Guardians of the Galaxy

[NightBeetle]

Dp....

 

[NightBeetle]

Guardians of the Galaxy #23 Preview

A REALM OF KINGS TIE-IN—GUEST-STARRING MAGUS!

Star-Lord and the Guardians risked everything and suffered terrible losses in their epic, cross-time battle with Adam Warlock’s evil half. Except...everything they—and you—know could be wrong. Welcome to what’s really going on! Welcome to the kingdom of Magus! It’s all waiting for you in the book that has CosmicBookNews.com raving “DnA are mining the Marvel vaults for cosmic characters that have lain dormant for far too long…Guardians of the Galaxy consistently delivers the perfect balance of action, adventure, humor, drama, excitement, and unpredictability.” Rated T …$2.99

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I love this series. Every issue reminds me of that.

 

[NightBeetle]

Guardians of the Galaxy #24 Preview

A REALM OF KINGS ISSUE! The universe faces one of its greatest evils-and no one can see it coming! The Magus, the necromantic shadow-half of Adam Warlock, is not dead after all...and only a small and hapless band of heroes-heroes who should be dead, too-can stop him! Are they back from the grave permanently, and what will we finally see emerge from the enigmatic coccoon? Find out in the book that ComicsBullentin.com calls "excellent...Abnett and Lanning combine cosmic adventure with gritty combat and a dash of comedy into a wonderful package."

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Haha, Gamora became awesome again in that one page.

 

[Spider-Jay420]

Gamora's awesome!!

We really need some GOTG Marvel Legends.

 

[Brainiac 8]

I didn't like this art at first but it's growing on me. Some of the exagerated facial expressions are hilarious.

I love seeing Cosmo alive and well. also Gamora is awesome, I hope she skewers Phyla.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

But then Moondragon would have to step in and it'd become a vicious cycle. But I'm sure they'll all get over it. Hopefully with hugging.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

and dragonsex?

 

[fifthfiend]

GAMORA! WHAT IS BEST IN LIFE??

 

[NDX]

I don't know if I like and hate the art, but so far it hasn't taken away from the story so I can live with it. I'm really looking forward to seeing how this one ends.

 

[Dread]

Yeah, Gamora's awesome. "You betrayed us to Oblivion! And you couldn't even get THAT right!" Hilarious!

 

[Brainiac 8]

Whelp, it's settled, Major Victory is pretty awesome. I am so glad they finally gave him a moment to do something awesome. Take that church lady.

Oh, and can Rocket get his own comic...please?

 

[Mystirious]

I didn't like this art at first but it's growing on me. Some of the exagerated facial expressions are hilarious.

I love seeing Cosmo alive and well. also Gamora is awesome, I hope she skewers Phyla.

Phyla is win.

And a snazzy dresser to boot.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Whelp, it's settled, Major Victory is pretty awesome. I am so glad they finally gave him a moment to do something awesome. Take that church lady.

Oh, and can Rocket get his own comic...please?

This issue was very kind to Vance. I really hope he sticks around and becomes a more prominent member of the current Guardians.

 

[Brainiac 8]

If it wasn't for my love of Peter and Rocket and their co-leadership, I would have loved to see Vance take on the reigns of leadership.

Maybe he'll be a co-leader for when they have to split into different teams...which is pretty much how they seem to handle missions anyways.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I REALLY wanna see the Thanos/Magus meeting

 

[Dread]

Repost of my review, with spoilers:

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #24: Two years in and it just feels like the series is getting started, instead of running out of steam. Abnett & Lanning build off of prior stories and move along to promise even greater ones to come. The cover tag may be REALM OF KINGS, but that is almost just to attract people who need crossover subplots to get excited about books, rather than stories. If anything this issue resolves the subplot of what was in the cocoon that the Universal Church of Truth had in their basement since ANNIHILATION CONQUEST. The answer was actually a surprise, although it shouldn't have been since next issue's cover was solicited, and we know the next event will be THE THANOS IMPERATIVE.

Wes Craig does the pencils again and while he isn't everyone's favorite artist on the book, I like his work. He does well with kinetic, fast paced action, and he works well with the comedic moments that are in the stories. Lapointe and Fairbairn, of course, also aid with inks and colors, keeping everything together. GOTG does do space adventure fairly straight, although is self aware about it to often have some of the best banter in comics, and this issue does not disappoint.

Spoiler

There is some heavy handed narration depicting half the team in battle against the Church; Phyla and her merry band try to fight through the horde to reach their teammates elsewhere. Gamora probably has the best line in the issue: "You betrayed us to Oblivion! And you couldn't even do THAT right!" The issue also goes the farthest in a while to actually have Major Victory do something or have some sort of interaction. He manages to take down the head boss lady at the end, and almost doesn't catch Gamora flirting with him. If she's impressed by studly action, guess that is why Nova once earned her attention. Meanwhile, Peter Quill and the rest of the gang save the Galactic Council, including Blastaar, from monsters sent by an assassin. Or rather, Rocket being awesome with a large gun. Moondragon conveys the message from Phyla that Magus is not dead, while Phyla ends up being manipulated by Maelstrom into releasing Thanos from the cocoon. Guess he and Death didn't work out. At least he stayed dead longer than Steve Rogers.

It was an awesome issue, but I imagine subsequent issues with Magus and Thanos will be even cooler. One menace may go down, but another will arise anew. Space is always a tricky wicket that way. The book has at least a baker's dozen characters but the two writers seem to juggle them well enough, spending some issues focusing on some, then others. Groot's royalty at least came in handy for the Guardians as well. It is interesting seeing Blastaar evolve a bit from C-List Fantastic Four villain to a legitimate king who decides to try using diplomatic loopholes to be a jerk instead of energy beams sometimes. Now that is what I call development of character! As usual, GOTG remains one of the best team books around, managing to get around the seven member limitation to provide quite a lot of bang for your three bucks every month. Two! More! Years! At least.

I do wonder if Phyla is in fact dead. She is an agent of Oblivion and he may give her another shot.

I did like that Major Victory got something to do. He hasn't done much since being around to talk to Starhawk ages ago. Overall, great issue.

 

[NightBeetle]

Guardians of the Galaxy #25 First Look

March 25, 2010 -
Guardians of the Galaxy #25
Written by: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
Art by: Brad Walker
Price: $2.99
Release Date: April 21, 2010

He's back…Thanos! How did he return? Why is he back? And what does the appearance of the galaxy's #1 threat mean for our rag-tag band of universal protectors?

- Marvel

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Always great to see the original Guardians (from any reality, really).

 

[Cosmic]

I just bought a huge stack of recent back issues. I have no idea when I'm going to get around to reading them, though. This series really grew on me.

 

[Dread]

It seems Starhawk leads an entire council of "cross universe Guardians" as it were, and Major Victory is being introduced to them. That's actually not bad, it may flesh him out a bit or at least make him seem more important by giving him some exposition to rattle to other characters.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Any connections they want to establish to the original Guardians, in whatever form, are okay by me.

 

[Brainiac 8]

I love Groot and his BIG gun.

He must finally be taking lessons from Rocket.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Now we know what happened to Nick Fury's gun after Secret Invasion.