Collector (Marvel)
The Collector is a cosmic supervillain that features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
The Collector appeared on Earth at the home of Sam Alexander who operated as the hero Nova and intended to acquire the Black Vortex that was in his safekeeping. However, Nova fled into space with the Collector in pursuit but he was forced to withdraw when Sam had escaped onto the Flying Fortress that was commanded by Mr. Knife. (Nova v5 #28) Captain Victoria of the Spartax Royal Guard later met with the Collector at his base in order to acquire the amber body of her father J-Son who was the former emperor of Spartax that was to be put on trial for war crimes. (Legendary Star-Lord v1 #12)
After the Multiverse was restored following the Secret Wars, the Collector waged a Contest of Champions against his fellow Elder the Grandmaster. This saw both sides selecting champions that fought in the Multiversal site of the Battlerealm. The Collector selected the Maestro to serve as his Summoner that operated his team. (Contest of Champions v2 #2)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Notes
- The Collector was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck where he made his first appearance in v1 Avengers #28 (May 1966).
Alternate Versions
- In Infinity Gauntlet v2 (2015), a version of the Collector was shown to had resided on Battleworld with the Star-Lord and Gamora of the Xandar region hoping to starting a bidding war between him and the Grandmaster. Another Collector was shown to reside on Knowhere in Guardians of Knowhere v1 (2015).
In other media
Television
- In Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., the character made an appearance as the villain in the episode "The Collector" where he was voiced by Jeff Bennett. He was shown as a powerful cosmic being able to project energy blasts, teleport, grow in size and move objects with a wave of his hand. The Collector travelled through space to find priceless individuals to be kept in a perfect condition where he utilized a starship to store his collection and used a host of mechanical drones. He arrived on Earth after learning of its many superheroes through its global media such as the Daily Bugle. After arriving, his drones were responsible for abducting large number of heroes but left behind the Hulk and Spider-Man because according to his monitoring of news networks made the two heroes appear as menaces thus meaning they were not worth anything. After capturing numerous heroes, the Collector sought to make his collection priceless by trying to detonate a planetbuster bomb but the Hulk and his allies in S.M.A.S.H. caused it to detonate in the ship after teleporting the captured heroes back to Earth. The Collector himself managed to teleport away at the last minute where he vowed to return and that he would not underestimate the heroes next time
Films
- In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Collector made a number of appearances in the shared continuity setting.
- In Thor: The Dark World film, the character made a cameo appearance introducing him to the Marvel Cinematic Universe where he appeared in a mid-credit sequence and was portrayed by actor Benicio del Toro. Sif and Volstagg arrived at his museum with the Aether Infinity Stone where they met the alien being. He was introduced as Taneleer Tivan and as the Collector where he greeted them with respect. He questioned them why they did not keep the Stone in Asgard to which the Asgardians replied by saying that they intended to ensure that not all the Stones resided in one place as they already had the Tesseract. The Collector vowed that it would be safe in his hands and when the pair of Asgardians Taneler simply remarked "One down, five to go."
- In Guardians of the Galaxy, the character returned once again in the movie with actor Benicio del Toro reprising the role. He placed a bounty for the acquisition of the Orb from the ruined planet of Morg to add another Infinity Stone to his collection. Star-Lord decided to accomplish the mission with Gamora taking him to the Collector who resided on the dead Celestial head known as Knowhere. Once there, he explained the origin of the Infinity Stones. However, his servant Carina ended up grabbing the Orb as she intended to use its power to free herself from her master's servitude but ended up killing herself due to the stone's power. The devastation caused during this incident ruined the museum that the Taneleer Tivan had made with a number of the collection escaping from the exhibits.
Video games
- In Marvel: Contest of Champions, the Collector appeared as a non-playable villain that orchestrated the Contest. He placed the player as the Summoner against Kang the Conqueror with the two using various beings as combatants against one another.
Appearances
- Avengers v1 #119:
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