Secret Life of Mantis from Guardians of the Galaxy

The Mantis from Marvel comics is a Vietnamese and German woman who was adopted by the Kree cult to be the potential mom of the Celistial Messiah.

Mantis from Guardians of the Galaxy in Marvel Comics

She was trained and had her memory erased to have a clean slate. The Kree cult sent her to venture the universe to be well versed, and that’s where she met the Avengers.

Mantis meets Jacques Duquesne who’s a swordsman while she was working as a barmaid at a Vietnamese bar.

The two of them go back to the United States after Mantis helps Jacques regain his self confidence. Jacques joins the Avengers and so does Mantis due to her sexual attraction to the Vision.

Little did Mantis know that the swordsman she helped out had feelings for her. This was revealed only when Jacques was dying on his deathbed by the hands of Kang the Conqueror while looking for Madonna.

After the confession Mantis learns that she’s the Celestial Madonna and flees Earth with Cotati so the Celestial Messiah could be born.

The Celestial Messiah

Mantis changes her name to Mandy Celestine to stay under cover and names the child that she’s carrying Sequoia.
 
Mantis gives Sequoia to some Priests of Pama so that she can be raised while she goes on adventures with the Silver Surfer.

She starts a new relationship with the old herald of Galactus after her powers changed and she started becoming depressed. A massive explosion that she was situated with made the Silver Surfer think that Mantis was dead.

Mantis actually lives on through the explosion but with all of the stress that she’s been through she gets fragmented into various versions of herself.

Each version has a different part of her personality and memories. One of the versions of Mantis ends up on the West Coast Avengers team for a little bit before she started to raise her own son.

After a period of time, Mantis gathers all of her fragmented selves and combines into one person again. She then rejoins the Avengers and stops Thanos from killing her son.

While all of that was happening, Mantis tries to get back with Vision but stops as soon as she realizes that Vision and Scarlet Witch have a real connection despite being away from each other.

Secret Life of Mantis from Guardians of the Galaxy