some comic book collectors can be a bit
obsessive but they’ve got nothing on
this guy welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we will explore the comic book
origins of the collector I present to
you tan le divan the collector as with
most comic book characters they’re often
reimagining and different versions to a
character’s past we’ve chosen to
primarily focus on a storyline that
unfolded in 1966 is Avengers number 28
which was expanded upon in Avengers
number 174 and 339 the collector also
known as tan alerta Vaughn burst into
the Marvel scene in Avengers 28 the same
issue that brought giant man back into
the Avengers fold although he opted to
adopt a new costume and named Goliath
for the occasion the reason for
Goliath’s return was the disappearance
of his wife the super heroine known as
the wasp once reunited with the Avengers
Goliath learned that a mysterious figure
calling himself the collector appeared
to have captured the wasp naturally the
Avengers take off to find and rescue
their tiny teammate over the course of
this first story The Avengers find the
wasp and the evil collector the villain
soon demonstrates that he is aptly named
as his obsession is scouring the
universe for interesting creatures
gadgets and weapons which he then adds
to his massive collection it soon
becomes clear that a full team of
superheroes like The Avengers is next on
his list of must-haves the do batter has
access to a wide array of weapons thanks
to his habit of accumulating items when
defeat seemed imminent he used a special
time travel device to escape leaving the
heroes none the wiser about where he
came from or how he came to be that
mystery wouldn’t be cleared up until
1978 Avengers number 174 12 years later
the collector had once again returned
with the goal of expanding his
collection by capturing the Avengers
once he is defeated Ironman demands an
explanation of why he’s doing the things
he does the collector complies with a
compact one-page summary of his origins
it turns out that the collector is one
of the elders of the universe
a group of ancient beings blessed with
special gifts and his was the gift of
prophecy using that gift the collector
saw that one day the evil being known as
fan OHS would rise up and threaten the
existence of the universe that didn’t
sit well with the collector who didn’t
want all of the incredible creatures and
civilizations of the galaxy to be
totally destroyed so we set about
collecting specimens to save from Thanos
as evil afterthe anis was defeated the
collector continued with his hobby for
his gift had revealed that an even
greater Menace was coming kore vac
another being intent on universal
domination for vac eventually killed the
collector before his secret identity
could be revealed to the Avengers of
course it takes a lot to really kill an
elder of the universe the collector came
back several times and in 1991 a bit
more of his origin was revealed after
tricking the Avengers to help him
recapture some dangerous beings he had
allowed to escape from his collection
the villain revealed his true alien form
to his enemies further the collector
revealed that his real motivations for
his actions were not simply to save
samples of races and worlds in the event
of cosmic annihilation really it’s that
collecting is in his genes as he
explains to The Watcher he has a mania
for collecting that he simply cannot
control the collector has continued to
pop up in the Marvel Universe always
intent on collecting but sometimes with
a more benevolent goal of collecting to
save remnants of civilizations he most
recently popped up in the form of
Benicio del Toro at the end of Thor the
dark world and in guardians of the
galaxy one
five to go are you a fan of this
obsessive supervillain for more super
top tens be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
obsessive but they’ve got nothing on
this guy welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we will explore the comic book
origins of the collector I present to
you tan le divan the collector as with
most comic book characters they’re often
reimagining and different versions to a
character’s past we’ve chosen to
primarily focus on a storyline that
unfolded in 1966 is Avengers number 28
which was expanded upon in Avengers
number 174 and 339 the collector also
known as tan alerta Vaughn burst into
the Marvel scene in Avengers 28 the same
issue that brought giant man back into
the Avengers fold although he opted to
adopt a new costume and named Goliath
for the occasion the reason for
Goliath’s return was the disappearance
of his wife the super heroine known as
the wasp once reunited with the Avengers
Goliath learned that a mysterious figure
calling himself the collector appeared
to have captured the wasp naturally the
Avengers take off to find and rescue
their tiny teammate over the course of
this first story The Avengers find the
wasp and the evil collector the villain
soon demonstrates that he is aptly named
as his obsession is scouring the
universe for interesting creatures
gadgets and weapons which he then adds
to his massive collection it soon
becomes clear that a full team of
superheroes like The Avengers is next on
his list of must-haves the do batter has
access to a wide array of weapons thanks
to his habit of accumulating items when
defeat seemed imminent he used a special
time travel device to escape leaving the
heroes none the wiser about where he
came from or how he came to be that
mystery wouldn’t be cleared up until
1978 Avengers number 174 12 years later
the collector had once again returned
with the goal of expanding his
collection by capturing the Avengers
once he is defeated Ironman demands an
explanation of why he’s doing the things
he does the collector complies with a
compact one-page summary of his origins
it turns out that the collector is one
of the elders of the universe
a group of ancient beings blessed with
special gifts and his was the gift of
prophecy using that gift the collector
saw that one day the evil being known as
fan OHS would rise up and threaten the
existence of the universe that didn’t
sit well with the collector who didn’t
want all of the incredible creatures and
civilizations of the galaxy to be
totally destroyed so we set about
collecting specimens to save from Thanos
as evil afterthe anis was defeated the
collector continued with his hobby for
his gift had revealed that an even
greater Menace was coming kore vac
another being intent on universal
domination for vac eventually killed the
collector before his secret identity
could be revealed to the Avengers of
course it takes a lot to really kill an
elder of the universe the collector came
back several times and in 1991 a bit
more of his origin was revealed after
tricking the Avengers to help him
recapture some dangerous beings he had
allowed to escape from his collection
the villain revealed his true alien form
to his enemies further the collector
revealed that his real motivations for
his actions were not simply to save
samples of races and worlds in the event
of cosmic annihilation really it’s that
collecting is in his genes as he
explains to The Watcher he has a mania
for collecting that he simply cannot
control the collector has continued to
pop up in the Marvel Universe always
intent on collecting but sometimes with
a more benevolent goal of collecting to
save remnants of civilizations he most
recently popped up in the form of
Benicio del Toro at the end of Thor the
dark world and in guardians of the
galaxy one
five to go are you a fan of this
obsessive supervillain for more super
top tens be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
Please follow and like us: