Imperial Guard (Marvel)

The Imperial Guard (the so-called Superguardians) is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Imperial Guard are a multi-ethnic group of alien beings who act as enforcers of the laws of the Shi'ar Empire; the Superguardians are the personal guard of the leader of the Empire.
Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Dave Cockrum, the original Imperial Guard characters were pastiches of prominent members of rival publisher DC Comics' superhero team the Legion of Super-Heroes. Many other characters were later added to the roster, not all of whom are based on Legionnaires.
The Imperial Guard first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #107 (Oct. 1977). Since then, they have been featured periodically in the X-Men titles; crossed paths with the Starjammers, the Kree, the Skrulls, Nova Corps, the Inhumans, and the Guardians of the Galaxy; and been featured in a number of limited series, including Imperial Guard (1997), the War of Kings crossover series (2009), and Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard (2010).
More than 50 Imperial Guard Superguardians have appeared in Marvel Comics' titles; the core members number about 20, with the most notable being Gladiator, Oracle, Starbolt, Neutron, Smasher, Flashfire, Warstar, Electron, Manta, Mentor, Titan, Pulsar, Hussar, Nightside, and Fang.
== Members ==
Code Name (Original name)	Legion of Super-Heroes analog	Powers and abilities 	Species 	First appearance 	Notes
Astra 	Phantom Girl 	Phasing 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	The Uncanny X-Men #107 (Oct. 1977) 	Founding member of the Imperial Guard
Earthquake 	— 	Geokinesis (psionically create tremors and small quakes on the surface of a planet) 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	The Uncanny X-Men #137 (Sept. 1980) 	Killed in Avengers vol. 5 #21 (Dec. 2013)
Earthquake II 	— 	Geokinesis (psionically create tremors and small quakes on the surface of a planet) 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 5 #1 (Dec. 2012)	
Electron 	Cosmic Boy 	Magnetism manipulation, projection of bolts of electrical energy 	Shi'ar 	The Uncanny X-Men #107 (Oct. 1977) 	
Fang 	Timber Wolf 	Superhuman senses, strength, speed, stamina, durability, agility, and reflexes; claws and fangs; teleportation; flight; energy projection/matter manipulation 	Lupak 	The Uncanny X-Men #107 (Oct. 1977) 	Member of the Royal Elite; transformed into one of the Brood and then killed by Wolverine in The Uncanny X-Men #162 (Oct. 1982)
Fang II 	Timber Wolf 	Superhuman senses, strength, speed, stamina, durability, agility, and reflexes; claws and fangs; teleportation; flight; energy projection/matter manipulation 	Lupak 	Starjammers #4 (Jan. 1996) 	Alter-ego is Nev-Darr
Flashfire (Tempest) 	Lightning Lad 	Generate and fire bursts of light and electricity 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	The Uncanny X-Men #107 (Oct. 1977) 	At one point engaged to marry fellow Guardsman Oracle (an analog of Saturn Girl, to whom Lightning Lad was also romantically linked); alter-ego is Grannz (Lightning Lad's alter-ego is Garth Ranzz); renamed Flashfire because of the DC Comics character Joshua Clay (Tempest)
Gladiator 	Superboy (or Mon-El) 	Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, and durability; psionic abilities; flight 	Strontian 	The Uncanny X-Men #107 (Oct. 1977) 	Commander (praetor) of the Imperial Guard; alter-ego is Kallark
Hobgoblin 	Chameleon Boy 	Shapeshifting 	Chameloid 	The Uncanny X-Men #107 (Oct. 1977) 	Killed posing as Lilandra Neramani in Inhumans vol. 3 #4 (Oct. 2000)
Hussar 	— 	Channeling of bioelectricity into other living beings to shock and paralyze 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	The Uncanny X-Men #137 (Sept. 1980) 	
Magique (Magic) 	Princess Projectra 	Ability to create realistic illusions 	Shi'ar 	The Uncanny X-Men #107 (Oct. 1977) 	Killed in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #15 (June 2009)
Magique II 	Princess Projectra 	Ability to create realistic illusions 	Shi'ar 	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 5 #1 (Dec. 2012)	Replaced the original Magique, who died in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #15
Manta 	— 	Infrared and ultraviolet vision, photokinesis 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	The Uncanny X-Men #137 (Sept. 1980) 	
Mentor 	Brainiac 5 	Instantaneous processing of vast amounts of information 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	The Uncanny X-Men #107 (Oct. 1977) 	Becomes praetor in War of Kings: Who Will Rule one-shot; taken over by Strel and vanishes at the end of Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard
Neutron (Quasar) 	Star Boy 	Superhuman strength, stamina, and durability; capable of increasing the mass, density or gravity of an object 	Stygian 	The Uncanny X-Men #107 (Oct. 1977) 	Killed in battle in Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard #5 (May 2010)
Nightside (Nightshade) 	Shadow Lass 	Ability to tap into the Darkforce dimension, giving her the ability to conjure absolute darkness within a radius around her or her enemies; displace projectile attacks against her person by opening small apertures into the Darkforce	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	The Uncanny X-Men #107 (Oct. 1977) 	Killed in War of Kings #1 (May 2009)
Nightside II 	Shadow Lass 	Ability to tap into the Darkforce dimension, giving her the ability to conjure absolute darkness within a radius around her or her enemies; displace projectile attacks against her person by opening small apertures into the Darkforce	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	Avengers vol. 5 #35 (Sept. 2014) 	Recruited from the Subguardians to replace the original Nightside, who was killed in War of Kings #1
Oracle 	Saturn Girl 	Telepathy, mind control, projection of stun bolts, psychoscopic awareness ("Mind-Sight": the ability to expand her over-consciousness to read the impressions left by events in the fabric of time and matter) 	Shi'ar 	The Uncanny X-Men #107 (Oct. 1977) 	Long-time member; part of the Royal Elite; alter-ego is Lady Sybil; originally romantically linked with Starbolt; later engaged to marry Tempest/Flashfire
Plutonia 	— 	Phasing 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	New X-Men #124 (May 2002) 	Alter-ego is N'zyr; romantically linked with fellow Guardsman Smasher, then romantically linked with fellow Guardsman Mentor; chose to bond with Raptor amulet at cost of her free will, becoming the Raptor Kyte; current whereabouts unknown
Plutonia 	— 	Phasing 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard #5 (May 2010) 	Added to Imperial Guard after N'zyr became the Raptor Kyte and vanished
Pulsar (Impulse) 	Wildfire 	Energy being: flight, projection of energy blasts 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	The Uncanny X-Men #107 (Oct. 1977) 	Seemingly killed by Vulcan in The Uncanny X-Men #480 (Jan. 2007), but reappears later
Scintilla (Midget) 	Shrinking Violet 	Shrinking from normal size to five percent of her normal size (and any size in between) 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	The Uncanny X-Men #107 (Oct. 1977) 	
Smasher 	Ultra Boy 	Superhuman strength via cosmic radiation absorption, ability to download additional powers (one at a time) via "Exospex," flight via anti-gravity "flight patches" 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	The Uncanny X-Men #107 (Oct. 1977) 	Romantically linked with fellow Guardsman Plutonia; alter-ego is Vril Rokk; killed by Vulcan in The Uncanny X-Men #480 (Jan. 2007)
Smasher 	Ultra Boy 	Superhuman strength via cosmic radiation absorption, ability to download additional powers (one at a time) via "Exospex," flight via anti-gravity "flight patches" 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	War of Kings #1 (Mar. 2009) 	Alter-ego is Salac Tuur; killed by Karnak in War of Kings #1 (May 2009)
Smasher 	Ultra Boy 	Superhuman strength via cosmic radiation absorption, ability to download additional powers (one at a time) via "Exospex," flight via anti-gravity "flight patches" 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	War of Kings #3 (July 2009) 	Killed by Gladiator in War of Kings #3 (July 2009)
Smasher 	Ultra Boy 	Superhuman strength via cosmic radiation absorption, ability to download additional powers (one at a time) via "Exospex," flight via anti-gravity "flight patches" 	Human 	Avengers vol. 5 #1 (Feb. 2013) 	Alter-ego is Izzy Kane; left the Imperial Guard to return to the Avengers
Smasher 	Ultra Boy 	Superhuman strength via cosmic radiation absorption, ability to download additional powers (one at a time) via "Exospex," flight via anti-gravity "flight patches" 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	All-New X-Men #23 (Apr. 2014) 	Replaced Izzy Kane in the Imperial Guard
Starbolt 	Sun Boy or Wildfire 	Projection of energy bolts from hands 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	X-Men #107 (Oct. 1977) 	Originally romantically linked with Oracle; killed in Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard #4 (Apr. 2010)
Titan 	Colossal Boy 	Expand his body to giant size, superhuman strength and mass 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	The Uncanny X-Men #107 (Oct. 1977) 	Killed by a swarm of mutated bugs in Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard #5 (May 2010)
Titan II 	Colossal Boy 	Expand his body to giant size, superhuman strength and mass 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	TK (sometime during the "Infinity" storyline)	Replaced the first Titan, who was killed in Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard #5
Warstar 	— 	B'nee: electricity generation; C’cil: gigantic, superhuman strength and durability 	Two symbiotically linked sentient mechanoids	The Uncanny X-Men #137 (Sept. 1980) 	Alter-egos are B'nee and C'cil; their names are an homage to the 1960s animated television program Beany and Cecil; killed (along with the entire Shi'ar fleet) by Iron Man using Sol's Hammer in Avengers vol. 5 #44 (June 2015), resurrected (along with the rest of the universe) in The Ultimates vol. 2 #3 (Mar. 2017)
=== Other characters ===
Code Name 	Legion of Super-Heroes analog	Powers and abilities 	Species 	First appearance 	Notes
Arc 	— 	Bio-electrokinesis 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	New X-Men #123 (Apr. 2002) 	
Binder 	— 	Binding objects 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	Rom Annual #4 (Dec. 1985) 	Killed by disintegration in Rom Annual #4 (Dec. 1985)
Black Light	— 	Dark energy blasts 	Shi'ar (mutated) 	X-Men: Spotlight on... Starjammers #2 (June 1990)	Twin brother of White Noise; killed in Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard #5 (May 2010)
Blackthorn 	— 	Botanopathy (Communication with and command of plant life like himself) 	Extraterrestrial sentient humanoid plant 	The Uncanny X-Men #157 (May 1982) 	Member of the Borderers division
Blimp 	Bouncing Boy 	Bio-helium body contained within a specially constructed space suit 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	New X-Men #124 (May 2002) 	
Chakar 	— 	Flight, superhuman strength and durability 	Shi'ar 	Rom Annual #4 (Dec. 1985) 	Praetor of the Imperial Guard; killed in Rom Annual #4 (Dec. 1985)
Commando 	— 	Nega-Radiation that gives him superhuman strength, durability, and intellect 	Kree 	Imperial Guard #1 (Jan. 1997) 	Alter-ego is M'Nell
Cosmo 	— 	Flight, superhuman strength and durability 	Stygian 	New X-Men #123 (Apr. 2002) 	Killed by Vulcan in The Uncanny X-Men #480 (Jan. 2007)
Delphos 	Dream Girl 	Precognition 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	Inhumans vol. 3 #3 (Aug. 2000) 	
Fader 	Invisible Kid 	Invisibility 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	New X-Men #124 (May 2002) 	
Glom 	Matter-Eater Lad 	Giant jaws with the ability to bite through and consume all forms of matter 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	Quasar #33 (Apr. 1992) 	
God-Killer 	— 	Telepathy, claws, quills, superhuman strength and durability 	The Uncreated 	X-Men: Kingbreaker #2 (Mar. 2009) 	Recruited by Vulcan to his Praetorians faction of the Imperial Guard; later imprisoned by the Nova Corps for war crimes, and finally transferred to Zan Philo's Corps starship Resolute Duty
G-Type 	— 	Project body's intense energy through wrist-mounted flamethrowers 	Hodinn 	New X-Men #124 (May 2002) 	
Hardball 	Bouncing Boy 	Rubbery body which gives him superhuman durability and leaping power 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	Thor #446 (Apr. 1992) 	
Kwill 	— 	Projection of stun rays 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	Rom Annual #4 (Dec. 1985) 	Killed by Tyreseus in Rom Annual #4 (Dec. 1985)
Mammoth 	— 	Superhuman strength and durability 	Unidentified mammoth-like extraterrestrial race 	New X-Men #117 (Oct. 2001) 	Killed in battle with Cassandra Nova in New X-Men #122 (March 2002)
Monstra 	— 	Superhuman strength and durability 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	New X-Men #123 (Apr. 2002) 	
Moondancer 	Dawnstar 	Flight, long-range tracking 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	Quasar #33 (Apr. 1992) 	Alter-ego is Myla; forced to resign from the Imperial Guard in Quasar #57 (Apr. 1994)
Neosaurus 	— 	Projection of consciousness from one exo-body form to another 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	New X-Men #124 (May 2002) 	
N'rill'irēē	— 	Superhuman strength and durability; claws and teeth 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	The Uncanny X-Men #155 (Mar. 1982) 	Member of the Borderers division
Onslaught 	Karate Kid 	Skilled martial artist, superhuman strength 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	Quasar #33 (Apr. 1992) 	
Schism 	Duo Damsel 	Ability to divide into two bodies 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	New X-Men #124 (May 2002) 	
Sea Spine 	— 	Pheromones contained in her upper epidermis that can stun, poison, or incapacitate her opponents	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	The Uncanny X-Men #157 (May 1982) 	Member of the Borderers division
Solar Wind 	— 	Projection of energy blast from chest 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	Quasar #33 (Apr. 1992) 	Forced to resign from the Imperial Guard in Quasar #57 (Apr. 1994)
Sp'yxx 	— 	Large creature with three heads; superhuman strength 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	The Uncanny X-Men #157 (May 1982) 	Member of the Borderers division
Squorm 	— 	Flying, floating 	Hive of thousands of vastly intelligent tiny worm-like creatures	New X-Men #123 (Apr. 2002) 	
Stuff 	— 	Shapeshifting 	Extraterrestrial bio-computer 	New X-Men #123 (Apr. 2002) 	
Trypthe 	— 	Enormous tripod creature with superhuman strength 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	The Uncanny X-Men #157 (May 1982) 	Member of the Borderers division
Voltar 	— 	Razor-sharp blades (possibly replacing hands) with the ability to electrify 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard #1 (Nov. 2009) 	Killed while retaking the Imperial shipyards after the war with the Kree in Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard #1 (Nov. 2009)
Voltor 	— 	Projection of electrical blasts from hands 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	Rom Annual #4 (Dec. 1985) 	Killed by Tyreseus in Rom Annual #4 (Dec. 1985)
Voyager 	— 	Teleportation 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	Quasar #33 (Apr. 1992) 	Alter-ego is Divad; forced to resign from the Imperial Guard in Quasar #57 (Apr. 1994)
Webwing 	— 	Tentacles with sedative excretion, can capture others in body, flight 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	The Uncanny X-Men #157 (May 1982) 	Member of the Borderers division
White Noise	— 	Sound wave projection and manipulation 	Shi'ar 	X-Men: Spotlight on... Starjammers #2 (June 1990)	Twin sister of Black Light
Zenith 	— 	Capability to access and utilize the maximum potential of an energy-wielder's power 	Unidentified extraterrestrial race 	X-Men: Spotlight on... Starjammers #2 (June 1990)	Brother of Raza Longknife from the Starjammers; killed in X-Men: Spotlight on... Starjammers #2 (June 1990)
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