Rocket Raccoon is aMarvel Comics character. He isGroot's best friend and translator. The character is one of the main characters of theGuardians of the Galaxy comics. He was created byBill Mantlo and the lateKeith Giffen, and first appeared inIncredible Hulk # 271 in May of 1982.
He was an animal that was biologically modified by the Loonies, and Rocket became the partner of the Flora Colossus Groot and member of theGuardians of the Galaxy.
Rocket has been voiced byBradley Cooper in four movies and has been voiced byBilly West andTrevor Devall in cartoons.