Hey, Star Lord…Who’s Your Father?

This summer, a crucial question was asked by fans of the Marvel Film Franchise in the new hit film Guardians of the Galaxy. Who, in the whole Marvel universe, is Star Lord’s father? So let’s take a look at the likely and unlikely candidates that we at Geekpr0n have come up with. And then we argued about it a lot over Facebook.

His Comic Book Father

The first likely candidate is his comic father J’son of Spartax. In the comics J’son was an exiled prince of the Spartoi Empire and was returning from exile when he crashed on earth and had a brief tryst with Peter’s mother Meredith. He left not knowing Meredith was pregnant, heck he probably didn’t even think he could have kids with a Terran woman.

The Evidence for:

The evidence is right there in the movie, Peter’s middle name, as listed by the Nova Corps is Jason. It isn’t hard to imagine that’s just a simple typo by Quill.

How many of you missed that shit huh?

The Evidence against:

The Spartax are a major empire in Marvel. The Nova Corps openly admit that they have no previous knowledge of whatever race Quill’s father comes from. In addition, the Spartax aren’t known for being particularly more powerful than humans (just long lived, comparatively) thus removing the big explanation for why Quill could hold the Infinity Stone.

Odin Allfather of Asgard (or any Asgardian)

Appearing in the Thor movies the Asgardians are powerful, celestial beings with great power that can cross the stars easily. Odin especially, if you follow both comic and traditional mythology, is known for having children out of wedlock.

The Evidence for:

This would certainly explain why Quill could wield the Infinity Stone and survive in deep space. Plus during the original Thor movie, Fandral of the Warriors Three openly admits that the Asgardians have visited Earth in the past and impressed the locals.

The Evidence against:

Canonically, Quill would be significantly more powerful then he actually is if he were Asgardian. Even half Asgardian. Asgardian powers typically do not weaken when mixed with another race but rather; typically, absorb those strengths into their own.

 Black Bolt of the Inhumans (Or any Inhuman)

The Inhumans are a race of incredibly powerful humanoids that were altered by the Kree using the Terrigen Mist giving them phenomenal powers and strength. Their leader, Black Bolt is so powerful that the pure sonic force of his own voice can shatter continents, thus he cannot speak less he cause massive destruction to the planet Earth.

The Evidence for:

An Inhuman physiology is compatible with humans and a child of an Inhuman and another species can have powers that lay dormant for years until exposed to the Terrigen Mist. Likewise they are forbidden from interacting with anyone apart from their own meaning a child conceived by one would be kept secret for a long time. In turn the Nova Corps would have never seen the physiology of one.

The Evidence against:

Black Bolt and the rest of the Inhumans live on Earth. No need to call Yondu for that pickup.

Mar-Vell

Otherwise known as Captain Marvel. Mar-Vell is a Kree warrior who lives in exile (a lot of god damn exiles in the Marvel Universe). He’s an incredibly powerful being with the capacity of flight, super strength and a strange ability called “Cosmic Awareness” that really has “Macguffin” written all over it. He’s gained powers from all over the Marvel universe from various people and celestial forces.

The Evidence for:

Not much to speak of. It really just lines up well that with the Captain Marvel movie coming out a year after Guardians 2 and we know will feature Carol Danvers. It’s possible Mar-Vell can appear in the second Guardians movie, only to die at the end to set up Carol as the next Captain Marvel. Conversely we know Kree physiology can handle an Infinity Stone since Ronan wielded one.

The Evidence against:

The Nova Corps know what a Kree is. Even with the comic version of Mar-Vell being altered by the celestial being Eon (just don’t ask) he was still a Kree, albeit a supremely powerful one.

Adam Warlock

And here comes our special case. Adam Warlock is a genetically engineered human built to be completely perfect. After some adventures on Earth he took off for deep space to get into all sorts of trouble including becoming a messiah, fighting his evil self from the future who founded a cult, and more often than not, working with Thanos. He can fly, is a powerful psychic, superhumanly strong and generally is the Mary Sue Marvel calls in to stop Thanos.

The Evidence for:
Well first there’s his cocoon which we keep seeing in the background of The Collector’s vault.

There’s the fact that Adam is one of the few people who’ve ever wielded the complete Infinity Gauntlet which explains why Quill could. Also because Adam is genetically engineered he’s still compatible with humans but with all of his cosmic abilities he’d still come up as someone new. And, among everyone else on the list, Adam is known for how willing he is to detach emotion from his choices, often letting allies be brutally murdered (mostly by Thanos) just to win in the end. As a result it isn’t hard to imagine him sending someone like Yondu to collect his child rather than doing it himself. Plus he is very man pretty.

The Evidence Against:

Nobody cares about Adam Warlock, no matter how hard Jim Starlin tries.

Who do you guys think is Star Lord’s father? Share your thoughts with us!