Who Is Martinex? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Martinex is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Martinex T'Naga, with over 253 comic issue appearances. Sole survivor of his race, Martinex is genetically capable of withstanding extreme conditions due to the environment of his home planet Pluto and has the ability to blast heat rays from his right hand and ice beams with his left. Meeting other survivors who also had their homes destroyed by the evil alien race of Badoon, Martinex formed the Guardians of the Galaxy in the 31st century to defeat them and continued on to create a larger group known as the Galactic Guardians.

Who is Martinex?

Origin Martinex is from the dwarf planet Pluto, located on the outer edge of the solar system. Circling the sun anywhere from 2.75 to 4.5 billion miles, Pluto has extremely low temperatures. His organic crystalline skin protects him from the high pressures and icy temperatures. Martinex worked as a scientist. Martinex discovered his home planet, Pluto, decimated by an invading force of Badoon soldiers. There were no survivors on Pluto except for Martinex who escaped to transport himself to another planet, Jupiter . He discovered that Jupiter had been conquered by the Badoon as well but Martinex met a Jovian survivor named Charlie-27 . After escaping from the Badoon soldiers, they would soon meet other rebels called Vance Astro and Yondu .

Key facts

Martinex is of alien origin and first appeared in "Origin of the Guardians of the Galaxy". The character is published by Marvel. With 253 recorded issue appearances, Martinex ranks among the most featured characters in comics.