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Little did he know that the gem he possessed was the most powerful - the Reality Gem. Collector accepted, claiming that the gem was useless. Thanos offered him the Runner, the last of his race and a fellow Elder, who had been transformed to an infant by Thanos with the use of the Time Gem. He wished to trade something extremely rare for his soul gem. Thanos QuestĬollector was approached by Thanos during the Thanos Quest. The Collector is yet to attempt recollecting the creatures. Those large lumbering creatures would be defeated and captured by various Earth superheroes, such as the Hulk, Giant Man, and the Fantastic Four. Though he would often leave his "monster" zoo unattended and the subterranean dweller Mole-Man would come across the gigantic creatures stored underground and release them, causing them to simultaneously rampage above the ground through cities. The Collectors fascination with enormous mutated creatures possibly one of the things drawing him to the Earth. Here the Elder would house such gigantic oddities as Fin Fang Foom, Droom, Goom, Taboo, Gargantus, Grogg, Groot, Grottu, Rommbu and Vandoom's Monster in his complex. The Collector with his extensive contact with Earth and earthlings would establish a large underground zoo located in or more specifically under Canada. They then temporarily allied themselves with Galactus to defeat the In-Betweener. The Elders were released from Galactus with the help of Lord Chaos and Master Order. Death would still not allow his death and he and the others survived inside, attacking Galactus from the inside. This plot was foiled by the Silver Surfer and an angry Galactus consumed the Collector. After this, the Elders attempted to kill Galactus and restart the universe. Having gained his freedom at the cost of his brother. This would be known as the Contest of Champions. This would pit the heroes of earth against one another. His brother the Grandmaster would make a deal with Death herself to get the Collector out her realm. This would lead to his death by Korvac's hands. He would even send his daughter Carina to keep Korvac distracted so he can collect and enlist the aid of the Avengers. When Thanos was defeated by Captain Mar-Vell and the Avengers, he foresaw another major threat from a being known as Korvac. He attempted on several occasions to collect this team, but always fell short of his goal. This led to his obsession of collecting Earths mightiest heroes, the Avengers. After a billion years of collecting different life forms, he finally reached Earth from his travels. So he started collecting rare life forms. The Collector would have a vision about a future of a major threat against all life, and even the Elders themselves. He was the first of the Elders of the Universe to appear in publication. The character first appearing in Avengers Vol 1, #28 released in 1966.

The Elder of the Universe, the Collector is a Marvel comics character and was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck. Little is known about the species the Collector originally was a part of, though it is known that the Collector had a family that he cared for, aforementioned wife Matani and his daughter Carina. He has two appearances, a gentler humanoid appearance and a more aggressive alien like form he claims is his true form. The Collector however can be especially ruthless and cruel in his pursuits often bringing him into conflict with others, notably superheroes. To collect and preserve items for eventual safekeeping such dangers ever actually realized. It is said that his main motivation for collecting stemmed from his prophetic vision of several dangers and risks to the Universe. With the passing of his wife who was also an Eternal, Collector grew even more obsessed with his life's passion. He has several museums, zoos and facilities specifically equipped to holding his vast collection. The Collector is obsessed with collecting and hoarding artifacts and items and essentially anything considered of rarity or significance at his discretion.

To keep his mind preoccupied he started to collect rare and precious items. Grandmaster lost a bet (purposely) to Death making all the Elders including Collector barred from Death's realm, thus making him truly immortal. Grandmaster helped Collector to release his wife from Death's domain but she still had no desire to live and died again almost instantly.

His wife Matani died over three billion years ago of apathy. The longevity of the Elders is based on their particular obsessions and the Collector keeps himself occupied collecting artifacts and things of his interest across the universe. The Collector is an Elder of the Universe and has lived for over five billion years.