8 Ways The Marvel Cinematic Universe Has Ruined Marvel Comics

8. Star-Lord Gets Rebooted

As seen in Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning's famed Guardians of the Galaxy run, Peter Quill is a hard edged war veteran who was a bit of an a**hole. Don't get me wrong, Star-Lord is a good guy, but he was a long way off being the joker Chris Pratt portrayed in the James Gunn helmed movie. However, when Marvel brought back a Guardians of the Galaxy series to coincide with the movie, Peter had been completely changed. He was given a new origin story, appearance, and attitude, and while Marvel initially put him in a newly designed costume, the success of the movie meant he was soon sporting a coat and helmet identical to his big screen counterpart. While this transformation hasn't hurt the character (Star-Lord even has his own solo series now), it's surprising how much Marvel has willingly veered from the way he was portrayed for decades. Of course, the main advantage Marvel had here was that not even the most die-hard Marvel fans were all that familiar with Star-Lord before the Guardians of the Galaxy movie was released, and that made these changes a lot easier than if they'd been with someone like Spider-Man. Still, their willingness to ignore their own history just to try and bring movie fans to the comics means that not a single character is truly safe!