Though the MCU presents the Guardians of the Galaxy's leader as a goofy rogue, Star-Lord's kill count shows he's secretly Marvel's deadliest hero.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe presents Guardians of the Galaxy's Star-Lord as a goofy, swashbuckling hero, masking his tragic past and badass feats behind a charming front. This has always conflicted with many of Star-Lord's early comic book depictions, which paint the space pirate as much more of a grim, outwardly tortured figure. In fact, one relatively modern comic reveals a kill count so massive, it forever places the rogue in a harsh new light.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Confronted by the former herald of Galactus known as the Fallen One, Star-Lord had to make an impossible choice. As shown in Annihilation: Conquest: Star-Lord #1 , Peter Quill sacrificed an entire mining colony, using the resulting energy to prevent the villain slaughtering the millions of lives on Avaleen-4. As described in Thanos #12 and Annihilation: The Nova Corps Files #1, the death toll was over 350,000, including his own sentient ship.
Star-Lord Is Driven by Guilt Even in the MCU, Star-Lord is certainly no stranger to personal tragedy, between losing his mother, being abducted from his planet, killing his father and losing his love twice. However, these are all things that happened to Peter Quill. The aforementioned deaths in the comics were, despite noble intentions, his choice. This separates the films' comically guarded Star-Lord from the much more tortured Star-Lord of the comics.
Justified or not, Star-Lord's biggest mistake instantly made him one of the greatest killers in the Marvel universe - making characters like Wolverine and even the Punisher look like amateurs. For whatever life-changing tragedies his MCU counterpart has faced, this massive body count paints the Star-Lord of Earth-616 in a much darker light than fans of the Guardians of the Galaxy movies would imagine.
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