{"id":54579,"date":"2017-05-03T16:21:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T23:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/?p=54579"},"modified":"2021-07-29T09:27:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T16:27:39","slug":"guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-mantis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-mantis\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Things You Didn’t Know about Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’s Mantis"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Marvel universe is a dense and rich place with multitudes of different characters and teams. These teams have shuffled their rosters so many times it can be tough to keep track of who\u2019s currently on the team and who is off on their own. The Guardians of the Galaxy <\/em><\/a>are no different. Within the confines of the MCU, the roster has been simple so far – with just the one film. Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, and Groot. However, with the sequel some faces will be added to our plucky galactic team of heroes. Today we\u2019re going to look at Mantis, who makes her cinematic debut on May 5 in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Mantis, the DC Comics Character? <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Source: DC Comics<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Mantis made her comic book debut in The Avengers <\/em>#112 (June 1973). She was created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Don Heck. She\u2019s had an interesting comic book life as she\u2019s actually traveled from Marvel Comics, to DC Comics (as the character Willow) and then to Eclipse Comics (as the character Lorelei) and then back to Marvel. Weird, right?<\/p>\n

Live Kree or Die Hard<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Source: Marvel<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Anyways, she\u2019s half-Vietnamese and half-German and was left as a child a temple belonging to a sect of the Kree. The Kree feel she\u2019s going to fulfil a prophecy and become the Celestial Madonna and eventually become the most important being in the universe. She is trained in martial arts, and can sense weaknesses in an opponent, with her vast knowledge of pressure points. She\u2019s even knocked out Thor and beaten Captain America in a fight. Mantis is so in tune with her own body, she can control her heartbeat, and even how quickly she can heal or the degree at which she feels pain. She\u2019s also an empath which means she can feel the emotions of others. In the comics, she can communicate with plants and a plant-like species known as the Cotati.<\/p>\n

Mantis Cinematic Universe <\/strong><\/p>\n

For the upcoming movie, Mantis is portrayed by the actress Pom Klementieff. While little is known of her official role in the film, rumor has it that she\u2019s been adopted (in a sense) by Star-Lord\u2019s father, Ego<\/a>. From the trailers it looks like she\u2019ll maintain her empathic abilities in a very hilarious scene with Star-Lord, Drax, and Gamora. According to producer Kevin Feige, she\u2019ll also have an interesting \u201crelationship\u201d with Drax in this film. She\u2019ll be a welcome addition to the team, but whether or not she remains part of the Guardians<\/a> by the time the final credit rolls, remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

Are you guys excited for this sequel? Which new character are you most excited to see make their MCU debut? Do you expect Mantis to become a mainstay in the Guardians? Let\u2019s talk about in the comments below! <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Marvel universe is a dense and rich place with multitudes of different characters and teams. These teams have shuffled their rosters so many times it can be tough to keep track of who\u2019s currently on the team and who is off on their own. The Guardians of the Galaxy are no different. Within the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[126,3796,11,3795,108,558],"tags":[5555,142,196,3145,112,161,3464,5192,122,1215],"yst_prominent_words":[6240,5865,5968,39663,5880,5959,12240,37214,6413,6703,7632,7586,39665,39664,6073,14141,18710,7442,39666,7057],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54579"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54579"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64020,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54579\/revisions\/64020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54579"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=54579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}