What is Mantis (Marvel Comics)?
{{No references|date=October 2024}}[[File:NYCC Friday 2022 by Curlyrnd 186.jpg|thumb|303x303px|Cosplayer as Mantis.]] '''Mantis''' is a [[fictional character]] and [[Superhero|superheroine]] from the [[Marvel Comics]] [[Fictional universe|universe]]. The character was created by Steve Englehart and first appeared in ''Avengers'' #112 in June 1973. She is also known as the '''Celestial Madonna.''' The real name of the character is '''Brandt.''' Mantis has been a in the ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (comics)|Guardians of the Galaxy]] and'' ''[[Avengers]]'' comics. Mantis has been a member of the [[Avengers]], the Knowhere Corps and the [[Guardians of the Galaxy (comics)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]. She usually refers to herself as ''this one''. The character is a human-[[Mutation|mutate]] due to being a [[Kree (Marvel)|Kree]] [[experiment]]. == Marvel Cinematic Universe == [[File:Pom Klementieff (36141344391).jpg|left|thumb|Klementieff in 2017.]] Mantis is played by French actress [[Pom Klementieff]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU). She is in the movies ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2]]'' (2017), ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'' (2018), ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'' (2019), ''[[Thor: Love and Thunder]]'' (2022), ''[[The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special]]'' (2022) and ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3]]'' (2023). In the MCU, the character is a daughter of [[Ego (Marvel)|Ego]] and a half sister to Peter Quill, [[Star-Lord]]. {{Stub}} [[Category:Marvel Comics superheroes]] [[Category:Guardians of the Galaxy]] [[Category:Fictional characters introduced in the 1970s]]