Publication History
The character first appeared as Marvel Man in Captain America #217 (January, 1978). He continued to make guest appearances in Captain America, Incredible Hulk, Marvel Two-in-One, and Avengers.
Quasar received an eponymous series in October 1989, written by Mark Gruenwald and illustrated by Paul Ryan and Danny Bulanadi. The title crossed over with Infinity Gauntlet, Operation: Galactic Storm, and Infinity War.
Later, the New Universe's Star Brand was introduced into the Marvel Universe. Its presence precipitated into the Starblast crossover, which was intended to stir up interest in Quasar's solo series or a prospective cosmic team series starring Quasar, but it failed to do so. Quasar was cancelled at issue #60.
The character reappeared in Cosmic Powers Unlimited (1995), Star Masters (1996), Silver Surfer vol 3 #123, Avengers: Infinity (1999), Maximum Security (2000), and Fantastic Four vol 1 #521-524 (2006).
Quasar appeared and died in the four-issue mini-series Annihilation: Nova (June-Sept. 2006). He appeared as a spirit in Annihilation: Conquest: Quasar #1-4 (Sept.-Dec. 2007), by writer Christos Gage and penciller Mike Lilly.
A future version of the character was shown in the Nova annual for 2007.
An astral form of Quasar had a recurring role in Nova vol 4 beginning with issue #17, as the writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (known collectively as DnA) thought he was too useful a character to stay dead:
| “ | the writers felt Vaughn’s unique powers, never say die attitude, and everyman perspective made him too good of a character to stay dead. "His return was always on the cards because of his power set," DnA told CBR News. "We were just waiting for the best opportunity to fit it in as an organic part of the story. The Secret Invasion tie-in, and the return of Project Pegasus in particular, gave us that opportunity." | ” |
The character regained a physical form in the Realm of Kings one-shot (2009) and played a role in The Thanos Imperative (2010). Quasar has assumed the leadership role of the titular team in Annihilators #1-4 (2011) and Annihilators: Earthfall (2011).
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