the ring's range, nullifying the effect. Crusader joins the rest of the Initiative in combating the Skrull invasion of New York. Crusader kills his old friend K'rtem who had given him a scar down his face during Skrull training, which Crusader has worn as a proud reminder. After killing K'rtem, Crusader removes the scar from his form. Crusader witnesses Initiative cadet Proton being executed by the Skrulls. After some doubt to which side he should fight for (and a personal pep talk by Nick Fury), Crusader decides to fight for Earth. After the battle, Crusader notices the Skrull impersonating Pym running off and chases after him. Crusader fights and defeats the impostor, but 3-D Man then realizes that Crusader is a Skrull and shoots him through the head. His fellow Initiative members believe that "human" Crusader had simply been replaced by a Skrull. As Crusader lays mortally injured, he wishes "it could have ended differently" and then disappears. Powers and abilities Z'Reg's Skrull physiology enables him to shapeshift into virtually any form that he chooses and copy the powers of other heroes. Later, he takes Curtis Doyle's ring as an honor for his death. The ring was crafted from a fragment of a destroyed Cosmic Cube which allows the wearer to alter reality within a radius of roughly 15 feet (4.6m) around him, giving him a sphere of reality he can alter. Other characters named Crusader In Black Knight Comics #1-5, el Alemain was known as Crusader circa 1189 A.D. He was an Englishman and an ally of King Richard. He wore a robe and headdress and used a scimitar. An impostor Marvel Boy (Robert Grayson) was called Crusader in Fantastic Four #165. On Earth-238, Perseus Ablemarle is known as Crusader. He sought vengeance on the criminals that killed his parents and was possibly killed on his first outing. He was trained in various forms of combat and first appeared in Rampage Magazine #41 and died in Marvel Super-Heroes #388. On Earth-9811, Sarah Rogers, the daughter of Captain America and Rogue, was known as Crusader. She first appeared in What If? vol. 2 #114 and Avengers Forever #11-12. In the Ultraverse (non-Marvel comics), an immortal warrior was called Crusader but was defeated by Rune in 1348 A.D. and later killed by Rune. He first appeared in Rune vol. 2 #4. On Earth-2122, a member of the Captain Britain Corps was