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Star-Lord

237 appearances · Bronze Age · 1976–2026 · 4 key issues

Who is Star-Lord?

Half a century of cosmic adventure has kept Star-Lord one of Marvel's most enduring space-faring icons, launched into the Bronze Age in 1976 when Bernie Wrightson brought the character to life in Marvel Preview #4. Over 219 catalogued appearances spanning five decades, Star-Lord has carved out a permanent home across landmark series like Guardians of the Galaxy, Legendary Star-Lord, and the fan-favorite cosmic epic Annihilation: Conquest, with four of those appearances earning key-issue status among collectors. The company this character keeps is genuinely stellar — sharing pages with the likes of Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, and Peter Quill across Marvel's far-flung universe. If you love big, bold Marvel cosmic storytelling with real staying power, Star-Lord is absolutely worth your time.

Identity

Real name. Star-Lord Uniform

★ First appearance

Marvel Preview #4

Jan 1976

Trivia

Peter Quill's tenure as ruler of Spartax is one of the more overlooked corners of his comics history, made all the richer by Kitty Pryde stepping in as a temporary Star-Lady during that period — a status shift that flies completely under the radar for fans who only know the MCU version of the character.cbr.com
Star-Lord's origin has been so thoroughly retconned that his 1976 debut and his later incarnations essentially operate as different origin frameworks entirely, with Marvel itself acknowledging that his backstory was radically reworked over time.cbr.com
Brian Michael Bendis has written more of Star-Lord's comics than any other writer in our catalog — 26 issues.

Top series

Guardians of the Galaxy (2013)

21 appearances

Guardians of the Galaxy (2015)

13 appearances

Legendary Star-Lord (2014)

11 appearances

The X-Men (1963)

1 appearance

Annihilation: Conquest (2008)

6 appearances

The Thanos Imperative (2010)

6 appearances

Guardians of the Galaxy (2008)

1 appearance

Guardians of the Galaxy (2013)

5 appearances

Thanos (2003)

5 appearances

Avengers Assemble (2012)

5 appearances

Imperial (2025)

4 appearances

Guardians 3000 (2014)

4 appearances

Covers through the years — 1976–2023

★ 1976

Marvel Preview #4

1996

Rise of Apocalypse #2

2000

Inhumans #4

2004

Thanos #8

★ 2008

Annihilation: Conquest #2

2009

Guardians of the Galaxy #14

★ 2013

Marvel Now! Omnibus #[nn]

2016

Groot #6

2019

Thanos: The Infinity Ending #[nn]

2023

Marvel-Verse: Guardians of the Galaxy #[nn]

Appearances (1–150 of 237, oldest first)

Marvel Preview (1975)

#4 #11 #14

Marvel Team-Up (1972)

#61

Godzilla (1977)

#3 #13

The X-Men (1963)

#107

TV Stars (1978)

Spider-Woman (1978)

Devil Dinosaur (1978)

Scooby-Doo (1977)

Laff-A-Lympics (1978)

The Flintstones (1977)

Marvel Super Special (1978)

#10

Star-Lord (1980)

#[1]#[2]#[3]#1 #8

Epic (1983)

Rise of Apocalypse (1996)

Universe X Sketchbook [Special Edition] (2000)

#[nn]

Inhumans (2000)

Thanos (2003)

#8 #9 #10 #11 #12

Annihilation (2006)

#1 #2

Annihilation: Conquest Prologue (2007)

Annihilation: Conquest - Quasar (2007)

#1 #2

Annihilation: Conquest - Wraith (2007)

Annihilation: Conquest (2008)

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #2 #1 #2

Guardians of the Galaxy (2009)

#1 #2 #14 #4 #4 #0.1 #1 #2 #1 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #2 #9 #10 #11.NOW #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #3 #20 #21 #22 #4 #24 #25 #5 #1 #4 #6 #7 #8

Realm of Kings (2010)

The Thanos Imperative (2010)

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #[nn]#[nn]

The Thanos Imperative: Devastation (2011)

Avengers Assemble (2012)

#4 #5 #6 #7 #8

Marvel Universe (2012)

#6 #13

Avengers Assemble by Brian Michael Bendis (2013)

#[nn]

Marvel Now! Omnibus (2013)

#[nn]

X-Men: Legacy (2013)

Guardians of the Galaxy: Tomorrow's Avengers (2013)

Star-Lord: Worlds on the Brink (2013)

#[nn]

Marvel Universe Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Team-Up (2014)

#[nn]

Infinity (2014)

#[nn]

All-New X-Men (2013)

#22 #23 #24

Star-Lord: Tears for Heaven (2014)

#[nn]

Free Comic Book Day 2014 (Guardians of the Galaxy) (2014)

Guardians of the Galaxy / All-New X-Men: The Trial of Jean Grey (2014)

#[nn]

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

#[nn]

Deadpool (2013)

#27

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude (2014)

#[nn]

Star-Lord: Guardian of the Galaxy (2014)

#[nn]

Iron Man hors série (2013)

Legendary Star-Lord (2014)

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #3

Fantastic Four (2014)

New Avengers (2013)

Avengers (2013)

#6 #42

Guardians 3000 (2014)

#1 #2 #3 #4

Marvel 75th Anniversary Celebration (2014)

Rocket Raccoon (2015)

#1 #1

Avengers: No More Bullying (2015)

Nova Annual (2015)

Guardians Team-Up (2015)

#2 #8

Howard the Duck (2015)

#2 #0

Guardians of the Galaxy: Best Story Ever (2015)

#[nn]

Nova (2014)

Groot (2015)

Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex (2016)

#[nn]

Marvel Universe Guardians of the Galaxy (2016)

#1 #2

Drax: Guardian of the Galaxy (2016)

#[nn]