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104-582: [REDACTED] Look up groot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Groot River or Grootrivier , meaning "large river", may refer to: Groot River (Eastern Cape) , a tributary of the Gamtoos River (South Africa) Groot River (Southern Cape) , a tributary of the Gourits River (South Africa) Groot River (Western Cape) , a tributary of

208-466: A clone of his friend, possibly an army of them. During the final stand against God Doom, Peter not only piloted a ship to take the two Reed Richardses to the heart of Castle Doom , but also managed to keep Black Swan occupied by using the last twig of Groot, kept in his pocket ever since the Incursions to be planted at the crucial moment. Following the restoration of reality, Peter ascends to

312-627: A band of superheroes, and were then dumped through a portal to the Negative Zone . Groot was later tracked down and captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. 's Paranormal Containment Unit, nicknamed the Howling Commandos , when his tree scent was detected by Sasquatch and Abominable Snowman . While Groot was being held captive, Gorilla-Man talked to Groot about joining the Howling Commandos. When Merlin and his forces attacked

416-508: A consequence of the battle, Groot dies, buying the team some time to escape. A new Groot was created as a sprig offshoot and went on to accompany the team on their continued mission against the Phalanx, but was one of the team members captured by the Phalanx. Groot and the others were freed by Mantis , and escaped back to the lines of the Kree's resistance. In time, Groot's body regenerated from

520-502: A conversation between Peter and Kitty in which she learns that Peter knew (without telling the rest of the team) that Thanos was on Earth the entire time they were there. After stopping Gamora from storming into the Triskelion and killing Thanos, Gamora and the other Guardians leave Peter due to the secrecy. Peter and Kitty then break off their engagement. Living alone in an apartment given to him by Abigail Brand , Peter calls Howard

624-547: A dream. During the 2013 " Age of Ultron " storyline, Wolverine and Susan Storm accidentally create an alternate timeline after traveling back in time and assassinating Hank Pym before he can create Ultron . In the new reality, Star-Lord is seen as a member of the Defenders , who have replaced the defunct Avengers as the world's premier superhero team. Lord Starkill debuted in Captain Marvel #126 in 2018. He

728-407: A fast-action story on Mercury , a love story on Venus , a war story on Mars , and so on out to the edge of the solar system, and then beyond. But—after his earthbound beginning, where I established him as an unpleasant, introverted jerk, I left Marvel, so no one ever saw what he was to become. Englehart would later state that the story on Jupiter would be about Government, and that his version of

832-493: A group of robots connected to Gambit. The two decide to steal an artifact that Gambit has, but it is a trap, and the two are captured. Right before Gambit can kill them, a version of Drax appears. Drax hired Peter to work in the Quiet Room. Drax knocks out Gambit. The three leave with the artifact secured. When they are safe the next morning, Kitty shows it to the two, only to find out its Rocket Raccoon's tail. Star-Lord laments

936-655: A human form, which she can then animate and use as a host. Even if completely destroyed, she is capable of restoring herself, since her true form is her consciousness. In addition, she takes on a number of feminine characteristics, such as a mothering instinct for those she is partnered with. She has felt deeper attachments, including love for her partners. Ship can create Widgets—small, mobile droids able to scout out situations, gather information, and then return to her. The full extent of Ship's abilities are unknown. During Star-Lord's battle with The Fallen One, his element gun, suit and Ship were destroyed. Due to severe injury, he

1040-518: A main character in the core Secret Wars miniseries, and in a tie-in miniseries during the event, Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde . During publication of "Secret Wars", Marvel premiered a new ongoing Star-Lord series, written by Sam Humphries , as part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel initiative, which focused on the character's revamped origins. This series also saw him leave the Guardians of

1144-657: A member of the Guardians. Groot is one of the stars of Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3, a part of the Marvel NOW! relaunch. In March 2015, it was announced that Groot would be getting a solo series by writer Jeff Loveness and artist Brian Kesinger . The Groot who appeared in Tales to Astonish and the one introduced in Annihilation: Conquest were retroactively established as being separate members of

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1248-451: A number of things, and his varying inflections of the sentence are the equivalent of words and sentences. People who have interacted with Groot are gradually able to decipher the meaning of the inflections and can carry on full conversations with Groot as time goes on. The meaning of the word 'Groot' comes from the Dutch word 'groot' and translates as 'Tall'. The mature form of Groot's species

1352-550: A proposal which she accepts. When the universe is facing its imminent end, Star-Lord and the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy come to the world's final battle against the Children of Tomorrow. During the battle, Groot and Rocket Raccoon are killed, and Star-Lord is teleported away by Reed Richards to his ship. In the end, he is one of the few survivors of the apocalypse aboard the Fantastic Four 's "life raft". After

1456-473: A retired super-criminal named Silver Bandit. After a day of bonding, Star-Lord is hired as a bartender at a bar for supervillains owned by Edmund's son. When the reborn Olympians began wreaking havoc throughout the universe Richard Rider interrupted the Guardians' party and asked them for help to deal with the mad gods. Despite other Guardians' wishes to rest, Peter was unable to do so while innocent people were being killed, and that, alongside recurring visions of

1560-516: A second volume of Guardians of the Galaxy featured a team of characters from the crossover who were led by Star-Lord for the duration of the title's 25-issue run. Plot lines from that series were concluded in The Thanos Imperative mini-series. Because of revisions to the character's origin, his early appearances have been officially designated as occurring in an alternate reality. Star-Lord returned, along with other members of

1664-475: A spell to spread the survivors across the world using the wind, with Doom vowing to find them. Star-Lord ends up in the domain of Manhattan , where he gets a job singing in the popular club, "the Quiet Room", singing Disney songs, as Disney films never existed in Battleworld , using the alias of Steve Rogers to hide from Doom. It is here that he runs into an alternate universe version of Kitty Pryde (from

1768-438: A strong narrative with the small tree creature-slash-assassin. Despite only speaking three words, he does inflect great emotion through Groot. Flaviano's art adds to it, as Groot is given a visible range of emotion to help the reader understand what he's saying. His overtly cartoony Groot stands out wonderfully well against the much more realistic Guardians (even Rocket), drawing the reader's eye to Groot in every panel he's in. This

1872-456: A time until he discovers his father was planning to pass a law that forbade any interaction of extraterrestrial or space origin with Earth. Knowing this would be an open invitation for invasion, Peter decides to reform the Guardians with six members: Gamora , Rocket Raccoon , Groot , Drax the Destroyer , and Bug , along with himself, and start protecting Earth from any attack. Soon they aid

1976-514: A worthy candidate. Quill volunteers, but he is rejected in favor of a colleague he once treated badly. Quill is outraged, and NASA orders his return to Earth and discharge for his conduct. Instead, he steals a scout ship, returns to the space station, and takes his colleague's place. Quill becomes Star-Lord, with the Master of the Sun first creating an illusion in which the character is able to find and kill

2080-475: Is J'son, his father. He escapes thanks to Kitty, and they spend some time together. Peter convinces Kitty to stay in space with him. He decides to steal an important artifact from J'son as payback. Peter and Kitty were successful in stealing the artifact called The Black Vortex , but found themselves outnumbered by J'son's killing squad so they decided to call the X-Men and the remaining Guardians for help. Knowing

2184-417: Is a great trick, as it does show that Groot is the central focus. At the climax of the book, the art gets downright weird, but it's beautiful. The planet Terminal is presented as an eerie alternate world, with vibrant colors (thanks to Menyz). The colors are stunning throughout the whole book — he uses them well to set up the overall feel of each page. I honestly can't pick a favorite panel, since this whole book

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2288-469: Is absorbed through photosynthesis ; this is a highly advanced education method, making the Flora colossi geniuses. Groot originated from an "Ennobled Sap-line" and was gifted with a tremendous grasp of quasi-dimensional super-positional engineering. Groot did not get along with fellow saplings but instead preferred the company of the "Maintenance Mammals", against which the other saplings discriminated. Groot

2392-632: Is an evil version of Star-Lord from an alternate universe. He possesses the Reality Stone and is allied with Thanos. Based in the Wastelands universe, Peter Quill eventually becomes the emperor of Spartax. He leaves the Guardians of the Galaxy and Gamora to marry L'ssa and fathers two children; however, the Universal Church of Truth draws him out in a firefight, which leaves his homeworld vulnerable to attack. The Church annihilates

2496-446: Is an expert in close-quarter combat, various human and alien firearms, and battle techniques. He has extensive knowledge of various alien customs, societies, and cultures, and considerable knowledge about cosmic abstracts, such as Oblivion. As Star-Lord, Peter Quill wears a suit that grants augmented strength and durability and the ability to travel through space. He uses an "Element Gun", a special meta-pistol capable of projecting one of

2600-742: Is beautiful to look at." Two distinct incarnations of Groot appear in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), both voiced by Vin Diesel , who also provided motion capture for the character and voice work for some foreign dubs. Additionally, Fred Tatasciore voices an alternate universe variant of Groot in the What If...? episode "What If... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?". Baby Groot appears in Ralph Breaks

2704-426: Is captured. Peter is prosecuted by Matt Murdock , who argues that unlike other superheroes, Star-Lord was reckless and endangered civilians while causing substantial property damage. The trial is interrupted by Brand, who gets the judge to reduce Peter's sentence to community service, to which Peter agrees. Brand and Alpha Flight then give him a new skin-tight costume, and he is assigned to senior citizen Edmund Allen,

2808-501: Is killed when she is attacked by two Badoon soldiers who have come to kill Peter and end J'son's blood line. Peter finds his father's gun by accident, kills them with a shotgun, and escapes his home before it is destroyed by the Badoon ship. The Badoon presume Peter has been killed and leave. Peter is placed in an orphanage and eventually joins NASA . It was eventually explained that he was raised by his mother's best friend Lisa Chang who

2912-425: Is met by the Master who states; having passed the test of his new life, he will make Quill into the one true Star Lord: The Master of the Sun. Arriving on Spartax in time to witness a symbiote dragon laying waste to his homeworld, Star Lord was caught up on all the events he'd missed and - with Nova's help - dove into the dragon and confronted the dark god of the symbiotes, Knull. Knull attempted to infect Star Lord and

3016-679: Is robust and heavyweight, which causes the organs of acoustic generation to become stiff and inflexible. It is this nature of Groot's larynx that causes people, who are oblivious to the subtle nuances of Flora colossi speech, to misinterpret Groot as merely repeating his name. It could not be determined whether Maximus' claim was true or merely another manifestation of his madness, though Groot genuinely did seem to be assisting Maximus with highly advanced engineering. Later, in All-New X-Men #23, Jean Grey telepathically links with Groot, showing that Groot's thought processes are indeed complex, and

3120-427: Is the beginning of something good. All the pieces are there story-wise, art-wise, and character-wise. Now the task is the new journey we’re taking with some ink and paper friends. Fans of the movies and fans of the original comics will find much to appreciate with this issue. Time to blast up the jams on your old cassette tape deck and enjoy with a smile." Baltimore Lauren of Bleeding Cool asserted, "Hastings delivers

3224-456: The Age of Apocalypse universe), who is hunting down artifacts from before Battleworld's creation. Hoping to talk to who he believes is his fiancée, he accidentally foils a deal between Kitty and Gambit to obtain an ancient artifact. Gambit leaves, but Kitty uses a scanner to discover that Star-Lord is from before Battleworld's creation, and she plans to take him to Doom. However, they are ambushed by

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3328-509: The Avengers against the returned Thanos. After this, Star-Lord and his new team of Guardians engage in conflicts with the Badoon. He is soon captured by the army of Spartax but he escapes imprisonment and broadcasts a video showing the unfairness of his father's reign. During the war of the builders, he infiltrated the S.W.O.R.D. facilities and rescued Abigail Brand along with Rocket and new member Angela. He also declared war against

3432-467: The Flora colossi for their apparent inability to speak, though Groot was shown to have been actually speaking not just understandably but eloquently in his language throughout Annihilation: Conquest . The Flora colossi are ruled over by the "Arbor Masters" and teach the children of the species with "Photonic Knowledge", which is the collected knowledge of the Arbor Masters of the generations and

3536-399: The Flora colossi that Gardener grew from Groot's splinters. Groot got close to Gardener and used his healing powers to purge the poison that Loki put in him from his body. Gardener repaid Groot by using his abilities to restore Groot back to his previous size. In addition, Groot can now speak in full sentences and refers to himself in the third person. Groot can absorb wood as food, and has

3640-729: The Ultimates , Hyperion, and Quasar in intercepting a fleet of Chitauri that are approaching Earth until a Hydra-aligned Steve Rogers activated the Planetary Defense Shield trapping those fighting the Chitauri outside of Earth's atmosphere. Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot try to enlist representatives of the Skrulls, Kree, Brood, Shi'ar and Spartax empires that are on the Galactic Council in helping against

3744-526: The four elements (air, earth, fire and water). Star-Lord shares a psychic link with his sentient space vessel, Ship . Ship is a sentient energy form. She most often exists in the form of a starship but can alter her structure at will. She can travel through air, space and water. She possesses many of the conventional starship accessories, including shields, energy blasters, advanced sensors, replicators (able to form any kind of food, drink, etc.), and hologram projectors . She has proven capable of creating

3848-567: The Babel Spire. When Star-Lord was captured by Ultron , the original plan of laying explosives in the Spire failed, so Rocket Raccoon and Groot needed to come up with a new plan. Groot decided to sprout inside the Spire, growing to colossal size and filling a large portion of the building. Mantis was able to remix Groot's sap in a way as to make it extremely flammable, and again Groot died for

3952-415: The Chitauri hordes and to break down the Planetary Defense Shield and get rid of Hydra. Realizing they are now facing a galaxy without human interference, the Galactic Council refuses aid and attempt to kill the three Guardians as they flee. After the Planetary Defense Shield is shut down, Groot and the Guardians of the Galaxy join the final battle against Hydra. Rocket Raccoon and Groot are on their way to

4056-416: The Destroyer and Gamora , whom Groot counted as friends. During the 2015 Secret Wars storyline, Groot is with the Guardians of the Galaxy when they take part in the incursion between Earth-616 and Earth-1610. Groot and Rocket Raccoon are killed by the Children of Tomorrow. However, when Peter Quill — one of the few survivors of the incursions from Earth-616 — finds himself confronted by Black Swan in

4160-456: The Duck to try and have drinks with him, and Howard furiously hangs up. He then finds Kitty and Old Man Logan in an art gallery, where Kitty shouts at him for carrying his guns into an art gallery with children. Frustrated, Peter leaves. Logan then catches up to him and has drinks with him in a bar, where they fight hitmen, which attracts the attention of the police. Logan flees the scene and Peter

4264-512: The Empire and J'son is deposed as a consequence. Peter keeps a low profile and remains dedicated to his long-distance relationship with Kitty. Soon he discovers he is elected by the Spartax people to be their new emperor. Peter ignores the announcement and focuses on Kitty and his search for a gangster named Mr. Knife who had put a bounty on his head. After being captured by Knife, he realizes Knife

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4368-771: The Fallen One are subsequently imprisoned in the intergalactic prison called the Kyln . Peter is freed by the hero Nova during the Annihilation War and aids in the war against villain Annihilus . He later acts as military adviser to the Kree General Ronan the Accuser . When the Kree homeworld of Hala is conquered by the Phalanx , Star-Lord leads a band of rebels against the invaders until

4472-583: The Galaxy films. Quill also appeared in the Disney+ animated series What If...? (2021). Steve Englehart had plans for the character that went unrealized. He later reflected on his website: I conceived something very large. My hero would go from being an unpleasant, introverted jerk to the most cosmic being in the universe, and I would tie it into my then-new interest in Astrology . After his earthbound beginning, his mind would be opened step by step, with

4576-459: The Galaxy, a battle helmet, and a universal translator, all of which he still uses. His battle helmet can analyze strategy data, improve vision, and regulate oxygen in space. Star-Lord's chosen weapons are two Kree sub-machine guns with various types of ammunition, including explosives. After escaping the Cancerverse, Peter acquires a new element gun(s), but he discards his armor. As Master of

4680-485: The Galaxy, and replaced by his fiancée Kitty Pryde , who took over the identity of Star-Lord on the team's roster. The series lasted for eight issues. A subsequent Star-Lord ongoing series written by Chip Zdarsky began in December 2017 before being canceled after a six issues and one annual. In April 2019, Peter Quill was given a 12 issue miniseries set in the Wastelands universe called Old Man Quill , which

4784-516: The Guardians due to the accusations of his delegates about his responsibility for the resulting deaths. During the Civil War II storyline, Star-Lord and the Guardians of the Galaxy assist Captain Marvel as her surprise weapon in the fight against Iron Man . During the battle, the Guardians ship is destroyed which leaves them stranded on Earth. After Iron Man's faction leaves, Gamora overhears

4888-729: The Guardians, in Avengers Assemble #4-8 (June–Oct. 2012). He stars in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3, a part of the Marvel NOW! relaunch. In July 2014, Star-Lord received his own ongoing series, Legendary Star-Lord . The character was also given a new costume, matching that seen in the Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy His solo series and Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 ended as Marvel began its 2015 " Secret Wars " storyline. Star-Lord appeared as

4992-644: The Internet , voiced again by Vin Diesel. Star-Lord Star-Lord ( Peter Jason Quill ) is a superhero 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

5096-694: The MCU, starting in the 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy , with Krystian Godlewski playing the initial incarnation of the character via performance capture and James Gunn doing so for his reborn offspring, colloquially known as "Baby Groot". Groot first appeared in Tales to Astonish #13 (Nov. 1960), and was created by Stan Lee , Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby . He appeared again in The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 Annual #5 (Oct. 1976), alongside five other monsters from Marvel's anthology horror comics of

5200-510: The Master of the Sun asking him if his life felt lacking as of late drove him along with Rocket Raccoon, to join Nova and an assortment of other cosmic heroes to fight the Olympians. While Nova and Captain Marvel distracted some of the gods, Star Lord, Rocket, Marvel Boy, and Moondragon snuck inside the Olympians' interdimensional ship intending to explode it. However, before this was accomplished,

5304-821: The Riet River, part of the Olifants/Doring River System (South Africa) Groot River (Tsitsikamma) , a river in the Tsitsikamma Region forming a sizeable lagoon at Nature's Valley (South Africa) Grootrivier Pass , a mountain pass above the Groot River (Tsitsikamma) Valley (South Africa) Another name for the Orange River (South Africa) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with

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5408-609: The Shi'ar empire after intervening in one of their trials to rescue the kidnapped young Jean Grey along with the X-Men . During this mission Peter meets Kitty Pryde , and the two eventually have a romantic relationship. Afterwards, the Guardians are cornered and captured by the Spartax Army. Peter is sent to Spartax where he confronts his father again and escapes after exposing once again his father's tyrannical reign. A riot forms in

5512-460: The Stohlad Ring when they are ambushed by Gardener where he shattered Groot because the Guardians of the Galaxy "corrupted" him and diverted him from his true purpose. Rocket Raccoon escaped with a splinter where Groot grew a new body from it. During the " Infinity Countdown " storyline, Groot was with the Guardians of the Galaxy when they notice that the planet Telferina is under attack by

5616-418: The Sun - while meditating on his new lease on life, Quill demonstrated levitation in a sitting position while trying to focus his powers for the upcoming battle. Often when Quill finds his center of being or is utilizing his power through the magitek sidearm, Quill's body glows with a bright gold radiance, the light emitted being so powerful that he can blow apart a Symbiote Dragon by channeling said force through

5720-503: The ability to regenerate . Groot can control trees and plants, using them to attack others, and appears to be resistant to fire. Groot is able to sprout dramatically increasing mass which then severely inhibits movement. Groot has been seemingly killed on multiple occasions, each time regrowing from a sprig. Black Bolt 's brother Maximus the Mad asserted that whenever Groot is saying the trademark "I am Groot!" he has actually been saying

5824-445: The alien who killed his mother. Star-Lord then meets Emperor Jason who reveals that he is Peter's father. Jason explains that he had crashed on Earth decades earlier and been rescued by Meredith Quill. During the year that he had spent repairing his ship, Jason and Meredith fell in love. When it came time to leave, Jason, for Meredith's safety, had placed a mindlock on her memories of him, causing her to remember their year together as only

5928-510: The aliens that murdered his mother to free him of his past. Equipped with a sentient vessel called "Ship", Quill commences his role as Star-Lord. Years later, Star-Lord becomes involved in stopping a group of slavers who are destroying worlds. His efforts led him to discover a conspiracy to replace the emperor of the Spartoi Empire. To thwart the takeover, Star-Lord travels to the imperial throneworld Sparta where he encounters and kills

6032-665: The artifact could give them the needed power to defeat J'son, Peter wanted everyone to submit to the Vortex to gain cosmic powers. Kitty stood against the idea but some of their friends submitted anyway. After failing to stop them, the submitted cosmic warriors attacked Hala and Peter went with a team to help the Kree in the battle. After some failed negotiations for the Vortex his team had to escape, but J'son found them and destroyed Hala in retaliation. Peter escaped on time. After finding Spartax had been completely covered in amber by Thane, including Kitty, Peter lamented not having heard her since

6136-495: The base, the Howling Commandos let Groot and their other captives free, who proceeded to stampede on Merlin's army; Groot was the only one to turn back, offering to join the Howling Commandos. Groot aided the Howling Commandos as they assaulted Merlin's forces. A different Groot played a part in Annihilation: Conquest , at which time it was shown Groot may be the last remaining member of the Flora colossi and

6240-417: The beginning and apologize to her. Kitty escaped thanks to her phasing powers and they had a reunion. Seeing no other way to defeat J'son and his cosmic empowered team, Peter tried to submit to the Vortex but after seeing the power would eventually make him push Kitty away, he refused. Kitty ended up submitting and saving Spartax. After the war ended, Peter had a romantic talk with Kitty where he proposes to her,

6344-402: The blaster had a finite charge on which elements he could churn out at which succession. But because he'd used it to siphon the divine energies of Olympus's pantheon. He found that use of the gun didn't seem to diminish its power supply. Whilst out camping with his new companions, Quill's fears, including an underlying suspicion as to why his personal keepsake never lost its juice were confirmed by

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6448-453: The blaster. Star-Lord's transformation has seemingly rendered him immune to psionic intrusion, as Moondragon could not penetrate the defenses his mind seemed to subconsciously throw up whenever she drifted towards him. The Element Blaster initially held a finite charge limit to its ability to channel and redistribute energy towards manipulating natural materials, but after having gained total control over various metaphysical dynamics pertaining to

6552-545: The castle of Emperor Doom , he reveals that he has been carrying a small twig of Groot in his pocket ever since the incursion, slamming it into the roots of the World Tree and causing Groot to transform the giant tree into his body, decimating Doom's castle as the surviving heroes mount their final assault. During the " Civil War II " storyline, Groot and the Guardians of the Galaxy are summoned by Captain Marvel to help her in her fight against Iron Man's side when it came to

6656-543: The character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special (2022), and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). Wyatt Oleff portrays a young Peter Quill in the first two Guardians of

6760-557: The character was not a part of the Marvel universe and was "completely standalone". The character first appeared in the black-and-white magazine publication Marvel Preview #4 (Jan 1976). Star-Lord continued to appear in Marvel Preview , with writer Chris Claremont revamping the character and using science fiction adventure stories like the Heinlein juveniles for inspiration. Heinlein's lawyers threatened legal action over

6864-473: 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 . Chris Pratt portrays

6968-497: The continued misadventures of Rocket and Groot. It's tough to go wrong with that. Unlike some Guardians comics, this series quickly finds its niche and promises interesting wrinkles to come for both characters." According to Diamond Comic Distributors , I Am Groot #1was the 71st best-selling comic book in May 2017. Alexander Jones of Comics Beat called I Am Groot #1 a "charming, colorful tale," saying, "Thankfully, I Am Groot

7072-421: The cover to Marvel Preview #11, which featured a blurb that described the content as "a novel-length science fiction spectacular in the tradition of Robert A. Heinlein", leading to the issue being pulled and reprinted. The story in #11 was the first teaming of the celebrated X-Men creative trio of writer Chris Claremont, penciller John Byrne , and inker Terry Austin . Star-Lord made sporadic appearances over

7176-455: The death of his friend, and Kitty decides to allow him to keep it, as it is the one thing left of his old universe. Star-Lord thanks Kitty, who kisses him before heading back to her home of Doomguard. Realizing the two are out of a job for abandoning the Quiet Room in the middle of a show, Star-Lord and Drax decide to go back into Star-Lord's old career as a thief. He asks Drax if he knows a good geneticist, as he plans on using Rocket's tail to make

7280-677: The declaration of "I am Groot!" usually represents attempts at highly intelligent communication. Mike Fenn of The Daily Dot asserted, "The success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s latest entry, Guardians of the Galaxy , has resulted in the spread of the Internet’s latest meme: I Am Groot." C. M Crockford of Looper wrote, "Groot quickly became an Internet meme thanks to his simple vocabulary and pleasant nature, with his catchphrase "I am Groot" spreading into popular culture." According to Diamond Comic Distributors , Groot #1

7384-675: The duration of his quest, and the real Guardians have been killed by Galactus. With the Ultimate Nullifier having been destroyed, Quill eventually defeats Galactus by shooting him in the head with the Time Stone, displacing part of Galactus's brain. With the death of Galactus, most of the Church are revealed to have been brainwashed thralls who break away. Peter subsequently forms a new team of Guardians, including Beta Ray Bill, Moondragon, Phyla-Vell, Nebula, and Baby Groot to deal with

7488-418: The end of the universe, Doctor Doom somehow creates a new, patchwork world formed from the remains of dead universes. The life raft that Star-Lord was on remained in cryostasis for the next eight years, until they are awakened by Doctor Strange , a new Thor, and Miles Morales . Doom becomes aware of their location, and ambushes them. Knowing they are the only hope of reviving the old universe, Strange casts

7592-559: The fate of the Inhuman Ulysses Cain . The resulting battle damaged the Guardians of the Galaxy's ship stranding them on Earth. During the " Monsters Unleashed " storyline, the Guardians of the Galaxy defend Groot from a snake-headed Leviathon. During the " Secret Empire " storyline, Groot and the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy assist Captain Marvel, the Alpha Flight Space Program, members of

7696-463: The glow of his regrown left eye and the odd sun imprint tattooed to the palm of his right hand. When J'son 's ship crash lands in Colorado, he is taken in by Meredith Quill . The two form a relationship while J'son makes repairs to his ship. Eventually, J'son is forced to leave to return home and fight in a war. He leaves, not knowing Meredith is pregnant with Peter Quill. Ten years later, Meredith

7800-423: The infant, but dies of a sudden heart attack . Peter is raised by his single mother until she is killed by Ariguans when he is eleven. Quill is placed in an orphanage but escapes and eventually becomes a trainee NASA astronaut. An alien entity called the Master of the Sun later visits the space station that Quill and other astronauts are inhabiting and offers the mantle of Star-Lord (an interplanetary policeman) to

7904-404: The late 1950s and early 1960s. In The Sensational Spider-Man #−1 (July 1997), Groot was featured in a nightmare of the young Peter Parker . Groot reappeared in 2006 in the six-issue limited series Nick Fury's Howling Commandos and appeared in the Annihilation: Conquest and Annihilation: Conquest – Star-Lord limited series. Groot went on to join the Guardians of the Galaxy in

8008-437: The next few years in the titles Marvel Super Special , Marvel Spotlight , and Marvel Premiere . The Marvel Spotlight installments, which were Star-Lord's first appearance in a traditional comic book format, served to consolidate the separate but complementary origin stories from his two appearances in Marvel Preview . In February 1982, a color reprint of the black-and-white Star-Lord story from Marvel Preview #11

8112-422: The other Guardians with living abyss to turn them into his soldiers, but Star Lord used the power he had obtained from the Olympians to kill the dragon and render its living abyss inert. Despite his new powers making him a powerful contender against Knull, Quill refused to return to Earth and face him - instead opting to prepare for the return of the Olympians. Star-Lord is a master strategist and problem solver who

8216-400: The planet, destroying everything and everyone he loves. A devastated Quill is found by an aged version of the Guardians, recruiting him for one more adventure back on Earth that will give him revenge on the Church, now led by Galactus. However, after discovering what happened to the other heroes of Earth, it is eventually revealed that Quill has been hallucinating all of the other Guardians for

8320-446: The reappearance of the mad Olympians. Whom revealed the constant use of Peter's signature weapon that bound and drained their powers freed the petty gods from captivity with each usage of which and now they seek to reacquire their stolen might from him by any means necessary. Feeling responsible for bringing their wrath down upon their world, Quill opts to take a portal back to his universe to lead them away from his new home. In doing so he

8424-555: The rest of the Church. Star-Lord makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Planet Hulk . Chris Pratt portrays Peter Quill / Star-Lord in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . This version is the son of Ego the Living Planet and the half-brother of Mantis , and additionally inherited Celestial abilities from Ego before losing them following his death. He first appears in the live-action film Guardians of

8528-461: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Groot_River&oldid=1177090902 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages groot The character

8632-488: The same persona, therefore invalidating the retroactive change from issue six of the Groot series. Groot is a Flora colossus from Planet X, the capital of the branch worlds. The Flora colossi are tree-like beings whose language is almost impossible to understand due to their stiff larynxes , causing their speech to sound like they are repeating the phrase "I am Groot". Other beings try to be friendly but become angry with

8736-464: The same species in the sixth and final issue of the Groot ongoing series that launched in June 2015. In Infinity Wars , however, Groot specifically references the fact that during his first visit to the planet Earth, he had promised to "march across the surface of the planet and doom all who dared to oppose Groot." This seemingly reverted the character's origins to having both eras of Groot referencing

8840-487: The series of the same name and remained a fixture of the title until its cancellation with issue #25 in 2010. Groot appeared in its follow-up, the limited series The Thanos Imperative , and, alongside fellow Guardian Rocket Raccoon , Groot starred in backup features in Annihilators #1–4 (March–June 2011) and Annihilators: Earthfall #1–4 (Sept.–Dec. 2011). Groot appeared in issues #6–8 of Avengers Assemble as

8944-457: The team was discovered by Hermes and Artemis, who had remained behind. After Star Lord was captured by Hephaestus, he killed the Olympian, and remained behind to detonate the bomb and destroy New Olympus while the rest of the strike team evacuated. The bomb successfully detonated destroying New Olympus, with Star Lord seemingly perishing alongside it. However, Quill did not die in the blast and

9048-424: The team, this time by purposefully igniting so the resulting fire would destroy the Babel Spire. A cutting of Groot was kept by Rocket Raccoon, though, and Groot was again able to regrow. Groot then joined the new Guardians of the Galaxy (or, as Groot would have it, "Groot and Branches"), and began regrowing under the care of Mantis. When the Guardians reformed, Groot joined with Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Drax

9152-571: The throne of Spartax, with Rocket taking over leadership of the Guardians while Kitty (under the alias Star-Lady) and the Thing (following the disbanding of the Fantastic Four while the Richards' family worked to restore the multiverse ) joins the team. After Kree accuser Hala and the ruthless Yotat the Destroyer cause mass destruction on Spartax while trying to eliminate Quill, he returns to

9256-411: The twig, growing back to full size. Groot and the others intended to carry on as part of Star-Lord's team. Groot and the team returned to Hala to prepare another assault against the Phalanx, but their agent Blastaar was captured by the Phalanx and taken to their Babel Spire as he tried to carry Groot's pollen spores. Groot and Rocket Raccoon continued their mission by sneaking into the sub-basement of

9360-470: The two share something in common: growing up as "kids without homes". Yondu lets Peter stay in the ship with the Ravagers as their cleaning boy. Peter decides to stay and try to learn everything he can while among the Ravagers. Peter encounters the Fallen One , a former Herald of Galactus , and is almost killed defeating the entity. In addition, his vessel, Ship , is destroyed in the conflict. Peter and

9464-505: The universe, Quill now acts as his own dynamo to power said weapon. Quill has recently picked up new tricks, such as having a recall ability which guides his pistol back to his hand once he calls for it. A three-issue limited series, Starlord , features a man Sinjin Quarrel who adopts the identity 12 years after the disappearance of the original Star-Lord (Peter Jason Quill). The series was published from December 1996 to February 1997. It

9568-582: The war is over. In an effort to prevent another interstellar war, Star-Lord forms a new version of the Guardians of the Galaxy . They are "proactive" and try to end emerging galactic threats early, but are unsuccessful at preventing a war between the Kree and Shi'ar . During a war with an invading universe , Star-Lord and Nova are prepared to sacrifice themselves to defeat Thanos but only Nova dies and Thanos escapes. Peter decides to remain inactive for

9672-572: Was a commander at NASA. Later, when his ship malfunctions and he is stranded in space, Peter is found by the Ravagers, a group of space pirates led by Yondu . After the Ravagers save Peter, he tries to steal their ship. He outsmarts the Ravagers and even knocks out Yondu before capturing him. After Yondu awakens, he frees himself and attacks Peter, letting Peter choose to be released to space without more trouble or be killed. Peter instead asks Yondu if he could join Yondu's crew. Yondu eventually learns that

9776-435: Was exiled by the "Arbor Masters" in Guardians of the Galaxy #14 after killing another sapling to defend a maintenance mammal it was brutalizing. An alternate origin was presented in the Groot ongoing series. In the story, it is revealed that the other Flora colossi had been abducting organisms from other planets, including a young human girl named Hannah. After seeing Hannah, Groot realized that what his people were doing

9880-466: Was grafted with cybernetic implants by doctors on the Kyln, where he was sentenced. The eye implant allows him to see all energy spectra and the memory chip in his brain gives him 100% total recall. On the Kree world of Aladon Prime, Star-Lord's cybernetic implants were removed. Star-Lord was outfitted with a Kree-issued heat-dampening espionage battle-suit, which became the hallmark look for the Guardians of

9984-446: Was instead transported to a different universe after the bomb exploded. He was taken in by a pair of travelers on this new world, Mors and Aradia, whom he eventually acquitted himself to both as friends as well as family and eventually lovers while spending more than one-hundred and eighty seven years running a gauntlet of escapades with them. He came to see that his Element Gun had changed significantly since when last he used it, initially

10088-489: Was published with a new framing sequence by Claremont and artist Michael Golden . The character returned in Thanos #8–12 (May–Sept. 2004) and Annihilation #1-6 (2006). The following year, he received a four issue eponymous title ( Annihilation: Conquest – Star-Lord ) leading into the " Annihilation: Conquest " crossover storyline, in which he played a central role. Spinning out of "Annihilation: Conquest",

10192-413: Was reintroduced as a heroic, noble being in 2006, and appeared in the crossover comic book storyline Annihilation: Conquest . Groot went on to star in its spin-off series, Guardians of the Galaxy , joining the team of the same name . Groot has been featured in a variety of associated Marvel media, including animated television series , toys and trading cards . Vin Diesel voices Groot in

10296-746: Was seemingly destroyed by termites used by Leslie Evans. Xemnu made a duplicate of Groot by making a human and tree hybrid that was used to fight the Hulk , but it was destroyed in the battle. Groot was later revealed to have survived, but was a captive of the Collector and held in his zoo in Canada until Groot and the other captive creatures were freed by the Mole Man . Groot and the other creatures rampaged in New York City until they were stopped by

10400-456: Was the 10th best selling comic book in June 2015. According to Diamond Comic Distributors , Rocket Raccoon and Groot #1 was the 15th best-selling comic book in January 2016. Jesse Schedeen of IGN gave Rocket Raccoon and Groot #1 a grade of 7.8 out of 10, writing, "This new series may not feel terribly "all-new" or "all-different," but it features a proven creative team exploring

10504-476: Was under arrest by the Kree for an unknown reason. Groot earned freedom by joining Star-Lord 's strike force, where Groot and Rocket Raccoon formed a bond, Rocket being one of the few beings with the ability to understand Groot's language. Star-Lord's team fought their way through the Phalanx , but after the death of Deathcry the team decided to escape through a drainage pipe that Groot could not fit into. As

10608-418: Was written by Timothy Zahn , with art by Dan Lawlis. Star-Lord's adventures in Marvel Preview #4 and #11 have been officially designated as occurring in an alternate past. In these issues, Peter Quill is born during an unusual astronomical phenomenon when many of the planets align . Seeing no resemblance, the man who believed he was Quill's father accuses his wife Meredith of infidelity and attempts to kill

10712-737: Was written by Ethan Sacks and drawn by Robert Gill. In November 2020, Peter Quill acquires the title and powers of Master of the Sun (which he had in his early original first appearance in the Marvel Premiere series of the 1970s and later retconned to be his Earth-791 counterpart ) and it is revealed that the title was bestowed upon Peter by what and whom he believed to be a false memory from prior history, never truly lived. Being gifted entirely alien capabilities by said facsimile of his old mentor, Quill would gain incredible; albeit unexplored, new power which he can channel through his Element Gun. These as of yet unexplored faculties often manifest by

10816-415: Was wrong and managed to save the child and send her back to Earth. However, for his disobedience, Groot was exiled from Planet X and forced to wander the universe until he met Rocket Raccoon many decades later, where this version of Groot later became a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Groot is an extraterrestrial tree monster who initially came to Earth seeking humans to capture and study. Groot

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