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Also known as Star Lord, Peter Quill, Starlord, Star lord

Star-Lord (Peter Jason Quill) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Englehart and Steve Gan, the character first appeared in Marvel Preview #4 (January 1976). The son of human Meredith Quill and Spartoi J'son, Peter Quill assumes the mantle of Star-Lord, an interplanetary policeman.

Key facts

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Star-Lord
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Textless variant cover of Star-Lord #1 (December 2016). Art by Kris Anka
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Marvel Comics
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Marvel Preview #4(January 1976)
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Steve EnglehartSteve Gan
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Peter Jason Quill
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Human/Spartoi hybrid
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Master of the Sun
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Guardians of the GalaxyInfinity WatchRavagersUnited FrontNova Corps
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Gamora
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Human/Spartoi hybrid physiology grants him enhanced strength, durability, and longevity Strength augmentation via advanced suit Master tactician and field commander Expert hand-to-hand combatant and master martial artist Expert marksman Expert user of various kinds of alien technology and weapons Flight via jet boots Utilizing dual elemental guns, and helmet providing survivability in space, and formerly used a universal translator implant in his neck
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Marvel Comics
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Star-Lord

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

30 sections
Contents
  • Creation
  • Publication history
  • Fictional character biography
  • New Guardians and Kitty Pryde
  • The Black Vortex
  • Secret Wars
  • All-New, All-Different Marvel
  • Grounded
  • Master of the Sun
  • Imperial
  • Powers and abilities
  • Reception
  • Accolades
  • Other characters named Star-Lord
  • Other versions
  • ''Age of Ultron''
  • Classic Star-Lord
  • Starkill
  • ''Old Man Quill''
  • Ultimate Universe
  • In other media
  • Television
  • Film
  • Marvel Cinematic Universe
  • Video games
  • Merchandise
  • Miscellaneous
  • Collected editions
  • References
  • External links

Star-Lord (Peter Jason Quill) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Englehart and Steve Gan, the character first appeared in Marvel Preview #4 (January 1976). The son of human Meredith Quill and Spartoi J'son, Peter Quill assumes the mantle of Star-Lord, an interplanetary policeman.

The character played prominent roles in the comic book storylines "Annihilation" (2006) and "Annihilation: Conquest" (2007), "War of Kings" (2008), The Thanos Imperative (2009), and Old Man Quill (2019). He became the leader of the space-based superhero team Guardians of the Galaxy in the 2008 relaunch of the comic of the same name. He has been featured in a variety of associated Marvel merchandise, including animated television series, toys and trading cards.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Star-Lord” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.