MANDALAY GEM

Classification: Celestial power object (Distant Past to present)

Creator: Unrevealed (possibly the Celestial known to the Viscardi as the Godhead)

User/Possessors: King J-Son of the Spartax Empire, Star-Lord (Peter Jason Quill)

First Appearance: Legendary Star-Lord#1 (September, 2014)

Powers/Abilities/Functions: The Mandalay Gem was a piece of Celestial technology that looked like a naturally-occurring crystal cluster instead of a device. It has been described as "one of the most powerful minerals in the universe" and seemed to constantly glow as if lit from within by an internal light source. The apparent lack of any physical control mechanisms suggests that it responded to mental commands from its wielder.

   The Mandalay Gem could be carried freely in one's hand but could also be worn on one's body. It is unclear if its wielder could will the gem to somehow adhere to his/her body or if more mundane methods (like a strap) were needed to attach it to the body of the person who wished to wear and wield it.

   The Mandalay Gem's power source has not been revealed. It's possible that its energy was generated internally, as some sort of ongoing reaction, but it also could be that the gem was able to tap into any ambient cosmic energy in its vicinity and make it available for use by its wielder.

   The Mandalay Gem had several functions. First, it could create a protective energy field around its wielder. This "armor" could enable its wielder to survive within the harsh environment of outer space by shielding him/her from the vacuum and intense cold and providing a breathable atmosphere. The gem could presumably protect its wielder from extremes of pressure and/or temperature within inhospitable planetary atmospheres but this has not been confirmed. It is unrevealed whether this armor could protect against intense gravitational forces or if there was any limit on how long the gem could maintain its protective field.

   Second, the Mandalay Gem's energy armor could be used to defend its wielder from attacking beings but the amount of protection the armor could provide varied according to the type of attack. The armor was completely effective against any form of energy attack, up to and including the beams of cosmic energy that Eternals (like Thanos the Mad Titan) can project from their bodies. However, the armor could only provide limited protection against physical assaults, and they could hurt or even kill its wielder. Despite this limitation, the armor was able to protect Star-Lord from the concussive impact that he should have felt when he flew into Thanos at high speed.

   Third, when the Mandalay Gem was being worn by its wielder and its armor was active, the gem could be grasped by someone who was outside the energy field but could not be removed. Anyone who attempted to remove the gem from the wielder's person was subjected to a powerful energy burst, one painful enough to hurt even Thanos.

   Fourth, the Mandalay Gem might have been able to propel its wielder in directed flight through either outer space or planetary atmospheres. If the gem did have such an ability, then it may have worked by causing the energy aura that surrounded its wielder to move in the desired direction. Star-Lord may have demonstrated this ability during his encounter with Thanos on Earth's Moon, but it's also possible that he was just using his jet boots to fly and the gem was only generating the energy field around him.

   Fifth, the Mandalay Gem could also be used as an offensive weapon by enabling its wielder to tap into its energies and then project that energy in the form of cosmic blasts that could harm or kill even entities as powerful as Thanos. These blasts could be fired at a target that was at a distance or at one who was in direct physical contact with the wielder. Star-Lord was able to project these blasts from his hands.

   Finally, the Mandalay Gem also had another function, one that was not widely known. Aside from its uses as a weapon, the gem was also a key that could be used to unlock one of the greatest mysteries in the cosmos. Once this key function was activated, the Mandalay Gem would emit a beam of energy that would serve to briefly animate the "corpses" that can be found in the area of space known as the Graveyard of the Celestials. These five "reanimated" Celestials would then all point in the direction of the then-current location of the Black Vortex. Although it has not been revealed exactly how this key was activated, galactic crime lord Mister Knife was confident that the Star-Lord was "dense enough" to (unknowingly) do so, and his assessment was proven to be correct.

Limitations: The Mandalay Gem's energy armor could not completely protect its wielder from the concussive effects of physical objects that struck its shield.

History:
(Legendary Star-Lord#4 (fb) - BTS) - The crystal known as the Mandalay Gem was actually a piece of Celestial technology. When it was created and the purpose for which it was created have not been revealed.

(Legendary Star-Lord#1 (fb) - BTS) - At some point, the Mandalay Gem came into the possession of the Spartax military.

(Legendary Star-Lord#1 (fb) - BTS) - After King J-Son was deposed, the lack of leadership caused the Spartax Empire to begin to implode. When some of the Spartax military decided to leave, they took the Mandalay Gem with them and left it at an orphanage near 3M2 Town on a planet in the fringe territories for safekeeping. The military did so with the cooperation of Miss Donna, the woman who ran the orphanage.

(Legendary Star-Lord#1 (fb) - BTS) - Some Badoon criminals heard rumors that the Spartax military had hidden the Mandalay Gem at the orphanage and decided to steal it, possibly so that they could sell it to galactic criminal Mister Knife who was willing to pay big bucks for esoteric weapons. Star-Lord (Peter Quill) heard those same rumors and came for the crystal himself, partly to remove it safely before bad guys showed up to cause trouble, but also so that he would have it to use against Thanos.

(Legendary Star-Lord#1) - At the orphanage, the Badoon criminals ran into Star-Lord while he was sneaking around looking for the crystal. As Miss Donna and two of the kids watched, Star-Lord was forced to surrender his Element Gun to the four Badoon who then revealed that they had found the Mandalay Gem. After accusing Quill of trying to steal the gem from the orphans himself, the Badoon took their captive to their ship which then launched into orbit.
   Sometime later, after Star-Lord had gotten out of the cage where the Badoon had been keeping him, he used his Element Gun to blast a hole through the hull of the ship, then grabbed something and held tight as the explosive decompression sucked the Badoon out into space. As the Mandalay Gem was also being sucked towards the hole, Star-Lord spotted it and was able to grab it. Using his jet boots and space helmet, Star-Lord then made his way to his starship.
   Star-Lord gathered the last of his emergency savings and returned to the orphanage. Confronted by Miss Donna, Quill offered her a bag full of money, claiming that it was the money that his fence had given him in return for the gem. Later, after having left the planet in his starship, Quill held the Mandalay Gem in one hand as he spoke aloud to himself about how he would soon use it, one of the most powerful minerals in the universe, against Thanos. However, his plans were delayed when Captain Victoria and two members of the Spartax Royal Guard stopped his ship.

(Legendary Star-Lord#2 - BTS) - The Mandalay Gem (presumably) remained hidden aboard Star-Lord's starship during his confrontation with Captain Victoria and her men, and throughout their subsequent team-up to rob the bounty brokerage house known as Castle Viperdoom of a fortune in liquid assets.

(Legendary Star-Lord#3 - BTS) - The Mandalay Gem (presumably) remained hidden aboard Star-Lord's starship when a beautiful girl he picked up at an alien bar knocked him out and sold him to the Badoon, and throughout his escape from the Badoon destroyer where he was being held. Later, Star-Lord (presumably) transferred the Mandalay Gem from his old starship to the new one, the Bad Boy, that he had stolen from the hangar deck of the Badoon destroyer as part of his escape.

(Legendary Star-Lord#4) - As the Bad Boy approached Earth, its sensors detected the energy signature of Thanos on the Moon, and Star-Lord realized that Thanos had escaped from Tony Stark's custody. Armed with the Mandalay Gem, Star-Lord left his ship and flew to the Moon where, upon sighting Thanos, he dive-bombed straight into the Mad Titan. Although knocked down by the impact, Thanos was more amused than concerned and, after some banter, he blasted Star-Lord with cosmic energy from his hand. Surprised that his foe survived unharmed, Thanos grabbed Star-Lord by his neck and blasted him with energy beams from his eyes which, again, had no effect. Now angered, Thanos noticed the crystal that Star-Lord was wearing on his chest and began to assault him physically, soon discovering that the energy armor surrounding Quill did not completely protect him from being hurt. After landing a few more blows, Thanos identified the Mandalay Gem as being Celestial technology and grabbed it, but the crystal reacted to his touch by generating a painful burst of energy that forced him to release it. Star-Lord then used the gem to fire powerful bursts of energy from both of his hands, blasting Thanos back and leaving him weakened and vulnerable.

   As Star-Lord stood over the battered Thanos, grabbed the Titan's head and prepared to kill him, he asked, "Last words, dirtbag?" Thanos replied that Quill could kill him but he would regret it because, if Thanos were killed there on the Moon, then the cosmic energy that would be released by his death would pulverize the Moon, dooming Earth as well. Unwilling to sacrifice his home planet, Quill decided to contact the Avengers to deal with Thanos, but the villain pointed out that he would be gone before they could get there. As Thanos flew away, Star-Lord activated his space helmet while detaching the Mandalay Gem from his chest and he wondered aloud what he was doing with "this thing" anyway. The energy armor dissipated once the crystal was only being held in his hand.

   When the Bad Boy approached, Star-Lord decided he had something to do on Earth and he left the crystal on the lunar surface. As he flew away in his ship, Star-Lord didn't notice that the Mandalay Gem had begun emitting a beam of energy out into space.

(Legendary Star-Lord#4) - Elsewhere, in an area of space known as the Graveyard of the Celestials, Mister Knife and Count Bligh were riding the moon monster amidst the grey "corpses" of five Celestials. Mister Knife explained to Bligh that the Mandalay Gem was not just a weapon, it was also a key to one of the greatest mysteries of the cosmos and that he was counting on the Star-Lord being "dense enough" to unlock it for them. At that moment, the beam of energy from the gem arrived and began to "reanimate" the Celestials. Bligh panicked, but Knife told him to control himself because the Celestials were serving them by pointing the way to one of the most powerful artifacts in the universe. Knife then told Bligh to call his crew because they were going to steal the Black Vortex.

   The Mandalay Gem hasn't been seen since Star-Lord abandoned it on Earth's Moon.

Comments: Created by Sam Humphries, Paco Medina and Juan Vlasco.

   Contrary to some online sources, the orphanage near 3M2 Town that Star-Lord visited in Legendary Star-Lord#1 & 3 is NOT the Savage Orphanage that was (first) seen in Legendary Star-Lord#8. For one thing, the first orphanage was run by Miss Donna, not Ma Savage. Secondly, the Savage Orphanage was on the planet Spartax while the other orphanage was located on a planet in the fringe territories, one that orbited a close binary star. So, they were two different orphanages on two different planets in two different solar systems.

   In Legendary Star-Lord#4, both the recap/credits page and Mister Knife's dialogue mention how Star-Lord escaped Castle Viperdoom with the Mandalay Gem. This choice of words is odd since it implies that Viperdoom was where he acquired the crystal. However, that incorrect implication isn't exactly a mistake since it isn't directly stated anywhere.

   Also in Legendary Star-Lord#4, Lydia, the A.I. of the Bad Boy, states that she's picked up a weird energy signature from the Moon that is pointed away from Earth. I understood this to mean that Thanos was on the Moon's far side. However, several images later in the issue show Thanos standing on the lunar surface with Earth hanging in space above him, clearly showing that he was actually on the Moon's near side.
    Perhaps Lydia meant the far side in relation to where they were coming from. If they were approaching Earth, and the Moon was between them and the Earth, then the surface facing Earth would be the far side in relation to them.
--Snood (aka Mister No-Prize; by-the-way...I just invented that alias as I typed this information)

   I'm not sure what exact color the Mandalay Gem was supposed to be. The energy that reanimates the Celestials seems to be purple but the gem and the energy field that surrounded Star-Lord looked to be a lighter color. I considered fuchsia, which is described as a purplish red color but that looks too light. Anyway, I used fuchsia for the title but deep fuchsia for the final line before the comments section.

    Star-Lord fairly easily overpowers Thanos, but can't destroy him for fear of destroying Earth, and then there's nothing he can do but just let him escape, since he can't destroy him?
    Ugh...I remember reading that, and I remember it being painful at that time, too. Thanos' death would destroy a whole moon-sized satellite? Really? Because nothing happened to the ship around him when Drax punched his heart out? Or the other times Thanos has perished...
    OK, so assuming that this time it would be true? Fly the incapacitated Thanos into distant space, or something, and dispose of him there...
    If he could incapacitate Thanos once, why not keep doing it until the Avengers arrived?
    I guess we can just assume that Star-Lord was so caught off guard by succeeding (and that he's really not that smart...certainly the Bendissized version isn't) that he was duped by Thanos and then just couldn't figure out what to do.
--Snood

Profile by Donald Campbell.

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Mandalay Gem has no known connections to

• Mandala (Iman Dashire), a French citizen of Indian descent who is a Gemini and possesses some sort of psychic powers--Europa#0/2
• The Alpha and Omega Stones, two extraterrestrial power gems, originally the single Stone of Power that was found on the planet Kree-Lar and split by Kree scientists, which were first used as part of the Lifestone Tree and later ended up on Earth where they mutated criminal Basil Elks into the super-powered Basilisk--Marvel Team-Up I#16
• The Anomaly Gem, an other-dimensional artifact, possibly created by the Contemplator, which held the souls of all (or maybe only some) of the previous Iron Fists--Marvel Comics Presents I#125/4
• The Bloodgem, a crystalline object created by the gods of a previous chaotic universe to enable them to conquer the universe that would exist after theirs ended and which has a malevolent consciousness known as the Exo-Mind--Marvel Presents I#1
• The Blood Stone, a gem created centuries ago by the Sorcerer King Kaman-Ru who drew on it a map to his buried treasure which would only become visible if the gem were soaked in the blood of a supernatural being--Werewolf By Night I#7
• The mysterious glowing blue diamond that was found in Antarctica and later empowered Elton T. Morrow (a.k.a. the Blue Diamond)--Daring Mystery Comics#7
• Blue diamonds, the remains of a meteor which landed in Africa long ago, that were vital for MASER technology to function and which were sought by Chinese agents--Master of Kung Fu I#113
• The Crimson Ruby of Cyttorak (a.k.a. the Crimson Crystal of Cyttorak), an enchanted ruby that was originally part of the body of the mystical entity Cyttorak and which was used by him to empower his avatars on Earth, known as Juggernauts--X-Men I#12
• The Della Gems, gems that were native to the planet Ariston in the Bianca IV star system within the Shi'ar Galaxy which the native humanoid population, the Aris, used to power the force field that protected their planet from intruders--Marvel Comics Presents I#149/3
• The Diamond of Doom, a weapon used by the Mole Man to transport victims from the surface down to Subterranea--Marvel Treasury Edition#25
• The Diamonds of Doom, ancient gems of unknown origin which lie in the ocean depths at the farthest corner of the realm of Atlantis and can drain life-force from living beings who come near them--Tales to Astonish I#73
• The Gehenna Stone, a magical gem created by the demon Ba'al which contained his soul after he was killed by the warrior known as the Hand of God who subsequently shattered the gems and caused generations of the Followers of Ba'al to quest to reassemble the stone--Wolverine II#11
• The Gem Guild, a group of humanoids native to a planet in the extradimensional Inniverse who had the gift of being able to manipulate the energy of the gemstones which were the remains of their destroyed brother planet--Fantastic Four I#363
• The Gem in the Tower (a.k.a. the Gem of Siptah), a magical topaz crystal belonging to the Hyborian Era sorcerer Siptah which remained in his tower after his death until it was stolen by Conan who inadvertently destroyed the crystal while trying to use it against the demonic Guardian of the Tower who died once the gem was shattered-- (historical) The Gem in the Tower; (Marvel) Savage Sword of Conan#45
• The Gem of Infinite Suns, an Asgardian artifact which had been forged from the heart of a star and guarded by Odin until Thor used it to counter the Casket of Ancient Winters and defeat Malekith, Kurse and Pentigaar--Thor II#32
• The "Gem of Kx'ulthuumu," a gem from the cavern in which the demon Kx'ulthuum had entombed the Scarlet Mage which was taken from there by Conan and later used by the Mage to amplify cold white moonlight in order to dissolve some of the demon's fiends--Conan the Barbarian I#170
• The Gem of Tartarus, a magical power item which Pluto once used to entrap the Defenders in a pillar that prevented them from taking any action (including spell-casting) until the gem was destroyed-- Defenders II#3
• The Gem Stone of Marradan, a magical item on Earth-2030 where the Sorceress Supreme (Callisto) used it in a plot to take over the world until it was destroyed by the Exiles--Exiles #18
• The Godstone, a gem that contained the essence and power of the Stargod of Other Realm, a benevolent ruler who traveled to Reality-616 when he was dying and left the Godstone on Earth's Moon where it was eventually found by astronaut John Jameson--Amazing Spider-Man I#124
• The Infinity Gems (aka Infinity Stones) (Ego, Mind, Power, Reality, Soul, Space, Time), seven (supposedly) indestructible gems which were left behind after a primeval creator-deity committed suicide (with the universe allegedly forming from its ashes) and which enabled their wielders to have total control over whatever aspect of reality they controlled--(Soul Gem) Marvel Premiere#1, (six) Avengers Annual I#7
• The Ka Stone, the cosmic gemstone which millennia ago empowered the exiled Egyptian wizard Anathna-Mut and transformed him into the Sphinx--Nova I#6
• The Lifestone Tree, a powerful artifact created by joining together various gems that were geologic survivors of the Big Bang and which could be used to advance the evolutionary traits of chosen individuals--Thunderbolts I#45
• The moonstone, a blue moon rock (from the Watcher's Blue Area headquarters) which, when absorbed into human bodies, gave those people (both of whom called themselves Moonstone) superhuman strength, the ability to generate laser beams and the power to phase through solid matter--Captain America I#170
• The Power Prism, a crystalline prism containing the consciousness of the exiled Skrull Krimonn which could project various forms of energy and create constructs of solid light but which usually needed a "host" (known as Doctor Spectrum) in order to utilize these powers--Avengers I#69
• The Purple Gem, a gem of power which could be used to transport people from Earth across the Purple Veil into the Purple World where it had been mined--Strange Tales I#119/2
• The Purple Stone of Power, the source of power of the Supreme Council on the planet Norsec which enabled them to transport "evil" beings from other worlds to Norsec and punish them by placing them in a paralyzed but conscious state--Marvel Spotlight II#8
• The radium gems, large fist-sized orbs which provided reddish illumination in the darkened lower corridors of the Hyborian Era city of Xuthal--Savage Sword of Conan#20
• The red stones from the Hyborian era, seven magic items of unknown origin that could heal wounds, stop the aging process and mutate their users into bigger, stronger versions of themselves but which would eventually be drained of their power (although feeding them human blood could delay their loss of power)--Savage Sword of Conan#174
• The Resurrection Stone, a power item created through both sorcery and technology millennia ago by the extraterrestrial techno-wizard Tus'au that could return the dead to life but which secretly possessed a malevolent sentience that corrupted those who wielded it and manipulated them to follow their most destructive urges--Avengers I#209
• The Ringed Ruby of Raggadorr, a power object created by the mystical entity Raggadorr in order to transform the first human who touched it into the Exemplar known as Stonecutter--Peter Parker, Spider-Man II#11
• The Ruby of Domination, a mystical ruby which granted its wielder the power to control the minds of others but whose full power to control all minds could only be accessed when it was combined with the Eye of Agamotto--Marvel Fanfare I#20
• The Ruby of Samnaba, a large ruby revered by the people of a small village in South America which had to remain there or the rain god Sambana would cause whoever removed it to experience increasingly-heavy localized rain until the gem was returned--World of Fantasy#11/3
• The Ruby of Shadows, a magical ruby from the extradimensional world of Terragonia which enabled its wielder to summon and control the enchanted Guardian of the Ruby from a nether realm--Incredible Hulk II#201
• The Ruby of the Nile, a supposedly-cursed great glistening gem that adorned the mummy case of an unidentified pharaoh and which archeologist Henry Sanders took for himself after discovering the tomb in Egypt in the late 1930's--Captain America Comics#8/2
• The Ruby Scarab, an arcane power object created millennia ago by the warrior Dann and the wizard Garrett which was used to thwart the attempted conquest of ancient Egypt by the extradimensional beings known as the Elementals--Supernatural Thrillers#8
• The Ruby Toad, a single large ruby carved to resemble a toad which contained the soul and essence of the ancient demonic being known as the Toad God whose body lay slumbering in the crypt beneath the Temple of the Toad which was built before the sinking of Atlantis in what is now present-day Honduras--(historical) "The Thing on the Roof" in Weird Tales; (Marvel) Chamber of Chills#3
• The sacred ruby, a mystical artifact of unknown origin that was displayed on a pedestal in a temple in India which cursed any who stole it--Tales of Suspense I#26/4
• The Scrying Gem, a magical artifact in the possession of Doctor Strange which permits instantaneous audio-visual communication between beings around the planet--Strange II#4
• The Seduction Ruby, a magic gem of unknown origin which enabled its bearer to emotionally manipulate others into being compliant to their wishes--Astonishing Thor#1
• The Solar Stone, a large gem which can absorb energy from the sun that the Mayan god Kukulcan can use to empower himself--X-Men I#26
• The Soulgem, a gem owned by Dhasha Khan which granted him a variety of magical powers--Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu#19
• The Spirit Gem of Nephrus, a clear gem that supposedly granted its wearer the power of the long-dead Egyptian high priest Nephrus but which actually enabled the soul of Nephrus to take over the wearer's body--Marvel Two-in-One#95
• The Spirit Stone, a small skull-shaped piece of a meteorite (the same one that brought to Earth the glowing dust used to make the costume for He Who Rides the Night Winds) which amplified its bearer's strength--Ghost Rider I#6
• The Star of Capistan, a large sentient ruby that was spawned by the Bloodgem and which, when acting through a host called the Red Rajah, tries to use its vast mind-controlling ability to end all conflict and create absolute harmony among the minds of all sentient beings by mentally dominating them all-- Defenders I#42
• The Starstone, a meteorite composed of an unidentified metal from which Sir Percy of Scandia (at the direction of Merlin) forged the Ebony Blade--Black Knight I#1
• The Starstone, a mystical power object sent to Earth by the demon Kathulos which the demon Dagon used to entrance and control the entire population of the town of Penmallow--Marvel Premiere#7
• The Stone which contained the Spirits of the Stone, vengeful spirits who killed anyone they could by draining them of their lives and feeding on them to grow stronger--Incredible Hulk II#268
• The Stone of Power, an alien meteorite which fell to Earth in a desert where it was found by a tribe of Bedouins who later gave it to Prester John whom it both empowered and maddened--Marvel Two-in-One I#12
• The Stones of Merlin, six enchanted gemstones created (or empowered) by the sorcerer Merlin that (allegedly) had the power to make their owner invincible--Fantastic Four I#5
• Xorr the God-Jewel, a sentient (and megalomaniacal) crystalline entity which came into being after the impenetrable shell of nuclear force created by the humanoid Xorri race to protect themselves and their home planet of Xorr from their sun when it went nova slowly contracted over eons until the entire condensed biosphere became a single living being--Thor I#214
• The Yazdi Gem, a possibly-magical gemstone of apparently-extraterrestrial origin which enabled its wielder to mentally restructure matter on a large scale and project energy blasts and mystical flames--Tomb of Dracula II#1
• or any other items or alien beings which have the words "Gem" or "Ruby" or "Diamond" in their names)
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Graveyard of the Celestials

   A location where representations of five Celestials float in space in close proximity to one another. Galactic crime lord Mister Knife believed that the five bodies were Celestial corpses but this was never confirmed and they actually look more like gray statues carved out of some stone-like material. All of the five were the same height (2,000 feet) as a normal Celestial and all were posed as humanoids who were standing erect while pointing with one of their arms extended fully from their bodies and with the forefingers of the extended arms pointing as well. However, none of the five figures were pointing in the same direction.

   Mister Knife somehow learned that the Graveyard of the Celestials could be used to discover the current location of the Black Vortex, one of the most powerful artifacts in the universe, and that the Mandalay Gem could be used as a key to revealing that information. Mister Knife also came to believe that the Star-Lord was "dense enough" that he would somehow be able to unlock that mystery if he were allowed to use the Mandalay Gem for his own purposes. Knife's attitude seems to imply that he may have secretly manipulated Star-Lord into seeking the Mandalay Gem, possibly by spreading rumors that the Spartax military had hidden the Mandalay Gem at a certain orphanage.

   After Mister Knife knew that Star-Lord had obtained the Mandalay Gem, he and his new employee Count Bligh rode on the moon monster to the Graveyard of the Celestials, a terrifying place that not many had seen. Once there, Knife revealed to Bligh his belief that the Star-Lord would be able to use the Mandalay Gem as a key to unlock one of the greatest mysteries of the cosmos. Just as he finished speaking, the beam of energy emitted by the Mandalay Gem on Earth's Moon arrived at the graveyard. The beam then split into five separate beams when it reached the point that was at the center of the five figures and each beam then struck one of the five. With a loud rumbling sound, the five figures then shifted their positions in space so that four of them were standing in a row with the fifth standing out ahead of them. In this new configuration, the forefingers of all five figures were pointing towards the same distant location.

   Mister Knife then announced that these corpses were their servants because they were now pointing the way to one of the most powerful artifacts in the universe, the Black Vortex, which, now that he knew where it was, his crew was going to steal the very next day.

   The Graveyard of the Celestials hasn't been seen to have been visited since Mister Knife departed.

Notes: Although not mentioned in the story, I would assume that the "reanimated" Celestials would not continue to point towards the Black Vortex indefinitely. Presumably they would reset so that they were again pointing in different directions fairly soon after the Mandalay Gem was used to unlock them.

    Three of the five Celestial "corpses" somewhat resemble three Celestials who were known to have been alive at the time: Arishem the Judge, Eson the Searcher, and Jemiah the Analyzer. However, the resemblance is slight and, as mentioned above, the claim that the figures were actually corpses has never been confirmed. I prefer the alternative idea that the five figures were really just statues.

    When Mister Knife and Bligh first arrived, three of the figures were pointing with their left arms and only two were pointing with their right arms. However, after they had been activated, only two of the figures were pointing with their left arms and the other three were pointing with their right arms. Is this significant? Probably not but it is something that I noticed.

--Legendary Star-Lord#4

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Legendary Star-Lord#1, page 16, panel 1 (main image)
Legendary Star-Lord#4, page 10, panel 3 (gem on Star-Lord's chest)
      page 10, panel 1 (protecting Star-Lord from Thanos)
      page 13, panel 1 (Star-Lord ready to fire)
      page 17, panel 4 (beam of energy...)
      page 20, panel 3 (...that reanimates the Celestials)
      page 20, panel 1 (Graveyard of the Celestials)
      page 21, panel 1 ("corpses" pointing the way)

Appearances:
Legendary Star-Lord#1 (September, 2014) - Sam Humphries (writer), Paco Medina (penciler), Juan Vlasco (inker), Mike Marts (editor)
Legendary Star-Lord#4 (December, 2014) - Sam Humphries (writer), Freddie Williams II (artist), Mike Marts (editor)

First Posted: 06/08/2018
Last updated: 06/08/2018

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