▁# 7 ▁( Dec . ▁ 1 9 9 0 ). ▁W riter / art ist ▁Jim ▁Valent ino ▁commented , ▁" No ▁one ▁could ▁draw ▁[ Mart ine x ] ▁the ▁same ▁way ▁twice . ▁It ▁was ▁impossible ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁pain ▁in ▁the ▁but t . ▁What ▁I ▁did ▁was ▁stream line ▁him ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁plan es ▁in ▁the ▁body ▁that ▁Andrew ▁Lo om is ▁del ine ated ▁in ▁his ▁sem inal ▁book , ▁Figure ▁Draw ing ▁for ▁All ▁It ' s ▁W orth ." ▁ ▁Mart ine x ▁appeared ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁Guard ians ▁of ▁the ▁Gal axy ▁team ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁series ▁Guard ians ▁ 3 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁W riter ▁Dan ▁Ab nett ▁described ▁him ▁as ▁" the ▁brain " ▁of ▁the ▁team . ▁ ▁F ict ional ▁character ▁bi ography ▁In ▁their ▁future , ▁Earth ▁had ▁colon ized ▁several ▁plan ets ▁in ▁its ▁solar ▁system , ▁including ▁Pl uto . ▁Mart ine x ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁Cer ber us ▁Center , ▁Pl uto , ▁although ▁it ▁was ▁later ▁revealed ▁his ▁ancest ors ▁were ▁from ▁the ▁continent ▁of ▁Africa ▁on ▁Earth . ▁ ▁He ▁grew ▁up ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁scient ist ▁and ▁techn ician . ▁Like ▁the ▁other ▁Pl u vi ans , ▁Mart ine x ' s ▁body ▁was ▁completely ▁covered ▁by ▁fac ets ▁that ▁were ▁cry st all ine ▁in ▁appearance . ▁This ▁design ▁was ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁Pl u vi ans ▁could ▁with