

Rocket Raccoon decides to continue Star-Lord's mission and starts a search for the missing members. When the team learns Star-Lord directed Mantis to telepathically coerce the heroes into joining the team, they disband. Astro's declaration inspires the as-yet-unnamed team to adopt the "Guardians of the Galaxy" name for their own. After a confrontation with the Universal Church of Truth, the team meets a semi-amnesiac man who identifies himself as Vance Astro - Major Victory of the original Guardians of the Galaxy. An intelligent, telepathic dog named Cosmo the Spacedog is Knowhere's chief of security and works closely with the new team. On the recommendation of their ally, Nova, the group establishes a base of operations on the space station Knowhere, which possesses a teleportation system with near-universal range. To this end, he recruits Adam Warlock, Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, Phyla-Vell (the new Quasar), Rocket Raccoon, and Groot, with Mantis as support staff. In the aftermath of the Phalanx invasion of the Kree, Star-Lord decides to form a team of interstellar heroes that will be proactive in protecting the galaxy, rather than reacting to crises as they happen.
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As part of the same initiative, Star-Lord starred in a 2015 solo series again written by Humphries, while Drax and Gamora starred in their own individual solo series written by CM Punk and Nicole Perlman, respectively. Kitty Pryde (taking up the mantle of Star-Lord) and the Thing. The series sees Peter Quill and Gamora leaving the team, and Rocket becoming the new team's self-appointed leader, also two new characters were added to the team. Guardians of the Galaxy was relaunched as part of the 2015 All-New, All-Different Marvel initiative with Brian Michael Bendis and Valerio Schiti returning as writer and artist respectively. The following year saw a solo Groot miniseries written by Jeff Loveness. In 2014, to tie into the feature film, Marvel debuted Legendary Star-Lord, a solo series written by Sam Humphries, and a Rocket Raccoon solo series. Later issues of the series saw Angela, Agent Venom, and Captain Marvel join. The Guardians of the Galaxy appeared in a series for the 2012 Marvel NOW! branding, starting with issue 0.1 written by Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by Steve McNiven, which saw Iron Man join the team. The team appeared reassembled in Avengers Assemble #4–8 (June–October 2012). Some plot threads were concluded in The Thanos Imperative 1–6 and its two one-shots (May 2010 – Jan 2011). The book was cancelled in April 2010 with issue 25. Brad Walker and Wes Craig alternated pencilling tasks from #8 to #25. Paul Pelletier pencilled the first seven issues. The two crossed over in the storylines " War of Kings" and " Realm of Kings". 4, which was also written by Abnett and Lanning. Editor Bill Rosemann, who had also edited Annihilation: Conquest, provided more background: "As the planning of 'Annihilation: Conquest' came together, it occurred to us that, if things went well, there would be a group of characters left standing who would make for a very interesting and fun team." It also provided the motivation the team would need, as "on the heels of two back-to-back wars, they're out to prevent any new Annihilation-size disasters from erupting." Ībnett and Lanning's work on the Annihilation: Conquest story laid the foundation for the new Guardians of the Galaxy book that they had been wanting to launch for some time. The second volume of the title was published in May 2008, written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning and featured a new team of characters from the Annihilation: Conquest storyline. This Guardians team is the second to operate under the name, following the original team created by Arnold Drake, Roy Thomas and Stan Lee in 1969. 2, was released in 2017, and the team has also been featured in the crossover films Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and are set to reappear in the upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) and A sequel, titled Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. A feature film based on this team was released in 2014 to critical acclaim. These Guardians first appeared in Annihilation: Conquest #6 (April 2008). Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning formed the team from existing and previously unrelated characters created by a variety of writers and artists, with an initial roster of Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Phyla-Vell, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, and Adam Warlock. The Guardians of the Galaxy are a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. See: List of Guardians of the Galaxy members 2) #1 (May 2008)Īrt by Clint Langley depicting Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, Adam Warlock and Phyla-Vell.
