First Appearance: Marvel Preview #4
Peter Quill, alias Star-Lord, was born during an unusual
astronomical phenomenon when the planets aligned. Seeing no resemblance, the
man who believed he was Quill's father angrily accused his wife Meredith of
infidelity and attempted to kill the infant, but then died of a sudden heart
attack. Quill was then raised by his single mother, Meredith. After returning
home from being bullied one day, Quills’ mother saw a bright light and two
aliens emerged. Vowing to end the 'Spartoi bloodline', they killed Meredith.
After Quill saw the aliens and his dead mother, he panicked and ran. As the
aliens pursued, he grabbed a shotgun and managed to kill them with it. He then
found a mysterious device in a closet and fled the house right before an alien
ship destroyed it.
Quill was placed in an orphanage but escaped and eventually
became a trainee NASA astronaut. An alien entity called the Master of the Sun
eventually visited the space station that Quill and other astronauts were
currently inhabiting, and offered the mantle of Star Lord (an interplanetary
policeman) to a worthy candidate, Quill volunteered, but was rejected in favor
of a colleague he once treated badly.
Quill was outraged, and NASA ordered his return to Earth and
discharge for his conduct. Peter, however, stole a scoutship, and on returning
to the space station, took his colleague's place. Quill was then chosen to
become Star-Lord, with the Master of the Sun first creating an illusion in
which he was able to find and kill the aliens that murdered his mother to free
him of his past. Equipped with a sentient vessel called "Ship", Quill
commenced his role as Star-Lord.
It was later revealed that Peter Quill's father is Jason of
Spartax, the second son of the galactic Emperor who acted as Star-Lord before
him.
Star-Lord encountered the former Herald of Galactus, the
Fallen One, and was almost killed defeating the entity (Star-Lord's vessel
"Ship" was destroyed in the conflict). The pair were subsequently
imprisoned in the intergalactic prison the Kyln. Star-Lord was freed by the
hero Nova during the Annihilation and aided in the war against villain
Annihilus. He later acted as military adviser to the Kree general Ronan the
Accuser against the invading alien race the Phalanx. When the Kree homeworld of
Hala was conquered by the Phalanx, he led a band of rebels against the invaders
until the war was over.
Guardians of the Galaxy
After Ultron and the Phalanx were defeated, Star-Lord formed
the new Guardians of the Galaxy. The universe was in a very fragile state after
the two Annihilation events and fissures in reality were beginning to form and
spread. In order to prevent the collapse of the universe he had Mantis telepathically
nudge Adam Warlock, Phyla-Vell, Rocket Raccoon, Drax and Gamora into joining
his team. This motley crew set up base in the severed head of a Celestial
called Knowhere. When Star-Lord's deception was found out, everyone but Mantis
quit the team in disgust and set off on their own quests.
“I almost made it work. The Guardians were more than I could ever have hoped for! But the universe is also more dangerous than I ever imagined! Look around! This is the kind of thing that can happen! The galaxy doesn't need guardians! It doesn't need brave souls! If it's going to survive another one of these, it's going to need absolute bad-asses! It's going to need the biggest guns of all! Cosmic heavy hitters as scary as the menaces they have to face! It's going to need flarking annihilators!”-Star-Lord
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