Major Victory
Major Victory is a comic book character that first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes Vol. 1 #18
Leader of the 31st century superhero group, Guardians of the Galaxy. He carries the legendary shield of Captain America.
He is Earth-691's counterpart of Justice.
Profile
Vance Astrovik was obsessed with space, so much so that he legally changed his last name to Astro. Becoming an astronaut and volunteering for the first long-term interstellar space mission, he was put in suspended animation and sent to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri. On arrival, he found that humanity had beaten him there, and that the main planet had been settled by humans for centuries. He also found that his metabolism had been damaged by a thousand years in stasis and he could no longer remove his life-support suit. Dazed by the shock of these discoveries, he insisted on carrying out his now-useless mission, and wandered into the wilderness to catalog Centaurian life. When the alien Badoon attacked this world, they wiped out both the human colonists and all but one of the native Centaurians, Yondu. It was at this time that Astro discovered that he could release "brain-blasts" of destructive telekinetic power. Astro and Yondu would become members of the freedom fighters known as the Guardians of the Galaxy, and eventually led a rebellion that drove the Badoon from both the Solar and Centauri systems.
Later, Astro was cured of his need for the lifesuit, and gained possession of the shield of Captain America. He changed his costume and name to reflect his new freedom as Major Victory.
Though very enthusiastic, Vance sometimes makes rash decisions. A valiant leader who wants nothing else put peace, he does not always see eye to eye with his fellow Guardians. Vance is very hard on himself, and still suffers lingering psychological damage from his time in suspended animation. He once quit the Guardians for a short while, (Guardians of the Galaxy / issue #30), due to a disagreement over their mission's morals. Vance has a deep love of Aleta, another member of the Guardians. When he quit, his main reason for re-joining the Guardians was the fact that he didn't want to endanger her.
Vance has become a seasoned and inspiring leader. He is a skilled combatant and expert pilot. He has the ability to project telekinetic blasts of force; unlike his 616 counterpart Justice, he lacks any skill or subtlety in the use of this power. When the Guardians the travel back in time to retrieved Speedball actually a time anomaly, they end up fighting the New Warriors, before their fight could conclude Speedball rebooted time and the New Warriors fought Omni-Sphinx (the combination of the male and female Sphinx) however it seems like Vance was lost in time and recently appear in the 616 timeline in an ice block and free by our time Guardians of the Galaxy.
Vance found that he had no memory of his past nor how he came to be in the block of Ice. The Guardians escorted them back to their base where they then had Mantis begin working with him to help him regain his memory. During one of these sessions, a new threat arrived in the form of Starhawk. The two were drawn into battle, though Vance didn't understand why he was after him. The team was soon drawn into the Skrull's Secret Invasion. The team suffered divided loyalties because of the Skrull infiltration of the Knowhere base. Though in the end they were present with Cosmo's blessing. When it came to light that Starlord had used Mantis to make the team more compatible, the team broke apart. When Rocket Raccoon puts the team back together, Major Victory was among them.
Power: Vance power increase as he was suspended in animation while the computer woke him up once in a while for a regular routine it was not enough for him and his powers took a different road, developing into furious telekinetic blast. He can use his power in maximum to move them away from him, slam them again a wall or even manipulate Cap's shield into any direction.
Alternate realities
Earth-9997
Vance and the entire Guardians of the Galaxy travel back in time to obtained the Plague X (the mutagenic Terrigen Mists) in order to mutate humanity in their time line to prevent the Badoon from taking over the world, however they were swiftly defeated by Karnak who has undergone a further mutation.
Earth-Avengers: Galactic Battalion
During Avengers Forever Immortus the agent of the Time-Keepers, transported the Avengers to the Avengers to Earth-Avengers: Galactic Battalion reality and cast an illusion making them appear to be the Guardians of the Galaxy. The Galactic Battalion had already nearly destroy Alpha Centauri B IV, these would be the precursors of the race to which Yondu Udonta belongs from the Guardians of the Galaxy
| Super Name: | Major Victory |
| Real Name: | Vance Astrovik |
| Aliases: |
Vance Astro Justice Marvel Boy |
| Publisher: | Marvel Publishing |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Mutant |
| 1st Appearance: | Marvel Super-Heroes Vol. 1 #18 |
| Appears in: | 117 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
