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| Halfworlders | |
| Aliases: | Half-Worlders |
| Continuity: | Marvel Universe |
| Category: | Alien |
| Status: | Existing |
| Homeworld: | Halfworld |
| Stellar system: | Keystone Quadrant |
| Special adaptations: | Animalistic features |
| Representatives: | Rocket Raccoon |
| 1st appearance: | The Incredible Hulk #271 |
Halfworlders, or Half-Worlders, are a fictional race of evolved animal featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. They first appeared in the form of character Rocket Raccoon in the "Now Somewhere In the Black Holes of Sirius Major There Lived a Young Boy Name of Rocket Raccoon!" story from The Incredible Hulk #271 in May, 1982.
Description[]
An unidentified alien race established a planetary mental health facility in the Keystone Quadrant. As a means of providing additional to support for their charges, they artifiicially bio-engineered a race of sentient evolved animal creatures to serve as caretakers to the patients. When the alien founders left the so-called Halfworld, maintenance of the planetary facility was governed by robotic stewards. Eventually, these robot stewards developed artificial intelligence and abandoned Halfworld as well, leaving the "Halfworlders" in charge. One of the Halfwordlers, based on the visual template of an Earth raccoon, became known as Rocket Raccoon.