Avengers: Celestial Quest is an eight-issue comic book

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 limited series

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 published from November 2001 to June 2002 by Marvel Comics

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. The series was written by Steve Englehart

Steve Englehart

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, and drawn by Jorge Santamaria and Scott Hanna.

Plot summary

Thanos

Thanos

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 decides to hunt down and kill fragments of the former Avenger called Mantis

Mantis (Marvel Comics)

Mantis is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Universe, and former member of the Avengers.-Publication history:Mantis first appeared in Avengers #112 , drawn by Don Heck...

. Opposing him are The Avengers

Avengers (comics)

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 and Haywire

Haywire (comics)

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. The heroes head for Tamal, the Cotati

Cotati (comics)

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 homeworld, to save Mantis’s son Sequoia

Sequoia (comics)

Sequoia, is a Marvel Comics' character. He is the son of Mantis and the elder member of the Cotati contingent which was transplanted from the Kree home planet Hala to Viet Nam on Earth.-Prophecy:...

 (AKA Quoi) from Thanos. The Avengers then defeat Saurian space pirates, while Thanos gives Reptyl

Reptyl

Reptyl is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Fictional character biography:Cap'n Reptyl was born on an unnamed alien planet in the Coal Sack Nebula. He later became the leader of a band of space pirates. He sheltered a Skrull posing as the Contemplator from Galactus's vengeance. Reptyl...

 god-like powers. Thanos also turns Primo into a god, while Mantis tries to bond with her son, and the Titans have a failed attack on Thanos. Raptra then escapes from Thanos’s ship and kidnaps Quoi, who she attempts to trade to Thanos for her life. Thanos refuses, so Raptra heads for the Rot, the child of Death

Death (Marvel Comics)

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 and Thanos, to hide with Quoi. The Avengers escape from the Cotati, who are angered at them for failing to guard Quoi. Quoi and Raptra become romantically involved while on the run, Mantis finds out that the patch of utter darkness known as the Rot is a cancer for Eternity

Eternity (comics)

Eternity is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by scripter-editor Stan Lee and artist-plotter Steve Ditko, the character is first mentioned in Strange Tales #134 and first appears in Strange Tales #138 Eternity is a fictional character that...

, and Thanos captures Raptra, Sequoia, Mantis and Vision

Vision (Marvel Comics)

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. Thanos then tries to get into Mantis’s and Quoi’s minds but fails. His prisoners escape, and he’s attacked by the Avengers. They all are then surrounded by the Rot, who is defeated by the heroes and villains.

External links

• Avengers: Celestial Quest at the Marvel Database

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