[1] Sylvester Stallone played Stakar in the Marvel Cinematic Universe[2] films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

Writer Roy Thomas explained that publisher Martin Goodman "had no faith in science-fiction comics," especially three particular elements that were all included on artist Dan Adkins' cover.

By sheer accident, we hadn't missed a trick in including all three of the elements which Martin Goodman considered deadly.

The Reaver Ogord discovered the infant and, assuming him to be a normal Arcturan, adopted the child and raised him as his own with his wife Salaan, naming the boy Stakar.

They were given extraordinary power and left Arcturus IV for the stars; when dominant, Stakar adopted the costumed identity of Starhawk.

Developing romantic feelings for one another, Stakar and Aleta petitioned the Hawk God to temporarily separate them.

[10] Upon receiving his power from the Hawk God, Starhawk identified himself and summarized his purpose by saying "I am the wisdom and the glory of your ancestors.

[13] It is later revealed he manipulated events to bring the Guardians together; for example, when Charlie-27 teleported from Jupiter to escape the Badoon, Starhawk caused him to be transported to Pluto where he met Martinex.

[17] Alongside the Guardians, the Fantastic Four, Dargo, and Keeper, Starhawk battled manifestations of Korvac's power in various eras.

[20] When the Guardians traveled back in time to the 20th century of Earth-616, their native timeline was altered – to the extent that Starhawk had lived his entire life over again and was waiting for their arrival.

Stakar and Aleta had harsh words for each other, and the Hawk God appeared and intervened, attaching the two ex-lovers by bonding their fingers together.

[21] After being forced to work together for a time, the Hawk God again granted them audience, allowing them to plead their cases.

During this quest he found the wounded Silver Surfer, whom he healed and equipped his Quantum Bands for a short time.

Vance Astro, aka Major Victory, was found by this new squad of Guardians, and Starhawk fights him before teleporting away.

Starhawk sacrifices her life to save the Guardians, and instructs Star-Lord to stop Black Bolt, at any cost.

Starhawk can manipulate light to create concussive force blasts of photonic energy, heat, and solid-light constructs.

He has superhuman strength and durability, and he can enhance these further by reinforcing his body with light energy; on one occasion, he was able to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the thunder god Thor.

Valentino had initially decided to call him Shadowhawk, but Tom DeFalco convinced him to save the name for a brand new character.