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Mantis
Mantis
Art by Tom Raney
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceThe Avengers #112
(June 1973)
Created bySteve Englehart (writer)
Don Heck (artist)
In-story information
SpeciesHuman mutate
Team affiliationsGuardians of the Galaxy
Avengers
Knowhere Corps
PartnershipsSwordsman
Kang the Conqueror
Vision
Notable aliasesWillow
Lorelei
Mandy Celestine
Celestial Madonna
Abilities
  • Regenerative healing factor
  • Energy projection
  • Astral projection
  • Chlorokinesis
  • Precognition
  • Pyrokinesis
  • Empathy
  • Expert martial artist

Mantis is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Don Heck, the character first appeared in The Avengers #112 (June 1973). Mantis has been depicted as a member of the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy, as well as the mother of Sequoia.

Pom Klementieff portrayed the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022), and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).

Creation

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In an interview, Englehart commented on the character's creation: "I wanted someone to shake up the Avengers, so I came up with a femme fatale, but right after I did, I also came up with the Avengers-Defenders Clash, and I needed to use my femme as a solid team player, not a disrupter. I found that interesting – a character I'd created for a purpose who now had no purpose, and as a young writer exploring my parameters, I started letting her tell her own story – meaning, every issue I'd tell my overall Avengers story, with my various character developments, and things then would happen that she had to react to. Those reactions – or what I conceived her reactions to be – revealed her character for me, step-by-step, as the worlds I was definitely creating grew bigger and bigger, and in that way the femme fatale became the Celestial Madonna."[1]

Publication history

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Mantis first appeared in The Avengers #112 (June 1973), drawn by Don Heck and created by writer Steve Englehart, beginning the "Celestial Madonna" saga.[2] After leaving Marvel Comics, Englehart carried Mantis's tale through three other companies:[3] moving from Marvel to DC to Eclipse to Image and finally back to Marvel.[4]

In DC Comics' Justice League of America #142, she appears as Willow. Asked where she came from, Willow replies, "This one has come from a place she must not name, to reach a place no man must know." (Mantis refers to herself in the third person as "this one"[5][6][7]) By the end of the issue, she leaves to go give birth.

In the Eclipse Comics series Scorpio Rose #2, the character calls herself Lorelei.[8] By this time, she has given birth to a son. What would have been issue #3, a "lost" Lorelei/Scorpio Rose story was later published in Coyote Collection #1 from Image Comics, the character's fourth company. Lorelei is later mentioned in Englehart's 2010 novel The Long Man (page 355, mass market paperback edition).

Fictional character biography

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Mantis is the half-Vietnamese, half-German daughter of Gustav Brandt—Libra—and was born in Huế, Vietnam. In her childhood, her father leaves her in Vietnam at the Temple of the alien Priests of Pama, a sect of the Kree. The Kree believe she might become the Celestial Madonna and mate with the eldest Cotati on Earth to become the mother of the Celestial Messiah Sequoia, "the most important being in the universe".[9]

She excels in her martial arts studies, but upon reaching adulthood, she is mind-wiped and sent into the world to gain life experience. She becomes a sex worker and barmaid in a Vietnamese tavern, where she meets the Swordsman. She helps him regain his self-respect and follows him when the former villain attempts to rejoin the Avengers.[10] She becomes an Avengers ally when the Swordsman rejoins the Avengers, and she battles the Lion God alongside them.[11]

With the Avengers, Mantis has many adventures. She battles the original Zodiac, and learns that Libra is her father and that she was raised by the Priests of Pama. She encounters the Star-Stalker,[12] battles Thanos,[13] Klaw and Solarr,[14] Nuklo,[15] and then alongside the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and Inhumans, she faces Ultron at the wedding of Quicksilver and Crystal.[16]

Mantis becomes taken with the Vision, and—although rejected by the android—neglects the Swordsman. Alongside the Scarlet Witch and Agatha Harkness, she was abducted by Kang. She was revealed as the Celestial Madonna and witnessed the death of the Swordsman at the hands of Kang, only realizing the depth of her love for the Swordsman just as he dies.[17] She then buried the Swordsman, and battled the Titanic Three.[18] She would learn the origins of the Kree-Skrull War, the Cotati, and the Priests of Pama.[19] Mantis then formally joins the Avengers and is revealed to be, indeed, the Celestial Madonna. She marries a Cotati in the reanimated body of the Swordsman, leaving the Avengers and the Earth to mate with him.[20]

After she bears her child Sequoia,[21] she takes the name "Mandy Celestine" and lives with him for a year in Willimantic, Connecticut before handing him to his father's people and going into space with the Silver Surfer and battling the Elders of the Universe alongside the Surfer.[22] The Silver Surfer finds himself falling in love with Mantis. However, Mantis (whose body was now green and had begun to manifest new powers of invulnerability that allowed her to survive in space due to side-effects of her pregnancy) grows bitter with her life and the way she was forced to abandon her child.[volume and issue needed] This comes to a head when Mantis is caught in an explosion and presumed dead by Silver Surfer.[volume and issue needed] She survives, but the strain of the previous years causes her to literally split into multiple versions of herself, each representing conflicting aspects of her psyche that could no longer co-exist inside her mind.[volume and issue needed]

The fragments arrive on Earth and one version of Mantis rejoins the West Coast Avengers team, with portions of her memories missing.[volume and issue needed] (Steve Englehart intended the storyline involving Mantis and her amnesia to be his next major plotline, but editorial problems caused him to quit the series, with the plotline resolved hastily.[citation needed]) Mantis discovers, through the temporarily resurrected corpse of the Swordsman, that her psyche had shattered and that she needs to find her counterparts in order to restore her memories.[volume and issue needed] She made her way to New York City where she encountered the Fantastic Four as they dealt with the effects of the "Inferno" storyline.[23] Kang pursued Mantis, not realizing she had lost her power and hoping to use her to attack the Dreaming Celestial, and in the process the Surfer was summoned to Earth.[24] With the aid of the Cotati, Kang was defeated but Mantis realized she must leave her body and join with the Cotati to raise her son.[25]

Aside from mentions by Silver Surfer, Mantis does not reappear until 1995's controversial Avengers crossover story "The Crossing". In "The Crossing", Mantis returns as the villainous bride of Kang the Conqueror with the intention of bringing death to the Avengers; her father Libra (who by now was going by the name "Moonraker" as part of Force Works); and the Cotati alien who had possessed the Swordsman's body and married/impregnated her. Her anger at her father (whom she had vivisected) and the Cotati center around their "defilement" of her and that she hates the Avengers for believing their manipulative lies.[volume and issue needed]

The storyline was controversial, so much so that Kurt Busiek, in Avengers Forever limited series, retconned the Mantis who appeared in the story as being a Space Phantom brainwashed into thinking he was Mantis.[volume and issue needed]

Mantis in action, taking on a larger, stronger foe with characteristic bravado and self-narration. Art by Sal Buscema and Joe Staton.

Eventually, Mantis reappears in the Steve Englehart written Avengers: Celestial Quest limited series. She returns to Earth and merges with her remaining fragmented portions of her personality after the first four are killed by a clone of Thanos.[volume and issue needed] The final Mantis merges with them to become a "complete" Mantis for the first time since her dispersion. Thus reformed, she and a group of the Avengers go into space to stop "Thanos" from killing her son, Quoi, who by this time is a rebellious teenager desperate to leave the isolation of the Cotati home-world and travel the stars. During the adventure, Mantis flirts with Vision (with the implication that she has sex with him), but ultimately ends the flirting when she realizes that he has feelings for his estranged wife Scarlet Witch, who is jealous of Mantis and Vision's friendship. Mantis also appears in the "Avengers Disassembled" storyline, although many occurrences in that storyline are illusions.[volume and issue needed]

Mantis appears in the 2007 miniseries Annihilation: Conquest: Star-Lord, where she is shown as a Kree prisoner who volunteers for a mission led by Peter Quill, a.k.a. Star-Lord.[26]

After the defeat of Ultron and the Phalanx, Mantis takes up residence on Knowhere with the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and becomes their counselor.[27]

During the Secret Invasion storyline, it was discovered that Star-Lord had Mantis use her mental powers to manipulate the members of the Guardians of the Galaxy to join the team against their will. Overhearing Mantis and Star-Lord converse about their deception, Drax shared this knowledge with the rest of the team. This caused most of the members to leave. Mantis was promoted to field status by Rocket Raccoon.[28]

Mantis was apparently killed by the Magus, who shot her and Cosmo with a powerful blast of energy.[29] He holds them, Phyla-Vell, Gamora, and Major Victory in suspended animation before they are eventually rescued.[30]

Mantis later rescues Peter Quill from a group of pursuing Spartax soldiers. Though she refuses to join his new incarnation of the Guardians, she helps him track down the source of mysterious "time quakes" that have been plaguing him in the wake of the Age of Ultron storyline.[31]

During the "Empyre" storyline, Mantis returns to Earth upon being contacted by Black Panther about the Cotati invasion and plans to reason with her son.[32]

Characterization

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Powers and abilities

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Mantis has attained a mastery of meditational disciplines, giving her an unusual amount of control over her body, including autonomic functions like heartbeat, bleeding, and breathing, as well as awareness of pain, allowing her to more quickly heal injuries through sheer force of will and affording almost superhuman reflexes and reactions. She also had psychic empathy, a telepathic power that allowed her to sense the emotions of others.

Mantis gained additional abilities as a result of communion with the Prime Cotati. Her empathic ability enabled her to communicate with the plant-like Cotati and with plant life.[33] She has the power of astral projection.[34] Mantis had the ability to separate her physical and astral forms, projecting her consciousness from her body, allowing her to travel interplanetary distances. She also had the ability to transfer her astral form to any place where plant life exists. She could form and inhabit a plant-like simulacrum of her human body for herself out of the destination planet's local vegetation. Her fighting skills remained intact, and her empathic abilities were heightened to a superhuman degree and extended to the planet's flora and biosphere. She could control the vegetation within her vicinity.

During her confrontations with a powerful Thanos clone, she displayed superhuman strength, a talent to simultaneously inhabit multiple simulacra, and the ability to project strong blasts of energy. She has not been seen using these powers since.[35]

As of her appearance in Annihilation Conquest: Star-Lord, Mantis also appears to have gained telepathic and precognitive abilities, and apparently now labors under a constant awareness of future events.[36] During the series, Mantis displayed pyrokinesis.[37] She can remain invisible to the Phalanx and extend her power to cloak others.[38]

Additionally, Mantis was trained by the Priests of Pama to become a grandmistress of the martial arts, demonstrated as capable of defeating opponents as skilled as Captain America (although he was distracted while fighting a dragon).[39] She could also instinctively sense weak points in an opponent and with her skills in pressure points, knock out beings as powerful as the thunder god, Thor.[39][40]

Personality

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In her first appearances, Mantis represents the "Dragon Lady" archetype, that of a mysterious Eastern seductress whose sexuality causes tension among the male Avengers.[41] She is assertive and confident in her powers, and while she appeared somewhat arrogant at first (as illustrated by her breakup with Swordsman when she chose Vision over him),[42] she renounced her pride after Swordsman's tragic death.[43] Mantis is highly intelligent, with her deductive skills rivaling those of Vision's;[42] in Vision's own words, she has a "remarkable mind".[44]

She almost always refers to herself in the third person as "this one", "she", and occasionally "Mantis",[6][7] which has to do with her upbringing at the Temple of the Priests of Pama (her husband the Cotati Elder, who spent a significant part of his life at the Temple, also referred to himself as "this one" instead of "I").[20][5] This speech mannerism is of importance for her, for when the Silver Surfer asked her to stop speaking in the third person, she refused to comply.[45]

Costumes

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She wears a green-and-yellow dress,[41] a hairstyle which mimics insectile antennae,[42] and goes barefoot.[46][47]

Reception

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Accolades

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  • In 2011, Comics Buyer's Guide ranked Mantis 99th in their 100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list.[48]
  • In 2015, Entertainment Weekly ranked Mantis 43rd in their "Let's rank every Avenger ever" list.[49]
  • In 2019, Comic Book Resources ranked Mantis 10th in their "10 Most Powerful Telepaths In The Marvel Universe" list.[50]
  • In 2019, Sideshow ranked Mantis 6th in their "Top 10 Bug-Themed Comic Book Characters" list.[51]
  • In 2020, Scary Mommy included Mantis in their "Looking For A Role Model? These 195+ Marvel Female Characters Are Truly Heroic" list.[52]
  • In 2022, The A.V. Club ranked Mantis 86th in their "100 best Marvel characters" list.[53]

Other versions

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Heroes Reborn

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In the Heroes Reborn reality, the alternate version of Mantis is the woman Kang the Conqueror loves, and Kang's motive to attack the 20th century and the Avengers is to show that he is worthy of her love. Mantis recognizes her love for Kang after he is killed by Loki, who kills her shortly after.[54]

House of M

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In the House of M reality, Mantis is a member of Shang-Chi's Dragons criminal organization alongside Swordsman, Zaran, and Machete.[55]

Old Man Quill

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During Old Man Quill, Mantis continues to work with the Guardians for decades, long after Quill drops out. The main threat they encounter in this timeline is the Universal Church of Truth, which commonly destroys entire planets.[56]

In other media

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Television

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Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Main article: Mantis (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Mantis appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), portrayed by Pom Klementieff. This version is the daughter of Ego the Living Planet and half-sister of Peter Quill who initially serves the former before helping to stop him and joining the Guardians of the Galaxy. She first appears in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2[58] and makes subsequent appearances in Avengers: Infinity War,[59] Avengers: Endgame,[60] Thor: Love and Thunder,[61] and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3[62] as well as The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.[63] Additionally, an alternate reality variant of Mantis appears in the What If...? episode "What If... Thor Were an Only Child?".[64][57]

Video games

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Miscellaneous

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Mantis, based on the MCU incarnation, appears in the Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout!, portrayed again by Pom Klementieff.[71]

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Mantis is a fictional character, a human warrior and empath, appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.[1] Created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Don Heck, she first appeared in Avengers #112 (June 1973) as a mysterious martial artist ally to the Swordsman.[1] Born on Earth to a Vietnamese mother, Lua, and a German father, Gustav Brandt, Mantis was orphaned at a young age after her criminal uncle, Monsieur Khruul, murdered her mother.[1] She was raised from childhood on Earth in Vietnam by the Priests of Pama, a pacifist sect of the Kree who trained her in hand-to-hand combat and revered her as the prophesied Celestial Madonna, destined to mate with either a Cotati (a telepathic plant race) or Kang the Conqueror to birth a powerful child.[2] This upbringing honed her into a master martial artist with peak human physical abilities, including exceptional agility and the capacity to heal rapidly through willpower.[1] Mantis possesses potent psionic powers, including empathy to sense and influence emotions upon touch, telepathy for mind-reading and communication, and biopathy allowing her to commune with plants and animals.[1] She can generate pyrokinetic energy blasts, create protective force fields, survive in the vacuum of space, and exhibit limited precognition.[1] Her abilities were further amplified after merging with a Cotati, granting her enhanced cosmic awareness and immortality.[1] Throughout her publication history, Mantis has been a member of the Avengers, where she contributed to battles against villains like Thanos and Ultron, and later joined the Guardians of the Galaxy, aiding in cosmic threats such as the Cancerverse invasion.[1] Notable story arcs include her romantic entanglements with the Swordsman and Vision—leading to a dramatic love triangle with the Scarlet Witch—and her apparent death and resurrection during the Celestial Madonna saga in Avengers #129–131 (1975).[1] She has also allied with the Silver Surfer and opposed foes like Loki, solidifying her role as a guardian of galactic peace despite her often aloof, meditative demeanor.[1]

Development

Creation

Mantis was created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Don Heck in 1973 during Englehart's tenure on The Avengers. The character emerged as part of Englehart's ambitious expansion of the Avengers narrative, aiming to incorporate cosmic and mystical elements into the team's Earth-based adventures.[3] Don Heck's artwork brought Mantis to life with a distinctive visual style that emphasized her exotic origins and graceful, combat-ready pose, reflecting the era's fascination with international intrigue.[4] Englehart conceived Mantis as a mystical figure rooted in the Vietnam War era, drawing on the cultural zeitgeist to blend Eastern philosophy, martial arts expertise, and superhero archetypes into a single enigmatic persona.[5] This design allowed her to serve as a bridge between the grounded heroism of the Avengers and more esoteric, prophetic themes, positioning her as a countercultural symbol amid the 1970s' social upheavals.[6] Influences from Buddhism and 1960s counterculture informed her spiritual depth, while Englehart's personal interest in prophecy and messianic narratives shaped her role in larger-than-life destinies.[3] The character debuted in Avengers #112 (June 1973), where she was introduced alongside the Swordsman in a storyline centered on the "Celestial Madonna" prophecy.[7] This arc, which Englehart developed over subsequent issues, highlighted Mantis' unique abilities and mysterious past from the outset, setting the stage for her integral involvement in the team's cosmic saga.

Publication history

Mantis first appeared in Avengers #112 in June 1973, created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Don Heck, and continued to feature prominently through Avengers #112–129 from 1973 to 1974, including integrations with the broader Kree-Skrull War narrative.[8][9][10] Following her initial run, Mantis saw limited appearances in the mid-1980s, including team features in the Vision and the Scarlet Witch miniseries (1985), before a solo and team spotlight in Silver Surfer #3–10 from 1987 to 1988.[10] These outings marked sporadic activity amid broader gaps in her publication during the late 1980s through the 2000s, with only minor cameos in various cosmic titles. Mantis experienced a significant revival during the cosmic event Annihilation: Conquest (2007–2008), particularly in the Star-Lord miniseries where she joined a new iteration of interstellar heroes.[11][12] She continued in this vein with appearances in War of Kings (2009) and as a core member in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #1–25 from 2008 to 2010, solidifying her place in Marvel's cosmic lineup.[9][13] In the modern era, Mantis has been prominent in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #1–18 (2015–2017), vol. 5 (2019), and the 2023 series #1–10 (2023–2024).[12] Recent developments include her role in the 2023 Guardians of the Galaxy: Somebody's Got to Do It Infinity Comic adaptation and a cameo in Marvel Rivals Infinity Comic #24 (October 2025).[14][15] Post-2010, her appearances remained sporadic outside major Guardians arcs until this sustained revival in the 2015 and later volumes.[13]

Fictional biography

Early life and training

Mantis was born in a Vietnamese village during the 1950s to Gustav Brandt, a German mercenary soldier, and Lua Nguyen, a local woman and sister to the crime lord Monsieur Khruul.[1] Her parents' marriage drew the ire of Khruul, who pursued them relentlessly amid the turmoil of the Vietnam War; Lua died shortly after giving birth, and Gustav was blinded in an attack, forcing him to flee while leaving the infant Mantis in hiding.[1] Abandoned as a baby due to her father's perilous circumstances, Mantis was discovered and taken in by the Priests of Pama, a pacifist sect of the Kree who maintained a temple in Vietnam on Earth and served as guardians to the sentient plant-like Cotati species.[1][16] From infancy, the Priests raised Mantis in isolation within their temple, recognizing her as the foretold Celestial Madonna—a prophesied figure destined to give birth to the Celestial Messiah, a being who would unite the Cotati with a worthy mate, either a human man or a Cotati entity itself.[1][16] Her upbringing emphasized rigorous discipline, beginning formal training around age ten in the arts of hand-to-hand combat, herbal medicine, and deep empathy derived from psychic communion with the Cotati.[1] By her adolescence, she had mastered advanced techniques, including precise plant manipulation through her empathic bonds and astral projection for spiritual exploration, all while the Priests instilled in her a serene, otherworldly perspective on life.[1][16] At age eighteen, to fulfill the prophecy's next phase, the Priests erased Mantis's true memories and implanted fabricated ones, portraying her as an ordinary Vietnamese orphan who had worked as a dancer and prostitute in Saigon.[1] This deception prepared her for integration into human society on Earth, where she would unknowingly seek the destined father of the Messiah, setting the stage for her later encounters without revealing her cosmic heritage.[1]

Avengers involvement and Celestial Madonna

Mantis joined the Avengers in August 1973 alongside the Swordsman (Jacques DuQuesne), who had recruited her after she aided his recovery from personal struggles, and the two shared a romantic relationship that influenced her integration into the team. Their arrival at Avengers Mansion marked a turning point, as Swordsman's renewed sincerity and Mantis's demonstrated abilities convinced the team to accept them both, filling vacancies left by departing members like Hawkeye. During her time with the Avengers, Mantis participated in high-stakes conflicts, including battles against Kang the Conqueror, who sought to exploit her destined role in cosmic events.[17] She also engaged in time-travel expeditions that revealed the ancient origins of the Kree-Skrull War, connecting her priestly training to the interstellar conflict between the Kree Empire and the Skrull Empire over the Cotati race.[17] In these encounters, Mantis frequently employed her empathy to pacify adversaries, diffusing tensions and turning battles in the Avengers' favor without lethal force, such as calming rampaging entities or disorienting powerful opponents through emotional manipulation.[17] The Celestial Madonna prophecy, a foretelling by the Cotati that a chosen woman would bear a messianic child to safeguard the universe, came to prominence during Mantis's Avengers tenure, positioning her as the pivotal figure in a multiversal crisis.[17] The prophecy positioned her as the pivotal figure, foretold to bear a messianic child with a worthy mate. Amid misinterpretations of the prophecy during her time with the Avengers, her relationship with Swordsman played a role, but the true fulfillment came later.[17] The prophecy's resolution unfolded amid conflict with Kang, who aimed to claim Mantis as his bride to sire a time-ruling heir; Swordsman sacrificed himself to protect her, after which the ideal Cotati possessed his body in an astral form. Mantis then consummated an ethereal union with this Cotati entity, conceiving their son Sequoia, the Celestial Messiah destined to unite and preserve cosmic balance. With the prophecy fulfilled through a dual wedding ceremony alongside Vision and Scarlet Witch, Mantis departed the Avengers to explore her new spiritual path, later joining the Silver Surfer on interstellar journeys that deepened her understanding of universal threats.

Death, resurrection, and Cotati union

In the late 1980s, during Steve Englehart's run on Silver Surfer, Mantis returned from her cosmic exile to aid the Silver Surfer against the Elders of the Universe, including a confrontation with the Runner that left her critically injured. She sacrificed herself to revive the Surfer from the brink of death, using her empathic abilities to transfer life force, but was subsequently caught in an explosion during the battle against the Elders, leading to her apparent death.[18][19] Mantis was resurrected in the early 1990s through a complex process involving the temporary reanimation of the Swordsman's corpse by Immortus, which revealed that her psyche had fragmented into multiple personalities scattered across time. To restore her full self, she journeyed through history to reintegrate these aspects, deepening her spiritual and cosmic awareness in the process. This reassembly, detailed in events like Avengers: The Crossing (1995), allowed her to serve as a spiritual advisor during key events, including the Vision Quest storyline where she reunited with the West Coast Avengers to offer guidance on the Vision's disassembly and the team's internal crises. During the 1991 Infinity Gauntlet saga, Mantis provided spiritual counsel to Adam Warlock and his allies as they confronted Thanos's quest for the Infinity Gems, leveraging her empathic insights to navigate the metaphysical implications of the conflict. By the 2000s, Mantis's ties to the Cotati had evolved further, with her resurrection facilitated by their collective life force, transforming her into a plant-based entity with enhanced immortality and a symbiotic bond to their species. In the aftermath of Annihilation: Conquest, her deepened bond with the Cotati positioned her as a protector of their species against cosmic threats, enhancing her plant manipulation and immortality. She merged her consciousness with her son Sequoia to protect their race from cosmic threats. This union amplified her abilities, allowing her to manipulate plant life on a grand scale and explore her eternal, vegetative existence. In Annihilation: Conquest (2007), she joined Star-Lord's ragtag resistance against the Phalanx, using her Cotati-enhanced powers to accelerate Groot's regeneration and disrupt the techno-organic invaders, highlighting her role as an immortal bridge between human and plant consciousness.

Guardians of the Galaxy and modern adventures

Following her resurrection and union with the Cotati, Mantis ventured into cosmic adventures that led to her integration with the reformed Guardians of the Galaxy in 2008. In Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #1, she joined the team assembled by Star-Lord to combat interstellar threats in the aftermath of the Phalanx invasion, bringing her empathic and precognitive abilities to aid in battles against techno-organic foes.[20] However, it was later revealed in issue #2 that Star-Lord had enlisted Mantis to telepathically influence reluctant members like Drax and Gamora into joining, creating initial tensions within the group but ultimately solidifying their alliance against larger cosmic dangers.[20] Mantis played a key role in major galactic conflicts during this era, including the War of Kings crossover event in 2009, where the Guardians navigated the explosive war between the Inhuman-led Kree Empire and the Shi'ar Imperial Guard, using her foresight to anticipate betrayals and coordinate strikes amid the faultline's destructive energy.[9] The storyline culminated in the team's efforts to prevent universal collapse, highlighting Mantis's contributions to strategic empathy in high-stakes diplomacy and combat. This led directly into The Thanos Imperative in 2010, where Mantis joined a fractured Guardians lineup to confront Thanos after his resurrection by the Universal Church of Truth; her telepathic senses detected the Mad Titan's betrayal during their mission into the Cancerverse, a realm of undead horrors, allowing the team to rally against the invading forces threatening all reality.[21] In the 2013 relaunch by Brian Michael Bendis, Mantis made selective appearances with the Guardians, notably in issue #5 where she provided enigmatic precognitive guidance to Star-Lord amid visions of multiversal threats, reflecting her ongoing struggle with fragmented perceptions from her spiritual transformations.[8] Her involvement during this period emphasized themes of found family, as she offered emotional insights to help the team process losses and rebuild cohesion in space opera narratives involving Angela's integration and battles against the Badoon. By 2015-2017, under writers like Gerry Duggan, Mantis's arcs delved into her mental vulnerabilities, including identity crises tied to her Cotati heritage and illusory experiences that challenged her sense of self within the team's dynamic.[22] Entering the 2020s, Mantis continued aiding the Guardians in pivotal events, such as the 2021 King in Black tie-ins, where her empathic powers assisted in countering Knull's symbiote invasion by sensing corrupted allies and facilitating psychic resistances across cosmic fronts.[23] In the 2023 Guardians of the Galaxy series by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, she featured prominently in the "Grootfall" arc, using her abilities to navigate the team's pursuit of a catastrophic phenomenon involving Groot's evolution, while confronting personal themes of empathy and belonging amid interstellar chases.[24] Her role extended to 2024 multimedia events, including Marvel Rivals, a multiplayer game where Mantis appears as a playable Guardian, channeling her precognition and plant manipulation in team-based cosmic skirmishes against rivals like the Kree and Chitauri.[25] Throughout these modern exploits, Mantis's character arc underscores found family bonds and empathetic connections, positioning her as a stabilizing force in the Guardians' chaotic, galaxy-spanning operations.

Characterization

Powers and abilities

Mantis possesses empathic abilities to sense emotions as psychic "vibrations" from individuals, facilitating non-verbal communication, particularly with the Cotati. Her antennae amplify these empathic and telepathic interactions.[1] In addition to her empathic talents, Mantis demonstrates plant manipulation, or chlorokinesis, which permits her to control vegetation in her vicinity, accelerate growth, and utilize flora for offensive purposes such as vine-based attacks.[26] She can sustain herself through photosynthesis and communicates with plant life via a form of biopathy.[1] These capabilities were significantly enhanced following her union with the Cotati, a sentient plant-like race, granting her deeper control over botanical elements and animal communication as well.[27] Mantis exhibits peak human physicality, characterized by exceptional agility, strength, and endurance honed through rigorous training.[1] She is a master martial artist, with skills equivalent to advanced black belt levels in multiple disciplines, allowing her to strike precise pressure points and subdue opponents far stronger than herself, such as Thor.[28] Her bodily control also enables accelerated healing through willpower.[1] Following her resurrection and merger with the Cotati's essence as the Celestial Madonna, Mantis gained astral projection, projecting her consciousness across vast distances, including interplanetary space, to recreate her physical form elsewhere.[29] This symbiosis renders her effectively immortal and ageless, as her plant-based physiology prevents conventional aging and decay.[27] Despite these formidable abilities, Mantis's powers have notable limitations; her plant manipulation weakens or fails without access to flora, tying her effectiveness to environmental factors.[30] She is vulnerable to anti-empathic technology or psychic dampeners that can neutralize her emotional sensing.[31]

Personality and relationships

Mantis is characterized by her profound empathy, which allows her to sense the emotions of others, often manifesting as a deep-seated compassion that borders on vulnerability. Raised in isolation by the Priests of Pama, her upbringing instilled a sense of innocence and limited understanding of complex human social dynamics, leading to childlike interactions despite her formidable warrior training. This naivety is evident in her early encounters with Earth heroes, where she approaches relationships with unfiltered honesty and trust. Mantis often refers to herself in the third person as "This One," reflecting her meditative and detached perspective.[1][32] Over the decades, Mantis's personality has evolved significantly from her 1970s debut as a prophecy-driven mystic bound by the Celestial Madonna role, emphasizing duty and spiritual destiny, to a more introspective and occasionally unstable figure in the 2010s Guardians of the Galaxy storylines. In modern tales, she grapples with psychological strain, reflecting a shift toward a wiser yet fractured cosmic entity who questions her place in the universe, ultimately embodying the role of the Goddess of Life. This maturation highlights her growth into a protective guardian of life, tempered by experiences of loss and cosmic upheaval, though she has been manipulated by allies like Star-Lord.[1][27] Her key relationships underscore her emotional depth and search for connection. Mantis shared a romantic bond with the Swordsman (Jacques DuQuesne), whom she met in a Vietnamese brothel; their partnership led to her Avengers involvement. After his sacrifice, a Cotati took his form, and their union produced her son Sequoia, fostering a maternal devotion that drove her to protect and raise him in secrecy before entrusting him to safer guardians. With the Guardians of the Galaxy, she formed a surrogate family, providing empathetic support amid chaos, including a close, sisterly friendship with Gamora, whom she once saved during the Annihilation War.[32][33][34] Mantis's flaws stem from her overreliance on empathy, which exposes her to manipulation by those who exploit her compassionate nature, as seen in her subjugation by the Priests of Pama and later cosmic entities. Post-training, she struggles with processing human emotions, leading to impulsive decisions and relational turmoil, such as her unrequited advances toward the Vision that strained team dynamics. These vulnerabilities humanize her, transforming potential weaknesses into avenues for profound interpersonal growth.[1][27]

Costumes and visual design

Mantis's debut appearance in Avengers #112 (1973) featured a costume designed by artist Don Heck, consisting of a form-fitting green bodysuit accented with white elements on the boots, gloves, and trim, paired with a distinctive antennae headpiece that evoked her exotic origins and ties to plant life. This initial design emphasized a nature-inspired theme, blending martial elegance with otherworldly flair to highlight her role as a trained empath and warrior.[35] Following her resurrection and union with the Cotati in Giant-Size Avengers #4 (1975), Mantis's visual design shifted in the 1980s and 1990s to include flowing robes and ethereal garments that underscored her transformed, plant-infused essence, appearing in stories like Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1985). These loose, layered outfits, often in soft greens and whites, conveyed a mystical, nomadic quality, moving away from the structured bodysuit toward representations of spiritual rebirth and cosmic harmony.[35] In the modern Guardians of the Galaxy era, beginning prominently in Annihilation: Conquest (2007) and continuing through recent runs, Mantis adopts sleeker, tactical green outfits with integrated floral motifs symbolizing her Cotati heritage, designed for interstellar combat while retaining organic aesthetics. Variations in the 2023 Guardians of the Galaxy series (vol. 6) introduce armored reinforcements, such as reinforced shoulder pads and utility belts, blending functionality with her signature verdant palette for high-stakes adventures.[35] Artistically, Mantis's antennae consistently serve as prominent empathic sensors, visually amplifying her intuitive abilities across depictions, while her color scheme has evolved from earthy, terrestrial tones in early stories to vibrant cosmic greens that reflect her expanding role in the universe.[1] These design elements subtly mirror her serene, empathetic personality, prioritizing fluidity and connection to nature over overt aggression.[35]

Reception

Critical analysis

Mantis's debut in the 1970s Avengers series has drawn criticism for embodying exoticized stereotypes of Asian women, portraying her as a Vietnamese war orphan raised by priests to master martial arts, with a backstory that includes time as a prostitute, thereby intertwining mystical elements with veiled commentary on the Vietnam War.[36] This depiction, crafted by writer Steve Englehart, reflects the era's tendency to orientalize female characters as enigmatic and subservient figures tied to Eastern spirituality and wartime trauma, often reducing their agency to prophetic roles rather than fully realized personalities.[36] In contemporary reevaluations, particularly within the Guardians of the Galaxy comics relaunched in 2015, Mantis receives praise for narrative arcs that delve into mental health themes, confronting the trauma of her orphaned upbringing and identity crises stemming from her hybrid human-Cotati existence.[37] Feminist critiques highlight her evolving agency in the Celestial Madonna prophecy, where she actively navigates cosmic destiny, motherhood, and resurrection, transforming from a passive vessel into a symbol of empowered femininity amid interstellar chaos.[37] Thematically, Mantis's arcs probe the tension between nature and technology, as seen in her destined union with the plant-based Cotati—a pacifist species—against the militaristic, tech-driven Kree empire, underscoring ecological harmony versus destructive innovation.[36] Her stories further examine pacifism within violent superhero contexts, drawing from her empathetic powers and non-violent roots to mediate conflicts, often at personal cost. Her nature-linked abilities invite comparisons to characters like DC's Poison Ivy, another figure who champions environmentalism through empathic bonds with flora.[38] Critics point to significant gaps in Mantis's utilization, noting her limited involvement in major Marvel crossovers before 2008, which relegated her to obscurity and cemented her reputation as a "forgotten Avenger" despite her unique psychic and martial contributions.[39] This underrepresentation highlights broader issues in Marvel's handling of supporting characters, where prophetic elements overshadowed opportunities for sustained development until later revivals.[39]

Accolades and popularity

Mantis has garnered recognition in several comic book rankings focused on character appeal and design. In 2011, Comics Buyer's Guide ranked her 99th on their list of the 100 Sexiest Women in Comics, acknowledging her distinctive allure and enduring presence in Marvel lore.[40] In 2020, Marvel highlighted Mantis as one of eight essential women heroes in their promotional initiative, emphasizing her empathic abilities and pivotal role in the Empyre crossover event.[41] The character's popularity surged with her integration into high-profile team books, contributing to notable sales increases. The 2013 relaunch of Guardians of the Galaxy, coinciding with the buildup to the 2014 film, saw issue sales climb dramatically, with the series averaging over 100,000 units per issue in its early run, elevating Mantis's visibility alongside team members like Star-Lord and Gamora.[42] The 2023 Guardians of the Galaxy series, featuring Mantis prominently, achieved top 50 sales rankings for its debut issue and maintained strong performance through subsequent numbers, reflecting sustained fan interest post-MCU.[43] As of 2025, Mantis continues to appear in ongoing series like Guardians of the Galaxy and tie-ins such as Marvel Rivals, further boosting her profile in comic media.[12] Pom Klementieff's portrayal of Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), has markedly boosted the character's cultural footprint and comic readership.[44] This adaptation, which reimagined Mantis as an empathetic outsider, drove rising Google search trends for the character starting in 2017 and continuing through her appearances in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and beyond. Fan reception often places her in the mid-tier of Guardians favorites; for instance, a 2024 CBR ranking of likable team members positioned her among the more endearing supporting figures due to her humorous vulnerability.[45]

Alternate versions

Heroes Reborn

In the 1996-1997 Heroes Reborn event, Mantis was reimagined as a formidable and aggressive warrior originating from the 30th century, serving as the devoted lover and combat partner of Kang the Conqueror in the pocket universe created by Franklin Richards to shelter Earth's heroes from Onslaught.[46] This version diverged significantly from her primary continuity incarnation, omitting any ties to the Cotati plant race and instead highlighting her unparalleled hand-to-hand combat expertise and empathic powers as tools for conquest, aligning her prowess with Kang's campaign to dominate the 20th century.[9] Her role emphasized a more combative and ruthless demeanor, positioning her as a key antagonist to the reborn Avengers team, where she actively supported Kang's invasions and schemes against heroes like Captain America, Thor, and Hawkeye.[47] Throughout the storyline, Mantis demonstrated her martial dominance in clashes with the Avengers, leveraging her physical agility and "death touch" technique to challenge the team during Kang's assaults on their bases and timelines.[48] A pivotal moment occurred when she confronted Hyperion during a Squadron Supreme-influenced escalation, employing her empathic abilities not just for manipulation but to sense and briefly temper the overwhelming rage fueling the conflict, highlighting her nuanced use of mental influence amid brutal warfare.[49] Despite her loyalty to Kang, which drove her to flee with him to Peru after initial defeats, the pair were ultimately absorbed by Loki during his Earth takeover plot, with their fate left unrevealed following Loki's defeat.[48] Following the conclusion of the Heroes Reborn saga in Heroes Reborn: The Return #1-4, the pocket universe collapsed as the heroes reintegrated into the primary Marvel continuity, with Mantis emerging largely unchanged from her pre-event status as a former Avenger, retaining her core abilities and history without lasting impacts from the alternate portrayal. This reversion ensured her mainstream Cotati heritage and affiliations remained intact, allowing seamless continuity in subsequent adventures.

House of M

In the "House of M" crossover event of 2005, Mantis is reimagined within Scarlet Witch's altered reality (designated Earth-58163).[50] Mantis serves as a member of the criminal gang known as the Dragons, led by Shang-Chi, alongside other operatives such as Swordsman, Zaran, and Machete. The group engages in territorial conflicts amid the mutant-human tensions, specifically clashing with the Human Resistance Movement in a violent gang war. This confrontation underscores the fractured society of the reality, where non-mutant factions like the Dragons navigate survival through underworld activities. The battle is ultimately interrupted by the intervention of the Brotherhood of Mutants, escalating the chaos.[50][51][52] Subsequently, the Dragons face a devastating ambush orchestrated by assassins employed by the Kingpin, resulting in heavy casualties among the group. Mantis survives the attack alongside Shang-Chi and one other member, but she is captured and arrested in the aftermath, highlighting the precarious position of non-mutant aligned criminals in Magneto's regime.[50] Following the event's climax, where Scarlet Witch's declaration of "No more mutants" restores the primary reality, Mantis's status reverts to her baseline as a human-alien hybrid, unaffected in the long term by the reality-altering events.[53]

Old Man Quill and recent variants

In the 2019 Old Man Quill miniseries, Mantis appears as an aged member of the Guardians of the Galaxy in a dystopian future where she aids an elderly Star-Lord to confront J'son of Spartax, the Patriarch of the Universal Church of Truth, amid threats from cosmic forces including Galactus.[54] More cynical from years of conflict, she employs her empathic and psychic abilities for guerrilla-style tactics, such as attempting to manipulate the minds of enemies during assaults on key targets.[55] However, Mantis meets a grim fate when Gladiator of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard burns her alive amid a desperate effort to halt the Imperial Guard's advance using her powers.[56] Recent alternate depictions of Mantis in the 2020s emphasize her heightened empathy in high-stakes, dystopian scenarios, often exploring "what if" maturity arcs that portray her as battle-hardened and free from her canonical Celestial Madonna prophecy burdens. These versions highlight her evolution into a more tactical fighter, diverging from her mainline innocence.

In other media

Television

Mantis first appeared in animated television as a minor antagonist in the Disney XD series Guardians of the Galaxy (2015–2019), where she is depicted as a member of the Universal Believers cult with empathic manipulation abilities that allow her to sense and influence emotions. Voiced by Jennifer Hale, the character aids the cult in schemes involving planetary domination but later shows conflicted loyalties toward the Guardians, particularly through her interactions with Star-Lord and the team.[57] Her role expands in seasons 2 and 3, becoming a recurring antagonist and exploring her powers' impact on team dynamics, such as calming aggressive allies or sowing discord among foes, while highlighting her internal struggle between cult devotion and emerging empathy for the heroes. This adaptation draws briefly from her comic book empathy abilities but reimagines her as more manipulative and less heroic initially. Mantis makes a brief cameo appearance in the animated series What If...? (2021), in the episode "What If... Thor Were an Only Child?", where she attends an intergalactic party thrown by Thor on Earth, voiced by Pom Klementieff.[58] Mantis has no live-action television appearances as of 2025, with her portrayals limited to voice acting in animation to suit the character's otherworldly design and powers.[12]

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Mantis was introduced in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), portrayed by French actress Pom Klementieff.[59] In the film, she serves as a ward and empath to the Celestial Ego (Kurt Russell), an alien entity posing as Peter Quill's father, using her abilities to sense and influence emotions through physical touch.[59] Her powers allow her to read feelings and induce sleep in others, which she demonstrates by putting Drax (Dave Bautista) to sleep and later aiding the Guardians in confronting Ego's true nature.[44] Mantis's character arc continued in subsequent MCU projects, with a significant development in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).[60] Having joined the Guardians of the Galaxy team after Ego's defeat, she grapples with her traumatic origins as one of Ego's creations, confronting her "father issues" during the mission to save Rocket Raccoon (voiced by Bradley Cooper).[60] Her journey culminates in a moment of self-discovery, leading her to retire from the Guardians and choose a peaceful life communing with animals on a distant planet, waving farewell to Drax as he remains with the team.[60] This resolution emphasizes themes of independence and healing, marking the end of her active involvement with the group.[60] Unlike her comic book counterpart, the MCU version of Mantis omits the "Celestial Madonna" storyline, where she is prophesied to bear a cosmic child.[44] Her powers are streamlined to primarily emotion sensing via touch and sleep induction, without the broader abilities like telepathy or plant manipulation seen in the source material.[44] The portrayal adopts a more comedic and naive tone, highlighting her social awkwardness and innocence for humorous effect, contrasting the comics' depiction of a more empowered and serious warrior figure.[44] As of November 2025, Mantis has no confirmed returns in upcoming MCU projects, including Avengers: Secret Wars (2027).[61] Klementieff has expressed openness to reprising the role if approached with a compelling storyline, stating her affection for the character but noting no discussions with Marvel Studios as of mid-2024.[61] Across her appearances in the MCU, Mantis's role remains supporting.[62]

Video games

Mantis has appeared as a playable or supporting character in various Marvel-licensed video games, often emphasizing her empathic abilities for support mechanics, debuffs, and crowd control rather than frontline combat. Her inclusions typically draw from her comic origins as a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy, focusing on emotional manipulation and occasional plant-based elements without a dedicated solo title as of November 2025. Wait, no Wikipedia. Use Marvel official. Wait, Marvel.com has character page, but for games, it's general. Proceed with available. In Marvel Contest of Champions (2014), Mantis is a playable Skill-class champion introduced in December 2022. Her core mechanics center on inflicting "Mixed Emotions" debuffs, which simulate her empathy powers by disrupting opponents' power gain, ability accuracy, and defenses for crowd control effects. Players can enhance damage by chaining heavy attacks into her Special 2, exploiting these emotional debuffs for high burst output. A July 2023 balancing update improved her passives, such as doubling Mixed Emotion grants on blocked hits under Intimidate conditions, making her more effective in prolonged fights. She also benefits from synergies with other Guardians of the Galaxy champions, granting bonuses like +350 Block Proficiency per synergy partner to bolster team defense and utility.[63][64][65] In Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2021), an action-adventure game developed by Eidos-Montréal and published by Square Enix, Mantis functions as a supporting non-playable character (NPC) and occasional combat assist for the player-controlled Star-Lord. Voiced by Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez, she joins the team narrative as an empathic ally, using her abilities to sense emotions and provide team-wide heals or pacification bursts during battles, though her kit does not include plant summons. These assists allow her to temporarily stun or weaken groups of enemies, aligning with her role in story-driven encounters across the game's chapters.[66][67][68] In LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 (2017), developed by TT Games, Mantis appears as a minor playable character. Unlocked by completing the "Touchy Feelers" side quest in the Xandar hub of Chronopolis, where she uses her powers to resolve civilians' emotional conflicts through pacification, she features vine attacks for melee combos and telepathic abilities to mind-control or calm enemies in combat. These mechanics position her as a utility support, enabling puzzle-solving via emotional manipulation and environmental interactions like vine growth on specific surfaces.[69][70][71] In Marvel Rivals (2024), a team-based PVP shooter developed by NetEase Games, Mantis is a playable Vanguard-class hero serving as a support character. She utilizes impressive mental abilities and plant control to anchor teams, providing healing, crowd control, and utility through empathy-based skills like emotion manipulation and vine summons.[25] Across these titles, Mantis consistently fills a support role with debuff-focused gameplay, leveraging empathy for crowd control and team synergy without leading her own game.

Miscellaneous

Mantis has appeared in Marvel tie-in novels associated with the Guardians of the Galaxy film series, notably in the 2017 junior novelization of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which adapts and expands on her introduction as Ego's empathic servant, detailing her emotional abilities and integration into the team.[72] In merchandise, Mantis has been a popular figure for collectors since her cinematic debut, with Funko Pop vinyl figures released starting in 2017, including the initial #204 version from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, followed by variants for Avengers: Infinity War, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.[73] Hasbro's Marvel Legends line featured a 6-inch action figure of Mantis in 2023 as part of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 wave, complete with accessories like a build-a-figure piece for Cosmo and articulated posing to recreate her film scenes.[74] Earlier representations include her card in the 1992 Marvel trading card sets, such as #56 in The Silver Surfer subset, showcasing her classic comic design as a martial artist and Celestial Madonna.[75] Promotional appearances extend to digital and live events, with Mantis featuring in cameo roles in Marvel Unlimited exclusive Infinity Comics in 2024, including episodes of Marvel Rivals Infinity Comic where she supports the Guardians in multiversal conflicts.[12] Actress Pom Klementieff, portraying Mantis, participated in D23 Expo panels in 2019 and 2022, discussing the character's development during Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 promotions and sharing behind-the-scenes insights on her empathic traits.[76]

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