacter: With Marvel's attempts to expand the line in TheNewTens, ironically enough [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Kamala Khan]] has become the most successful Inhuman comic book.

** "Terrigenesis" via the mutagenic Terrigen Mists.

* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: Triton will sometimes get a mission or so that involves his swimming. Including his part during the ''Secret Invasion'' mini. During the ''ComicBook/WarOfKings'', he and other aquatic Inhumans played the role of shock troopers in battle since their lifetime of undersea combat training was useful in zero-g environments.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: This happens for them often. Most notably, their more recent storylines against the ComicBook/XMen.
* UnPerson: The Unspoken, a former king whose name was stricken from all Inhuman records due to his "crime" of deciding that the Slave Engine was too terrible to be kept in his people's hands. [[spoiler: He would later try to "redeem" himself by unleashing it on China]].

Outside of the royal family, Inhumans have been showing up in the MCU on ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', with protagonist Creator/DaisyJohnson undergoing Terrigenesis in the second mid-season finale.

!!The Inhumans provides examples of the following tropes:

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: This happens for them often. Most notably, their more recent storylines against the XMen.

In 2014, an ''Inhumans'' movie (featuring the royal family) was announced for Phase 3 of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, but it was eventually taken off the release schedule for unknown reasons. In 2016, it was confirmed that the Inhumans would be getting [[Series/TheInhumans2017 a television series]] instead, produced by Creator/{{ABC}} Studios and Creator/{{IMAX}}, with the latter screening its first two episodes in theaters ahead of the television debut.

The Inhumans are a [[TheKingdom 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, Medusa, 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}}.

The Inhumans are a [[TheKingdom 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 Black Bolt, 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, Medusa, 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}}.

* FromBadToWorse: Could describe the Inhumans and their situation going back a long while. First they had to hide from humans for centuries, then modern-day pollution got so bad they had to move to the Moon. Then, after M-Day Quicksilver stole their Terrigenesis crystals, which were then stolen by the U.S. government, who refused to give them back. The Inhuman reaction just caused America to declare war on the Inhumans, with none of their super-hero friends willing or able to help out, which led to Maximus finally taking charge of Attilan. Then the [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion Skrulls came after them]], at which point the Inhumans decided they were fed up of being everyone's punching bags.

-->-- '''Inhumans #1: Sonic Youth'''

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

'''The Inhumans''' are a [[HiddenElfVillage secret race]] of superhumans within the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. Although they started out as just background characters for the ComicBook/FantasticFour, they've since become involved with other characters and have even starred in their own series occasionally. Originally a single Inhuman, Medusa, was introduced as a villain in ''Fantastic Four'' #36 (March, 1965). Then her cousin Gorgon turned up in #44 (November, 1965), and the rest of the family in #45 (December, 1965).

In 2014, an ''Inhumans'' movie (featuring the royal family) was announced for Phase 3 of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, but it was eventually taken off the release schedule for unknown reasons. In 2016, it was confirmed that the Inhumans would be getting [[Series/TheInhumans a television series]] instead, produced by Creator/{{ABC}} Studios and Creator/{{IMAX}}, with the latter screening its first two episodes in theaters ahead of the television debut.

The Inhumans are set to make their big screen debut in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse on a date to be determined. Kevin Feige also said that like ComicBook/BlackPanther, the Inhumans would be making their MCU debut somewhere else before their actual movie. This later turned out to be much earlier than expected via ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', Inhumans began appearing in Season 2's Winter finale.

* 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 Most 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.