Gamora
Gamora is a female extraterrestrial comic superhero who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Gamora
She came to be raised alongside Thanos's other adoptive daughter Nebula though there was a high degree of enmity between the two. (Gamora v1 #1)
Thanos decided to train her as a weapon to use against and kill the Magus. Thanos made sure Gamora was raised with discipline, though he did on occasion show her affection as a father would show his child: such as celebrating the religious holiday of Yule. Through rigorous training she would become a highly skilled master of various martial arts forms from throughout the universe. Even though Gamora was learning and becoming a master martial artist, she still had more to learn. While still a young girl, she went on a trip with Thanos. Though explicitly against Thanos orders and warning, out of curiosity she decided to venture planet side. In turn she fell into an ambush set up by a group of thugs. The attackers used their numbers advantage and were able to defeat her in spite of her great skill. She was severely injured in the fight and gang raped. Near death, her proverbial knight in shining armor arrived in the form of Thanos, who quickly dispatched the assailants. Thanos then recovered the apologetic and near dead Gamora. After returning to Sanctuary, Thanos restored and augmented Gamora. This was achieved via bionic implants and replacement parts of Thanos' own design. These physical and power upgrades made her an equal to Adam Warlock's own physical abilities. She also received specialized training and abilities including resistance to reality distortion as well as an accelerated healing factor. (Warlock and the Infinity Watch v1 #9)
Thanos planned to send Gamora to assassinate his enemy, the Magus, the leader of the Universal Church of Truth, a warped version of Adam Warlock from an alternate future. She practiced for this assignment by killing the Church's Grand Inquisitors. (Strange Tales v1 #181) Eighteen years to the day he found her, Thanos presented Gamora a gift. The entire Badoon Royal Line had gathered on Moord to welcome the ascension of a new Monarch, allowing Gamora to slaughter them all, thus fulfilling her revenge. However, on his deathbed the previous Monarch confessed that he had an illegitimate daughter, now the only heir to the throne, and a captured member of the Council made that information know to Thanos' daughters. Gamora went to finish her mission to Ubliex, a planet days away from falling into a black hole, with hope of escape and wishing only to complete her quest of revenge before her own demise. (Gamora v1 #1)
Annihilation
After being discarded and humbled by the great powers of the universe, she went out to find a place to recover and serve as a refuge for herself. This saw her arriving on the world of Godthab Omega where she carved a retreat for herself high up in the most treacherous and inhospitable of mountain ranges at Mount Virago. From there, she came to gather other female warriors who formed the Graces that served under her with Gamora herself being treated as a living goddess. She came to find a new purpose with her acolytes where they began conquering the planet slowly by subjugating each settlement under their rule. Eventually, her forces came upon a Kree settlement which was where Korath the Pursuer resided and targeted him after the resisted the Graces. This led to an encounter with Ronan the Accuser who was similarly attacked but he helped fight off the Graces with them reporting their failure to Gamora. Gamora then decided to become personally involved in this matter where she went to the settlement to confront Ronan. (Annihilation: Ronan v1 #2)
During the Annihilation War, she came to join the forces of the United Front where she began a physical relationship with Nova Richard Rider with the pair sleeping together. (Annihilation v1 #1)
Guardians of the Galaxy
With no purpose, Gamora resolved herself to fighting for the greater good and came to join the ranks of the newly formed Guardians of the Galaxy. (Guardians of the Galaxy v2 #1)
Infinity Wars
Overview
Personality and attributes
She had noted that she had gone by many names but one of the more common ones was being the Deadliest Woman in the Galaxy. (Strange Tales v1 #181) At one point, she took the name Requiem when she went about gathering the Infinity Stones. (Infinity Wars v1 #1)
Powers and abilities
Thanos was said to had endowed her with physical abilities to match those of superhuman beings like Warlock. (Warlock v1 #10) Her body as cybernetically enhanced to have superhuman strength, speed, and a rapid-healing ability. (Warlock and the Infinity Watch v1 #9)
One of her weapons was Godslayer that was a sword that had a pantheon of victims which included Titans and immortals. (Annihilation: Ronan v1 #3)
As Requiem, she once commissioned a dwarf of Nidavellir to craft her a set of armour. (Infinity Countdown v1 #5)
Bearing the stone meant that she was able to tap into the Infinity Gem's power and see through time. (Warlock and the Infinity Watch v1 #8)
Notes
- Gamora was created by Jim Starlin where she made her first appearance in Strange Tales v1 #180 (June, 1975).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Ultimate Spider-Man, Gamora appeared in the setting of the animated television series where she was voiced by actress Nika Futterman.
- In Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, Gamora appeared in the setting of the animated television series where she was voiced by actress Junko Kitanishi.
- In the Guardians of the Galaxy, Gamora appeared in the setting of the animated television series where she was voiced by actress Vanessa Marshall.
Films
- In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Gamora made multiple appearances in the shared continuity setting:
- In Guardians of the Galaxy, Gamora made her first live-action appearance in the setting of the live-action film where she was portrayed by actor Zoe Saldana.
- In Avengers: Infinity War, Gamora appeared in the setting of the live-action film where she was once again portrayed by actress Zoe Saldana.
- In Avengers: Endgame, Gamora appeared in the setting of the live-action film where she was once more portrayed by actress Zoe Saldana.
Video games
- In Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, Gamora appeared as a playable character in the fighting video game where she was again voiced by actor Vanessa Marshall.
- In Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series, Gamora appeared in the setting of the video game where she was voiced by actress Emily O'Brien.
- In Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, Gamora appeared as a playable character in the Switch video game where she was voiced again by actor Vanessa Marshall.
Appearances
- Strange Tales v1: (1975)
- Warlock v1:
- Warlock and the Infinity Watch v1:
- Annihilation: Ronan v1:
- Annihilation v1:
- Guardians of the Galaxy:
- Original Sin v1:
- Guardians of the Galaxy:
- Gamora v1:
- Infinity Wars v1:
- Guardians of the Galaxy:
- Thanos v3:
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