Mantis (Marvel Comics)

Marvel Comics fictional character

Comics character

Mantis

Mantis
Art by Tom Raney

Publication information
Publisher| Marvel Comics
First appearance| The Avengers #112
(June 1973)
Created by| Steve Englehart (writer)
Don Heck (artist)
In-story information
Species| Human mutate
Team affiliations| Guardians of the Galaxy
Avengers
Knowhere Corps
Partnerships| Swordsman
Kang the Conqueror
Vision
Notable aliases| Willow
Lorelei
Mandy Celestine
Celestial Madonna
Abilities|

* Regenerative healing factor
* Energy projection
* Astral projection
* Chlorokinesis
* Precognition
* Pyrokinesis
* Empathy
* Expert martial artist

Mantis is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Don Heck, the character first appeared in The Avengers #112 (June 1973). Mantis has been depicted as a member of the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy, as the bride of Kang the Conqueror, and as the mother of Sequoia.

Pom Klementieff portrayed the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022), and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).

## Creation[edit]

In an interview Englehart commented on the character's creation: "I wanted someone to shake up the Avengers, so I came up with a femme fatale, but right after I did, I also came up with the Avengers-Defenders Clash, and I needed to use my femme as a solid team player, not a disrupter. I found that interesting – a character I'd created for a purpose who now had no purpose, and as a young writer exploring my parameters, I started letting her tell her own story – meaning, every issue I'd tell my overall Avengers story, with my various character developments, and things then would happen that she had to react to. Those reactions – or what I conceived her reactions to be – revealed her character for me, step-by-step, as the worlds I was definitely creating grew bigger and bigger, and in that way the femme fatale became the Celestial Madonna."[1]

## Publication history[edit]

Mantis first appeared in The Avengers #112 (June 1973), drawn by Don Heck and created by writer Steve Englehart, beginning the "Celestial Madonna" saga.[2] After leaving Marvel Comics, Englehart carried Mantis's tale through three other companies before returning to Marvel,[3] moving from Marvel to DC to Eclipse to Image and finally back to Marvel again.[4]

In DC Comics' Justice League of America #142, she appears as Willow. Asked where she came from, Willow replies, "This one has come from a place she must not name, to reach a place no man must know." (Mantis refers to herself in the third person as "this one"[5][6][7]) By the end of the issue, she leaves to go give birth.

In the Eclipse Comics series Scorpio Rose #2, the character calls herself Lorelei.[8] By this time, she has given birth to a son. What would have been issue #3, a "lost" Lorelei/Scorpio Rose story was later published in Coyote Collection #1 from Image Comics, the character's fourth company. Lorelei is later mentioned in Englehart's 2010 novel The Long Man (page 355, mass market paperback edition).

## Fictional character biography[edit]

Mantis is the half-Vietnamese, half-German daughter of Gustav Brandt—Libra—and was born in Huế, Vietnam. In her childhood, her father leaves her in Vietnam at the Temple of the alien Priests of Pama, a sect of the Kree. The Kree believe she might become the Celestial Madonna and mate with the eldest Cotati on Earth to become the mother of the Celestial Messiah Sequoia, "the most important being in the universe".[9]

She excels in her martial arts studies, but upon reaching adulthood, she is mind-wiped and sent into the world to gain life experience. She becomes a sex worker and barmaid in a Vietnamese tavern, where she meets the Swordsman. She helps him regain his self-respect and follows him when the former villain attempts to rejoin the Avengers.[10] She becomes an Avengers ally when the Swordsman rejoins the Avengers, and she battles the Lion God alongside them.[11]

With the Avengers, Mantis has many adventures. She battles the original Zodiac, and learns that Libra is her father and that she was raised by the Priests of Pama. She encounters the Star-Stalker,[12] battles Thanos,[13] Klaw and Solarr,[14] Nuklo,[15] and then alongside the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and Inhumans, she faces Ultron at the wedding of Quicksilver and Crystal.[16]

Mantis becomes taken with the Vision, and—although rejected by the android—neglects the Swordsman. Alongside the Scarlet Witch and Agatha Harkness, she was abducted by Kang. She was revealed as the Celestial Madonna and witnessed the death of the Swordsman at the hands of Kang, only realizing the depth of her love for the Swordsman just as he dies.[17] She then buried the Swordsman, and battled the Titanic Three.[18] She would learn the origins of the Kree-Skrull War, the Cotati, and the Priests of Pama.[19] Mantis then formally joins the Avengers and is revealed to be, indeed, the Celestial Madonna and marries a Cotati in the reanimated body of the Swordsman, leaving the Avengers and the Earth to mate with him.[20]

After she bears her child Sequoia,[21] she takes the name "Mandy Celestine" and lives with him for a year in Willimantic, Connecticut before handing him to his father's people and going into space with the Silver Surfer and battling the Elders of the Universe alongside the Surfer.[22] The Silver Surfer finds himself falling in love with Mantis. However, Mantis (whose body was now green and had begun to manifest new powers of invulnerability that allowed her to survive in space due to side-effects of her pregnancy) grows bitter with her life and the way she was forced to abandon her child.[volume & issue needed] This comes to a head when Mantis is caught in an explosion and presumed dead by Silver Surfer.[volume & issue needed] She survives, but the strain of the previous years causes her to literally split into multiple versions of herself, each representing conflicting aspects of her psyche that could no longer co-exist inside her mind.[volume & issue needed]

The fragments arrive on Earth and one version of Mantis rejoins the West Coast Avengers team, with portions of her memories missing.[volume & issue needed] (Steve Englehart intended the storyline involving Mantis and her amnesia to be his next major plotline, but editorial problems caused him to quit the series, with the plotline resolved hastily.[citation needed]) Mantis discovers, through the temporarily resurrected corpse of the Swordsman, that her psyche had shattered and that she needs to find her counterparts in order to restore her memories.[volume & issue needed] She made her way to New York City where she encountered the Fantastic Four as they dealt with the effects of the Inferno storyline.[23] Kang pursued Mantis, not realizing she had lost her power and hoping to use her to attack the Dreaming Celestial, and in the process the Surfer was summoned to Earth.[24] With the aid of the Cotati, Kang was defeated but Mantis realized she must leave her body and join with the Cotati to raise her son.[25]

Aside from mentions by Silver Surfer, Mantis does not reappear until 1995's controversial Avengers crossover story "The Crossing". In "The Crossing", Mantis returns as the villainous bride of Kang the Conqueror with the intention of bringing death to the Avengers; her father Libra (who by now was going by the name "Moonraker" as part of Force Works); and the Cotati alien who had possessed the Swordsman's body and married/impregnated her. Her anger at her father (whom she had vivisected) and the Cotati center around their "defilement" of her and that she hates the Avengers for believing their manipulative lies.[volume & issue needed]

The storyline was controversial, so much so that Kurt Busiek, in Avengers Forever limited series, retconned the Mantis who appeared in the story as being a Space Phantom brainwashed into thinking he was Mantis.[volume & issue needed]

Mantis in action, taking on a larger, stronger foe with characteristic bravado and self-narration. Art by Sal Buscema and Joe Staton.

Eventually, Mantis reappears in the Steve Englehart written Avengers: Celestial Quest limited series. She returns to Earth and merges with her remaining fragmented portions of her personality (which we learn represent "freak, mother, prostitute, mystic, and Avenger") after the first four are killed by Thanos (later retroactively declared to be a clone of the real Thanos).[volume & issue needed] The final Mantis merges with them to become a "complete" Mantis for the first time since her dispersion. Thus reformed, she and a group of the Avengers go into space to stop "Thanos" from killing her son, Quoi, who by this time is a rebellious teenager desperate to leave the isolation of the Cotati home-world and travel the stars. During the adventure, Mantis flirts with Vision (with the implication that she has sex with him), but ultimately ends the flirting when she realizes that he has feelings for his estranged wife Scarlet Witch, who is jealous of Mantis and Vision's friendship. Mantis also appears in the "Avengers Disassembled" storyline, although many occurrences in that storyline are illusions.[volume & issue needed]

Mantis appears in the 2007 miniseries Annihilation: Conquest: Star-Lord, where she is shown as a Kree prisoner who volunteers for a mission led by Peter Quill, a.k.a. Star-Lord.[26]

After the defeat of Ultron and the Phalanx, Mantis takes up residence on the Knowhere station with the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy.[27] She has assumed the role of counselor for the group, using her knowledge of the mind to maintain a balance with all the very eclectic personalities of the group.[27]

During the Secret Invasion storyline, it was discovered that Star-Lord had Mantis use her mental powers to manipulate the members of the Guardians of the Galaxy to join the team against their will. Overhearing Mantis and Star-Lord converse about their deception, Drax shared this knowledge with the rest of the team. This caused most of the members to leave. Mantis was promoted to field status by Rocket Raccoon.[28]

Mantis was apparently killed by the Magus, who, upon anticipating that Mantis would use her mental powers to incapacitate him, struck her and her fellow psionic Cosmo dead with a powerful blast of energy.[29] However, it was revealed that she, along with fellow Guardians Phyla-Vell, Cosmo, Gamora and Major Victory are still alive, but being held prisoner in suspended animation by the Magus.[30] She reunites with the other team of Guardians, telling Moondragon that Phyla-Vell was the first one killed by Thanos' rampage.[volume & issue needed]

Mantis later rescues Peter Quill from a group of pursuing Spartax soldiers. Though she refuses to join his new incarnation of the Guardians, she helps him track down the source of mysterious "time quakes" that have been plaguing him in the wake of the Age of Ultron storyline.[31]

During the "Empyre" storyline, Mantis returns to Earth upon being contacted by Black Panther about the Cotati invasion and plans to reason with her son.[32]

## Characterization[edit]

### Powers and abilities[edit]

Mantis has attained a mastery of meditational disciplines, giving her an unusual amount of control over her body, including autonomic functions like heartbeat, bleeding, and breathing, as well as awareness of pain, allowing her to more quickly heal injuries through sheer force of will and affording almost superhuman reflexes and reactions. She also had psychic empathy, a telepathic power that allowed her to sense the emotions of others.

Mantis gained additional abilities as a result of communion with the Prime Cotati. Her empathic ability enabled her to communicate with the plant-like Cotati and with plant life.[33] She has the power of astral projection.[34] To travel in space, Mantis had the ability to separate her physical and astral forms, projecting her consciousness from her body, allowing her to travel interplanetary distances. She also had the ability to transfer her astral form to any place where plant life exists. She could form and inhabit a plant-like simulacrum of her human body for herself out of the destination planet's local vegetation. Her fighting skills remained intact, and her empathic abilities were heightened to a superhuman degree and extended to the planet's flora and biosphere. She could control the vegetation within her vicinity.

During her confrontations with a powerful Thanos clone, she displayed superhuman strength, a talent to simultaneously inhabit multiple simulacra, and the ability to project strong blasts of energy. She has not been seen using these powers since.[35]

As of her appearance in Annihilation Conquest: Star-Lord, Mantis also appears to have gained telepathic and precognitive abilities, and apparently now labors under a constant awareness of future events.[36] During the series, Mantis displayed pyrokinesis.[37] She can remain invisible to the Phalanx and extend her power to cloak others.[38]

Additionally, Mantis was trained by the Priests of Pama to become a grandmistress of the martial arts, demonstrated as capable of defeating opponents as skilled as Captain America (although he was distracted while fighting a dragon).[39] She could also instinctively sense weak points in an opponent and with her skills in pressure points, knock out beings as powerful as the thunder god, Thor.[39][40]

### Personality[edit]

In her first appearances, Mantis represents the "Dragon Lady" archetype, that of a mysterious Eastern seductress whose sexuality causes tension among the male Avengers.[41] She is assertive and confident in her powers, and while she appeared somewhat arrogant at first (as illustrated by her breakup with Swordsman when she chose Vision over him),[42] she renounced her pride after Swordsman's tragic death.[43] Mantis is highly intelligent, with her deductive skills rivaling those of Vision's;[42] in Vision's own words, she has a "remarkable mind".[44]

She almost always refers to herself in the third person as "this one", "she", and occasionally "Mantis",[6][7] which has to do with her upbringing at the Temple of the Priests of Pama (her husband the Cotati Elder, who spent a significant part of his life at the Temple, also referred to himself as "this one" instead of "I").[20][5] This speech mannerism is of importance for her, for when the Silver Surfer asked her to stop speaking in the third person, she refused to comply.[45]

### Costumes[edit]

She wears a green-and-yellow dress,[41] a hairstyle which mimics insectile antennae,[42] and goes barefoot.[46]

## Reception[edit]

### Accolades[edit]

* In 2011, Comics Buyer's Guide ranked Mantis 99th in their 100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list.[47]
* In 2015, Entertainment Weekly ranked Mantis 43rd in their "Let's rank every Avenger ever" list.[48]
* In 2019, CBR.com ranked Mantis 10th in their "10 Most Powerful Telepaths In The Marvel Universe" list.[49]
* In 2019, Sideshow ranked Mantis 6th in their "Top 10 Bug-Themes Comic Book Characters" list.[50]
* In 2020, Scary Mommy included Mantis in their "Looking For A Role Model? These 195+ Marvel Female Characters Are Truly Heroic" list.[51]
* In 2022, The A.V. Club ranked Mantis 86th in their "100 best Marvel characters" list.[52]

## Other versions[edit]

### Heroes Reborn[edit]

In the Heroes Reborn reality, the alternate version of Mantis is the woman Kang the Conqueror loves, and Kang's motive to attack the 20th Century and the Avengers is to show that he is worthy of her love. Mantis recognizes her love for Kang after he is killed by Loki, who kills her shortly after.[53]

### House of M[edit]

In the House of M reality, Mantis is a member of Shang-Chi's Dragons criminal organization, alongside, Swordsman, Zaran, and Machete.[54] Mantis is arrested after the Dragons are ambushed by the Kingpin's assassins. She and Shang-Chi are two of the three survivors of the group.[55]

### Old Man Quill[edit]

During Old Man Quill, Mantis continues to work with the Guardians for decades, long after Quill drops out. The main threat they encounter in this timeline is the Universal Church of Truth, which commonly destroys entire planets.[56]

## In other media[edit]

### Television[edit]

* Mantis appears in Guardians of the Galaxy, voiced by Jennifer Hale.[57] This version is a member of the Universal Believers. In the first season episode "Don't Stop Believing", she attempts to assassinate Emperor J'son of Spartax, but is thwarted by Star-Lord. In the second season, Mantis and the Believers seek to revive Adam Warlock and bring about a golden age, only to be foiled by the Guardians of the Galaxy. Upon learning J'son is the Believers' leader, she works with him to steal Nova Corps helmets, only to be turned to ash by one after failing to control its power.
* Mantis appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes - Guardians of the Galaxy: The Thanos Threat, voiced again by Jennifer Hale.[57]

### Marvel Cinematic Universe[edit]

Main article: Mantis (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Mantis appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), portrayed by Pom Klementieff. This version is the daughter of Ego the Living Planet and half-sister of Peter Quill who initially serves the former before helping to stop him and joining the Guardians of the Galaxy. She first appears in the live-action film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2[58] and makes subsequent appearances in the live-action films Avengers: Infinity War,[59] Avengers: Endgame,[60] Thor: Love and Thunder,[61] and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3[62] as well as the live-action special The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.[63] Additionally, an alternate reality variant of Mantis appears in the Disney+ animated series What If...? episode "What If... Thor Were an Only Child?".[64]

### Video games[edit]

* Mantis appears as a playable character in Guardians of the Galaxy: The Universal Weapon.[citation needed]
* Mantis appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel's Avengers, voiced by Ali Hillis.[citation needed]
* Mantis appears as a playable character in Marvel Future Fight.[65]
* Mantis appears as a playable character in Marvel: Avengers Alliance.[66]
* Mantis appears in Marvel Avengers Academy, voiced by Mel Gorsha.[citation needed]
* Mantis appears in Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series, voiced by Sumalee Montano.[57]
* Mantis appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, voiced by Arina Ii.[citation needed]
* Mantis appears in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, voiced by Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez.[57][67]
* Mantis appears in Marvel Snap.[68]

### Miscellaneous[edit]

Mantis, based on the MCU incarnation, appears in the Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout!, portrayed again by Pom Klementieff.[69]

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## External links[edit]

* Mantis at the Marvel Universe wiki
* Mantis at Writeups.org

* v
* t
* e

Guardians of the Galaxy

* Stan Lee
* Arnold Drake
* Roy Thomas
* Dan Abnett
* Andy Lanning

Members|

| 1969 team members|

* Charlie-27
* Martinex T'Naga
* Nikki
* Starhawk
* Vance Astro/Major Victory
* Yondu Udonta

|

2008 team members|

* Adam Warlock
* Agent Venom
* Angela
* Bug
* Cosmo the Spacedog
* Drax the Destroyer
* Gamora
* Groot
* Hulkling
* Jack Flag
* Mantis
* Marvel Boy
* Moondragon
* Nebula
* Nova (Richard Rider)
* Quasar (Phyla-Vell)
* Rocket Raccoon
* Star-Lord
* Wiccan

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characters|

* Annihilators
* Beta Ray Bill
* Gladiator
* Quasar
* Silver Surfer
* Avengers
* Captain Marvel
* Iron Man
* Thor
* Cosmic Ghost Rider
* Fantastic Four
* Thing
* Fin Fang Foom
* Howard the Duck
* Inhumans
* Kismet
* Kree
* Nova Corps
* Richard Rider
* Sam Alexander
* Quasar (Wendell Vaughn)
* Shi'ar
* Imperial Guard
* Skrulls
* Starjammers
* Symbiote
* Uatu the Watcher
* X-Men
* Kitty Pryde

Antagonists|

* Annihilus
* Ayesha
* Badoon
* Black Order
* Blastaar
* Blood Brothers
* Brood
* Celestials
* Chitauri
* Collector
* Ego the Living Planet
* Elders of the Universe
* Fin Fang Foom
* Galactus
* Grandmaster
* Hala the Accuser
* High Evolutionary
* J'son
* Kang the Conqueror
* Korath the Pursuer
* Korvac
* Kree
* Nebula
* Ronan the Accuser
* Shi'ar Empire
* Vulcan
* Skrulls
* Supreme Intelligence
* Symbiote
* Thanos
* Titus
* Universal Church of Truth

Storylines|

* Annihilation
* Annihilation: Conquest
* War of Kings
* Realm of Kings
* The Thanos Imperative
* The Black Vortex

In other media|

| Marvel Cinematic Universe|

* Guardians of the Galaxy
* soundtrack
* accolades
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* soundtrack
* I Am Groot
* Holiday Special
* soundtrack
* Vol. 3
* soundtrack

| Characters|

* Drax
* Gamora
* Groot
* Mantis
* Nebula
* Peter Quill
* Rocket

|

* Guardians of the Galaxy (animated series)
* Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series
* Guardians of the Galaxy (pinball)
* Marvel's Wastelanders
* Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2021 video game)

Related|

* Asgardians of the Galaxy
* Knowhere
* Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout!
* Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
* Alien races

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Founding
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* Ant-Man (Hank Pym)
* Captain America
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* Iron Man
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Recurring
members|

* 3-D Man
* Agent Venom
* Ant-Man
* Scott Lang
* Eric O'Grady
* Ares
* Beast
* Black Knight
* Black Panther
* Black Widow
* Claire Voyant
* Natasha Romanova
* Blade
* Blue Marvel
* Brother Voodoo
* Cable
* Cannonball
* Captain Britain
* Brian Braddock
* Kelsey Leigh Kirkland
* Captain Marvel
* Monica Rambeau
* Carol Danvers
* Crystal
* Daredevil
* Deadpool
* Doctor Druid
* Doctor Strange
* Echo
* Falcon
* Fantastic Four
* Mr. Fantastic
* Invisible Woman
* Human Torch
* Thing
* Firebird
* Firestar
* Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes)
* Gilgamesh
* Hawkeye
* Clint Barton
* Kate Bishop
* Hellcat
* Hercules
* Human Torch
* Iron Fist
* Jack of Hearts
* Jocasta
* Justice
* Kaluu
* Luke Cage
* Manifold
* Mantis
* Mockingbird
* Moondragon
* Moon Knight
* Ms. Marvel
* Namor
* Namora
* Nebula
* Nova
* Richard Rider
* Sam Alexander
* Protector
* Quake
* Quasar
* Quicksilver
* Red Hulk
* Rogue
* Scarlet Witch
* Sentry
* Sersi
* Shang-Chi
* She-Hulk
* Spider-Man
* Peter Parker
* Miles Morales
* Spider-Woman
* Jessica Drew
* Julia Carpenter
* Starfox
* Stingray
* Storm
* Sunspot
* Swordsman
* Thor (Jane Foster)
* Tigra
* Thunderstrike
* U.S. Agent
* Valkyrie
* Vision
* War Machine
* Wasp (Nadia van Dyne)
* Winter Soldier
* White Tiger
* Wolverine
* Wonder Man

Other
characters|

| Supporting
characters|

* Agent 13
* Asgardians
* Balder the Brave
* Eitri
* Frigga
* Heimdall
* Lady Sif
* Odin
* Warriors Three
* Fandral
* Hogun
* Volstagg
* Aunt May
* Ben Urich
* Beta Ray Bill
* Betty Ross
* Daily Bugle
* Betty Brant
* J. Jonah Jameson
* Doc Samson
* Dora Milaje
* Nakia
* Okoye
* Edwin Jarvis
* Erik Selvig
* Fabian Stankowicz
* Guardsman
* Happy Hogan
* H.E.R.B.I.E.
* John Jameson
* Marrina Smallwood
* Mary Jane Watson
* Pepper Potts
* Rick Jones
* Shuri
* Wong

|

Allies|

* Alpha Flight
* Champions
* The Challenger
* Citizen V
* Defenders
* Eternals
* Ajak
* Druig
* Gilgamesh
* Ikaris
* Kingo Sunen
* Makkari
* Phastos
* Sersi
* Sprite
* Thena
* Fantastic Four
* Mr. Fantastic
* Invisible Woman
* Human Torch
* Thing
* Guardians of the Galaxy
* Drax the Destroyer
* Gamora
* Groot
* Mantis
* Nebula
* Rocket Raccoon
* Star-Lord
* Inhumans
* Black Bolt
* Gorgon
* Karnak
* Lockjaw
* Medusa
* Triton
* Jessica Jones
* Mar-Vell
* Midnight Sons
* Elsa Bloodstone
* Morbius, the Living Vampire
* Werewolf by Night
* New Warriors
* Red Raven
* S.H.I.E.L.D.
* Maria Hill
* Nick Fury
* Phil Coulson
* Silver Surfer
* Thunderbolts
* Atlas
* Fixer
* Ghost
* MACH-I
* Moonstone
* Songbird
* Uatu the Watcher
* Ultraforce
* Prime
* The Whizzer
* Robert Frank
* The Witness
* X-Men
* Angel
* Banshee
* Beast
* Colossus
* Cyclops
* Gambit
* Havok
* Iceman
* Jean Grey (Phoenix)
* Jubilee
* Kitty Pryde
* Nightcrawler
* Professor X
* Rogue
* Storm
* Wolverine

Neutral allies|

* Elektra
* Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)
* Henry Peter Gyrich
* Punisher
* Ronin
* Sandman
* Squadron Supreme
* Hyperion
* Thunderbolt Ross
* Venom
* Yelena Belova

Enemies|

| Central
rogues|

* Baron Zemo
* Heinrich Zemo
* Helmut Zemo
* Blood Brothers
* Collector
* Count Nefaria
* Doctor Doom
* Dracula
* Enchantress
* Galactus
* Grandmaster
* Graviton
* Green Goblin
* Norman Osborn
* Grim Reaper
* High Evolutionary
* Hood
* Immortus
* Kang the Conqueror
* Loki
* Magneto
* Mephisto
* MODOK
* Onslaught
* Radioactive Man
* Red Skull
* Super-Adaptoid
* Super-Skrull
* Taskmaster
* Thanos
* Ultron

|

Other
supervillains|

* Annihilus
* Ares
* Arkon
* Attuma
* Baron Strucker
* Beyonder
* Carnage
* Crossbones
* Doctor Octopus
* Egghead
* Ghaur
* Grey Gargoyle
* Griffin
* Klaw
* Knull
* Korvac
* Leader
* Mandarin
* Master Pandemonium
* Maximus
* Morgan le Fay
* Powderkeg
* Ravonna
* Whirlwind

Organizations|

* A.I.M.
* Black Order
* Brotherhood of Mutants
* Chitauri
* Dark Avengers
* Enclave
* Frightful Four
* H.A.M.M.E.R.
* The Hand
* Hydra
* Kree
* Legion of the Unliving
* Lethal Legion
* Maggia
* Masters of Evil
* Mindless Ones
* Secret Empire
* Serpent Society
* Sinister Six
* Skrulls
* Sons of the Serpent
* Squadron Sinister
* Symbiotes
* U-Foes
* Wrecking Crew
* Zodiac

Alternative
versions|

| Alternate versions
of the Avengers|

* A-Force
* A-Next
* Agents of Atlas
* Avengers A.I.
* Avengers Academy
* Dark Avengers
* Force Works
* Great Lakes Avengers
* Mighty Avengers
* New Avengers
* Members
* Secret Avengers
* Ultimates
* Members
* Uncanny Avengers
* U.S.Avengers
* West Coast Avengers
* Members
* Young Avengers

|

Marvel Cinematic
Universe|

* Bruce Banner
* Clint Barton
* Carol Danvers
* Nick Fury
* J.A.R.V.I.S.
* Scott Lang
* Wanda Maximoff
* Nebula
* Peter Parker
* James Rhodes
* Rocket
* Natasha Romanoff
* Steve Rogers
* Xu Shang-Chi
* Tony Stark
* Thor
* Vision
* Sam Wilson

Others|

* Captain America
* Hulk
* Iron Man
* Thor

* Category

* v
* t
* e

Silver Surfer

* Stan Lee
* Jack Kirby

Supporting characters|

* Adam Warlock
* Air-Walker
* Alicia Masters
* Avengers
* Beta Ray Bill
* Drax the Destroyer
* Eternals
* Fantastic Four
* Firelord
* Galactus
* Guardians of the Galaxy
* Infinity Watch
* Mantis
* Nova (Richard Rider)
* Nova (Frankie Raye)
* Pip the Troll
* Shalla-Bal
* Stardust
* Starjammers
* Thor
* Uatu the Watcher

Enemies|

* Annihilus
* Black Order
* Blastaar
* Carnage
* Champion of the Universe
* Collector
* Doctor Doom
* Ego the Living Planet
* Elders of the Universe
* Galactus
* Grandmaster
* High Evolutionary
* Knull
* Korvac
* Kree
* Mephisto
* Midnight Sun
* Morg
* Nebula
* Obliterator
* Possessor
* Reptyl
* Ronan the Accuser
* Red Shift
* Skrulls
* Stranger
* Super-Skrull
* Supreme Intelligence
* Terrax
* Thanos
* Tyrant

Group affiliations|

* Annihilators
* Defenders
* Heralds of Galactus
* The Order

Titles and storylines|

* Silver Surfer (comic book)
* Annihilation
* Fantastic Four
* The Galactus Trilogy
* Heroes Reborn
* The Infinity Gauntlet
* Ultimate Fantastic Four

Other media|

* Silver Surfer (1990 video game)
* Silver Surfer (1998 animated series)
* Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (film)
* Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (video game)

See also|

* Power Cosmic
* Surfing with the Alien
* The Power Cosmic

* v
* t
* e

Marvel's cosmic setting

Alien species|

* Acanti
* Badoon
* Beyonders
* Brood
* Celestials
* Chitauri
* D'Bari
* Dire Wraiths
* Galadorians
* Kree
* Kymellians
* Phalanx
* Shi'ar
* Skrulls
* Symbiotes
* Watchers

Groups|

* Blood Brothers
* Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)
* High Evolutionary
* Howard the Duck
* Maelstrom
* Magus
* Molecule Man
* Nebula
* Paibok the Power-Skrull
* Super-Skrull
* Thanos
* Uatu the Watcher
* Wraith
* Universal Church of Truth

Agents of Cosmos|

* Agent Venom

Elders of the Universe|

* Champion
* Collector
* Contemplator
* Ego the Living Planet
* Gardener
* Grandmaster
* Obliterator
* Possessor
* Runner

Fraternity of Raptors|

* Darkhawk
* Gyre
* Talon
* Razor

Heralds of Galactus|

* Air-Walker
* Fallen One
* Firelord
* Galactus
* Morg the Executioner
* Nova
* Red Shift
* Silver Surfer
* Stardust
* Terrax the Tamer
* Tyrant

Imperial Guard (Shi'ar)|

* Gladiator
* Neutron
* Smasher

Nova Corps|

* Garthan Saal
* Powerhouse
* Richard Rider (Nova Prime)
* Rhomann Dey
* Sam Alexander

Microverse|

* Captain Universe

Negative Zone|

* Annihilus
* Blastaar

Storylines|

* The Infinity Gauntlet
* The Infinity War
* The Infinity Crusade
* Annihilation
* Annihilation: Conquest
* War of Kings
* Realm of Kings
* The Thanos Imperative
* Infinity
* The Black Vortex

Superhuman races|

* Deviants
* Eternals

Teams|

| Annihilators|

* Beta Ray Bill
* Cosmo the Spacedog
* Gladiator
* Quasar
* Ronan the Accuser
* Silver Surfer

|

Black Order|

* Black Dwarf
* Corvus Glaive
* Ebony Maw
* Proxima Midnight
* Supergiant
* Thanos

Enigma Force|

* Arcturus Rann
* Bug
* Flare
* Marionette
* Quark

Guardians of the Galaxy|

* Adam Warlock
* Drax the Destroyer
* Gamora
* Groot
* Mantis
* Quasar (Phyla-Vell)
* Rocket Raccoon
* Star-Lord

Infinity Watch|

* Adam Warlock
* Drax the Destroyer
* Gamora
* Maxam
* Moondragon
* Pip the Troll
* Thanos

Starjammers|

* Ch'od
* Corsair
* Hepzibah
* Korvus
* Raza Longknife

Related articles|

* Knowhere
* Monsters

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