Phyla
Phyla is a comic book character that first appeared in Captain Marvel #16
Phyla is daughter of Mar-Vell. Formerly calling herself Quasar in honor of Wendell Vaughn, she now calls herself "Martyr".
For Quasar, see: Wendell Vaughn
History
Genis' competition
Phyla is the genetic (albeit cloned) offspring of Elysius of Titan and Captain Marvel of the Kree, just as her brother Genis-Vell was; as such, she is an Eternal/Kree hybrid. She was aged at an accelerated rate and trained by simulators on Titan in most things. She has been shown to have the tendency to come off as cocky and overconfident because of her extensive training.
She was first seen attempting to neutralize her brother when he had gone insane, in effect helping to partly restore his sanity. She then immediately attempted to lay claim to the mantle of Captain Marvel, to which her brother refused.
Also during this time she began a romantic relationship with Moondragon, who had recently been in a similar relationship with Marlo, Rick Jones' temporarily estranged wife. Moondragon was greatly hurt by the dissolution of the relationship, but Phyla piqued Moondragon's interest. It was implied that the two took a vacation together. Sometime later she was seen at the trial of Starfox.
Daughter of Mar-Vell
Annihilation
Later still, she was seen during the Annihilation crisis. She sought out Drax The Destroyer when Thanos had abducted his daughter, Moondragon, who Phyla had been seeing romantically. She then sided with Nova’s resistance movement and was instrumental in Annihilus’ defeat when the Quantum Bands chose her over Annihilus during his conflict with Nova, turning the tide of the conflict.With Annihilus defeated and Phyla wearing both a pair of Nega-Bands and the Quantum-Bands, she seems to be deciding to follow in the footsteps of her predecessors, her father, Captain Mar-Vell; the previous bearer of the Quantum-Bands, Quasar. Even going so far as to start calling herself the new ‘Quasar’.
Annihilation Conquest
Recently, Phyla and Moondragon were seen protecting a monastery to Pama on the edge of the Kree Empire. In the aftermath of the Annihilation War the denizens of the universe attempt to rebuild from the devastation, the war has left most without food or shelter and has made many desperate. Phyla is forced to defend the monastery from such people and have formed a gang of sorts, but she shows mercy in offering them shelter and food. She hears a voice from the Quantum-bands and it tells her to seek out the one who can save the Kree Empire which is now under assault by the Phalanx
The new Quasar
Phyla's work was far from over, because her next task was to get Adam Warlock to cooperate. He emerged from his cocoon too early. He was amnesiac and unstable, not particularly wanting to listen to her about the Phalanx. Even when the Phalanx attacked, he was unconvinced, but he did at least escape with Phyla and Moondragon to a refuge he could remember. This refuge was a hidden facility belonging to the High Evolutionary. Having her doubts that Warlock was much of a savior, Phyla tried to explain the situation to the High Evolutionary instead and get his help. He could engineer an army of enhanced Kree warriors to combat the Phalanx. There wasn't time to make plans, though. The Phalanx teleported into the facility along with their leader, Ultron. She could only watch as Ultron killed Moondragon in the first seconds of his arrival. The High Evolutionary chose to explode the star his facility hid within to destroy the invaders, and Warlock saved him and Phyla from the blast, heading to Hala where there was another lab. Phyla remained devastated by Moondragon's loss.
The High Evolutionary betrayed her on Hala, siding with the Phalanx and giving them Warlock. There was nothing Phyla could do at this point. Her Quantum Bands had been completely drained of their energy stores. She could not stop Ultron transferring himself into Warlock's body and taking it over. Then as the battle waged on elsewhere, Phyla found a mysterious new charge in her Quantum Bands. She joined the battle and found where Warlock's empty husk of a body after Ultron had been purged from it. It turned out that the energy she wielded was Adam Warlock's soul, and she put it back into his body. She was then able to draw energy from all the souls the Phalanx had killed to power their Spire, reforge her sword and strike the killing blow upon Ultron.
Guardians of the Galaxy
Peter Quill, the Star-Lord, put together a team of heroes in the aftermath of the Phalanx conquest, and Phyla was among those he recruited. What she did not realize was that he used Mantis to telepathically nudge her into joining. A bond formed between her and Adam Warlock from their shared experiences fighting the Phalanx, and she spent much time with him on Knowhere, the new base for the Guardians of the Galaxy. She also tried to bond with Drax the Destroyer, wanting a connection to Moondragon's father.When what Star-Lord had done to get them all to join was revealed, Phyla was deeply offended as most of the others were. She left with Adam but would later be seen traveling with Drax in his search for Cammi. This search took a detour when instead of Cammi they received information that could lead them to Moondragon, bringing them to Mentor whom promptly murdered them!
Quasar no more
Martyr
After Maelstrom dropped Phyla into the Dragon's mouth, who was rising. and after a short battle with the original Quasar, Phyla tore herself out of Dragon of the Moon, carrying Heather in her arm. With the Dragon dispatched and Maelstrom gone Quasar tried to return the bands to her but Phyla declined stating that she couldn't fill his shoes and that she had powers of her own.
Together with Heather and Drax she returned to Mentor's place where Heather demands to know what the price that Phyla paid for her was after Mentor startled observation of Phyla's change.
Back on Oblivion Maelstrom reveals that their plan succeeded Death now has a new avatar Martyr.
War Of Kings
She and Drax rejoin the rest of Guardians of the Galaxy back on Knowhere accompanied by Heather. where she shows a more pessimistic view on things as well as more confrontational which disquiets the rest of the group. Upon Warlock and Gamora's return they are informed of the Shi'ar/Kree war and the Guardians need to intervene for the sake of the Galaxy. She is then placed on Star-Lord's team to visit the Kree Empire.
Phyla's new way to negotiate
The team find themselves scattered with Moondragon, Gamora and Phyla heading in a different direction they however soon are missing Moondragon while fighting the Shi'ar soldiers. They soon find Moondragon but she is clearly concerned for her lover. Then Knowhere awakens from his slumber
Powers
She has superhuman strength and durability that is the norm for both Titans and Kree. She can also act as an "energy sponge" absorbing energy blasts and redirecting them as energy blasts of her own. She has exibited flight as well.
For a time she came into the possession of a pair of Kree Nega-Bands which were apparently her birthright. After the events of Annihilation, she laid claim to the Quantum Bands which seemed to absorb the Nega bands. She primarilly used the Quantum-Bands to manifest a "Quantum-Sword". Recently Phyla lost the Quantum-Bands during a trip to the realm of Oblivion to rescue the soul of her love, Heather Douglas.
Having apparently made a deal for Heather's soul, Phyla-Vell seems to have accepted a position as Death's avatar and has a new set of powers which have yet to be explained, though she still seems to be able to manifest a sword, but this doesn't appear to be made of quantum energy.
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| Super Name: | Phyla |
| Real Name: | Phyla-Vell |
| Aliases: |
Phyla-Vell Phyla Mar-Vell Captain Marvel Quasar Phy Martyr Avatar of Death |
| Publisher: | Marvel Publishing |
| Gender: | Female |
| Character Type: | Alien |
| 1st Appearance: | Captain Marvel #16 |
| Appears in: | 54 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
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