Los Vengadores #7
"Un Origen para Mantis" in Los Vengadores #7 (1975) offers a deeply personal look at the mysterious hero’s past, told through Libra’s own account. Written by Steve Englehart and Bob Brown, with inks by Don Heck, this story reveals how Libra, once a French mercenary in Vietnam, lost his wife Lua and his sight in a brutal attack by her brother, Monsieur Khruul, the mafia boss. After escaping with their daughter Mantis, he raised her in the jungle, where she was trained by the Sacerdotes de Pama in the arts of heightened perception and martial discipline—before she would eventually be left behind to forge her own path. The cover, by López Espí, captures the haunting, mythic tone of the tale.
In "Un Origen para Mantis," Libra recounts the tragic past that shaped his daughter: a former French mercenary who married Lua, only to see her murdered by Monsieur Khruul’s mafia after their daughter Mantis was born. Blinded in the attack, Libra fled with Mantis into the jungle, where they were taken in by the Sacerdotes de Pama and trained in heightened senses and martial arts. Years later, he left the temple to pursue a life of crime, joining the Zodiac, while Mantis remained behind to be further shaped by her mentors.
In "Atención al Rondador de las Estrellas," Los Vengadores confront a colossal red dragon that speaks in riddles and devours planetary energy—its name, the Rondador Estelar, a being so ancient and powerful that only the pacifist Kree sages of Pama once managed to stop it. With the temple's secrets and the Sacerdotes de Pama's legacy on the line, Mantis uncovers a surprising weakness: intense heat. The story unfolds as the team races to harness that truth before the dragon consumes another world.
In "Cuando cae la Oscuridad," a quiet moment at a closed store turns unnerving when a man notices mannequins moving during business hours—only to stay behind until the lights go out. As the mannequins step down from their displays, he confronts them, his voice sharp with accusation, revealing a truth far stranger than any illusion.
In "La niebla espantosa," a desperate man marries a wealthy widow on the brink of death, only to discover that her illness is not just terminal—but contagious. Now haunted by the creeping dread of his own shortening life, he must confront the chilling truth that the fog that surrounds the estate may be more than just weather.
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