Nebula (Marvel)
Nebula is a female extraterrestrial supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Nebula
Thus, she was raised alongside Gamora but despite her kinship to Thanos she was not regarded as his daughter. Instead, Gamora was considered his favoured child and he claimed to have no need for another. Despite that, Nebula was by his side and sought his approval constantly. (Gamora v1 #1)
She began to consolidate her forces with the intention of conquering what was left of the Skrull empire. (Avengers v1 #257)
Later on, she came to join the Graces that were a team of female warriors formed by Gamora all of whom had some degree of cosmic awareness. They joined her on the planet Godthab Omega where they quickly took over the colony. (Annihilation: Ronan v1 #2)
Nebula commanded a Chitauri ship and crew in pursuit of the Guardians of the Galaxy where she followed them to Earth. Whilst there, her forces engaged the Avengers but she managed to incapacitate her foes. (Guardians Team-Up v1 #1) This was part of a contract she had made with a client named Kindun who intended to take his revenge on Gamora for an attempted assassination on his life when she served the Mad Titan. (Guardians Team-Up v1 #2)
Whilst in the Quarry, she was beset by an illusion by the Witches of Infinity which she finally broke and freed herself from being turned to stone. However, she was in this state for sometime and came to learn that Thanos had been slain by Gamora after she had acquired a great power. The Witches offered Nebula the means of attaining her own mighty weapon leading to her getting the horn to control the Naglfar Armada and its army of undead godlings to unleash on her enemies. (Asgardians of the Galaxy v1 #3)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Whilst growing up, she despised her sister Gamora and often looked to kill her. (Gamora v1 #1)
Nebula had long sought the approval of her father Thanos though he instead favoured Gamora. (Gamora v1 #1)
Powers and abilities
She maintained her own intergalactic criminal organization that consisted of a band of mercenaries. (Avengers v1 #257)
Notes
- Nebula was created by Roger Stern and John Buscema where she made her first appearance in Avengers v1 #257 (July, 1985).
In other media
Television
- In Silver Surfer, Nebula appeared as an antagonist in the 1990 animated television series in the episode "Learning Curve" where she was voiced by actress Jennifer Dale.
- In Guardians of the Galaxy, Nebula appeared as an antagonist in the animated television series series where she was voiced by actress Cree Summer. The episode "The Backstabbers" had Gamorra engineer a conflict between her siblings Nebula and Korath. This saw the destruction of her ship but she managed to acquire the deceased Ronan the Accusers comically empowered Universal Weapon.
- In What If...?, Nebula appeared in the setting of the Disney+ animated television series in the episode "What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?" where she was voiced by actress Karen Gillan. This version remained the adoptive daughter of Thanos in a reality where T'Challa became Star-Lord after being accidentally abducted by Yondu's crew. In this reality, Nebula came to fall into debt with the Collector and asked for T'Challa's aid where the two had their crew staged a heist to liberate the Embers of Genesis from Tivan's vault on Knowhere.
Films
- In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Nebula made a number of appearances in the shared continuity setting.
- In Guardians of the Galaxy, Nebula made her first live-action appearance as a supporting antagonist where she was portrayed by actress Karen Gillan. She was shown as being one of the many adoptive children of Thanos alongside Gamora with Nebula having cybernetics augmenting her body with one mechanical arm. Thanos sent both Nebula and Gamora to assist the Kree fanatic Ronan in the search for one of the Infinity Stones.
- In Avengers: Endgame, Nebula appeared in the setting of the live-action film where she was portrayed again by actress Karen Gillan.
Video games
- In Marvel: Avengers Alliance, Nebula appeared in the setting of the Facebook video game.
- In Marvel: Future Fight, Nebula appeared as a playable character in the setting of the mobile video game.
- In Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series, Nebula appeared in the setting of the video game where she was voiced by actress Ashly Burch
- In Marvel: Contest of Champions, Nebula appeared as a playable character in the setting of the mobile video game.
- In Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, Nebula appeared in the setting of the video game where she was voiced again by actress Ashly Burch.
Appearances
- Avengers v1: (1985)
- Silver Surfer:
- Guardians Team-Up v1: #1
- Gamora v1:
- Thanos:
- Asgardians of the Galaxy v1:
- Nebula v1:
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