Ego the Living Planet
| Ego the Living Planet | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance |
Thor #132 (Cameo) (September 1966) Thor #133 (full appearance) (October 1966) |
| Created by |
Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Sentient Planet |
| Team affiliations |
Nova Corps Elders of the Universe |
| Abilities | Exceptional intellect Matter manipulation Vast psionic powers |
Thor #132 (Cameo) (September 1966)
Ego the Living Planet is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Thor #132 (Sept. 1966) and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. The character will be portrayed by Kurt Russell in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
Ego the Living Planet was initially introduced in the title Thor issue #132 (Sept. 1966), and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby.
Ego was created by Kirby during a phase in which he was fascinated with the universe. Ego, the alien Kree, and The Colonizers immediately followed the creation of Galactus, thus establishing Marvel Comics' own "space age mythology." As Kirby recalled in 1969, shortly after the character's debut, Ego's genesis came when:
I began to experiment ...and that's how Ego came about. ... A planet that was alive; a planet that was intelligent. That was nothing new either because there had been other stories [about] live planets but that's not acceptable. ... [Y]ou would say, 'Yeah, that's wild,' but how do you relate to it? Why is it alive? So I felt somewhere out in the universe, the universe ... becomes denser and turns liquid — and that in this liquid, there was a giant multiple virus, and if [it] remained isolated for millions and millions of years, it would ... begin to evolve by itself and it would begin to think. By the time we reached it, it might be quite superior to us — and that was Ego.
Ego returned as a protagonist in Thor #160–161 (Jan.–Feb. 1969), and made a guest appearance in #201. His origin is explored in Thor #228.
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