If you’re a superhero movie fan there’s no doubt you loved the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie and you’re excited for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. The hypebeast has begun with James Gunn showing off some amazing artwork of Drax, baby Groot, Yondu, Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket, Nebula, and Mantis. Yes you got it, Mantis and she looks amazing! Of course this is concept art and the final production look will likely change here and there. Here’s what Gunn had to say on Facebook about this piece of concept art.
Well here you go, my friends. First bit of new concept art featuring the Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, first revealed by our friends at Entertainment Weekly. Drax, baby Groot, Yondu, Star-Lord, Mantis, Rocket, Nebula, and Gamora. Art by my wonderful pal Andy Park – this image led us a lot as we were developing the film. I can’t wait to show you guys more of what we have in store for you… stay tuned for San Diego Comicon announcements next week! #GotGVol2
Undoubtedly there are some of you scratching your head wondering who Mantis is and that’s OK, we welcome noob geeks! Here’s a little background from Wikipedia to help you out.
Mantis was trained by the Priests of Pama to become a grandmistress of the martial arts, demonstrated as fully capable of defeating opponents as skilled as Captain America (while he was distracted in fighting a dragon). She could also instinctively sense weak points in an opponent and with her skills in pressure points, knocks out beings as powerful as the thunder god Thor. She has only lost in hand to hand martial arts match to Moondragon, and her father Libra.
She has attained a mastery of meditational disciplines giving her an unusual amount of control over her body, including autonomic functions like heartbeat, bleeding, and breathing, as well as awareness of pain, allowing her to more quickly heal injuries through sheer force of will, and affording almost superhuman reflexes and reactions. She also had psychic empathy, a telepathic power that allowed her to sense the emotions of others. (Read more on Wikipedia)
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