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Gamora
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Powers: In her first appearances, Gamora's speed and strength were not superhuman, but the result of intensive training and incredible skill. In the pages of Infinity Watch, it is revealed that Gamora had been cybernetically enhanced to have superhuman strength, speed, and a healing factor equal to that of Wolverine. Gamora's strength and speed were further enhanced by Adam Warlock when they returned from Soulworld.
Gamora is one of the most skilled martial artists in the Marvel Universe. She is capable of defeating opponents who possess superhuman strength and durability that far surpasses her own, and she has defeated a military platoon containing dozens of combat-trained men in only a few minutes. She has learned to paralyze or kill opponents using vital point strikes directed at certain nerve clusters. Although skilled in the use of most conventional weapons, she prefers to use knives and swords.
When she was carrying the Time Gem, Gamora was prone to precognitive dreams and visions, though she had no conscious control over them.
Bio: Gamora is the last of her species, the Zen Whoberi, who were exterminated by the Badoon (in her original timeline, her species was exterminated by the Universal Church of Truth). Thanos found the child and decided to use her as a weapon. Gamora was raised and trained by Thanos to assassinate the Magus, an evil alternate version of Adam Warlock. Thanos showed her little kindness during her childhood, but Gamora was very loyal to the man who promised her the opportunity to avenge the death of her family. Gamora became very proficient in the martial arts, earning the nickname "The most dangerous woman in the universe". When she was a teenager, Thanos took her on a trip. Gamora came into conflict with a group of thugs and despite her skill they defeated her. Thanos found her and restored her to health, cybernetically enhancing her to superhuman levels.
As an adult, Gamora was sent as an assassin against the Universal Church of the Truth, quickly becoming feared by its agents, the Black Knights. Gamora teamed up with Adam Warlock, who wanted to stop his older version. She even managed to get close to the Magus but failed her assassination in the last second. Together with Warlock, Pip the Troll and Thanos, Gamora fought to escape the Universal Church of Truth. Eventually the Magus was defeated, but Thanos revealed himself as an even greater threat. Gamora and Pip tried to stop him, but were killed by Thanos. Adam Warlock absorbed their souls into his Soul Gem.
nside the Soul Gem was Soulworld, a place where Gamora, Pip and eventually Adam Warlock himself lived at peace. When Thanos managed to obtain all the Infinity Gems, forming the Infinity Gauntlet, Adam Warlock decided that he must be stopped. Warlock led Gamora and Pip the Troll out of Soulworld into the real world. Their souls took over the bodies of three humans, who had recently died in a car crash. Gamora was erased from existence by Thanos when he erased half the population in the universe. Thanos was defeated and Gamora returned to existence.
Warlock now had the Infinity Gauntlet, giving him near omnipotence. However, the Living Tribunal intervened and Warlock divided the Infinity Gems among several guardians, known as the Infinity Watch. Gamora received the Time Gem, but was incapable of consciously using it, though it did give her sporadic precognitive dreams and visions. Gamora had become romantically interested in Adam, but Adam did not respond to her. In an argument over the Infinity Watch member Maxam, Gamora left the Infinity Watch and the Time Gem behind. She returned to work as a mercenary until Adam Warlock approached her again. They continued to travel together and eventually Adam reciprocated her love. Adam and Gamora remained in a pocket dimension outside the Marvel Universe to raise the cosmic being known as Atleza.
Gamora later reappears in the pages of Ronan, having left the company of Adam Warlock and settled on the world Godthab Omega as leader of a group of female warriors called The Graces. She is intent on re-establishing her reputation as the deadliest woman in the universe and now wields a powerful blade known as Godslayer. She joins the United Front of Nova, using her skills to launch quick counterattacks against the Annihilation Wave and is engaged in a sexual relationship with the United Front's leader, Nova.
During the Phalanx's invasion of the Kree homeworld following the Annihilation War, Gamora is assimilated as a "select" of the hive mind. They dispatch her to apprehend Nova after he flees the planet. (Nova #4, vol. 4)
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First Appearance: Strange Tales (1951) #180 Favorite Characters:
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Issue Appearances: Alpha Flight (1983)
#111 - 'Bare Bones Part 2' Annihilation (2006)
#1 - 'Blood And Thunder' #2#3 - 'Desperate Measures' #4 - 'Revelation' #6 - 'Finale' Annihilation: The Nova Corps Files (2006)
Annihilation: Conquest (2008)
Annihilation: Ronan (2006)
Annihilation: Saga (2007)
Annihilators (2011)
Avengers Assemble (2012)
Beavis and Butt-Head (1994)
Beavis und Butt-Head (1994)
Cosmic Powers Unlimited (1995)
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988)
#36 - 'Footnote to Infinity' #47 - 'Strange Bedfellows, Part II' #55 - 'World Enough, And Time...' Guardians of the Galaxy (2008)
#1 - 'Somebody's Got To Do It' #2 - 'Legacy' #3 - 'Beyond Belief' #4 - 'Damages' #5 - 'Deception' #6 - 'Death' #7 - 'No Future' #8 - 'Past Mistakes' #10 - 'Blastarred!' #13 - 'Peacemakers' #14 - 'To The Death' #15 - 'Knowhere To Run To' #17 - 'Adam Magus' #19 - 'Seconds Out' #22 - 'Happy Birthday' #23#24#25 Guardians Of The Galaxy (2013)
Infinity Abyss (2002)
#1 - 'A Mad Calling!' #2 - 'Paranoids and Nihilists' #3 - 'Memory Disorders' #4 - 'Breakdown!' #5 - 'Errors in Judgment' #6 - 'Rewards & Punishment' Infinity Crusade (1993)
#1 - 'Epiphany' #2 - 'Enlightenment!' #3 - 'The Damned' #4 - 'Mortal Sins' #5 - 'Holy War!' #6 - 'Rapture' Infinity Gauntlet (1991)
#1 - 'God' #6 - 'The Final Confrontation' Infinity War (1992)
#1 - 'Chthonic Maneuvers' #2 - 'Ethereal Revisionism' #3 - 'Nefarious Rhapsodies' #4 - 'Mortiferous Artifice' #5 - 'Psychomachia!' #6 - 'The Animus Engagement' Marvel (1988)
Marvel Exklusiv (1998)
#20 - 'The Infinity Gauntlet - Die Ewige Fehde!' Marvel Graphic Novel (1982)
#1 - 'The Death of Captain Marvel' Marvel Holiday Special (1991)
Marvel Swimsuit Special (1992)
#3 - 'Come to the Moon and View Heavenly Bodies Guaranteed to Send You into Orbit!' Marvel Two-In-One (1974)
Marvel Universe: The End (2003)
Nova (2007)
Annual 01#4 - 'Alone' #5 - 'Together' #6 - 'Inside' #7 - 'Out' #9 - 'Knowhere: Part 2' #10 - 'Vore' #11 - 'Terminal: Part 1' #12 - 'Terminal: Part 2' Nova (2013)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z (2008)
HC vol. 04 - 'Earthmover to Guardians of the Galaxy' Quasar (1989)
#38 - 'Whose War Is this Anyway?' Rune/Silver Surfer (1995)
She-Hulk (2004)
#7 - 'Universal Laws: Part 1: Space Cases' #8 - 'Universal Laws: Part 2: Engagement Ring' She-Hulk: Cosmic Collision (2009)
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack (1992)
Silver Surfer (1987)
#46 - '... The Soul World' #47 - 'Adam Warlock Protector of the Soulworld!' #48 - 'Confronting One's Maker' #87 - 'Strange Affairs' #88 - 'Common Enemy' #94 - 'Down to Earth, Part 2' Silver Surfer/Warlock: Resurrection (1993)
#1 - 'The Pact (Part 1)' #2 - 'Death's Favor (Part 2)' #3 - 'Welcome To Hades (Part 3)' #4 - 'End Game (Part 4)' Strange Tales (1951)
#180 - 'The Judgment! / The Trial of Adam Warlock' #181 - '1000 Clowns!' Thanos (2003)
Thanos Sourcebook (2010)
The Avengers (1963)
The Marvel Encyclopedia (2006)
HC - 'The Marvel Encyclopedia' The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (1983)
#13 - 'Book of the Dead and Inactive 1 : Air-Walker to Man-Wolf' The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition (1985)
#17 - 'Book of the Dead (Destiny to Hobgoblin)' The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Master Edition (1990)
The Thanos Imperative (2010)
Thor (1966)
#469 - 'Absolute Power' #470 - 'Ruins' #471 - 'Fathers and Sons' War of Kings Saga (2009)
Warlock (1972)
#9 - 'The Infinity Effect' #10 - 'How Strange My Destiny! Part 1: The Rice! / Who is Thanos? / Enter the Redemption Principle!' #11 - 'How Strange My Destiny! Part 2: Escape Into the Inner Prison! / The Strange Death of Adam Warlock!' #15 - 'Just a Series of Events' Warlock (1998)
#1#2 - 'Afterlife' #3 - 'Countdown to Destruction' #4 - 'Endgame' Warlock and the Infinity Watch (1992)
#2 - 'Gathering the Watch' #4 - 'They' #5 - 'Old Foes' #6 - 'Revenge of the Beast' #7 - 'The Island!' #8 - 'Interlude' #9 - 'Old Wounds' #11 - 'The Appeal' #12 - 'Distant Memories' #14 - 'Strange Encounters' #15 - 'Divisions' #16 - 'Abyss' #17 - 'Maxam' #18 - 'Power Play' #19 - 'True Believers' #24 - 'Trial' #25 - 'Raid on Asgard' #26 - 'Unlocking the Past' #27 - 'Warlock Must Die' #28 - 'Chaos at the U.N.!' #29 - 'Poison' #30 - 'The Dilemma' #31 - 'Abyss' #32 - 'Heart and Soul' #33 - 'Carnival of Souls' #34 - 'Power's Pain' #35 - 'Citizen Tyrannus' #36 - 'The Dark of Truth' #37 - 'Body...' #38 - 'Convert' #39 - 'Domitian over All' #40 - 'Things Fall Apart' #42 - 'Win, Lose, Draw!' Warlock Chronicles (1993)
#6 - 'After Math' #7 - 'Guile' #8 - 'Reunion' Web of Spider-Man (1985)
#105 - 'Soul Gauntlet' #106 - 'Judgment Day' Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook (2010)
Wonder Man (1991)
Group Affiliation(s): Gamora's Graces Guardians Of The Galaxy Infinity Watch Phalanx United Front Zenn-Whoberis Famous Quotes: - Add a Famous Quote None.
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