Collector (Marvel)

The Collector is a cosmic supervillain that features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Avengers battle the Collector from Avengers v1 #119.

The Collector appeared on Earth at the home of Sam Alexander who operated as the hero Nova and intended to acquire the Black Vortex that was in his safekeeping. However, Nova fled into space with the Collector in pursuit but he was forced to withdraw when Sam had escaped onto the Flying Fortress that was commanded by Mr. Knife. (Nova v5 #28) Captain Victoria of the Spartax Royal Guard later met with the Collector at his base in order to acquire the amber body of her father J-Son who was the former emperor of Spartax that was to be put on trial for war crimes. (Legendary Star-Lord v1 #12)

Notes

• The Collector was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck where he made his first appearance in v1 Avengers #28 (May 1966).

In other media

Television

The Collector from Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.

• In Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., the character made an appearance as the villain in the episode "The Collector" where he was voiced by Jeff Bennett. He was shown as a powerful cosmic being able to project energy blasts, teleport, grow in size and move objects with a wave of his hand. The Collector travelled through space to find priceless individuals to be kept in a perfect condition where he utilized a starship to store his collection and used a host of mechanical drones. He arrived on Earth after learning of its many superheroes through its global media such as the Daily Bugle. After arriving, his drones were responsible for abducting large number of heroes but left behind the Hulk and Spider-Man because according to his monitoring of news networks made the two heroes appear as menaces thus meaning they were not worth anything. After capturing numerous heroes, the Collector sought to make his collection priceless by trying to detonate a planetbuster bomb but the Hulk and his allies in S.M.A.S.H. caused it to detonate in the ship after teleporting the captured heroes back to Earth. The Collector himself managed to teleport away at the last minute where he vowed to return and that he would not underestimate the heroes next time

Films

• In Thor: The Dark World film, the character made a cameo appearance in a mid-credit sequence where he was played by Benicio del Toro. Sif and Volstagg arrived at his museum with the Aether Infinity Stone where they met the alien being. He was introduced as Taneleer Tivan and as the Collector where he greeted them with respect. He questioned them why they did not keep the Stone in Asgard to which the Asgardians replied by saying that they intended to ensure that not all the Stones resided in one place as they already had the Tesseract. The Collector vowed that it would be safe in his hands and when the pair of Asgardians Taneler simply remarked "One down, five to go."

Appearances

• Avengers v1 #119:

External Links

• Wikipedia Entry

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