Mentor

This Mentor is a member of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard, the elite military force that serves the Shi'ar Empire, first glimpsed when the Guard clashed with the X-Men during a cosmic confrontation reaching into deep space.

Born in the pages of Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum's landmark X-Men run in 1977, Mentor is a Bronze Age Marvel creation who has quietly persisted across nearly five decades of comics history. Rubbing shoulders with cosmic heavy-hitters like Gladiator, Kallark, Oracle, and Smasher, this character moves in some of Marvel's most expansive and powerful circles. With appearances spread across New Mutants, All-New X-Men, and Jonathan Hickman's sweeping Avengers saga — plus two collector-recognized key issues to their name — Mentor may not be the loudest name in the room, but they're a rewarding discovery for fans who love digging into the deeper connective tissue of the Marvel universe. Twenty-six catalog appearances spanning 1977 to 2025 is a quiet kind of staying power that any dedicated reader will appreciate.