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.ib-comics{width:24em}.mw-parser-output .ib-comics .infobox-label{width:40%}}</style><table class="infobox ib-comics-organization ib-comics"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">Imperial Guard</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Imperial_Guard_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/ff/Imperial_Guard_1.jpg/220px-Imperial_Guard_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/Imperial_Guard_1.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="387" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The cover of <i>Imperial Guard</i> #1 (Jan. 1997). Artwork by Chuck Wojtkiewicz and Ray Snyder.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Publication information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_comics_publishing_companies" title="List of comics publishing companies">Publisher</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/First_appearance" title="First appearance">First appearance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Uncanny_X-Men" title="Uncanny X-Men">X-Men</a></i> #107 (October <a href="/wiki/1977_in_comics" title="1977 in comics">1977</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Claremont" title="Chris Claremont">Chris Claremont</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Dave_Cockrum" title="Dave Cockrum">Dave Cockrum</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">In-story information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Base(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Chandilar (Shi'ar throneworld)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gladiator_(Kallark)" title="Gladiator (Kallark)">Gladiator</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Oracle_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Oracle (Marvel Comics)">Oracle</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Starbolt" class="mw-redirect" title="Starbolt">Starbolt</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Neutron_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutron (Marvel Comics)">Neutron</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Smasher_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Smasher (Marvel Comics)">Smasher</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Flashfire_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flashfire (comics)">Flashfire</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Warstar_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Warstar (comics)">Warstar</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Electron_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Electron (comics)">Electron</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Manta_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Manta (comics)">Manta</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mentor_(Imperial_Guard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mentor (Imperial Guard)">Mentor</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Titan_(Imperial_Guard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan (Imperial Guard)">Titan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pulsar_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulsar (Marvel Comics)">Pulsar</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hussar_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hussar (comics)">Hussar</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nightside_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nightside (comics)">Nightside</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Fang_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fang (comics)">Fang</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Roster</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below">See: <a href="#Membership">Full roster</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Imperial Guard</b> (the so-called <b>Superguardians</b>) is a fictional superhero team appearing in American <a href="/wiki/Comic_books" class="mw-redirect" title="Comic books">comic books</a> published by <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a>. The Imperial Guard are a multi-ethnic group of alien beings who act as enforcers of the laws of the <a href="/wiki/Shi%27ar" title="Shi'ar">Shi'ar</a> Empire; the Superguardians are the personal guard of the leader of the Empire. </p><p>Created by writer <a href="/wiki/Chris_Claremont" title="Chris Claremont">Chris Claremont</a> and artist <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cockrum" title="Dave Cockrum">Dave Cockrum</a>, the original Imperial Guard characters were pastiches of prominent members of rival publisher <a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a>' superhero team the <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Super-Heroes" title="Legion of Super-Heroes">Legion of Super-Heroes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CBR_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fuller_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fuller-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cronin2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cronin2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Blumberg_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blumberg-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many other characters were later added to the roster, not all of whom are based on Legionnaires. </p><p>The Imperial Guard first appeared in <i>The <a href="/wiki/Uncanny_X-Men" title="Uncanny X-Men">Uncanny X-Men</a></i> #107 (Oct. 1977). Since then, they have been featured periodically in the X-Men titles; crossed paths with the <a href="/wiki/Starjammers" title="Starjammers">Starjammers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kree" title="Kree">Kree</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Skrulls" class="mw-redirect" title="Skrulls">Skrulls</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nova_Corps" title="Nova Corps">Nova Corps</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Inhumans" title="Inhumans">Inhumans</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy" title="Guardians of the Galaxy">Guardians of the Galaxy</a>; and been featured in a number of <a href="/wiki/Limited_series_(comics)" title="Limited series (comics)">limited series</a>, including <i>Imperial Guard</i> (1997), the <i><a href="/wiki/War_of_Kings" title="War of Kings">War of Kings</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Crossover_(comic_books)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crossover (comic books)">crossover</a> series (2009), and <i><a href="/wiki/Realm_of_Kings:_Imperial_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard">Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard</a></i> (2010).<sup id="cite_ref-Fuller_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fuller-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More than 50 Imperial Guard Superguardians have appeared in Marvel Comics' titles; the core members number about 20, with the most notable being <a href="/wiki/Gladiator_(Kallark)" title="Gladiator (Kallark)">Gladiator</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oracle_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Oracle (Marvel Comics)">Oracle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Starbolt" class="mw-redirect" title="Starbolt">Starbolt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neutron_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutron (Marvel Comics)">Neutron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Smasher_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Smasher (Marvel Comics)">Smasher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flashfire_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flashfire (comics)">Flashfire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warstar_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Warstar (comics)">Warstar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electron_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Electron (comics)">Electron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manta_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Manta (comics)">Manta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mentor_(Imperial_Guard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mentor (Imperial Guard)">Mentor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Titan_(Imperial_Guard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan (Imperial Guard)">Titan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pulsar_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulsar (Marvel Comics)">Pulsar</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hussar_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hussar (comics)">Hussar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nightside_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nightside (comics)">Nightside</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fang_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fang (comics)">Fang</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure_and_organization">Structure and organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imperial_Guard_(Marvel_Comics)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Structure and organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Imperial Guard numbers about 300 members, and is made up of the most powerful and elite soldiers from throughout the Empire, with some of them being Shi'ar and most being from other alien races in the Shi'ar's jurisdiction.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Imperial Guard is led by a <a href="/wiki/Praetor" title="Praetor">praetor</a>. </p><p>The <b>Superguardians</b> (who comprise the vast majority of the named characters) are the super-powered personal guard of the <a href="/wiki/Shi%27ar" title="Shi'ar">Shi'ar</a> leader.<sup id="cite_ref-Blumberg_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blumberg-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Austin_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Austin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hemming_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hemming-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those closest to the leader are known as the Royal Elite. </p><p>The Guard academy trains replacements — called <b>Subguardians</b> — for Superguardians who may be killed or incapacitated.<sup id="cite_ref-Avengers5-1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avengers5-1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over time, at least twenty Superguardians have been killed in the pages of Marvel's comics, with many of them being replaced by new versions from the ranks of the Subguardians. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Imperial_Guard_oath_of_allegiance">Imperial Guard oath of allegiance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imperial_Guard_(Marvel_Comics)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Imperial Guard oath of allegiance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This is the Imperial Guard's oath of allegiance to the Shi'ar Empire: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I will not falter, and I will not swerve. From the rising of the suns to the setting of the stars. With <a href="/wiki/Sharra" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharra">Sharra</a> and <a href="/wiki/K%27ythri" class="mw-redirect" title="K'ythri">K'ythri</a> to guide me, I will serve out the term of my duty with courage and conviction, for it is the greatest honor any being of any species can know to be allowed to guard the Imperium of the Shi'ar and stand, each of us, as a light in the darkness. So I make my oath of allegiance.<sup id="cite_ref-RoKIG5_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RoKIG5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Concept_and_creation">Concept and creation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imperial_Guard_(Marvel_Comics)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Concept and creation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As <i>X-Men</i> creators Claremont and Cockrum were devising a team to battle the X-Men in the first part of the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Saga" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenix Saga">Phoenix Saga</a>, Cockrum suggested modeling their powers and costumes after characters from DC's <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Super-Heroes" title="Legion of Super-Heroes">Legion of Super-Heroes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Scoop_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scoop-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Cockrum had had a two-year run as artist on the <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Super-Heroes" title="Legion of Super-Heroes">Legion of Super-Heroes</a> backup feature in the <i><a href="/wiki/Superboy_(comic_book)" title="Superboy (comic book)">Superboy</a></i> comic book.)<sup id="cite_ref-ComicsReporter_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ComicsReporter-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a 2002 interview, Cockrum said that he showed the character designs to <a href="/wiki/Paul_Levitz" title="Paul Levitz">Paul Levitz</a>, then-current <i>Legion of Super-Heroes</i> writer at DC. Asked if he thought there might be trouble between the companies, Cockrum said, "Not really... I showed the designs to Paul Levitz, and he didn't say, 'You can't do that.' If anything, he said, 'Geez, these costumes are better than the ones the Legionnaires are wearing.' No, I don't think we ever once thought that we were going to get in trouble over it."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first Guardsmen introduced (with their <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Super-Heroes" title="Legion of Super-Heroes">Legion of Super-Heroes</a> analog in parentheses) were <b><a href="/wiki/Gladiator_(Kallark)" title="Gladiator (Kallark)">Gladiator</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Superboy" title="Superboy">Superboy</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cronin2_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cronin2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CBR_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b><a href="/wiki/Astra_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Astra (Marvel Comics)">Astra</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Phantom_Girl" title="Phantom Girl">Phantom Girl</a>), <b><a href="/wiki/Electron_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Electron (comics)">Electron</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Cosmic_Boy" title="Cosmic Boy">Cosmic Boy</a>), <b><a href="/wiki/Fang_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fang (comics)">Fang</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Timber_Wolf_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timber Wolf (comics)">Timber Wolf</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cronin2_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cronin2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Scoop_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scoop-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CBR_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b><a href="/wiki/Hobgoblin_(Imperial_Guard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hobgoblin (Imperial Guard)">Hobgoblin</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Chameleon_Boy" class="mw-redirect" title="Chameleon Boy">Chameleon Boy</a>), <b>Impulse</b> (<a href="/wiki/Wildfire_(Drake_Burroughs)" title="Wildfire (Drake Burroughs)">Wildfire</a>), <b>Magic</b> (<a href="/wiki/Princess_Projectra" title="Princess Projectra">Princess Projectra</a>), <b><a href="/wiki/Mentor_(Imperial_Guard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mentor (Imperial Guard)">Mentor</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Brainiac_5" title="Brainiac 5">Brainiac 5</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-CBR_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>Midget</b> (<a href="/wiki/Shrinking_Violet_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shrinking Violet (comics)">Shrinking Violet</a>), <b>Nightshade</b> (<a href="/wiki/Shadow_Lass" title="Shadow Lass">Shadow Lass</a>), <b><a href="/wiki/Oracle_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Oracle (Marvel Comics)">Oracle</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Saturn_Girl" title="Saturn Girl">Saturn Girl</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-CBR_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cronin2_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cronin2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>Quasar</b><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Star_Boy" class="mw-redirect" title="Star Boy">Star Boy</a>), <b><a href="/wiki/Smasher_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Smasher (Marvel Comics)">Smasher</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Ultra_Boy" title="Ultra Boy">Ultra Boy</a>), <b><a href="/wiki/Starbolt" class="mw-redirect" title="Starbolt">Starbolt</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Sun_Boy" title="Sun Boy">Sun Boy</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-CBR_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>Tempest</b> (<a href="/wiki/Lightning_Lad" class="mw-redirect" title="Lightning Lad">Lightning Lad</a>), and <b><a href="/wiki/Titan_(Imperial_Guard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan (Imperial Guard)">Titan</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Colossal_Boy" class="mw-redirect" title="Colossal Boy">Colossal Boy</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-CBR_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over time, for various reasons, some of the members' code-names were changed: Nightshade to <b><a href="/wiki/Nightside_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nightside (comics)">Nightside</a></b>,<sup id="cite_ref-XMen157_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-XMen157-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Magic to <b><a href="/wiki/Magique_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magique (Marvel Comics)">Magique</a></b>,<sup id="cite_ref-Quasar33_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quasar33-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Midget to <b><a href="/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_characters:_S#Scintilla" title="List of Marvel Comics characters: S">Scintilla</a></b>,<sup id="cite_ref-Quasar33_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quasar33-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Quasar to <b><a href="/wiki/Neutron_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutron (Marvel Comics)">Neutron</a></b>,<sup id="cite_ref-Quasar33_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quasar33-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tempest to <b><a href="/wiki/Flashfire_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flashfire (comics)">Flashfire</a></b>,<sup id="cite_ref-ImperialGuard1_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ImperialGuard1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Impulse to <b><a href="/wiki/Pulsar_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulsar (Marvel Comics)">Pulsar</a></b>.<sup id="cite_ref-Avengers5-1_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avengers5-1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception_and_characterization">Reception and characterization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imperial_Guard_(Marvel_Comics)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reception and characterization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nick Hemming of <a href="/wiki/Looper_(website)" class="mw-redirect" title="Looper (website)">Looper.com</a> described the Imperial Guard as perhaps "the most interesting facet of the Shi'ar," describing them as "an elite team of super soldiers who enforce the law within the empire. The Guard has played both friend and foe to Earth's favorite heroes over time, boasting a diverse roster of various species."<sup id="cite_ref-Hemming_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hemming-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fictional_team_history">Fictional team history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imperial_Guard_(Marvel_Comics)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Fictional team history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many centuries ago, the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Force_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenix Force (comics)">Phoenix Force</a> entity ends up in <a href="/wiki/Shi%27ar" title="Shi'ar">Shi'ar</a> space, where it bonds with a citizen of the Empire named Rook'shir. In conjunction with his blade, Rook'shir learns to control the Phoenix Force, but is ultimately overwhelmed by its power, becoming the first known host to succumb to and go insane from its destructive impulses. Becoming the first being known as the <a href="/wiki/Dark_Phoenix" class="mw-redirect" title="Dark Phoenix">Dark Phoenix</a>, Rook'shir goes on a rampage throughout the Empire, destroying many planets in the process. </p><p>T'korr, Majestor of the Shi'ar Empire, creates the Imperial Guard for the purpose of stopping Rook'shir;<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> some of the first members are <a href="/wiki/Gladiator_(Kallark)" title="Gladiator (Kallark)">Gladiator</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magique_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magique (Marvel Comics)">Magic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mentor_(Imperial_Guard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mentor (Imperial Guard)">Mentor</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Neutron_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutron (Marvel Comics)">Quasar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wok1mc_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wok1mc-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Defeating Rook'shir, the Guard becomes the first line of defense of the Shi'ar Empire.<sup id="cite_ref-Uncanny_X-Men_#479_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Uncanny_X-Men_#479-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i>The <a href="/wiki/Uncanny_X-Men" title="Uncanny X-Men">X-Men</a></i> #107 (Oct. 1977),<sup id="cite_ref-X-Men_#107._Marvel_Comics_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-X-Men_#107._Marvel_Comics-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Shi'ar empire comes into conflict with the <a href="/wiki/X-Men" title="X-Men">X-Men</a> regarding the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_(comics)" title="Phoenix (comics)">Phoenix</a> entity, with the Guard battling them at the command of Emperor <a href="/wiki/D%27Ken" class="mw-redirect" title="D'Ken">D'Ken</a> and his sister, the Grand Admiral, Princess <a href="/wiki/Lilandra_Neramani" title="Lilandra Neramani">Lilandra Neramani</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Connell_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Connell-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some time later during "<a href="/wiki/The_Dark_Phoenix_Saga" title="The Dark Phoenix Saga">The Dark Phoenix Saga</a>", the Guardsmen again come into conflict with the X-Men regarding <a href="/wiki/Dark_Phoenix" class="mw-redirect" title="Dark Phoenix">Dark Phoenix</a>, this time at the behest of Emperor D'Ken's successor, Empress Lilandra.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Connell_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Connell-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-XMen137_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-XMen137-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <b>Borderers</b> division is introduced — a group of Guardsman stationed on one of the Shi'ar's conquered worlds to help its governor enforce Shi'ar law. A renegade faction of the Imperial Guard — mainly made up of Borderers, but also including <a href="/wiki/Fang_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fang (comics)">Fang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hussar_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hussar (comics)">Hussar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neutron_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutron (Marvel Comics)">Quasar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Warstar_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Warstar (comics)">Warstar</a> — become traitors, deciding to serve Lord Samédàr, <a href="/wiki/Deathbird" title="Deathbird">Deathbird</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Brood_(comics)" title="Brood (comics)">Brood</a> in a conspiracy to overthrow Shi'ar Princess-Majestrix Lilandra. The renegades battle the Guardsman who remain loyal to Lilandra and the X-Men. After defeating the Brood and the renegades, Lilandra resumes her position as the head of the Shi'ar Empire. Despite many of the Imperial Guard having joined with Deathbird against Lilandra, most team members are pardoned for their actions,<sup id="cite_ref-RoKIG4_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RoKIG4-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although Quasar, Warstar, Hussar, and Webwing are later banished.<sup id="cite_ref-XMen157-158_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-XMen157-158-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-XMen162_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-XMen162-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some time later, <a href="/wiki/Deathbird" title="Deathbird">Deathbird</a> stages a successful coup and becomes the new Shi'ar Empress.<sup id="cite_ref-RomAnnual4_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RomAnnual4-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She sends the Imperial Guard to Earth to battle the combined forces of the <a href="/wiki/Starjammers" title="Starjammers">Starjammers</a> and the superhero team <a href="/wiki/Excalibur_(comics)" title="Excalibur (comics)">Excalibur</a>, so that she can claim the power of the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Force_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenix Force (comics)">Phoenix Force</a> for herself. The Guard are forced to retreat when Deathbird realizes the Starjammers are led by Lilandra.<sup id="cite_ref-xmsos2_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xmsos2-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later, <a href="/wiki/Skrull" title="Skrull">War Skrulls</a> impersonating <a href="/wiki/Charles_Xavier" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Xavier">Charles Xavier</a> and the Starjammers depose Deathbird and restore Lilandra to the throne. Deathbird cedes the empire back to Lilandra as she has grown bored of the bureaucracy.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the Shi'ar and the Kree wage an intergalactic war, the Imperial Guard are commissioned to lead the fight. The Guard steals the original <a href="/wiki/Mar-Vell" class="mw-redirect" title="Mar-Vell">Captain Marvel</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Nega-Bands" class="mw-redirect" title="Nega-Bands">Nega-Bands</a> from the dead hero's tomb.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Using Kree artifacts, including the Bands, the Sh'iar create a massive superweapon, the "Nega-Bomb." Ultimately, the Nega-Bomb device is successfully detonated, devastating the Kree Empire, with billions dying instantaneously (98% of the Kree population).<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Shi'ar annex the remnants of the Kree Empire, with Deathbird becoming <a href="/wiki/Viceroy" title="Viceroy">viceroy</a> of the Kree territories.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some time later, the Imperial Guard are informed about a hijacked Shi'ar craft, and join Quasar in a battle against a group of interplanetary marauders known as the Starblasters, who attempt to push the moon away from Earth's orbit.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When many of Earth's heroes vanish (sent to the <a href="/wiki/Pocket_universe" title="Pocket universe">pocket universe</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after defeating <a href="/wiki/Onslaught_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Onslaught (Marvel Comics)">Onslaught</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lilandra orders the Imperial Guard to help protect Earth.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ronan_the_Accuser" title="Ronan the Accuser">Ronan the Accuser</a> leads the Kree in a surprise attack against the Shi'ar, using the <a href="/wiki/Inhumans" title="Inhumans">Inhumans</a> as an army to disrupt the Shi'ar control of the Kree. Ronan seizes control in a surprise attack. Threatening to destroy the Inhumans' home of <a href="/wiki/Attilan" class="mw-redirect" title="Attilan">Attilan</a>, he orders the Inhumans and their king, <a href="/wiki/Black_Bolt" title="Black Bolt">Black Bolt</a>, to obey. Ronan compels <a href="/wiki/Karnak_(comics)" title="Karnak (comics)">Karnak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gorgon_(Inhuman)" title="Gorgon (Inhuman)">Gorgon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Triton_(comics)" title="Triton (comics)">Triton</a> to covertly join the Imperial Guard, while Black Bolt and <a href="/wiki/Medusa_(comics)" title="Medusa (comics)">Medusa</a> attempt the assassination of the Shi'ar ruler Lilandra at a ceremony ratifying an alliance between the Shi'ar and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_alien_races_in_Marvel_Comics#S" title="List of alien races in Marvel Comics">Spartoi</a>. Black Bolt manages to defeat Ronan in personal combat;<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the attempt on Lilandra's life fails because the Imperial Guardsman <a href="/wiki/Hobgoblin_(Imperial_Guard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hobgoblin (Imperial Guard)">Hobgoblin</a> dies in her place.<sup id="cite_ref-Inhumans4_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inhumans4-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Cassandra_Nova" title="Cassandra Nova">Cassandra Nova</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Charles_Xavier" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Xavier">Charles Xavier</a>'s body, contacts Majestrix Lilandra, Xavier's lover. Cassandra drives Lilandra insane and uses her to make the Shi'ar fleet destroy the empire. Cassandra forces Lilandra to send the Shi'ar Superguardians to sterilize the entirety of mutantkind, starting with the X-Men.<sup id="cite_ref-NewXMen123_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewXMen123-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a battle with the X-Men, the Imperial Guard come to realize Cassandra's treachery and the danger she poses. <a href="/wiki/Jean_Grey" title="Jean Grey">Jean Grey</a>, using Xavier's consciousness, and with the help of the Imperial Guard, is able to force Cassandra out of Xavier's body and imprison her.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>he Imperial Guard's loyalties are tested when <a href="/wiki/Vulcan_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Vulcan (Marvel Comics)">Vulcan</a>, a powerful mutant intent on conquering the Shi'ar Empire, comes on the scene at the start of the "<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Vulcan" class="mw-redirect" title="Emperor Vulcan">Emperor Vulcan</a>" storyline. He fights the Guard, killing and wounding a number of them, before he is defeated by <a href="/wiki/Gladiator_(Kallark)" title="Gladiator (Kallark)">Gladiator</a>, who puts out his left eye.<sup id="cite_ref-XMen480_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-XMen480-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ultimately, however, Vulcan returns and assumes the Shi'ar throne, and the Imperial Guard are honor-bound to do his bidding.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-XMenKingbreaker_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-XMenKingbreaker-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emperor Vulcan and his fleet battle the Scy'ar Tal, who have devoted their culture and society to the destruction of the Shi'ar Empire. After many battles, including Vulcan fighting his brother <a href="/wiki/Havok_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Havok (comics)">Havok</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Starjammers" title="Starjammers">Starjammers</a>, the Shi'ar prevail. Vulcan declares that he will return the Shi'ar Empire to its former glory.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Emperor Majestor Vulcan begins to expand the empire,<sup id="cite_ref-XMenKingbreaker_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-XMenKingbreaker-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> leading to a <a href="/wiki/War_of_Kings" title="War of Kings">war with the Kree</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Things start off well for the Imperial Guard when they slaughter a cadre of new recruits to the <a href="/wiki/Nova_Corps" title="Nova Corps">Nova Corps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Nova_Vol_2009_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nova_Vol_2009-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Guard follows this by attacking and hospitalizing <a href="/wiki/Ronan_the_Accuser" title="Ronan the Accuser">Ronan the Accuser</a> on his wedding day.<sup id="cite_ref-WoK1_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WoK1-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Kree's retaliation, however, leads to the deaths of a number of Guardsmen.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two new <a href="/wiki/Smasher_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Smasher (Marvel Comics)">Smashers</a>, recruited from the ranks of the Subguardians, die,<sup id="cite_ref-WoK1_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WoK1-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WoK3_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WoK3-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as does Warstar.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When ordered to kill former Shi'ar Empress <a href="/wiki/Lilandra_Neramani" title="Lilandra Neramani">Lilandra Neramani</a>, Gladiator abandons his post to protect her.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nonetheless, during an attempt to return her to the throne, Lilandra is assassinated.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vulcan is seemingly killed during a battle with the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Kree" title="Kree">Kree</a>, <a href="/wiki/Black_Bolt" title="Black Bolt">Black Bolt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With no one in line to inherit the throne, civil war threatens the Shi'ar empire. To avoid further conflict, the Imperial Guard's praetor, <a href="/wiki/Gladiator_(Kallark)" title="Gladiator (Kallark)">Gladiator</a>, accepts the offer to become Emperor; Mentor becomes praetor in his place.<sup id="cite_ref-WoKWWR_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WoKWWR-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the "<a href="/wiki/Realm_of_Kings" title="Realm of Kings">Realm of Kings</a>" storyline, the Shi'ar team up with the Starjammers to investigate "The Fault," a space-time anomaly that not only threatens Shi'ar space but all of reality. This crisis leads to another spate of Imperial Guard deaths: <a href="/wiki/Starbolt" class="mw-redirect" title="Starbolt">Starbolt</a> is killed by a group of horrifically mutated creatures from the <a href="/wiki/Cancerverse" class="mw-redirect" title="Cancerverse">Cancerverse</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-RoKIG4_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RoKIG4-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Black Light, Neutron, and <a href="/wiki/Titan_(Imperial_Guard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan (Imperial Guard)">Titan</a> are killed in a later battle.<sup id="cite_ref-RoKIG5_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RoKIG5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The storyline ends with the Guardsmen <a href="/wiki/Mentor_(Imperial_Guard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mentor (Imperial Guard)">Mentor</a> and Plutonia choosing to bond with Raptor amulets; Mentor is taken over by <b>Strel</b> and Plutonia becomes the Raptor <b>Kyte</b>; both vanish.<sup id="cite_ref-RoKIG5_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RoKIG5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the "<a href="/wiki/Infinity_(comic_book)" title="Infinity (comic book)">Infinity</a>" storyline, a fourth Smasher is recruited by the Imperial Guard: a human member of <a href="/wiki/Avengers_(comics)" title="Avengers (comics)">the Avengers</a> named <b><a href="/wiki/Smasher_(Izzy_Kane)" class="mw-redirect" title="Smasher (Izzy Kane)">Izzy Kane</a></b>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hemming_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hemming-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Avengers5-1_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avengers5-1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Receiving an all-points distress signal on Earth, she comes with the Avengers to assist the Shi'ar in fighting off a new threat: the <a href="/wiki/List_of_alien_races_in_Marvel_Comics#B" title="List of alien races in Marvel Comics">Builders</a>. The Builders threaten all the galactic civilizations, leading the Shi'ar to join forces with the Kree, Skrulls, Spartoi, Brood, and <a href="/wiki/Annihilus" title="Annihilus">Annihilus</a>' <a href="/wiki/Annihilation_Wave" class="mw-redirect" title="Annihilation Wave">Annihilation Wave</a> to resist them.<sup id="cite_ref-Infinity_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Infinity-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After many battles and losses — including the death of <a href="/wiki/Earthquake_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Earthquake (comics)">Earthquake</a><sup id="cite_ref-Avengers21_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avengers21-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> — the Avengers and Imperial Guard earn a convincing victory against the main Builders' fleet. <a href="/wiki/Mentor_(Imperial_Guard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mentor (Imperial Guard)">Mentor</a> helps take command of a Builder World Killer and turn it against the Builders. The Imperial Guard and the Avengers proceed to free the occupied worlds — including Earth, which has fallen to <a href="/wiki/Thanos" title="Thanos">Thanos</a> in their absence. The Imperial Guard helps retake the Peak, the <a href="/wiki/S.W.O.R.D._(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="S.W.O.R.D. (comics)">S.W.O.R.D.</a> space station headquarters.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soon afterward, Gladiator kidnaps the time-displaced incarnation of <a href="/wiki/Jean_Grey" title="Jean Grey">Jean Grey</a>, placing her on trial for the destruction done by the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Force_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenix Force (comics)">Phoenix Force</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Dark_Phoenix_Saga" title="The Dark Phoenix Saga">years earlier</a>. The <a href="/wiki/All-New_X-Men" title="All-New X-Men">All-New X-Men</a> team up with the <a href="/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(2008_team)" title="Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team)">Guardians of the Galaxy</a> to rescue Jean from the Shi'ar homeworld, but Jean ends up awakening a new power, enabling her to absorb massive amounts of psionic energy from others and combine her telepathy and telekinesis, which she uses to defeat Gladiator and the Imperial Guard.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_#13_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_#13-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the Shi'ar find out that the reason for the "decay of the universe" is on Earth, they decide to destroy the planet.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(2008_team)" title="Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team)">Guardians of the Galaxy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunspot_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunspot (comics)">Sunspot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Advanced_Idea_Mechanics#Avengers_Idea_Mechanics" title="Advanced Idea Mechanics">A.I.M.</a>, and <a href="/wiki/S.H.I.E.L.D." title="S.H.I.E.L.D.">S.H.I.E.L.D.</a>'s Avengers fight back, planning to use a Planetkiller against the Shi'ar. The Planetkiller, however, overheats and explodes, destroyed by <a href="/wiki/Annihilus" title="Annihilus">Annihilus</a>' <a href="/wiki/Annihilation_Wave" class="mw-redirect" title="Annihilation Wave">Annihilation Wave</a>. The Avengers are ready to meet their end, but the <a href="/wiki/Illuminati_(comics)" title="Illuminati (comics)">Illuminati</a> intervenes, using the controller disk of a rogue planet that shares the same space with Earth, while <a href="/wiki/Iron_Man" title="Iron Man">Iron Man</a> uses Sol's Hammer to destroy the Shi'ar fleet, including the Imperial Guards.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Guard are resurrected, along with the rest of the universe, as part of the <a href="/wiki/All-New,_All-Different_Marvel" title="All-New, All-Different Marvel">All-New, All-Different Marvel</a> relaunch.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Membership">Membership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imperial_Guard_(Marvel_Comics)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Core_members">Core members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imperial_Guard_(Marvel_Comics)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Core members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Code Name (Original name)</th> <th>Legion of Super-Heroes analog</th> <th>Powers and abilities</th> <th>Species</th> <th>First appearance</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Astra_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Astra (Marvel Comics)">Astra</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phantom_Girl" title="Phantom Girl">Phantom Girl</a></td> <td>Phasing</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #107 (Oct. 1977)</td> <td>Founding member of the Imperial Guard </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Earthquake_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Earthquake (comics)">Earthquake</a></b></td> <td rowspan="2">—</td> <td rowspan="2">Geokinesis (psionically create tremors and small quakes on the surface of a planet)<sup id="cite_ref-Austin_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Austin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td rowspan="2">Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #137 (Sept. 1980)</td> <td>Killed in <i>Avengers</i> vol. 5 #21 (Dec. 2013) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Earthquake II</b></td> <td><i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i> vol. 5 #1 (Dec. 2012)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Electron_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Electron (comics)">Electron</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cosmic_Boy" title="Cosmic Boy">Cosmic Boy</a></td> <td>Magnetism manipulation, projection of bolts of electrical energy</td> <td>Shi'ar</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #107 (Oct. 1977)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Fang_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fang (comics)">Fang</a></b></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Timber_Wolf_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timber Wolf (comics)">Timber Wolf</a></td> <td rowspan="2">Superhuman senses, strength, speed, stamina, durability, agility, and reflexes; claws and fangs; teleportation; flight; energy projection/matter manipulation</td> <td rowspan="2">Lupak</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #107 (Oct. 1977)</td> <td>Member of the Royal Elite; transformed into one of the Brood and then killed by <a href="/wiki/Wolverine_(character)" title="Wolverine (character)">Wolverine</a> in <i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #162 (Oct. 1982) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Fang_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fang (comics)">Fang II</a></b></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Starjammers" title="Starjammers">Starjammers</a></i> #4 (Jan. 1996)</td> <td>Alter-ego is Nev-Darr </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Flashfire_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flashfire (comics)">Flashfire</a></b> (<b>Tempest</b>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lightning_Lad" class="mw-redirect" title="Lightning Lad">Lightning Lad</a><sup id="cite_ref-CBR_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Generate and fire bursts of light and electricity</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #107 (Oct. 1977)</td> <td>At one point engaged to marry fellow Guardsman Oracle<sup id="cite_ref-Inhumans_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inhumans-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (an analog of <a href="/wiki/Saturn_Girl" title="Saturn Girl">Saturn Girl</a>, to whom Lightning Lad was also romantically linked); alter-ego is Grannz<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Lightning Lad's alter-ego is Garth Ranzz); renamed Flashfire because of the DC Comics character <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Clay" title="Joshua Clay">Joshua Clay (Tempest)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gladiator_(Kallark)" title="Gladiator (Kallark)">Gladiator</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Superboy" title="Superboy">Superboy</a> (or <a href="/wiki/Lar_Gand" title="Lar Gand">Mon-El</a>)</td> <td>Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, and durability; psionic abilities; flight<sup id="cite_ref-Austin_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Austin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Strontian</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #107 (Oct. 1977)</td> <td>Commander (praetor) of the Imperial Guard; alter-ego is Kallark </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hobgoblin_(Imperial_Guard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hobgoblin (Imperial Guard)">Hobgoblin</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chameleon_Boy" class="mw-redirect" title="Chameleon Boy">Chameleon Boy</a><sup id="cite_ref-CBR_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shapeshifting" title="Shapeshifting">Shapeshifting</a></td> <td>Chameloid</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #107 (Oct. 1977)</td> <td>Killed posing as <a href="/wiki/Lilandra_Neramani" title="Lilandra Neramani">Lilandra Neramani</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Inhumans" title="Inhumans">Inhumans</a></i> vol. 3 #4 (Oct. 2000) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hussar_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hussar (comics)">Hussar</a></b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Channeling of <a href="/wiki/Bioelectricity" class="mw-redirect" title="Bioelectricity">bioelectricity</a> into other living beings to shock and paralyze</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #137 (Sept. 1980)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Magique_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magique (Marvel Comics)">Magique</a></b> (<b>Magic</b>)</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Princess_Projectra" title="Princess Projectra">Princess Projectra</a></td> <td rowspan="2">Ability to create realistic illusions</td> <td rowspan="2">Shi'ar</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #107 (Oct. 1977)</td> <td>Killed in <i><a href="/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(2008_team)" title="Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team)">Guardians of the Galaxy</a></i> vol. 2 #15 (June 2009) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Magique_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magique (Marvel Comics)">Magique II</a></b></td> <td><i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i> vol. 5 #1 (Dec. 2012)</td> <td>Replaced the original Magique, who died in <i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i> vol. 2 #15 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Manta_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Manta (comics)">Manta</a></b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Infrared and ultraviolet vision, <a href="/wiki/Photokinesis" title="Photokinesis">photokinesis</a></td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #137 (Sept. 1980)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mentor_(Imperial_Guard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mentor (Imperial Guard)">Mentor</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brainiac_5" title="Brainiac 5">Brainiac 5</a></td> <td>Instantaneous processing of vast amounts of information</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #107 (Oct. 1977)</td> <td>Becomes praetor in <i>War of Kings: Who Will Rule</i> <a href="/wiki/One-shot_(comics)" title="One-shot (comics)">one-shot</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-WoKWWR_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WoKWWR-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> taken over by Strel and vanishes at the end of <i><a href="/wiki/Realm_of_Kings:_Imperial_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard">Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Neutron_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutron (Marvel Comics)">Neutron</a></b> (<b>Quasar</b>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Star_Boy" class="mw-redirect" title="Star Boy">Star Boy</a></td> <td>Superhuman strength, stamina, and durability; capable of increasing the mass, density or gravity of an object<sup id="cite_ref-Austin_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Austin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Stygian</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #107 (Oct. 1977)</td> <td>Killed in battle in <i>Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard</i> #5 (May 2010) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nightside_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nightside (comics)">Nightside</a></b> (<b>Nightshade</b>)</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Lass" title="Shadow Lass">Shadow Lass</a></td> <td rowspan="2">Ability to tap into the <a href="/wiki/Darkforce" class="mw-redirect" title="Darkforce">Darkforce</a> dimension, giving her the ability to conjure absolute darkness within a radius around her or her enemies; displace projectile attacks against her person by opening small apertures into the Darkforce<sup id="cite_ref-Austin_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Austin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td rowspan="2">Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #107 (Oct. 1977)</td> <td>Killed in <i>War of Kings</i> #1 (May 2009) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nightside_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nightside (comics)">Nightside II</a></b></td> <td><i>Avengers</i> vol. 5 #35 (Sept. 2014)</td> <td>Recruited from the Subguardians to replace the original Nightside, who was killed in <i>War of Kings</i> #1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Oracle_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Oracle (Marvel Comics)">Oracle</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saturn_Girl" title="Saturn Girl">Saturn Girl</a></td> <td>Telepathy, mind control, projection of stun bolts, psychoscopic awareness ("Mind-Sight": the ability to expand her over-consciousness to read the impressions left by events in the fabric of time and matter)<sup id="cite_ref-Austin_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Austin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Shi'ar</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #107 (Oct. 1977)</td> <td>Long-time member; part of the Royal Elite;<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> alter-ego is Lady Sybil; originally romantically linked with Starbolt;<sup id="cite_ref-X-Men_#107._Marvel_Comics_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-X-Men_#107._Marvel_Comics-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> later engaged to marry Tempest/Flashfire<sup id="cite_ref-Inhumans_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inhumans-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b>Plutonia</b></td> <td rowspan="2">—</td> <td rowspan="2">Phasing</td> <td rowspan="2">Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/New_X-Men_(2001_series)" title="New X-Men (2001 series)">New X-Men</a></i> #124 (May 2002)</td> <td>Alter-ego is N'zyr; romantically linked with fellow Guardsman Smasher, then romantically linked with fellow Guardsman Mentor; chose to bond with Raptor amulet at cost of her free will, becoming the Raptor Kyte;<sup id="cite_ref-RoKIG5_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RoKIG5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> current whereabouts unknown </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard</i> #5 (May 2010)</td> <td>Added to Imperial Guard after N'zyr became the Raptor Kyte and vanished </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pulsar_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulsar (Marvel Comics)">Pulsar</a></b> (<b>Impulse</b>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wildfire_(Drake_Burroughs)" title="Wildfire (Drake Burroughs)">Wildfire</a></td> <td>Energy being: flight, projection of energy blasts</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #107 (Oct. 1977)</td> <td>Seemingly killed by <a href="/wiki/Vulcan_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Vulcan (Marvel Comics)">Vulcan</a> in <i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #480 (Jan. 2007), but reappears later </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Scintilla_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scintilla (comics)">Scintilla</a></b> (<b>Midget</b>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shrinking_Violet_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shrinking Violet (comics)">Shrinking Violet</a></td> <td>Shrinking from normal size to five percent of her normal size (and any size in between)</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #107 (Oct. 1977)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/Smasher_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Smasher (Marvel Comics)">Smasher</a></b></td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Ultra_Boy" title="Ultra Boy">Ultra Boy</a></td> <td rowspan="5">Superhuman strength via cosmic radiation absorption, ability to download additional powers (one at a time) via "Exospex," flight via anti-gravity "flight patches"<sup id="cite_ref-Austin_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Austin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td rowspan="3">Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #107 (Oct. 1977)</td> <td>Romantically linked with fellow Guardsman Plutonia; alter-ego is <a href="/wiki/Smasher_(Marvel_Comics)#Vril_Rokk" title="Smasher (Marvel Comics)">Vril Rokk</a>; killed by <a href="/wiki/Vulcan_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Vulcan (Marvel Comics)">Vulcan</a> in <i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #480 (Jan. 2007) </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/War_of_Kings" title="War of Kings">War of Kings</a></i> #1 (Mar. 2009)</td> <td>Alter-ego is <a href="/wiki/Smasher_(Marvel_Comics)#Salac_Tuur" title="Smasher (Marvel Comics)">Salac Tuur</a>; killed by <a href="/wiki/Karnak_(comics)" title="Karnak (comics)">Karnak</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/War_of_Kings" title="War of Kings">War of Kings</a></i> #1 (May 2009) </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/War_of_Kings" title="War of Kings">War of Kings</a></i> #3 (July 2009)</td> <td>Killed by <a href="/wiki/Gladiator_(Kallark)" title="Gladiator (Kallark)">Gladiator</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/War_of_Kings" title="War of Kings">War of Kings</a></i> #3 (July 2009) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Human</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Avengers_(comic_book)" title="The Avengers (comic book)">Avengers</a></i> vol. 5 #1 (Feb. 2013)</td> <td>Alter-ego is <a href="/wiki/Smasher_(Marvel_Comics)#Izzy_Kane" title="Smasher (Marvel Comics)">Izzy Kane</a>; left the Imperial Guard to return to the Avengers </td></tr> <tr> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/All-New_X-Men" title="All-New X-Men">All-New X-Men</a></i> #23 (Apr. 2014)</td> <td>Replaced Izzy Kane in the Imperial Guard </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Starbolt" class="mw-redirect" title="Starbolt">Starbolt</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Boy" title="Sun Boy">Sun Boy</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wildfire_(Drake_Burroughs)" title="Wildfire (Drake Burroughs)">Wildfire</a></td> <td>Projection of energy bolts from hands<sup id="cite_ref-Austin_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Austin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>X-Men</i> #107 (Oct. 1977)</td> <td>Originally romantically linked with Oracle;<sup id="cite_ref-X-Men_#107._Marvel_Comics_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-X-Men_#107._Marvel_Comics-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> killed in <i><a href="/wiki/Realm_of_Kings:_Imperial_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard">Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard</a></i> #4 (Apr. 2010) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Titan_(Imperial_Guard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan (Imperial Guard)">Titan</a></b></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Colossal_Boy" class="mw-redirect" title="Colossal Boy">Colossal Boy</a></td> <td rowspan="2">Expand his body to giant size, superhuman strength and mass</td> <td rowspan="2">Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #107 (Oct. 1977)</td> <td>Killed by a swarm of mutated bugs in <i><a href="/wiki/Realm_of_Kings:_Imperial_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard">Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard</a></i> #5 (May 2010) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Titan_(Imperial_Guard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan (Imperial Guard)">Titan</a> II</b></td> <td>TK (sometime during the "<a href="/wiki/Infinity_(comic_book)" title="Infinity (comic book)">Infinity</a>" storyline)</td> <td>Replaced the first Titan who was killed in <i>Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard</i> #5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Warstar_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Warstar (comics)">Warstar</a></b></td> <td>—</td> <td>B'nee: electricity generation; C’cil: gigantic, superhuman strength and durability<sup id="cite_ref-Austin_7-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Austin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Two symbiotically linked sentient mechanoids<sup id="cite_ref-Austin_7-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Austin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #137 (Sept. 1980)</td> <td>Alter-egos are B'nee and C'cil; their names are an homage to the 1960s animated television program <i><a href="/wiki/Beany_and_Cecil" title="Beany and Cecil">Beany and Cecil</a></i>; killed (along with the entire Shi'ar fleet) by <a href="/wiki/Iron_Man" title="Iron Man">Iron Man</a> using Sol's Hammer in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Avengers_(comic_book)" title="The Avengers (comic book)">Avengers</a></i> vol. 5 #44 (June 2015), resurrected (along with the rest of the universe) in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ultimates_(comic_book)" title="The Ultimates (comic book)">The Ultimates</a></i> vol. 2 #3 (Mar. 2017) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_members">Other members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imperial_Guard_(Marvel_Comics)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Code Name</th> <th>Legion of Super-Heroes analog</th> <th>Powers and abilities</th> <th>Species</th> <th>First appearance</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Arc</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Bio-<a href="/wiki/Electrokinesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Electrokinesis">electrokinesis</a></td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/New_X-Men_(2001_series)" title="New X-Men (2001 series)">New X-Men</a></i> #123 (Apr. 2002)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Binder</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Binding objects</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rom_the_Space_Knight" title="Rom the Space Knight">Rom</a></i> Annual #4 (Dec. 1985)</td> <td>Killed by disintegration in <i>Rom</i> Annual #4 (Dec. 1985) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Black Light</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Dark energy blasts</td> <td>Shi'ar (mutated)</td> <td><i>X-Men: Spotlight on... Starjammers</i> #2 (June 1990)</td> <td>Twin brother of White Noise;<sup id="cite_ref-xmsos2_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xmsos2-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> killed in <i><a href="/wiki/Realm_of_Kings:_Imperial_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard">Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard</a></i> #5 (May 2010) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Blackthorn</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Botanopathy (Communication with and command of plant life like himself)</td> <td>Extraterrestrial sentient humanoid plant</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #157 (May 1982)</td> <td>Member of the Borderers division </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Blimp</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bouncing_Boy" title="Bouncing Boy">Bouncing Boy</a></td> <td>Bio-helium body contained within a specially constructed space suit</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>New X-Men</i> #124 (May 2002)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Chakar</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Flight, superhuman strength and durability</td> <td>Shi'ar</td> <td><i>Rom Annual</i> #4 (Dec. 1985)</td> <td>Praetor of the Imperial Guard; killed in <i>Rom</i> Annual #4 (Dec. 1985) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Commando</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Nega-Radiation that gives him superhuman strength, durability, and intellect</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kree" title="Kree">Kree</a></td> <td><i>Imperial Guard</i> #1 (Jan. 1997)</td> <td>Alter-ego is M'Nell<sup id="cite_ref-ImperialGuard1_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ImperialGuard1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Cosmo</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Flight, superhuman strength and durability</td> <td>Stygian</td> <td><i>New X-Men</i> #123 (Apr. 2002)</td> <td>Killed by <a href="/wiki/Vulcan_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Vulcan (Marvel Comics)">Vulcan</a> in <i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #480 (Jan. 2007) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Delphos</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dream_Girl_(DC_comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dream Girl (DC comics)">Dream Girl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Precognition" title="Precognition">Precognition</a></td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>Inhumans</i> vol. 3 #3 (Aug. 2000)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Fader</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Invisible_Kid" title="Invisible Kid">Invisible Kid</a></td> <td>Invisibility</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>New X-Men</i> #124 (May 2002)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Glom</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matter-Eater_Lad" title="Matter-Eater Lad">Matter-Eater Lad</a></td> <td>Giant jaws with the ability to bite through and consume all forms of matter</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Quasar_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quasar (comics)">Quasar</a></i> #33 (Apr. 1992)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>God-Killer</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Telepathy, claws, quills, superhuman strength and durability</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uncreated_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Uncreated (comics)">The Uncreated</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/X-Men:_Kingbreaker" title="X-Men: Kingbreaker">X-Men: Kingbreaker</a> #2</i> (Mar. 2009)</td> <td>Recruited by <a href="/wiki/Vulcan_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Vulcan (Marvel Comics)">Vulcan</a> to his Praetorians faction of the Imperial Guard;<sup id="cite_ref-Kingbreaker2_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kingbreaker2-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> later imprisoned by the <a href="/wiki/Nova_Corps" title="Nova Corps">Nova Corps</a> for war crimes, and finally transferred to Zan Philo's Corps starship <i>Resolute Duty</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>G-Type</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Project body's intense energy through wrist-mounted flamethrowers</td> <td>Hodinn</td> <td><i>New X-Men</i> #124 (May 2002)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Hardball</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bouncing_Boy" title="Bouncing Boy">Bouncing Boy</a></td> <td>Rubbery body which gives him superhuman durability and leaping power</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>Thor</i> #446 (Apr. 1992)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Kwill</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Projection of stun rays</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>Rom</i> Annual #4 (Dec. 1985)</td> <td>Killed by Tyreseus in <i>Rom</i> Annual #4 (Dec. 1985) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Mammoth</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Superhuman strength and durability</td> <td>Unidentified <a href="/wiki/Mammoth" title="Mammoth">mammoth</a>-like extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>New X-Men</i> #117 (Oct. 2001)</td> <td>Killed in battle with <a href="/wiki/Cassandra_Nova" title="Cassandra Nova">Cassandra Nova</a> in <i>New X-Men</i> #122 (March 2002) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Monstra</b></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monstress_(DC)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Monstress (DC) (page does not exist)">Monstress</a></td> <td>Superhuman strength and durability</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>New X-Men</i> #123 (Apr. 2002)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Moondancer</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dawnstar" title="Dawnstar">Dawnstar</a></td> <td>Flight, long-range tracking</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>Quasar</i> #33 (Apr. 1992)</td> <td>Alter-ego is Myla; forced to resign from the Imperial Guard in <i>Quasar</i> #57 (Apr. 1994) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Neosaurus</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Projection of consciousness from one exo-body form to another</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>New X-Men</i> #124 (May 2002)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>N'rill'irēē</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Superhuman strength and durability; claws and teeth</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #155 (Mar. 1982)</td> <td>Member of the Borderers division </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Onslaught</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karate_Kid_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Karate Kid (comics)">Karate Kid</a></td> <td>Skilled martial artist, superhuman strength<sup id="cite_ref-Austin_7-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Austin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>Quasar</i> #33 (Apr. 1992)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Schism</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duo_Damsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Duo Damsel">Duo Damsel</a></td> <td>Ability to divide into two bodies</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>New X-Men</i> #124 (May 2002)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Sea Spine</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Pheromones contained in her upper epidermis that can stun, poison, or incapacitate her opponents</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #157 (May 1982)</td> <td>Member of the Borderers division </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Solar Wind</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Projection of energy blast from chest</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>Quasar</i> #33 (Apr. 1992)</td> <td>Forced to resign from the Imperial Guard in <i>Quasar</i> #57 (Apr. 1994) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Sp'yxx</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Large creature with three heads; superhuman strength</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #157 (May 1982)</td> <td>Member of the Borderers division </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Squorm</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Flying, floating</td> <td>Hive of thousands of vastly intelligent tiny worm-like creatures</td> <td><i>New X-Men</i> #123 (Apr. 2002)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Stuff</b></td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shapeshifting" title="Shapeshifting">Shapeshifting</a></td> <td>Extraterrestrial bio-computer</td> <td><i>New X-Men</i> #123 (Apr. 2002)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Trypthe</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Enormous tripod creature with superhuman strength</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #157 (May 1982)</td> <td>Member of the Borderers division </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Voltar</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Razor-sharp blades (possibly replacing hands) with the ability to electrify</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Realm_of_Kings:_Imperial_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard">Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard</a></i> #1 (Nov. 2009)</td> <td>Killed while retaking the Imperial shipyards after the war with the <a href="/wiki/Kree" title="Kree">Kree</a> in <i>Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard</i> #1 (Nov. 2009) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Voltor</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Projection of electrical blasts from hands</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>Rom</i> Annual #4 (Dec. 1985)</td> <td>Killed by Tyreseus in <i>Rom</i> Annual #4 (Dec. 1985) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Voyager</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Teleportation</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>Quasar</i> #33 (Apr. 1992)</td> <td>Alter-ego is Divad; forced to resign from the Imperial Guard in <i>Quasar</i> #57 (Apr. 1994) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Webwing</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Tentacles with sedative excretion, can capture others in body, flight</td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> #157 (May 1982)</td> <td>Member of the Borderers division </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>White Noise</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Sound wave projection and manipulation</td> <td>Shi'ar</td> <td><i>X-Men: Spotlight on... Starjammers</i> #2 (June 1990)</td> <td>Twin sister of Black Light<sup id="cite_ref-xmsos2_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xmsos2-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Zenith</b></td> <td>—</td> <td>Capability to access and utilize the maximum potential of an energy-wielder's power<sup id="cite_ref-Austin_7-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Austin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Unidentified extraterrestrial race</td> <td><i>X-Men: Spotlight on... Starjammers</i> #2 (June 1990)</td> <td>Brother of <a href="/wiki/Raza_Longknife" title="Raza Longknife">Raza Longknife</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Starjammers" title="Starjammers">Starjammers</a>; killed in <i>X-Men: Spotlight on... Starjammers</i> #2 (June 1990) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_versions">Other versions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imperial_Guard_(Marvel_Comics)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Other versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Age_of_Apocalypse">Age of Apocalypse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imperial_Guard_(Marvel_Comics)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Age of Apocalypse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In an alternate reality depicted in the miniseries, <i><a href="/wiki/Age_of_Apocalypse" title="Age of Apocalypse">Age of Apocalypse</a></i>, Lilandra became the Admiral of the Shi'ar Grand Fleet and leader of the Imperial Guard. However, she was killed by her brother D'ken before she could stop him from taking control of the <a href="/wiki/M%27Kraan_Crystal" class="mw-redirect" title="M'Kraan Crystal">M'Kraan Crystal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heroes_Reborn">Heroes Reborn</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imperial_Guard_(Marvel_Comics)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Heroes Reborn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In an alternate reality depicted in the miniseries "<a href="/wiki/Heroes_Reborn_(2021_comic)" title="Heroes Reborn (2021 comic)">Heroes Reborn</a>", the Imperial Guard is associated with <a href="/wiki/Hyperion_(comics)" title="Hyperion (comics)">Hyperion</a> and most of its members were infected by the <a href="/wiki/Brood_(comics)" title="Brood (comics)">Brood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MC2">MC2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imperial_Guard_(Marvel_Comics)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: MC2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An older, alternate reality version of the original Lilandra appears in <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics_2" title="Marvel Comics 2">MC2</a> miniseries, <i><a href="/wiki/Last_Planet_Standing" title="Last Planet Standing">Last Planet Standing</a></i>, escaping the Shi'ar Empire after it is attacked and devoured by <a href="/wiki/Galactus" title="Galactus">Galactus</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific volume in which the source appears. (April 2024)">volume & issue needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_other_media">In other media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imperial_Guard_(Marvel_Comics)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: In other media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Imperial Guard appear in the <i><a href="/wiki/X-Men:_The_Animated_Series" title="X-Men: The Animated Series">X-Men</a></i> animated television series episodes "The Phoenix Saga, Part III: The Cry of the Banshee" and "The Phoenix Saga, Part V: Child of Light",<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> consisting of <a href="/wiki/Gladiator_(Kallark)" title="Gladiator (Kallark)">Gladiator</a>, <a href="/wiki/Starbolt" class="mw-redirect" title="Starbolt">Starbolt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flashfire_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flashfire (comics)">Flashfire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oracle_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Oracle (Marvel Comics)">Oracle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Smasher_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Smasher (Marvel Comics)">Smasher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Titan_(Imperial_Guard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan (Imperial Guard)">Titan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hobgoblin_(Imperial_Guard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hobgoblin (Imperial Guard)">Hobgoblin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warstar_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Warstar (comics)">Warstar</a>, Earthquake, <a href="/wiki/Hussar_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hussar (comics)">Hussar</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_characters:_A#Astra" title="List of Marvel Comics characters: A">Astra</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Manta_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Manta (comics)">Manta</a>. They battle the <a href="/wiki/X-Men" title="X-Men">X-Men</a> in a trial by combat to determine <a href="/wiki/Jean_Grey" title="Jean Grey">Jean Grey</a>'s fate, only to be defeated by the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Force_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenix Force (comics)">Phoenix Force</a>. <ul><li>The Imperial Guard appear in the <i><a href="/wiki/X-Men_%2797" title="X-Men '97">X-Men '97</a></i> episode "Lifedeath" Pt. 2.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Here, they have <a href="/wiki/Vulcan_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Vulcan (Marvel Comics)">Vulcan</a> as its latest member.</li></ul></li> <li>The Imperial Guard appear in the video game <i><a href="/wiki/Marvel:_Ultimate_Alliance" title="Marvel: Ultimate Alliance">Marvel: Ultimate Alliance</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> consisting of Gladiator, <a href="/wiki/Neutron_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutron (Marvel Comics)">Neutron</a>, Hussar, Starbolt, and Warstar. Several members of the Imperial Guard assisted <a href="/wiki/Deathbird" title="Deathbird">Deathbird</a> in taking the <a href="/wiki/Shi%27ar" title="Shi'ar">Shi'ar</a> Empire's throne from her sister <a href="/wiki/Lilandra" class="mw-redirect" title="Lilandra">Lilandra</a> while others refused to take part. Meanwhile, a group of heroes come to obtain a shard of the <a href="/wiki/M%27Kraan_Crystal" class="mw-redirect" title="M'Kraan Crystal">M'Kraan Crystal</a> and defeat the traitorous guards, Shi'ar soldiers, and Deathbird in the process.</li> <li>The Imperial Guard appear in the 2006 <a href="/wiki/Christopher_L._Bennett" title="Christopher L. Bennett">Christopher L. Bennett</a> novel, <i>X-Men: Watchers on the Walls</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> consisting of Smasher, Manta, Flashfire, Astra, <a href="/wiki/Nightside_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nightside (comics)">Nightside</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magique_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magique (Marvel Comics)">Magique</a>, Blackthorn, N'rill'iree, and Empress Lilandra.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imperial_Guard_(Marvel_Comics)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shi%27ar" title="Shi'ar">Shi'ar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squadron_Supreme" title="Squadron Supreme">Squadron Supreme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_teams_and_organizations#Death_Commandos" title="List of Marvel Comics teams and organizations">Death Commandos</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imperial_Guard_(Marvel_Comics)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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also with the alias of <a href="/wiki/Hobgoblin_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hobgoblin (Marvel Comics)">Hobgoblin</a>, commonly depicted as enemies of <a href="/wiki/Spider-Man" title="Spider-Man">Spider-Man</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Not to be confused with Mentor, the member of the <a href="/wiki/Eternals_(comics)" title="Eternals (comics)">Eternals</a>, father of <a href="/wiki/Thanos" title="Thanos">Thanos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Starfox_(comics)" title="Starfox (comics)">Starfox</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Not to be confused with the Marvel character <a href="/wiki/Quasar_(Wendell_Vaughn)" title="Quasar (Wendell Vaughn)">Quasar (Wendell Vaughn)</a>, who was introduced shortly thereafter.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Not the member of the Imperial Guard with the same name, who was introduced some years earlier.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imperial_Guard_(Marvel_Comics)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-CBR-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CBR_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CBR_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CBR_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CBR_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CBR_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CBR_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CBR_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CBR_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CBR_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Cronin, Brian. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cbr.com/x-men-dark-phoenix-saga-shiar-imperial-guard/">"Comic Legends: Why New Imperial Guard Members in Dark Phoenix Saga?"</a>, <i>CBR</i> (APR 09, 2018).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Fuller-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Fuller_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Fuller_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Fuller, Kevin. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/11/12/realm-of-kings-imperial-guard-1-review">"Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard #1 Review: Marvel's cosmos deal with the effects of its war,"</a> <i>IGN</i> (12 Nov 2009).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Cronin2-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Cronin2_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cronin2_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cronin2_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cronin2_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Cronin, Brian. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cbr.com/wolverine-costume-gallery/">"Wolverine: Every Costume Marvel's Latest Resurrected Mutant Has Worn, Ever,"</a> <i>CBR</i> (AUG. 25, 2018).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Blumberg-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Blumberg_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blumberg_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Blumberg, Arnold T. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/07/05/x-men-dark-phoenixs-lilandra-explained">"Lilandra Explained: Who Is the X-Men: Dark Phoenix Character?,"</a> <i>IGN</i> (5 Jul 2017).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBrevoortDeFalcoManningSanderson2017" class="citation book cs1">Brevoort, Tom; DeFalco, Tom; Manning, Matthew K.; Sanderson, Peter; Wiacek, Win (2017). <i>Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History</i>. DK Publishing. p. 181. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1465455505" title="Special:BookSources/978-1465455505"><bdi>978-1465455505</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Marvel+Year+By+Year%3A+A+Visual+History&rft.pages=181&rft.pub=DK+Publishing&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-1465455505&rft.aulast=Brevoort&rft.aufirst=Tom&rft.au=DeFalco%2C+Tom&rft.au=Manning%2C+Matthew+K.&rft.au=Sanderson%2C+Peter&rft.au=Wiacek%2C+Win&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AImperial+Guard+%28Marvel+Comics%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Austin-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Austin_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Austin_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Austin_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Austin_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Austin_7-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Austin_7-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Austin_7-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Austin_7-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Austin_7-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Austin_7-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Austin_7-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Austin_7-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Austin, Michael. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cbr.com/x-men-most-dangerous-members-shiar-imperial-guard/">"X-Men: The 10 Most Dangerous Members of The Shi’ar Imperial Guard: The X-Men Comics are filled with powerful and dangerous people. But few are as dangerous as the members of the Shi-ar Imperial Guard,"</a> <i>CBR</i> (AUG. 18, 2019).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hemming-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Hemming_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hemming_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hemming_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHemming2020" class="citation web cs1">Hemming, Nick (7 October 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.looper.com/258280/alien-races-we-want-to-see-in-the-mcu/">"Alien races we want to see in the MCU"</a>. <i>Looper.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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No, not the Hulk,"</a> <i>IGN</i> (6 Feb 2013).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Infinity-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Infinity_67-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/Infinity_(comic_book)" title="Infinity (comic book)">Infinity</a></i> #1–6 (Oct. 2013–Jan. 2014).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Avengers21-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Avengers21_68-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Avengers</i> vol. 5 #21 (Dec. 2013).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-69">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Avengers</i> vol. 5 #23 (Jan. 2014).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_#13-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_#13_70-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i> #13 (May 2014).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-71">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Yehl, Joshua. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/12/19/marvel-finally-ends-6-year-x-men-time-travel-story">"Marvel Finally Ends 6-Year X-Men Time Travel Story: In the pages of Extermination #5,"</a> <i>IGN</i> (19 Dec 2018).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-72">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Avengers</i> vol. 5 #41 (Apr. 2015).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Avengers</i> vol. 5 #43-44 (June 2015).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Inhumans-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Inhumans_74-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Inhumans_74-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Inhumans</i> vol. 3 #3 (Aug. 2000).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-75">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2018010101/http://comicbookdb.com/character.php?ID=7479">Tempest (Grannz)</a> at the Comic Book DB (archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://comicbookdb.com/character.php?ID=7479">the original</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kingbreaker2-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Kingbreaker2_76-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>X-Men: Kingbreaker</i> #2 (Mar. 2009)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-77">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/Gambit_and_the_X-Ternals" class="mw-redirect" title="Gambit and the X-Ternals">Gambit and the X-Ternals</a></i> #2 (Apr. 1995).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-78"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-78">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Heroes Reborn</i> #2. 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navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avengers_(comics)" title="Avengers (comics)">Avengers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_Widow_(Natasha_Romanova)" title="Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)">Black Widow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkeye_(Clint_Barton)" title="Hawkeye (Clint Barton)">Hawkeye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulk" title="Hulk">Hulk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Man" title="Iron Man">Iron Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_America" title="Captain America">Captain America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Thor (Marvel Comics)">Thor</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ms._Marvel" title="Ms. Marvel">Ms. Marvel</a>/<a href="/wiki/Captain_Marvel_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics)">Captain Marvel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Danvers" title="Carol Danvers">Carol Danvers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantastic_Four" title="Fantastic Four">Fantastic Four</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S.H.I.E.L.D." title="S.H.I.E.L.D.">S.H.I.E.L.D.</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Fury" title="Nick Fury">Nick Fury</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spider-Man" title="Spider-Man">Spider-Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S.W.O.R.D." title="S.W.O.R.D.">S.W.O.R.D.</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_X-Men_enemies" title="List of X-Men enemies">Antagonists</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Central<br /> rogues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apocalypse_(character)" title="Apocalypse (character)">Apocalypse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arcade_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Arcade (Marvel Comics)">Arcade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avalanche_(character)" title="Avalanche (character)">Avalanche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Tom_Cassidy" title="Black Tom Cassidy">Black Tom Cassidy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blob_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Blob (Marvel Comics)">Blob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivar_Trask" title="Bolivar Trask">Bolivar Trask</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassandra_Nova" title="Cassandra Nova">Cassandra Nova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deathbird" title="Deathbird">Deathbird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exodus_(comics)" title="Exodus (comics)">Exodus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Evolutionary" title="High Evolutionary">High Evolutionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juggernaut_(character)" title="Juggernaut (character)">Juggernaut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Deathstrike" title="Lady Deathstrike">Lady Deathstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magneto_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Magneto (Marvel Comics)">Magneto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mastermind_(Jason_Wyngarde)" title="Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde)">Mastermind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mister_Sinister" title="Mister Sinister">Mister Sinister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mojo_(comics)" title="Mojo (comics)">Mojo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystique_(character)" title="Mystique (character)">Mystique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omega_Red" title="Omega Red">Omega Red</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onslaught_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Onslaught (Marvel Comics)">Onslaught</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyro_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Pyro (Marvel Comics)">Pyro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabretooth_(character)" title="Sabretooth (character)">Sabretooth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Shaw_(character)" title="Sebastian Shaw (character)">Sebastian Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_King" title="Shadow King">Shadow King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Samurai" title="Silver Samurai">Silver Samurai</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kenuichio_Harada" title="Kenuichio Harada">Kenuichio Harada</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toad_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Toad (Marvel Comics)">Toad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Stryker" title="William Stryker">William Stryker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other<br /> supervillains</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Cornelius" title="Abraham Cornelius">Abraham Cornelius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adversary_(comics)" title="Adversary (comics)">Adversary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azazel_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Azazel (Marvel Comics)">Azazel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastion_(comics)" title="Bastion (comics)">Bastion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belasco_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Belasco (Marvel Comics)">Belasco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beyonder" title="Beyonder">Beyonder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Hodge" title="Cameron Hodge">Cameron Hodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyber_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Cyber (Marvel Comics)">Cyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Doom" title="Doctor Doom">Doctor Doom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Pierce" title="Donald Pierce">Donald Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabian_Cortez" title="Fabian Cortez">Fabian Cortez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galactus" title="Galactus">Galactus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graydon_Creed" title="Graydon Creed">Graydon Creed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpoon_(comics)" title="Harpoon (comics)">Harpoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Peter_Gyrich" title="Henry Peter Gyrich">Henry Peter Gyrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holocaust_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Holocaust (Marvel Comics)">Holocaust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Stryker" title="Jason Stryker">Jason Stryker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kang_the_Conqueror" title="Kang the Conqueror">Kang the Conqueror</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knull" title="Knull">Knull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krakoa" title="Krakoa">Krakoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leper_Queen" title="Leper Queen">Leper Queen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Living_Monolith" title="Living Monolith">Living Monolith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madelyne_Pryor" title="Madelyne Pryor">Madelyne Pryor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_Mold" title="Master Mold">Master Mold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moira_MacTaggert" title="Moira MacTaggert">Moira MacTaggert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mentallo" title="Mentallo">Mentallo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesmero" title="Mesmero">Mesmero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Rasputin" title="Mikhail Rasputin">Mikhail Rasputin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimrod_(comics)" title="Nimrod (comics)">Nimrod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Osborn" title="Norman Osborn">Norman Osborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phantazia" title="Phantazia">Phantazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Predator_X_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Predator X (comics)">Predator X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proteus_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Proteus (Marvel Comics)">Proteus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kelly_(character)" title="Robert Kelly (character)">Robert Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturnyne" title="Saturnyne">Saturnyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sauron_(comics)" title="Sauron (comics)">Sauron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selene_(comics)" title="Selene (comics)">Selene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spiral_(character)" title="Spiral (character)">Spiral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Lang_(character)" title="Steven Lang (character)">Steven Lang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stryfe" title="Stryfe">Stryfe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thanos" title="Thanos">Thanos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Fitzroy" title="Trevor Fitzroy">Trevor Fitzroy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viper_(Madame_Hydra)" title="Viper (Madame Hydra)">Viper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulcan_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Vulcan (Marvel Comics)">Vulcan</a></li></ul> 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Three</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenris_(comics)" title="Fenris (comics)">Fenris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Force_(comics)" title="Freedom Force (comics)">Freedom Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellfire_Club_(comics)" title="Hellfire Club (comics)">Hellfire Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellions_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Hellions (Marvel Comics)">Hellions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horsemen_of_Apocalypse" title="Horsemen of Apocalypse">Horsemen of Apocalypse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hounds_(comics)" title="Hounds (comics)">Hounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humanity%27s_Last_Stand" title="Humanity's Last Stand">Humanity's Last Stand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydra_(comics)" title="Hydra (comics)">Hydra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marauders_(comics)" title="Marauders (comics)">Marauders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neo_(Marvel_Comics_species)" title="Neo (Marvel Comics species)">Neo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phalanx_(comics)" title="Phalanx (comics)">Phalanx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purifiers_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Purifiers (Marvel Comics)">Purifiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reavers_(comics)" title="Reavers (comics)">Reavers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savage_Land_Mutates" title="Savage Land Mutates">Savage Land Mutates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sentinel_(comics)" title="Sentinel (comics)">Sentinels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow-X" title="Shadow-X">Shadow-X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidri" title="Sidri">Sidri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U-Men_(comics)" title="U-Men (comics)">U-Men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upstarts_(comics)" title="Upstarts (comics)">Upstarts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weapon_X" title="Weapon X">Weapon X</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Alternative versions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Magician_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Magician (Marvel Comics)">Magician</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverine_(Ultimate_Marvel_character)" title="Wolverine (Ultimate Marvel character)">Ultimate Wolverine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/X-Men_in_other_media" title="X-Men in other media">In other media</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apocalypse_in_other_media" title="Apocalypse in other media">Apocalypse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betsy_Braddock_in_other_media" title="Betsy Braddock in other media">Betsy Braddock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclops_in_other_media" title="Cyclops in other media">Cyclops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambit_in_other_media" title="Gambit in other media">Gambit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Grey_in_other_media" title="Jean Grey in other media">Jean Grey</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Grey_(film_character)" title="Jean Grey (film character)">film series</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magneto_in_other_media" title="Magneto in other media">Magneto</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Magneto_(film_character)" title="Magneto (film character)">film series</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Maximoff" title="Peter Maximoff">Peter Maximoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morph_(X-Men:_The_Animated_Series)" title="Morph (X-Men: The Animated Series)">Morph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystique_(film_character)" title="Mystique (film character)">Mystique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professor_X_in_other_media" title="Professor X in other media">Professor X</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Xavier_(film_character)" title="Charles Xavier (film character)">film series</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogue_in_other_media" title="Rogue in other media">Rogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spyke" title="Spyke">Spyke</a></li> <li><a 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aleta_Ogord" title="Aleta Ogord">Aleta Ogord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie-27" title="Charlie-27">Charlie-27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinex" title="Martinex">Martinex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikki_(comics)" title="Nikki (comics)">Nikki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starhawk_(character)" title="Starhawk (character)">Starhawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vance_Astro" title="Vance Astro">Vance Astro/Major Victory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yondu" title="Yondu">Yondu Udonta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(2008_team)" title="Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team)">2008 team members</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Warlock" title="Adam Warlock">Adam Warlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flash_Thompson" title="Flash Thompson">Agent Venom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_(character)" title="Angela (character)">Angela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bug_(comics)" title="Bug (comics)">Bug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cosmo_the_Spacedog" title="Cosmo the Spacedog">Cosmo the Spacedog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drax_the_Destroyer" title="Drax the Destroyer">Drax the Destroyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamora" title="Gamora">Gamora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groot" title="Groot">Groot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulkling" title="Hulkling">Hulkling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Flag" title="Jack Flag">Jack Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mantis_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Mantis (Marvel Comics)">Mantis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noh-Varr" title="Noh-Varr">Marvel Boy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moondragon" title="Moondragon">Moondragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebula_(character)" title="Nebula (character)">Nebula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nova_(Richard_Rider)" title="Nova (Richard Rider)">Nova (Richard Rider)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phyla-Vell" title="Phyla-Vell">Quasar (Phyla-Vell)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocket_Raccoon" title="Rocket Raccoon">Rocket Raccoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star-Lord" title="Star-Lord">Star-Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiccan_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiccan (comics)">Wiccan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Supporting<br />characters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Annihilators_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Annihilators (Marvel Comics)">Annihilators</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beta_Ray_Bill" title="Beta Ray Bill">Beta Ray Bill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladiator_(Kallark)" title="Gladiator (Kallark)">Gladiator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quasar_(Wendell_Vaughn)" title="Quasar (Wendell Vaughn)">Quasar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Surfer" title="Silver Surfer">Silver Surfer</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avengers_(comics)" title="Avengers (comics)">Avengers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Danvers" title="Carol Danvers">Captain Marvel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Man" title="Iron Man">Iron Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Thor (Marvel Comics)">Thor</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cosmic_Ghost_Rider" title="Cosmic Ghost Rider">Cosmic Ghost Rider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantastic_Four" title="Fantastic Four">Fantastic Four</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Grimm" class="mw-redirect" title="Ben Grimm">Thing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fin_Fang_Foom" title="Fin Fang Foom">Fin Fang Foom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_the_Duck" title="Howard the Duck">Howard the Duck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inhumans" title="Inhumans">Inhumans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kismet_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Kismet (Marvel Comics)">Kismet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kree" title="Kree">Kree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nova_Corps" title="Nova Corps">Nova Corps</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nova_(Richard_Rider)" title="Nova (Richard Rider)">Richard Rider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nova_(Sam_Alexander)" title="Nova (Sam Alexander)">Sam Alexander</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quasar_(Wendell_Vaughn)" title="Quasar (Wendell Vaughn)">Quasar (Wendell Vaughn)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shi%27ar" title="Shi'ar">Shi'ar</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Imperial Guard</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skrulls" class="mw-redirect" title="Skrulls">Skrulls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starjammers" title="Starjammers">Starjammers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symbiote_(comics)" title="Symbiote (comics)">Symbiote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uatu" title="Uatu">Uatu</a> the <a href="/wiki/Watcher_(comics)" title="Watcher (comics)">Watcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X-Men" title="X-Men">X-Men</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kitty_Pryde" title="Kitty Pryde">Kitty Pryde</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Antagonists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Annihilus" title="Annihilus">Annihilus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kismet_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Kismet (Marvel Comics)">Ayesha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badoon" title="Badoon">Badoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Order_(comics)" title="Black Order (comics)">Black Order</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blastaar" title="Blastaar">Blastaar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blood_Brothers_(comics)" title="Blood Brothers (comics)">Blood Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brood_(comics)" title="Brood (comics)">Brood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celestial_(comics)" title="Celestial (comics)">Celestials</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitauri" title="Chitauri">Chitauri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collector_(character)" title="Collector (character)">Collector</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Doom" title="Doctor Doom">Doctor Doom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ego_the_Living_Planet" title="Ego the Living Planet">Ego the Living Planet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elders_of_the_Universe" title="Elders of the Universe">Elders of the Universe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fin_Fang_Foom" title="Fin Fang Foom">Fin Fang Foom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galactus" title="Galactus">Galactus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Grandmaster (Marvel Comics)">Grandmaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hala_the_Accuser" title="Hala the Accuser">Hala the Accuser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Evolutionary" title="High Evolutionary">High Evolutionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%27son_(character)" title="J'son (character)">J'son</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knull" title="Knull">Knull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korath_the_Pursuer" title="Korath the Pursuer">Korath the Pursuer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korvac" title="Korvac">Korvac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kree" title="Kree">Kree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebula_(character)" title="Nebula (character)">Nebula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronan_the_Accuser" title="Ronan the Accuser">Ronan the Accuser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shi%27ar" title="Shi'ar">Shi'ar Empire</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vulcan_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Vulcan (Marvel Comics)">Vulcan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skrulls" class="mw-redirect" title="Skrulls">Skrulls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Intelligence" title="Supreme Intelligence">Supreme Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thanos" title="Thanos">Thanos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titus_(comics)" title="Titus (comics)">Titus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Church_of_Truth" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Church of Truth">Universal Church of Truth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Storylines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Annihilation_(comics)" title="Annihilation (comics)">Annihilation</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Annihilation:_Conquest" title="Annihilation: Conquest">Annihilation: Conquest</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/War_of_Kings" title="War of Kings">War of Kings</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Realm_of_Kings" title="Realm of Kings">Realm of Kings</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Thanos_Imperative" title="The Thanos Imperative">The Thanos Imperative</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Vortex" title="The Black Vortex">The Black Vortex</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">In other media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Marvel_Cinematic_Universe" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Marvel Cinematic Universe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(film)" title="Guardians of the Galaxy (film)">Guardians of the Galaxy</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(soundtrack)" title="Guardians of the Galaxy (soundtrack)">soundtrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_accolades_received_by_Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(film)" title="List of accolades received by Guardians of the Galaxy (film)">accolades</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_Vol._2" title="Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2">Vol. 2</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_Vol._2_(soundtrack)" title="Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (soundtrack)">soundtrack</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Am_Groot" title="I Am Groot">I Am Groot</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_Holiday_Special" title="The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special">Holiday Special</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_Holiday_Special_(soundtrack)" title="The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (soundtrack)">soundtrack</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_Vol._3" title="Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3">Vol. 3</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_Vol._3_(soundtrack)" title="Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (soundtrack)">soundtrack</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Characters" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Characters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(TV_series)" title="Guardians of the Galaxy (TV series)"><i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i> (animated series)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy:_The_Telltale_Series" title="Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series">Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Marvel%27s_Wastelanders" title="Marvel's Wastelanders">Marvel's Wastelanders</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvel%27s_Guardians_of_the_Galaxy" title="Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy"><i>Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy</i> (2021 video game)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Old_Man_Quill" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Man Quill">Old Man Quill</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asgardians_of_the_Galaxy" title="Asgardians of the Galaxy">Asgardians of the Galaxy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knowhere" title="Knowhere">Knowhere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_%E2%80%93_Mission:_Breakout!" title="Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout!"><i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i> – Mission: Breakout!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy:_Cosmic_Rewind" title="Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind"><i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i>: Cosmic Rewind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_alien_races_in_Marvel_Comics" title="List of alien races in Marvel Comics">Alien races</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(New_Guard)" title="Guardians of the Galaxy (New Guard)">Guardians of the Galaxy (New Guard)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Wraiths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spaceknights" class="mw-redirect" title="Spaceknights">Galadorians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kree" title="Kree">Kree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kymellians" class="mw-redirect" title="Kymellians">Kymellians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phalanx_(comics)" title="Phalanx (comics)">Phalanx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shi%27ar" title="Shi'ar">Shi'ar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skrulls" class="mw-redirect" title="Skrulls">Skrulls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symbiote_(comics)" title="Symbiote (comics)">Symbiotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watcher_(comics)" title="Watcher (comics)">Watchers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" 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href="/wiki/Collector_(character)" title="Collector (character)">Collector</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contemplator_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Contemplator (Marvel Comics)">Contemplator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ego_the_Living_Planet" title="Ego the Living Planet">Ego the Living Planet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gardener_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gardener (comics)">Gardener</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Grandmaster (Marvel Comics)">Grandmaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obliterator_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Obliterator (comics)">Obliterator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Possessor_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Possessor (comics)">Possessor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runner_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Runner (comics)">Runner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/War_of_Kings#The_Fraternity_of_Raptors" title="War of Kings">Fraternity of Raptors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darkhawk" title="Darkhawk">Darkhawk</a></li> <li>Gyre</li> <li>Talon</li> <li>Razor</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Galactus#Heralds" title="Galactus">Heralds of Galactus</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air-Walker" title="Air-Walker">Air-Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annihilation_(comics)#Annihilation:_Silver_Surfer" title="Annihilation (comics)">Fallen One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firelord_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Firelord (comics)">Firelord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galactus" title="Galactus">Galactus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morg" title="Morg">Morg the Executioner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nova_(Frankie_Raye)" title="Nova (Frankie Raye)">Nova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Shift_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Shift (comics)">Red Shift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Surfer" title="Silver Surfer">Silver Surfer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stardust_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Stardust (Marvel Comics)">Stardust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrax" title="Terrax">Terrax the Tamer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrant_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tyrant (Marvel Comics)">Tyrant</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Imperial Guard</a> (<a href="/wiki/Shi%27ar" title="Shi'ar">Shi'ar</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gladiator_(Kallark)" title="Gladiator (Kallark)">Gladiator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neutron_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutron (Marvel 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