COLLECTOR
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Extradimensional
(Earth-730834) extraterrestrial
Occupation: Curator
Group Membership: Elders of the Universe
Affiliations: Devil Dinosaur,
Koko,
"Neanderthals" (Greymane, Moon
Boy, Scar Eye, Wise Eye,
others)
Enemies: Avengers (Ant-Man, Captain America,
Falcon, Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, Tigra, Vision, Wasp), Black Panther, Dr.
Richard Hawkins, other captives
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: Giver
Base of Operations: Interstellar space
First Appearance: Avengers United They Stand#6
(April, 2000)
Powers/Abilities: The Collector is extremely
old. His flesh form for interaction with living beings stands 30' tall,
but he can shape himself from his vast spaceship. He is virtually
indestructible, and he can quickly draw upon his wide arsenal of
advanced technological devices and weapons of various alien origins for
defensive purposes. The Collector has a collection obsession, gathering
rare live alien species, devices, and even experiences in pain. The
size of his spaceship is unrevealed, but it utilizes transdimensional
technology to connect individual cells with the various environments
hospitable to each captive lifeform.
History:
(Avengers United They Stand#6 (fb) - BTS) - The
Collector's race was allegedly born in the same explosion as the
universe. He saw his purpose as gathering various forms of unique life
before they were lost and collected them by dispatching intangible
beam-emitting orbs that teleported the targeted beings to the
Collector's ship for him to put into separate cells and/or shared environments.
The Collector determined that Earth's
humankind was soon heading for a great extinction event and so wanted
to add to his collection of rarities. The
Collector's orbs transported 1,253 humans, plus various other "higher
order" creatures, teleporting them aboard the Collector's ship,
including past and present Avengers.
(Avengers United They Stand#6) - The Avengers woke
confined in small separate compartments covered in glass, the filled
compartments lining the walls of a long corridor, and were astonished
to see the massive form of the Collector remove the latest piece
gathered: the synthezoid Vision. Although the android resisted, the
Collector used an alien device to reverse time briefly so that the
Vision was incapacitated. The Collector next removed imperfections and
diseases for separate storage using green gas, each Avenger falling
unconscious from the treatment. The Collector then strode out of the
corridor. Some time later, the back of the cells briefly opened and the
humans
were released into the the jungle-like Terra-sector 4812, where they
found Koko, the quiet gorilla. The Avengers split into two groups,
Captain America's investigated a nearby citadel while Ant-Man's team
tried to go back
into the ship via the cell doors. Ant-Man's team were confronted by the
Collector's
devoted servant and guardian of the doors, Moon Boy riding Devil
Dinosaur.
(Avengers United They Stand#7) - Captain America's
team encountered "Neanderthals" who worshiped the Collector as a god
and, with the aid of scientist Dr. Richard Hawkins, deciphered that the
Vibranium two-hand amulet and motif served to access other parts of the
ship. They rejoined Ant-Man's team to re-access the cell corridor where
they once more encountered the Collector. The combined attack of the
Vision mixed with the Scarlet Witch's hex dispersed the Collector's
organic flesh physical form. He formed anew from the metal bulkhead and
chided the Avengers for their brash and short-sighted action billions
of miles from home. Admitting they had come closest to killing him, he
offered to send home those humans wishing to return to Earth; however,
barely one hundred (including the Avengers) chose to do so, the rest of
the humans stayed in Terra-sector 4812.
Comments: Created by Ty Templeton (writer), Derec Aucoin (pencils) and Walden Wong (inks).
And this is where the series ended. A fun but short
run - it would make a great digest collection if Marvel were to collect
them.
Dr. Richard Hawkins' name seems to be an amalgam of
the eminent scientists, wheelchair-bound astrophysicist Dr. Stephen
Hawking and evolutionary biologist Dr. Richard
Dawkins.
The character Koko would be based on the real-life Koko gorilla, who has been taught American Sign Language.
I think Captain America classing Moon Boy and his ilk
as "Neanderthals" is incorrect. This trip appears to have been the
Collector's first to Earth, so I'd consider them native to another
world.
The Collector, Moon Boy and Devil Dinosaur have
regularly appearing counterparts on Earth-616.
Profile by Grendel Prime.
CLARIFICATIONS
:
Collector of Earth-730834 has no known connections to:
The eminent physicist Dr. Richard Hawkins was
kidnapped along with Captain America by one of the Collector's orbs
during the presentation of the US President's Council on American
Achievement. He was imprisoned on the Collector's spaceship before
being
released in the jungle-like Terra-sector 4812. The Collector's disease
treatments removed his physical disability, but he was captured with
others by "Neanderthal" guards and flown back to their citadel. He helped
deduce the "Neanderthals'" connection to the Collector and joined the
Avengers-led escape. He was one of the few who decided to return to
Earth, choosing to be with his wife, although his disabilities
returned, impacting his movement and speech, but not his brilliant
scientific intellect.
--Avengers United They Stand#6 (7
Koko had been taught American sign language on Earth,
but had been captured by the Collector and was in the jungle enclosure
of the Collector's ship. She sat at the doors connecting to rest of the
Collector's ship
and communicated to the Avengers of Moon Boy's telepathic abilities.
She tried to tell Moon Boy that Ant-Man was not the god-like Collector,
and on behalf of the Avengers asked Moon Boy to use Devil Dinosaur to
keep the "Neanderthals" away so that the Avengers could escape.
--Avengers United They Stand#6 (7
Devil was the giant red dinosaur ridden by Moon Boy
as he protected the doors that led to the rest of the Collector's ship.
Devil was guided by Moon Boy's telepathic abilities. When Moon
Boy charged at the Avengers investigating the doors, Ant-Man grew giant
size and knocked Devil out with one punch.
--Avengers United They Stand#6 (7
Considered somewhat "mad" by other "Neanderthals",
Moon Boy guarded the gates that led from the jungle territory of
Terra-sector 4812 to the rest of the Collector's spaceship. He could
communicate telepathically with Devil Dinosaur, which he rode, plus
other creatures in the area, including raptors and Koko the gorilla. He
perceived the Collector as his god and sought to do his will. Knocked
off his dinosaur steed by the giant-sized Ant-Man, Moon Boy briefly
mistook Ant-Man for the Collector. With Koko's help, the Avengers
convinced him to help them escape the jungle territory by keeping the
pursuing "Neanderthals" away using his influence over the local
dinosaurs.
--Avengers United They Stand#6 (7
Greymane was one of the older "Neanderthals". He
helped capture several of the newly released captives, including
Avengers, from the Collector's cells and transported them to the
"Neanderthals'" citadel by a flying dinosaur creature.
--Avengers United They Stand#7
Scar Eye was one of the "Neanderthals" who captured several of the newly released captives, including Avengers, from the Collector's cells and transported them to the "Neanderthals'" citadel by a flying dinosaur creature. He thought his council should decide the new captives' fate.
--Avengers United They Stand#7
Wise Eye was on the "Neanderthals'" council and
considered "the Chosen", the only "Neanderthal" who had seen more of
the Collector's ship beyond the jungle zone. He helped perpetuate the
cult of the Collector as the Giver, determining the fate of recent
arrivals, and decided that the newly captured Avengers should be exiled
into the dangerous forest. He wore the dual-hand amulet forged of
Vibranium that provided more clues to the Avengers for escape.
--Avengers United They Stand#7
images:
(without ads)
Avengers United They Stand#6, p11, pan3 (main image)
Avengers United They Stand#7, p21, pan2 (headshot, merged with
spaceship)
Avengers United They Stand#7, p22, pan2 (Hawkins)
Avengers United They Stand#6, p17, pan6 (Koko)
Avengers United They Stand#6, p22 (Devil Dinosaur)
Avengers United They Stand#7, p3 (Moon Boy)
Avengers United They Stand#7, p6, pan1 (Greymane)
Avengers United They Stand#7, p6, pan1 (Scar Eye)
Avengers United They Stand#7, p12, pan3-4 (Wise Eye)
Appearances:
Avengers United They Stand#6 (April,
2000) - Ty Templeton (writer), Eric Lewald (story consultant), Derec
Aucoin (pencils), Walden Wong (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Avengers
United They Stand#7 (June, 2000) - Ty Templeton (writer), Derec Aucoin
(pencils), Walden Wong (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Last updated: 06/02/17
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