J'son (character)
J'son is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the leader of the alien Spartax empire as well as the father of Star-Lord and Victoria.
Publication history
Emperor Jason of Spartax first appeared in Marvel Preview #11 and was created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. Jason is the father of Star-Lord, who was introduced in Marvel Preview #4.Prince Jason of Spartax first appeared in Inhumans vol. 3 #2 in 2000. He was originally intended to be Jason from Marvel Preview #11, but earlier in history.
In 2013, King J'son of Spartax was introduced in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #0.1. Due to the continuity issues that this revised origin story caused, Marvel Comics decided that there were two versions of Star-Lord and that the events of Marvel Preview #11 and other appearances of the "classic" Star-Lord occurred in the parallel universe of Earth-791.
Fictional character biography
J'son is the heir to the throne of Spartax who fled the planet during a conflict with the Badoon. His ship crash-lands on Earth, where Meredith Quill takes him in. The two form a relationship while J'son repairs his ship. J'son is forced to leave to return home and fight in a war, not knowing Meredith is pregnant with Peter Quill.Years later, J'son becomes the king of the Spartax, joins the Galactic Council, and declares Earth off-limits to extraterrestrial interaction. After Star-Lord defends Earth from a Badoon attack, J'son sends soldiers to capture him and the Guardians of the Galaxy. However, the Guardians manage to escape.
In an attempt to get rid of the Guardians and make his son join him, all of the Guardians are separately dealt with by the Spartoi and their allies under Captain Victoria, J'son's illegitimate child. However, Captain Marvel saves Peter Quill, who discredits J'son to the whole empire by revealing him as a heartless murderer. The entire Spartoi empire rebels against J'son, who is forced to flee.
After Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde decide to steal the Black Vortex from J'son, Mister Knife sends the Slaughter Lords to hunt them down and recover it. After numerous failed attempts to recover the Vortex, Mister Knife manages to get his hands on it. As part of a deal with Thane, he submits to the Black Vortex and uses his cosmically enhanced power to encase the entirety of Spartax in amber. Mister Knife gives Spartax to the Brood in exchange for taking advantage of their expansion and acquiring one planet for every ten worlds they conquer.
When Captain Marvel retrieves the Black Vortex, she is cornered by Thane and J'son, who demand she give them the Vortex back. When Thane attempts to encase Carol in amber, she uses the Vortex as a shield and deflects the attack towards J'son. J'son, encased in amber, floats through Spartax's orbit until he is found by the Collector, who is too late to recover the Vortex, but settles for adding J'son to his collection. Victoria later recovers J'son and brings him back to Spartax.
In the 2025 event Imperial, J'son is killed by an unidentified Wakandan agent as part of a larger conspiracy targeting galactic leaders.