Marvel

"As I try to avoid looking at his family, I learn that his name was Marvel. How did I never know that? I suppose that before the Games I didn't pay attention and afterwards I didn't want to know."

- Katniss Everdeen about Marvel

Marvel was the male tribute from District 1 in the 74th Hunger Games.

Biography
Marvel was born into District 1, one of the wealthier districts of Panem, and trained most of his life for the Hunger Games, specializing in spears.

74th Hunger Games
Marvel presumably volunteered for the 74th Hunger Games, along with his district partner Glimmer. As a Career Tribute, Marvel was strong and ruthless, yet overconfident. It is also mentioned by Katniss that he might have not been the smartest.

Parade
During the opening ceremonies, he and his district partner, Glimmer, were spray painted silver and were wearing tunics. In the movie, Glimmer and Marvel wore fuchsia outfits belted out in sequins and feathers, representing their District export, luxury goods. Katniss points out that they both looked gorgeous.

Training
During training in the film, he saw Peeta's weakness and viewed him as a "meal" until Peeta's true strength was revealed, leaving him and the other Careers surprised. While the District 3 female was on the Gauntlets, she was tripped and he, along with the rest of the Careers, laughed. He showed great skill at fighting and throwing with a spear, which made him deadly at a distance. He received a training score of 9. In the film, he was given the odds of 5-1, just like Clove. Marvel showed the same arrogance as many of his fellow careers, but lacked the ruthless discipline of Cato and Clove (probably because they were from District 2, which contributes heavily to the Capitol's military); however, unlike his fellow tribute Glimmer he was well-trained in his weapon of choice.

Interviews
During his interview with Caesar Flickerman, he wore a blue suit with matching trousers, and was obviously trying to be funny, but his interview tactic is unknown.

Bloodbath
He was risen to the pedestal next to Clove and Katniss. When the gong rang, he ran to the Cornucopia to battle for supplies like most of the other tributes, picking up a dagger on the way there. He spotted the District 8 male, and slit his throat and repeatedly stabbed him to death with a dagger. He then chased the District 7 female on the ground with a spear although she escaped. He watches Glimmer kill the District 6 female.

Alliance
Marvel, along with Glimmer Cato, Clove, Peeta Mellark, the District 3 male (after the tracker jacker attack), and the District 4 female (book), form a typical alliance which includes two non-Careers (Peeta and the District 3 male).

Marvel helped the Careers chase Katniss Everdeen up a tree. It appears in the film he noticed her before any of his fellow careers do by yelling 'There she is!' Realizing that it will be difficult to attack her, he and the other Careers form a camp below her. While in her tree, Katniss sees Rue, the female tribute from District 11, in a nearby tree. Rue points out a tracker jacker nest hanging near her which Katniss manages to drop onto the Careers, forcing them to flee to the nearby lake.

After Marvel and the other Careers recovered from their tracker jacker injuries, they began to hunt for tributes again. When Katniss and Rue formed their plan to destroy the supplies, Rue made a fire as a decoy. The Careers were then distracted by the fire and took off to kill the tribute who started it. Marvel and the others set out to find Rue, but after the supplies were destroyed by land mines set up from the District 3 boy, Marvel watched Cato snap the District 3 boy's neck. Marvel and Clove were able to calm Cato down and told him that the one who destroyed their supplies was probably killed as well in the explosion. They wait for night to see the faces of those who were killed and find that the tribute did not die. Marvel, Cato, and Clove then set out to hunt the other tributes.

Death
Marvel sets a trap which Rue accidentally runs into while searching for Katniss. As Rue screams for help, Marvel stabs her; Katniss witnesses this and shoots him through the neck. In the film, Katniss reaches Rue first and cuts the net. Marvel throws a spear and Katniss luckily dodges it, but it hits Rue in her abdomen. Katniss then hits him with an arrow before he could pull out another spear to defend himself.

He attempted to remove the arrow by pulling it out, but had already lost too much blood to survive, (the impact could have also damaged his jugular), and as Katniss put it, he drowned in his own blood. Overall, Marvel placed 8th out of 24, which was higher than his female counterpart, Glimmer.

In the film, he is shot in the heart, in addition, his killing of Rue is almost accidental, as he throws the spear at Katniss, who sidesteps to grab her bow and arrows so she can shoot him, and the spear hits Rue instead. But both resulted in the deaths of Rue and himself.

Muttation
When the wolf muttations of the fallen tributes appeared chasing Cato, Marvel's was one of the pack, with brown fur and being particularly taller and skinnier than the other mutts. It is unknown if the muttation of Marvel survived the battle between the pack and Cato, Peeta, and Katniss.

Catching Fire
In Catching Fire, Katniss and Peeta go to District 1 on their Victory Tour. Katniss learns his name was Marvel. She also wonders how she couldn't have known his name and feels ashamed because of this. Katniss also feels uncomfortable, as she was responsible for the deaths of both Marvel and Glimmer. She spots his family, and she tries to not look them in the eye.

In the film Katniss also has a brief flashback to her killing Marvel as she is about to kill a turkey. Gale comforts her afterward but she keeps quiet about what she saw.

Victims
In the book, his most notable victim was Rue. In the film, he kills Rue the same way in the book, but throws his spear into her abdomen after Katniss cuts her out of the net. He also seemed to have been aiming the spear at Katniss, until she dodged it and shot him in the heart. In the film, Marvel is shown to kill a considerable amount of tributes in the Bloodbath. After the District 8 male attempts to stab or punch Marvel, Marvel slashes his throat with his dagger, throws him onto the ground, and then uses a dagger to stab him to death. He also killed the District 7 female by skewering her with his spear.

Personality


Katniss thought Marvel as "arrogant" after finding a pack of dried fruit on him following Rue's death, due to the fact that he had bountiful resources with the career's supplies. Never the less, during the 74th Victory Tour, she felt guilty for not knowing his name during the games.

During his interviews, he seemed to be going for a comedic approach, most likely to appeal to more sponsors. However, at the start of the games he ruthlessly killed at least three or four tributes, including Rue, a twelve year old girl.

In The Hunger Games: Tribute Guide, it is mentioned that Marvel is "not the sharpest tool in the shed."

Physical description
Marvel is described rather more skinny and tall than muscular and fit, unlike the other Careers. In the movie, he has short light brown hair and green eyes. He is the second tallest tribute at 6'3 behind Thresh at 6'5.

Film portrayal
Jack Quaid portrays Marvel in the film adaption of The Hunger Games.

Trivia

 * His odds of winning are 5-1, which is the same as Clove.
 * Out of all of the District 1 tributes in both Games, Marvel placed the highest in the Hunger Games, at 7th. Glimmer was 12th, Gloss was 11th, and Cashmere was 10th.
 * In the film, it is shown that he weighs 165 pounds and is 17 years old.
 * He, along with his district partner, was killed by Katniss.
 * He scored a 9 in training, the same as his district partner, Glimmer.
 * In the Tribute Guide, Marvel is described as "not being the sharpest tool in the shed".
 * Gloss and Marvel both died in similar ways, as both die after killing one of Katniss' female allies.
 * Marvel is the first tribute Katniss directly killed, as she didn't purposely take Glimmer's life earlier in the Games.
 * Marvel, Thresh and Rue are the only named tributes from the The Hunger Games to appear in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
 * He appeared in Catching Fire (film), when Katniss shot a turkey and she had a hallucination that she shot Marvel.

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