Sole survivor of his race, Martinex is genetically capable of withstanding extreme conditions due to the environment of his home planet Pluto and has the ability to blast heat rays from his right hand and ice beams with his left. Meeting other survivors who also had their homes destroyed by the evil alien race of Badoon, Martinex formed the Guardians of the Galaxy in the 31st century to defeat them and continued on to create a larger group known as the Galactic Guardians.