Stellaris (comics)

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caption=Detail of Stellaris from cover of "The Mighty Thor" #420 (Aug 1990). Pencils by Ron Frenz, inks by Joe Sinnott.
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character_name=Stellaris
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publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="The Mighty Thor" Vol. 1 #419 (July 1990)
creators=Tom DeFalco and Gary Hartle
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alliances=The Graces
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aliases=The Celestial Slayer
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Stellaris is a fictional extraterrestrial female warrior appearing in comic books published by American publisher, Marvel Comics.

Publication history

Stellaris first appeared in "The Mighty Thor" Vol. 1 #419-420 (July-August 1990) and was created by Tom DeFalco and Gary Hartle.

The character subsequently appeared in "The Mighty Thor", Vol. 1 #424 (October 1990), "Thunderstrike" #16 (January 1995), "Annihilation: Ronan" #1-3 (June-September 2006), "Annihilation: The Nova Corps Files" (October 2006), and "Annihilation: Saga" (May 2007).

Stellaris received an entry in the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition" #25.

Fictional character biography

Her exact origins largely unknown even to herself, Stellaris travels the universe seeking vengeance against the god-like Celestials whom she claims destroyed her home world after judging it "unfit". Eventually her travels lead her to Earth when she pursues a messenger of the Celestials sent to Earth to summon the heroes Thor and Hercules to the "Black Galaxy". ["The Mighty Thor", Vol. 1 #419 (July 1990)] After destroying the messenger out of her hatred for the Celestials, Stellaris follows Hercules and Thor to the Black Galaxy where a group of Celestials are in the process of bringing to life a new Celestial. Stellaris attacks intending to destroy the new Celestial only to find she has inadvertently provided the final energy needed to allow the new Celestial to come to life. ["The Mighty Thor", Vol. 1 #424 (October 1990)]

Some time after her encounter with the Celestials in the Black Galaxy, Stellaris shadows for a period of time on Earth Eric Masterson, a mortal human who had been bonded with Thor at the time when Thor and Stellaris first encountered one another. Stellaris covertly aids Masterson in his adventures as the hero "Thunderstrike" before returning to space once again in order to seek clues to her origin. ["Thunderstrike" #16 (January 1995)"']

When the interdimensional villian, Annihilus, invades outer space Stellaris submits herself to super powered extraterrestial Gamora becoming one of one of Gamora's "Graces" to order to oppose the threat. During a battle in the conflict with Ronan the Accuser, Stellaris was seriously wounded. ["Annihilation: Ronan" #2 (July 2006)"']

Powers and abilities

Stellaris possesses "living" armor of unknown origin. In one story her armor was assessed by a robot to be identical to the armor of the Celestials. ["The Mighty Thor", Vol. 1 #424 (October 1990)"']

Notes

References

*comicbookdb|type=character|id=5473|title=Stellaris

External links

* [http://www.marvel.com/universe/Stellaris Stellaris's entry at www.marvel.com]