J'son (character)

J'son is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the leader of the alien Spartax empire as well as the father of Star-Lord and Victoria (a Captain from Spartax).

Publication history

Emperor Jason of Spartax first appeared in '' Marvel Preview'' #11 and was created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. Jason is the father of Star-Lord, who had been introduced in ''Marvel Preview'' #4.

Prince Jason of Spartax is a character that first appears in ''Inhumans'' vol. 3 #2 in 2000. He was originally intended to be Jason from ''Marvel Preview'' #11, but earlier in history.

In 2013, King J'son of Spartax was introduced in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' vol. 3 #0.1. As reimagined by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Steve McNiven, this character is definitively identified as being the father of the Star-Lord who existed in the present-day Marvel universe of Earth-616. Due to the continuity issues that this revised origin story caused, Marvel Comics decided that there were two versions of Star-Lord and that the events of ''Marvel Preview'' #11 and other appearances of the "classic" Star-Lord occurred in the parallel universe of Earth-791.

Fictional character biography

J'son is the heir to the throne of Spartax who fled the planet during a conflict with the Badoon. His ship crash-lands on Earth, where Meredith Quill takes him in. The two form a relationship while J'son repairs his ship. Eventually, J'son is forced to leave to return home and fight in a war, not knowing Meredith is pregnant with Peter Quill.

Years later, J'son becomes the king of the Spartax, joins the Galactic Council, and declares Earth off-limits to extraterrestrial interaction. Once his son defends Earth from a Badoon attack, J'son sends soldiers to capture him and the Guardians of the Galaxy. However, the Guardians manage to escape.

In '' The Black Vortex'' storyline, J'son becomes the villain Mister Knife and begins building a criminal empire. He places a bounty on his son and assembles the Slaughter Squad to recover the Black Vortex. As part of a deal with Thane, J'son uses the Black Vortex to encase Spartax in amber. J'son trades Spartax to the Brood in exchange for taking advantage of their expansion and acquiring one planet for every ten worlds they conquer.

In '' Imperial'' (2025), J'son is killed by an unidentified Wakandan agent as part of a larger conspiracy targeting galactic leaders.

Powers and abilities

J'son uses Spartax weapons and under his Mister Knife persona, wields a fortress capable of destroying planets.

In other media

J'son appears in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', voiced by Jonathan Frakes. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. This version is an ally of Thanos and the leader of the Universal Believers, who he brainwashed into serving him.

References

External links

* J'son at Marvel Wiki

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