History
The Spartax Empire was an intergalactic empire founded by the people of Spartax which acted as its capital and considered the shining jewel of their nation.[3] Several other alien worlds served as dependencies within the empire.[4] The Empire had an intelligence gathering agency named the Spartax Secret Service which deployed spies who gathered information to be used against enemies.[5]
Star-Lord and the Guardians were individually captured by different galactic empires to be dealt with separately, as planned by J'son and the Spartax, who wanted his son to join him in his place as the prince of Spartax, but also to make him pay for his crimes against the Spartax Empire.[6] As he was escaping, Quill discredited J'son to the whole empire, revealing him as a heartless murderer. The entire Spartax Empire rebelled against J'son, who was forced to flee.[7]
Once the Black Vortex was dealt with, Star-Lord proposed to Kitty Pryde, and she said yes.[8] Back in Spartax, he had to resolve the problem of his election and after some encouraging words from Kitty, he decided to give in to the desire of the people of Spartax and become the new leader of the Empire.[9]Notes
- The Spartoi race from the planet Spartax and their Empire were first mentioned in relation to Prince Jason who was apparent heir to the throne of the Empire.[10] Spartax said to be was located in the Sparta star system of the Greater Magellanic Cloud[11] and Prince Jason was intended to be a younger version of the Emperor Jason who ruled his empire from the planet Sparta and was the biological father of Star-Lord.[12]
- A subsequent retcon by Brian Michael Bendis established the biological father of the Star-Lord who was born on Earth-616 as King J'Son,[13] ruler of the Spartax Empire.[3] This left Prince Jason from the 2000 series as a continuity oddity, with his exact relation to King J'son to be determined.
- Due to retcons, some of the information from the Spartoi entry presented in Annihilation: The Nova Corps Files #1 is no longer accurate. This includes the idea that Jason had an uncle named Gareth, and (probably) that the Empire had been drawn into a prolonged war with the Ariguans following the cancellation of a planned alliance between the Spartoi and the Shi'ar Empire.
Trivia
See Also
- 40 appearance(s) of Spartax Empire
- 2 minor appearance(s) of Spartax Empire
- 7 mention(s) of Spartax Empire
- 3 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Spartax Empire
- 1 image(s) of Spartax Empire
- 1 item(s) used/owned by Spartax Empire
Links and References
References
- ↑ Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol. 3) #2
- ↑ Inhumans (Vol. 3) #3
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol. 3) #3
- ↑ Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol. 2) #7
- ↑ Legendary Star-Lord #3
- ↑ Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol. 3) #14
- ↑ Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol. 3) #16
- ↑ Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: Black Vortex Omega #1
- ↑ Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol. 3) #27
- ↑ Inhumans (Vol. 3) #2
- ↑ Annihilation: The Nova Corps Files #1 ; Spartoi's entry
- ↑ Marvel Preview #11
- ↑ Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol. 3) #0.1
- ↑ Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol. 3) #4
- ↑ S.W.O.R.D. (Vol. 2) #6