So lets talk about Mantis inGuardians of the Galaxy Vol.
You remember Mantis, she is the woman in the firstGuardians of the Galaxy Vol.
2trailer who uses her empathic abilities to discern and announce that Peter Quill has sexual feelings for Gamora.
You darn well should be!
This is going to be a long, strange trip…
So its kind of like the Jesus story but with more aliens, lasers, and spaceships.
Mantis first appeared inThe Avengers#112 (1973) and was created by Steve Englehart and Don Heck.
The future cosmic hero was the daughter of Gustav Brandt, aka the villainous Libra.
Kruul burns Brandts house, blinding the man and killing his wife.
So lets unpack this.
Yes, it was indeed the 70s.
The future Mantis was being prepared to become the Celestial Madonna.
Yes kids, the tale of Mantis is indeed the tale of cosmic veggie Jesus.
And it just gets stranger and cooler from here.
Mantis was taught to communicate with the Cotati so she developed empathic abilities.
She senses a nobility in the alcoholic depressive Swordsman and encourages him to reunite with and join the Avengers.
Mantis had this really annoying habit of referring to herself is This one instead of I.
Around this time, Mantis learns her history from her birth father.
Of course, Mantis growing affection for Vision really threw Swordsman for a loop.
I mean, what would you think if your girlfriend began crushing on your laptop?
You see, Kang wants to locate the Celestial Madonna so he could sire the Celestial Messiah.
The 70s were weird.
After all, Mantis has a thing for plants.
Disney, youre entering a strange place here.
In addition, in 1983, Englehart penned a mini-series for Eclipse Comics:Scorpio Rose.
Yup, Lorelei was Mantis.
But why, I hear you asking.
Is Mantis making her film debut inGuardians of the Galaxy Vol.
2when she was anAvengerscharacter?
So if there was no Mantis, there would be no Guardians of the Galaxy!
Kind of makes up for all that this one stuff, huh?
