When Gamora discovers that Thanos is not dead, she discovers that five clones of Thanos exist called the Thanosi.
The
Thanosi are failed genetic experiments which share the DNA of Thanos
and characteristics of five superheroes: Professor X; Doctor Strange;
Gladiator; Iron Man and Galactus.
The Thanosi, named X; Mystic;
Warrior; Armor and Omega are a nihilistic group determined to destroy
Thanos with a black hole that they plot to create.
When the Champion of the Universe takes control over the
planet Skardon the only way he would agree to give up his power is by
being defeated in the ring.
Many
super heroes attempt to defeat the Champion, but all fail. It is left
up to She Hulk trained by Gamora to try and defeat the ruler.
Gamora
advises that She Hulk train in her Jennifer Walters form as any
strength that she gain as a human is magnifies when she transforms.
After applying the advise of Gamora, She Hulk was able to get into the ring with the Champion of the Universe and defeat him.
When Maya, the agent of Count Abyss was sent to stay with
Gamora and the Infinity Watch on Monster Island, Gamora did not take to
her. It was assumed that Gamora was simply jealous of Warlocks affection
for Maya, but Gamora had sensed that Maya was part of a trap.
When
Count Abysss abducted Maya and bright her back to his realm, Warlock
was compelled to follow her due to the love potion Abyss had used to
make Adam fall for Maya.
Star Lord is best known for his role as leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
A
major character in the MCU films based on the Marvel comics, Peter
Quill aka Starlord has become well known by fans of the Avengers and
GOTG movies.
Star Lord aka Peter Quill
Star-Lord in Marvel Comics
The
character known as Peter Quill was conceived by Earth woman Meredith
Quill and the alien male J’son. J’son was the Spartoi Emperor at the
time. His ship crash landed on Earth, where he met Meredith.
The
two formed a romantic relationship soon after. J’son returned to space
to resume fighting in an intergalactic battle. He left Meredith back on
Earth, not knowing she was pregnant.
Ten years later, Peter
returns home after being bruised in his attempt to fend off a bully. As
he is washing up for supper, his mother is distracted by a bright light
outside. The light was from a pair of Badoon soldiers.
The aliens
arrived on Earth to kill Peter and Meredith to bring the “Spartoi
bloodline” to a halt. Meredith was assassinated by the Badoon, but Peter
was able to escape.
Young Peter Quill later wound up in an orphanage. He had a tough time adjusting to his new life and finding a foster family.
Peter
never gave up on his dream of becoming an astronaut. He wanted to
travel into space to find the aliens who murdered his mother and avenge
her death.
Quill got one step closer to his dream as an adult when
he landed a job at NASA. Realising his opportunity, Peter stole a space
ship left belonging to the Kree. He managed to elude the station’s
security and successfully flew into space.
Unfortunately, the
stolen space ship soon started malfunctioning. Unfamiliar with the alien
technology, Peter became stranded in space.
He was drifting all
alone in the cosmos for three days, until a group of space pirates known
as the Ravagers came across his ship.
The pirates’ leader Yondu tried to steal the spacecraft after saving Quill. Peter put up a brave fight, but was later imprisoned.
Afterwards,
Quill asked the alien space captain if he could join his crew. Yondu
was skeptical at first, but agreed to bring the young Earthman on as his
cleaning boy.
Peter stayed on and paid close attention to the pirate crew, attempting to learn as much as he could from them.
Star Lord
A
couple years after Peter stole the Kree ship, he met Ma Savage. The
alien woman became a kind of second mother to Quill, and he started
funding her orphanage.
Quill also wound up meeting
his birth father J’son of Spartax, who was the second son of the
Galactic Emperor who had previously served as Star-Lord.
During
this encounter, Peter learned more about his family history and
heritage. He was also told about his birthright to become the Star-Lord.
J’son
wanted Peter to live and rule alongside him as prince of Spartax. Peter
rejected the invitation, because he disagreed with the idea of someone
owning the galaxy. He wanted the universe to be free to live and create
in peace.
The two parted on bad terms. Peter later found a
sentient vessel named “Ship” that he traveled the galaxy with for
several years.
Rocket has grown in popularity in recent years due to his
appearance in the recent Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy movies.
This is impressive, especially when you consider the lack of publicity
when he was first introduced.
The character only
appeared in 10 Marvel publications during his first three decades of
existence. He made his debut in the black and white magazine Marvel
Preview in the summer of 1976.
Rocket Racooon From Marvel Comics
Rocket Racoon in Marvel Comics
The
hero Rocket Raccoon is the “Guardian of the Keystone Quadrant.” This is
an area of space isolated from the rest of the universe by the Galacian
Wall.
Rocket is also captain of the starship Rack
‘n’ Ruin, which he operates along with his first mate Wal Rus (an
intelligent, talking walrus). Both of them are from the planet Halfworld
in the Keystone Quadrant.
The planet had become an abandoned colony populated by mentally ill humans.
The
animals on that world were genetically manipulated to become the
inmates’ caretakers. Animals were granted bipedal bodies and human
intelligent to handle their duties.
Rocket also served as
Halfworld’s chief law enforcement officer or “ranger.” He and his
companions protected the planet’s inhabitants from different threats.
Mar-Vell gave birth to a girl named Phyla. Phyla-Vell
originally adopted the name of Quasar in respect of of Wendell Vaughn
from who she inherited the Quantum-bands. But she soon came to be known
as Martyr.
Her brother’s name, Genis-Vell, comes
from genus. She was named after another similar type of life form and is
actually from phylum. Phylum is a scientific term for a level of taxons
that classify life.
Phyla-Vell from Marvel Comics
Phyla-Vell from Marvel Comics
Genis-Vell
destroyed and help recreate the universe and that’s when Phyla-Vell was
born. This all happened in an alternate universe where Genis was born.
The process of genetics that Genis came from went so well that his mom wanted to make a daughter too.
Phyla
and her brother Genis are Eternal/Kree hybrid. She’s the genetic clone
child of Elysius of Titan and Captain Marvel from Kree.
Phyla
underwent simulation training on Titan which made her versatile in
various things and made her age faster. All of this made her extremely
overzealous and cocky.
The first time Phyla appears is when she’s
neutralizing her brother because he went insane. After the
neutralization she decided to claim Captain Marvel’s mantle that her
brother denied.
All while this was happening, Moondragon broke up with Rick Jone’s late wife Mario. Phyla took this chance to start a romantic relationship with Moondragon.
Moondragon
was still sulking over his loss but found Phyla interesting. The two of
them go on a vacation and Phyla goes to the Starfox trial afterwards.
As an adult, Groot eventually found himself wandering off into Kree space. He was soon discovered and captured by Kree soldiers.
Groot formed a friendship with fellow prisoner Rocket Raccoon
and was added to a strike force led by Star-Lord. The primary objective
was to launch an attack on Hala in an effort to defeat the Phalanx.
During
the battle, most of Groot’s body was destroyed. A small twig from his
body broke off during the conflict, which Rocket rescued and carried
with him. Groot can eventually regrow his body to its normal size.
Powers And Abilities
Flora Colossus Physiology:
Groot belongs to an alien race of humanoid trees, and has various abilities that are different from most members of his species.
Regenerative Healing Factor:
He
has appeared to have been killed on at least three separate occasions,
and has managed to regrow himself from a sprig every time. This could be
a key factor in his botanopathy.
Size Addition:
Groot
can increase his size very rapidly, seemingly at will. Groot can grow
from a small sapling to his normal height, or grow from his normal
height into a giant.
Plasticity:
He can
also grow and stretch his limbs for different tasks. Groot is usually
seen as a tall tree-like humanoid, but he can also twist and bend his
roots into just about any size or shape imaginable.
Expanding his
limbs to various lengths gives him the appearance of having stretching
powers. These powers look somewhat similar to Reed Richards of the
Fantastic Four. This ability may be due to Groot’s mastery over plants
and his ability for cellular regeneration.
Superhuman Strength:
Groot’s
hardened body also gives him superhuman strength. He’s able to resist
attacks by Armodillo and other villains with strong outer shells or
armor.
Superhuman Durability:
His “skin” is
composed of wood fibers that are durable enough to withstand most
standard weapons. This includes laser beams, gunfire and fire that would
normally char or destroy other kinds of wood.
Chlorokinesis:
Groot
can control other plant life in addition to his own body. He can use
these powers to heal himself, grow his body and convert his limbs into
powerful weapons during battle.
Healing Power:
He
can also heal others. While the full extent of this capability is not
yet known, he was able to heal the being known as the Gardener from
poison in mere seconds.
Genius-Level Intellect:
Groot
received only the best education from Photonic Knowledge of the Arbor
Masters during his time on Planet X. He is reported as being extremely
intelligent and has vast knowledge of quasi-dimensional super-positional
engineering, according to the Inhuman known as “Maximus the Mad.”
The Mantis from Marvel comics is a Vietnamese and German
woman who was adopted by the Kree cult to be the potential mom of the
Celistial Messiah.
Mantis from Guardians of the Galaxy in Marvel Comics
She
was trained and had her memory erased to have a clean slate. The Kree
cult sent her to venture the universe to be well versed, and that’s
where she met the Avengers.
Mantis meets Jacques Duquesne who’s a swordsman while she was working as a barmaid at a Vietnamese bar.
The
two of them go back to the United States after Mantis helps Jacques
regain his self confidence. Jacques joins the Avengers and so does
Mantis due to her sexual attraction to the Vision.
Little did
Mantis know that the swordsman she helped out had feelings for her. This
was revealed only when Jacques was dying on his deathbed by the hands
of Kang the Conqueror while looking for Madonna.
After the
confession Mantis learns that she’s the Celestial Madonna and flees
Earth with Cotati so the Celestial Messiah could be born.
The Celestial Messiah
Mantis changes her name to Mandy Celestine to stay under cover and names the child that she’s carrying Sequoia.
Mantis gives Sequoia to some Priests of Pama so that she can be raised while she goes on adventures with the Silver Surfer.
She
starts a new relationship with the old herald of Galactus after her
powers changed and she started becoming depressed. A massive explosion
that she was situated with made the Silver Surfer think that Mantis was
dead.
Mantis actually lives on through the explosion but with all
of the stress that she’s been through she gets fragmented into various
versions of herself.
Each version has a different part of her
personality and memories. One of the versions of Mantis ends up on the
West Coast Avengers team for a little bit before she started to raise
her own son.
After a period of time, Mantis gathers all of her
fragmented selves and combines into one person again. She then rejoins
the Avengers and stops Thanos from killing her son.
While
all of that was happening, Mantis tries to get back with Vision but
stops as soon as she realizes that Vision and Scarlet Witch have a real
connection despite being away from each other.
ajor Victory was originally named Vance Astrovik. Vance
Astrovik was so consumed by his interest in outer space that he decided
to formally change his name to Astro, as it reflected his ambition to
become an astronaut.
Major Victory from Guardians of the Galaxy
That ambition was fulfilled after Astro reached the rank of Major within the US Air Force.
He volunteered to be an astronaut on the interstellar mission to Alpha Centuri, after being placed in suspended animation.
He
took so long to get there that Earth had already managed to settle the
area centuries before. Spending so long in stasis had also harmed his
metabolism, meaning that he could not survive without his suit on.
Although
there was no need for him to complete his mission, he still researched
the Centaurians. However that research ended as the alien Badoon
destroyed the population. Only he and the Centaurian called Yondu survived the attacks.
Astro
discovered that he could kill by unleashing brain waves of kinetic
power around this time. He and Yondu then found the Guardians of the
Galaxy and joined the fight to remove the Badoon from both the Solar and
Centuri.
Major Victory Story Arcs
Quest For The Shield
Vance
decided that locating the shield of his hero, Captain America would
prove to be useful in defeating the Badoon. The Guardians assist him in
the quest for the shield, using the Book of Antag as a guide. During the
search they run into The Stark and fight him.
During
that fight, The Stark damages Vance’s suit and he begins to age
rapidly. Martinex and Charlie 27 work together to make him a cast that
protects from aging any further and allows him to use his right arm.
The
group soon find out where the shield, and are also sent to fight an
evil Force, by Main Frame, which is a sentient computer. Their leader,
Interface ends up fighting Vance, and seems to have the upper hand.
Interface
beats Vance for control of the shield yet discards it as he cannot use
it. Vance is in danger as Interface has taken off the cast.
He is
saved by grabbing the shield. It gives him powers as he is good. Vance
tells Interface that the shield has accepted him as the true successor
of Captain America.
After that right a new suit was made for him to enable him to keep functioning.
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Thanos Adopting Gamora
We see Thanos adopt Gamora in the
Infinity War MCU movie. But what are the differences in the back-story
of Thanos and Gamora in the comic books? Find out here.
We see Thanos adopt Gamora in the Infinity War MCU movie. But what
are the differences in the back-story of Thanos and Gamora in the comic
books?
Gamora and Adam Warlock
Find out how Gamora and Adam Warlock
work together to defeat the Magus and how Thanos kills Gamora. Luckily
Warlock is able to save Gamora’s soul and take her to Soulworld within
the Soul Gem.
The Infinity Watch
When Warlock gets the Infinity
Gems the power becomes too much for him to control. The Living Tribunal
declares that the Gems should be divided between a group of trusted
heroes. This is how Gamora gains possession of the Time Gem.
The Infinity Crusade
When the Goddess known as The Redemptress creates a Cosmic Egg it enables her to be granted her every wish.
The
Redemptress is able to recruit many Super heroes, including Gamora to
serve as her Holy Guard. As a result the power of the Redemptress
threatens the entire Universe.
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