(That turned out much longer than intended.) With one of their own dead, another MIA, and a third (Rocket Raccoon) choosing to leave the team, all that remained of the Guardians after their ordeal were Star-Lord, Gamora’s jilted ex-lover, and Groot, who can now communicate in complete sentences. Though she and Devondra were ultimately stopped by Loki’s “cosmic” Avengers, it came at the cost of Drax’s self-sacrifice, and Gamora escaped before she could be punished for her actions. After finally killing her adoptive father Thanos, Gamora rechristened herself as Requiem, a masked rogue serving a mysterious being called Devondra, who tasked her with collecting the Infinity Stones, previously assumed destroyed until recently. Incoming writer Donny Cates seems to be trending more towards the latter’s feel, but really, this first issue bears more in common with Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning’s 2008 revival (which essentially created this version of the team before Bendis took over) than either of those.įor the uninitiated, here’s a catch-up. The Guardians of the Galaxy comics have been through two distinct eras since their pre-movie relaunch: Brian Michael Bendis’ years-long saga, which gave the team the comedic tone later seen in their Marvel Cinematic Universe films, and Gerry Duggan’s space opera-esque run, which directly lead into his Infinity Countdown & Infinity Wars event series duology. But after Gamora’s heel turn and the death of Drax the Destroyer, it seems the Guardians are heading into an uncharted new chapter, beginning in this week’s Guardians of the Galaxy #1. After two blockbuster films and an appearance in Avengers: Infinity War, the Guardians of the Galaxy are now some of the most recognizable Marvel characters to the general public, despite being C-Listers (at best) as recently as a decade ago.
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