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Rocket Raccoon comes
from Halfworld, in the Keystone Quadrant, an abandoned colony for the mentally
ill where the animal companions were genetically manipulated to grant them
human level intelligence and bipedal body construction for many to become
caretakers of the inmates. Rocket was Halfworld's chief law officer
("ranger") who protected the colony against various threats.
Rocket Raccoon acts as
the "Guardian of the Keystone Quadrant", an area of outer space
sealed off from the rest of the cosmos by the so-called Galacian Wall. Rocket
is captain of the starship Rack 'n' Ruin, and he and his first mate Wal
Russ (a talking walrus) come from the planet Halfworld, half of which is
inhabited by other talking animals, and half of which is inhabited by
automatons. The character was created by Bill Mantlo and Keith Giffen and
consciously inspired by the classic Beatles song "Rocky Raccoon"
which included "Gideon's Bible" (in the comic book limited series it
was a book that contained the sum of all knowledge on the "loony
colony"). Rocket Raccoon made his first appearance in Marvel Preview
#7 (1976).
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Oct. 29th, 2023
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Rocket Raccoon
was one of the most entertaining new characters to appear in Ultimate MVC3.
Rocket is definitely entertaining with his British accent and funny moveset... but given the fact that many
fan-favorites from past VS Series installments
were absent in UMVC3, Rocket doesn't quite represent the "Marvel" that many of us know and love.
He's an obscure Marvel character for sure, but Capcom did a solid job with his
video game debut.
I suppose Marvel persuaded Capcom to include Rocket Raccoon in UMVC3 due
to his upcoming appearance in the 2014 film, Guardians of the Galaxy
(which I quite enjoyed). While Rocket was great in GOTG, his voice in the
movie could've been better... I was hoping he'd keep his British Cockney accent
from the game. :P
On a side note: Rocket Raccoon has to be related to Star Fox.
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