M. Stern,

I loved the character of Nebula and the space faring stories that you featured her in during your avengers run! A few questions:

1) Other writers (Starlin/Simonson) refuted the fact that she was Thanos' daughter...was this your plan? Was she lying about her lineage or did the other writers just go in their own direction with her?

2) I heard rumors of a future arc where Firelord crashed on earth and recruited the avengers to find Nebula in space...was this planned? What were your long term plans for Nebula?

Thanks in advance!

Nebula is the granddaughter of Thanos. As far as I'm concerned, she was sincere in that belief. Of course, if Jim Starlin had a problem with her lineage, I would understand.



I had planned to eventually have Firelord -- beaten to within an inch of his life -- show up on the Avengers' doorstep and say, "She's got him!" just before collapsing. And then, the Avengers would take off on a big space adventure to rescue Starfox from his grandniece.

That would probably have been sometime after issue #300.

-- Uncle Rog

Had you an existing character in mind for Thanos' child, or for the mother of that child? Or were those to be new characters we hadn't seen yet?

(I hope that makes sense.)

If I ever got around to showing the Thanos family tree, the intervening generations would have been beings you'd never seen before. After all, hundreds, if not thousands, of years would be involved.

-- Uncle Rog