GUIDEBOOK TO THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE “GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY” INTERNATIONAL MASTER BILLING REVISED 6/13/14 • Changed “A.C.E.” to “ACE” after Film Editors’ credits on third line MARVEL STUDIOS PRESENTS A JAMES GUNN FILM “GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY” CHRIS PRATT ZOE SALDANA DAVE BAUTISTA FEATURING VIN DIESEL AS GROOT BRADLEY COOPER AS ROCKET LEE PACE MICHAEL ROOKER KAREN GILLAN DJIMON HOUNSOU CASTING MUSIC MUSIC HEAD OF VISUAL CO-HEAD OF VISUAL VISUAL EFFECTS COSTUME WITH JOHN C. REILLY WITH GLENN CLOSE AS NOVA PRIME AND BENICIO DEL TORO AS THE COLLECTOR BYSARAH HALLEY FINN, C.S.A. SUPERVISORDAVE JORDAN BYTYLER BATES DEVELOPMENTCHARLIE WEN DEVELOPMENTRYAN MEINERDING SUPERVISORSTEPHANE CERETTI DESIGNERALEXANDRA BYRNE EDITED PRODUCTION DIRECTOR OF CO- EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE BYFRED RASKIN CRAIG WOOD, ACE HUGHES WINBORNE, ACE DESIGNCHARLES WOOD PHOTOGRAPHY BEN DAVIS, BSC PRODUCERSDAVID J. 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The collection’s massive size required storage COLLECTION across several worlds and spacecraft . FIRST APPEARANCE: Thor: The Dark World (2013) FIRST APPEARANCE: AVENGERS #28 1966 eep within the mining Asgardians Sif and Volstagg de- colony of Knowhere, an livered the Aether, one of the extraordinary museum massively powerful Infinity houses the galaxy’s most Stones in fl uid form, to Tivan for Dunique artifacts, objects, plants, safekeeping aft er it was recov- IN PROGRESS animals, and creatures. This gath- ered from the Dark Elf Malekith ering’s curator, the enigmatic Ta- and deemed too dangerous to neleer Tivan, known as the Col- keep in the royal vault alongside lector, was assisted by his the Tesseract, another Stone. attendant slave, Carina. The col- Tivan later hired Gamora to lection included many captured obtain the Orb containing sentient beings, such as a Dark another Infi nity Stone. When Elf, a cosmic cocoon, a Chitauri Gamora and her new allies de- soldier, a cosmonaut dog named livered it, Tivan took particular Cosmo, and Howard, a humanoid interest in the tree-like humanoid CHITAURI duck. Carina’s predecessor was Groot, off ering payment for his also bound and imprisoned as part carcass upon his eventual death. of the collection for failing Tivan Explaining the origin of the In- in unknown circumstances. fi nity Stones, Tivan exposed the FACT SHEET Infi nity Stone within the Orb. When Carina, desiring freedom UPON RECEIVING THE AETHER, THE from servitude, grabbed the COLLECTOR MUTTERED UNDER HIS BREATH, “ONE DOWN, FIVE TO GO.” Stone, its power consumed her and explosively destroyed much of the Collection. DARK ELF COSMIC COCOON After Ronan purloined the Orb DRAX and Quill and Gamora were cap- FIRST APPEARANCE: tured by the Ravagers, a pirate Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) crew Quill had previously be- trayed, Groot and the repentant rax was a humanoid soldiers—to the Collector, Drax convinced a reluctant warrior seeking ven- unaware the Orb contained a Rocket to help rescue Quill and geance for the murder vastly powerful Infinity Stone. Gamora. Confronting the Ravag- of his wife Ovette and While awaiting the Collector’s ers, the trio threatened to destroy Ddaughter Camaria by Kree warlord representative, they enjoyed brief the pirates’ ship with Rocket’s Ronan the Accuser. After claiming revelry at a nearby bar until Drax Hadron Enforcer weapon, but many lives in his quest, Drax, inadvertently insulted Rocket. stood down upon learning Quill a.k.a. “the Destroyer,” was impris- Though Quill defused hostilities, and Gamora had struck a deal, oned in the Kyln penal facility. an infuriated and inebriated Drax promising the Ravagers the Stone Upon learning that the assassin in exchange for help stopping Gamora, a former associate of Ronan from destroying the Ronan’s, had also been incarcer- planet Xandar. ated, Drax planned to kill her until Drax united inmate Peter Quill convinced him with his allies to Boarding Ronan’s ship, the Dark to spare her since she could ulti- Aster, Drax, Groot, Gamora, and mately lead him to Ronan. When share the Stone’s Quill fought Ronan’s minions, Gamora and Quill escaped along- power and turn it including his lieutenant, Korath, side mercenaries Rocket and Groot against Ronan. whom Drax personally slew. and fled to Quill’s ship the Upon confronting Ronan, Drax Milano, Drax joined their part- was again overpowered but was nership, but only in hopes of saved by Rocket, who flew into using Gamora to find Ronan. left their company and impulsive- Ronan with a Ravager ship. The ly transmitted a challenge to damaged Dark Aster crashed on The five traveled to the mining Ronan, revealing their location. Xandar, but Groot saved Drax outpost Knowhere to sell an Upon arriving, Ronan easily de- and the others by forming a pro- Orb—stolen by Quill and sought feated Drax and left him to tective nest around them, appar- by Ronan and his Sakaaran drown, but Groot saved Drax’ life. ently sacrificing his own life. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY | 2 | GUIDEBOOK TO THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE IN THE COMICS REAL ESTATE AGENT ARTHUR Douglas and his family were attacked by Titan warlord Thanos when they inadvertently witnessed his landing on Earth. Though Douglas and his wife were killed, Mentor, an elder Eternal and Thanos’ father, transferred Douglas’ consciousness to an artifi cial body, remaking him into Drax the Destroyer, a super-strong behemoth with no memory of his past and an insatiable desire to kill Thanos. Drax subsequently regained his memories, and eventually joined the Guardians of the Galaxy on their