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Phyla-Vell (Earth-616)

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Martyr[1]

Phyla-Vell (Earth-616)
Real Name
Current Alias
Martyr[1]

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Relatives
Mar-Vell (father), Elysius (mother), Genis-Vell (brother), Dorrek VIII (half-brother)

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History

After Genis-Vell, then known as Captain Marvel, previously destroyed and recreated the universe, the "new" version was subtly altered with Phyla-Vell's existence being one of the changes. Phyla-Vell was the second artificially created offspring of Captain Mar-Vell who was created by her mother Elysius in the "new" universe because her first attempt (Genis-Vell) had been so successful.

Quasar

She fought her brother Genis-Vell, who was insane at the time, in the process helping to restore his sanity. She then tried to lay claim to the "Captain Marvel" title, though her brother refused to give it up.

Phyla later attended the trial of Starfox.

During Annihilation Phyla had been visiting her father's grave with Moondragon when the pair were attacked by Thanos who ripped off Moondragon's ear and gave it to Phyla, telling her to go to Drax the Destroyer and how his actions would determine Moondragon's fate, shortly before teleporting away with Moondragon. Drax indicated he would not stop his pursuit of Thanos.

Phyla then went with Nova and Starlord to lead a final battle against Annihilus, being saved at the last second by a massive energy wave caused by the just freed Galactus, which left only the three heroes and Annihilus as survivors. Ultimately in the battle, Phyla managed to steal away the Quantum Bands that Annihilus took from Quasar, weakening him and allowing Nova to finally bring an end to the Annihilation Wave. She was then seen re-united with Moondragon, and deciding it was up to her to become the new Quasar.

She was seen on the Kree fringe-world of Lamentis, helping with the rebuilding after the Annihilation Wave. Along with Moondragon, now her lover, they helped to defend a temple from raiders, wanting to teach that peace rather than violence was the way to go. They were attacked by a Kree Sentry, when the Phalanx took over the War-Net. Phyla was the first to discover that the Kree Empire was cut off from the rest of the galaxy - as well as being told, by what she assumes are the Q-Bands, that she needs to "Find the Deliverer. Find the Redeemer".

Phyla and Moondragon made their way across the galaxy, avoiding the Phalanx, including their Select, the Super Adaptoid, who had replicated her quantum bands. But when they are nearly overwhelmed by the Phalanx, Moondragon was forced to permanently change into the form of the Dragon of the Moon, the very demon she had been fighting all her life, to save themselves. They located the Kree "savior" on a Stone Age planet. Phyla managed to defeat the Adaptoid by taking advantage of its inability to imagine. She was nearly overcome by the corruption in the quantum bands when Wendell Vaughan appeared before her, sealing away Annihilus' influence. As she and Moondragon returned to the savior's cocoon, the spirit of the former Kree leader Supreme Intelligence revealed himself as the voice that guided her here. Together, they awoke Adam Warlock, so they could take the fight to the Phalanx. Unfortunately, in the ensuring conflict, Moondragon was killed by the Phalanx leader Ultron

Phyla later joined Star Lord's new Guardians of the Galaxy, a group dedicated to protecting the universe at all times.

Phyla and Drax later consulted A'Lars, who apparently killed them. In Oblivion, they met Heather and the Dragon of the Moon. Phyla made a deal with the latter to secure her lover's freedom. In exchange, she agreed to be the new avatar of Oblivion.

Death

Now calling herself Martyr, Phylla-Vell became a more abrasive and aggressive figure. When the Guardians attempted to negotiate with the Inhumans to stop the War of Kings, she ruined the attempt by taking Inhuman princess Crystal hostage instead; this led to battle between the Inhumans and Guardians, which she continued to escalate. Eventually, the Inhumans tried to end the war by detonating a weapon that would shatter space itself, creating a multiversal Fault.

When Adam Warlock stopped the Fault's growth by using a redundant timeline, one where he became the villainous Magus, Phylla-Vell revealed that her deal with Oblivion was to kill "the Avatar of Life" and she would know what to do when the time came. Knowing he would now become Magus, she ran Adam through but this failed to stop his transformation. Several of the Guardians, then stranded in the year 3009, were then sent back in time to stop Magus' creation and Phylla was prevented from making her move. This time when Warlock was transformed, she engaged him in combat - but Magus magically teleported her own sword from her hands and slew her with it. [2]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

  • Superhuman Strength
  • Flight
  • Energy Projection and Absorption
  • Cosmic Awareness

    Strength level

The average strength of a normal Kree woman.

Weaknesses

Using up too much power in her quantum device will drain the bands. Also, the corruption left by Annihilus will bring out a dark side of Phyla that will cause her to declare all life is the enemy.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Formerly Quantum Bands

Weapons

Formerly Quantum sword, currently

Trivia

  • The character is a retcon — her existence and history conflict with previous published stories and were retroactively established. This is resolved in Captain Marvel (Vol 6) #18 (February, 2004)
  • The Captain Marvel (Vol 6) series heavily hinted that Phyla-Vell is a lesbian, and in #25 (September, 2004) the character admits that she is attracted to Moondragon, whom she has since started a relationship with.

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  1. ↑ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 #13
  2. ↑ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 #17 and #19 December 2009
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