Guardians of the Galaxy Modern Era Epic Collection, Vol. 1: Somebody's Got to Do It

Guardians of the Galaxy Modern Era Epic Collection

by Keith Giffen, Dan Abnett

The galaxy needs guardians! As the Marvel Universe is rocked by another Annihilation event, Peter Quill suits up as Star-Lord - and joins the fight alongside a motley crew including Mantis, Groot and Rocket Raccoon. And with the boundaries of our reality weakened by cosmic conflicts, and dark gods and monsters seeping through the cracks, heavy hitters like Gamora, Drax and Adam Warlock join this offbeat squad of butt-kickers…to become the modern-day Guardians of the Galaxy! They're a dysfunctional team with a big future ahead of them - unless the Universal Church of Truth has its way! But why are the 31st-century Guardians, Major Victory and Starhawk, here too? A fresh war looms in the exciting and action-packed story that revitalized the Guardians for a blockbuster new era! Collecting CONQUEST - STARLORD #1-4 and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2008) #1-12.

Genres: Marvel, Comics, Comic Book

416 pages, Paperback

First published September 19, 2023

About the author

Keith Ian Giffen was an American comic book illustrator and writer. He is possibly best-known for his long runs illustrating, and later writing the Legion of Super-Heroes title in the 1980s and 1990s. He also created the alien mercenary character Lobo (with Roger Slifer), and the irreverent "want-to-be" hero, Ambush Bug. Giffen is known for having an unorthodox writing style, often using characters in ways not seen before. His dialogue is usually characterized by a biting wit that is seen as much less zany than dialogue provided by longtime collaborators DeMatteis and Robert Loren Fleming. That approach has brought him both criticism and admiration, as perhaps best illustrated by the mixed (although commercially successful) response to his work in DC Comics' Justice League International (1987-1992). He also plotted and was breakdown artist for an Aquaman limited series and one-shot special in 1989 with writer Robert Loren Fleming and artist Curt Swan for DC Comics.

Giffen's first published work was "The Sword and The Star", a black-and-white series featured in Marvel Preview, with writer Bill Mantlo. He has worked on titles (owned by several different companies) including Woodgod, All Star Comics, Doctor Fate, Drax the Destroyer, Heckler, Nick Fury's Howling Commandos, Reign of the Zodiac, Suicide Squad, Trencher (to be re-released in a collected edition by Boom! Studios)., T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, and Vext. He was also responsible for the English adaptation of the Battle Royale and Ikki Tousen manga, as well as creating "I Luv Halloween" for Tokyopop. He also worked for Dark Horse from 1994-95 on their Comics Greatest World/Dark Horse Heroes line, as the writer of two short lived series, Division 13 and co-author, with Lovern Kindzierski, of Agents of Law. For Valiant Comics, Giffen wrote XO-Manowar, Magnus, Robot Fighter, Punx and the final issue of Solar, Man of the Atom.

He took a break from the comic industry for several years, working on storyboards for television and film, including shows such as The Real Ghostbusters and Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy.

He is also the lead writer for Marvel Comics's Annihilation event, having written the one-shot prologue, the lead-in stories in Thanos and Drax, the Silver Surfer as well as the main six issues mini-series. He also wrote the Star-Lord mini-series for the follow-up story Annihilation: Conquest. He currently writes Doom Patrol for DC, and is also completing an abandoned Grant Morrison plot in The Authority: the Lost Year for Wildstorm.

Reviews

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not much like the movie. Groot eventually becomes ‘I am Groot’ with attitude. Drax is surprisingly philosophical. Mantis is far darker and more powerful. Added characters like Love Bug and Captain Universe are fun but occasionally discarded. Overall pretty fun.

[Milan Konjevic · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gotovo 20 godina kasnije - i dalje se odlicno drzi.

[Harry Alliss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing to see how much this small franchise got right off the bat, the characterisation of Rocket especially!

[Doug Duncan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was okay, but it didn't really pull me in like I was hoping. There's a lot to like here, but it wasn't anything crazy good for me at least.

[El · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am not typically a comic or sci fi person but I enjoyed this! These characters are so fun and I enjoyed the fight scenes.

[Chad Olson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quill tries to keep the newly formed Guardians in line.