DETHRONE DESPOTIC DAD: CHECK. UP NEXT: THE KITTY PRYDE CONNECTION!
Star-Lord comes face-to-face with Mr. Knife--and you won't believe who's behind that snazzy mask. All this craziness seems to have put a little strain on Peter and Kitty's long-distance relationship, but you know what'll fix that right up? Space date! Or rather, space prison break! Peter Quill, what a catch. But the growing mystery of the Black Vortex might destroy the couple's relationship before Peter has a chance to screw it up himself. Heroes assemble to counter the Vortex's cosmic threat, but Mr. Knife and his new business partner want the Vortex for themselves! Kitty discovers a way to neutralize the Vortex's power, but the entire planet of Spartax is in grave danger--and to guard the galaxy from this threat, the heroes' only choice may be to submit to the Vortex!
This is another example of a title getting hijacked by an event (or several events), and not being able to keep a cohesive storyline going.
The beginning was cute (if a bit by the numbers), with Kitty and Peter on a holo-date. It was a running joke throughout that Kitty hates being in space due to her time as a cosmic bullet. Hence, the holographic dating app. Heh.
Stuff happens, Pete gets kidnapped, Kitty steal Tony's spaceship, a cool rescue ensues, and the lovebirds finally get some face-to-face time...
Ok, from there on out, this volume gets a tad sketchy. <--due to the hijackings Kitty and Pete get a few minutes to themselves, but almost immediately The Black Vortex stuff happens, and if you haven't read the main storyline this might not make much sense. I already knew what was going on, but fair warning and all...
Then there's all this stuff with J-Son and the Brood that's basically resolved too quickly, and then the last issue is some nonsense with Pete's half-sister, the Collector, and a ridiculous dance sequence. Not joking.
There's a reference to Secret Wars, and then fade to black. I'm not sure this title would be worth it to most people, but I'm trying to figure out what the hell happened to Kitty and Pete's relationship during SW, so I'm in it for the long haul.
Surprisingly, a pretty good series. The first 3 issues serve as a lead in to the Black Vortex crossover with the X-Men books. I like that they have brought Kitty Pryde into the book. The whole long distance relationship thing was getting pretty ridiculous. One of my favorite scenes in the book was when Kitty Pryde rescued Star-Lord from his father. The next 3 issues are part of the Black vortex crossover and mostly hold up as stand alone issues. However, to get the whole story (which contains major changes for Peter and Kitty) you'll need to pick up the Black Vortex graphic novel. I don't like that the changes to the status quo for Peter and Kitty were in another book but so be it. The last issue focuses on Peter's half-sister Victoria as she meets with the Collector. This was maybe the best issue in the book.
Still enjoyable. I didn't have Guardians of the Galaxy and X-men: The Black Vortex, so there were some gaps in the story, but it was still readable. I will continue with this series, but not immediately as I only had copies of the first two volumes.
If you haven't yet read Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: Black Vortex, do yourself a favor and skip those issues in this book. You'll be better off. They would be confusing out of context, and they would take away from what is otherwise a fun and cute story about Peter and Kitty's romance. The last issue actually stars Peter's half sister, which I didn't expect at all, and it's better than I would have thought it would be. She can show up a lot more often, if you ask me.
Far to many cross-over issues are glossed over with summaries leaving the reader whip-lashed and disoriented, like the worst of the new Green Lantern story lines.
Goodreads says this book collects issues 6-10, but it actually collects 6-12. Anyone who can edit the book description?
A good bit of this is part of the Black Vortex event, but there's a lot of time for Peter and Kitty to find out how they feel about each other and where they will go next in their relationship.
Sam Humphries writes pretty well here, and just today it's been announced that he is signing an exclusive contract with DC. No word yet on what he'll write there. But this was good and solidly entertaining. In the first volume, Peter's fratty behavior got a bit old, but he's grown a good bit, a lot actually, and although we can thank Kitty for that, Peter himself has learned from his mistakes and past experiences.
Art was good, kind of Marvel's house style at the moment. Not too realistic and not too cartoony, either. I'll be interested to read more of this character.
At this point I have just given up and decided to read The Black Vortex, which is a Guardians of the Galaxy/X-Men crossover. I'm pretty sure I'm going to hate it, because it has a lot of things that I don't like (new cosmic device that threatens the universe, time displaced X-Men, Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde dating!) but I've already read so much of it out of order in various Guardians related books that at this point I just need to give in.
Of course since some of this volume contains Black Vortex chapters in it, it's pretty uneven and choppy and really kind of boring. Another thing not in Black Vortex favor--the storyline jumps from chapter 9 to chapter 12 and literally it doesn't feel like there is a confusing drop-off that missing three chapters should cause. Three issues of filler? Sign me up!
So yeah. Did we need a new super powerful cosmic device that's going to mess everything up? Nope. Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde together? Nope. These are all terrible ideas that should have never seen the light of day. I will admit the art is decent, but I'm more of a substance guy. And there isn't much of that here. This is the epitome of a Marvel cash grab.
Did I mention that I like the fact that Ego, the Living Planet is Quill's dad in the MCU?
I did not understand anything in this book... I have so many questions, if someone has answer please let me know.
here are some: 1. WHAT HAPPENED TO GAMORA!? where did kitty even come from? 2. why did that one guy start crying when Victoria started dancing? 3. WHERE WERE GROOT AND ROCKET? THE TWO BEST CHARACTERS WERE ALMOST NON EXISTENT.
also I don't understand the cover of the book. why is kitty shooting peter and he's shooting her?
The best part of this book was definitely when Tony Stark gave Peter the suit as payback. and when he was playing that game for hours.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
I only really bought this as I was interested to see how the LEGENDARY Star-Lord was in the comics and while I did like him (mainly due to his similarities with MCU Star-Lord), the book at points was confusing but that is probably due to the fact its a continuation to a first volume that I haven't read. You also kind of need to read the Black Vortex storyline as this book only really gives you brief look ins to that storyline.
This all being said I did enjoy Peter and his relationship with Kitty Pryde of the X-Men but the ending was dumb
I read this alongside The Black Vortex, so that’s most of the story and you can check out my Vortex review separately but I liked it alot.
The rest was really fun. Sam Humphries is a very clever and personable writer. His characters are witty and funny. I’m also really starting to dig Victoria.
Really interesting, unique continuation of the story. Liked it a lot. Wish the ending was a bit easier to get to but this collection doesn’t continue it, you need another full collection, with the X-Men, and then Legendary Star Lord continues with a ret con and separate story. So, as far as collections goes, bit odd.
Solid art, like, really great amazing art.
I like the Black Vortex, just wish it was collected better. But, I really enjoyed Star Lord and Kitty Pryde.
Peter Quill was a great character before he hit the big screen. I loved the Pre-guardians movie version of Peter Quill. Luckily, I also happen to love the Movie version of Peter Quill. The Star-Lord that is featured in this book is a mix of both versions, with about 70% being based on the Chris Pratt version. The 30% that is based in his Marvel roots is exactly what I want. I want a star-lord that exists right in the middle of the Super complicated Marvel Cosmic Universe. A Universe where the Shi'ar and the Skrulls are around, and there have been many an Annihilation. This book also improved upon the Chris Pratt version of Star-Lord, it puts him in one of the most endearing relationships in Superhero comics, by pairing him up with Kitty Pryde. Wonderful book. It makes even a lame crossover like Black Vortex into something you actually care about.
A collection of several plots into one graphic novel that makes it hard to figure out what is going on for the standard reader. I've read a lot already on the Black Vortex series, but it seems Marvel/DC keep intermixing multiple plots into one book and think it's a sensible thing to do - when in reality I want to punch them in the face.
NEGATIVE STARS - My only thought after reading this was I'll have to avoid Sam Humphries as much as possible... I encourage anyone else to do the same!
This would have been much more enjoyable if it hadn't told me to go and read the Black Vortex four times. There's no flow when it gets all *some content missing*
A tie-in to the Black Vortex crossover event. Peter Quill of the Guardians of the Galaxy begins an uncertain romance with Kitty Pryde of the X-Men but their love is sorely tested by the conflict sparked by the ancient Black Vortex.
Marvel have always been pretty terrible at producing tie-in stories to crossover events within ongoing series and this is an example of the worst way they're known to do it. Instead of doing what some tie-in do, which is to tell the B- or even C-plot, here we get the A-plot but just not all of it. Of the Black Vortex event we get parts 3, 9 and 12, in succession, so that it's more or less incomprehensible without the other stories which tie-in. The reason for this, of course, is that it is a cynical marketing ploy to make you buy other books that you might not otherwise. What it means for this particular book is that it lacks any sort of cohesive narrative and is basically like picking up seven random comics and reading them all at once.
The only vaguely uniting element to this book is the relationship between Peter and Kitty, which is a thread throughout. Unfortunately, I absolutely do not buy into them as a couple and was therefore in no way invested. She's an Earth-bound X-Man of supreme integrity and he's a rogueish interplanetary criminal. They're so tonally different in their characters, something that the book does admittedly note, that it's clear that their relationship was just plucked out of the air as two characters who currently didn't have romantic partners that the writer could just smoosh together.
I read most of Legendary Star Lord and The Black Vortex in german (the very last Star Lord issue was never released in german)
Legendary Star Lord could have been so much better, at first it is a little too meandering, then it is just the prologue of the Black Vortex Event AND THEN you have to read the Black Vortex. The series finale does not even tie any sort of nice bow to any of it… it is just really baffling to me. The absolutely best thing here was Peter and Kittys relationship which I would have loved to see more of. But mostly this series consisted of empty promises :(
So Legendary Star Lord is hard to fully appreciate and it does not stand on its own two feet AT ALL. Now what about The Black Vortex?
This definitely holds up better. It is fun, mysterious, cool and the whole gang is here! (Two gangs actually!) It just got released in a pretty bamboozling manner… instead of being a series of its own, this storyline is split up into chapters of the respective sub-series of the main recurring teams and characters. Which makes it unnecessarely complicated and at its worst point both in pacing and concistency we get five chapters back to back all by different authors…
The ending is very good character wise but the villains conclusion lacks *umpf*
The Balck Vortex I can still recommend to people even with a lot pf asterisks but I did enjoy my time here.
I am glad I finally beat this age old grudge of mine against this series and finally finished reading it :)
This whole arc sadly pales in comparison to the X-23 and Halo comics I read recently.
I will continue with the followup Star Lord materiel in my shelf eventually but i‘m taking a well deserved break!
The actual set-up to the Black Vortex story is a lot of fun. Date night with Kitty (and what is this, her third boyfriend named Peter?) goes awry when Star Lord's dad sends an assassin squad after them. It's all building to a cosmic event, and that's where this volume falls apart.
While I didn't enjoy the event, overall, I at least appreciated that it was collected well in Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex. Here, after our intro issues, we get three out of the thirteen parts of a cosmic story. Even if you really like that storyarc, I don't think this is a satisfying way to read it.
Personally, I'd read right up to the crossover, put the book down and, if you're so inspired, read Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex in its entirety, as it was meant to be read. Or, skip it, and just imagine it this goofy date night story ends on a cliffhanger.
Well, this volume is all about the relationship between Peter and Kitty (which I hate) and the Black Vortext (which is bad). The first half of this volume is build-up to the Black Vortext, which doesn't make the event good but does provide some additional context that helps make sense of how massive the cast is. Then there are some issues that are chapters of the Black Vortex... which don't make sense without the rest of them. It's a confusing collection, that's for sure. And as I said, I really don't like Quill/Pryde as a couple. It's all about Quill being a fuck-up but then he tells Pryde that he loves her and she decides to love him back because despite his fuck-ups he's cute and... uh... that's about it? He's cute and well-meaning, except when he's not being well-meaning, and he's in space (which she hates and has obvious trauma about because she kind of died there sort of), and... yeah, I don't know. The romance is bad, it's build-up and fallout from an event that is bad, and the whole thing just leaves a salty taste in my mouth that is matched only by the tears of Colossus as he realizes he is now only the second-worst "Peter" Kitty has dated.
Unfortunately, this Black Vortex storyline seems to have been a larger arc beyond the pages of Legendary Star-Lord—there were one-page summaries throughout describing things that happened in contemporary X-Men comics.
But it was nice to get more Kitty Pryde-Peter Quill scenes (some without holograms!) even if the bigger story behind them was a bit overblown/hard to follow. The plot is getting just convoluted enough for me to say, "No thank you. That's enough for me..."
Overall, I feel very conflicted in my opinion of this comic.
Overall, it really reminded me of the new Spiderman. As Peter is trying to balance being a superhero with his personal life (primarily dating life.) The holographic date was cute, and I felt the scene perfectly portrays Peter's personality and conflicts. On the other side, it felt like the whole comic was more about his dating life with Kitty than his role as Star Lord.
I just wish there was more balance. I think his relationship with Kitty can be portrayed in a couple scenes instead of overtaking the whole story.
On the flip side though, it was refreshing that we got a superhero comic that was about more than just connecting our fists with big muscle men. We got to see Peter as a superhero but also just a human.
Overall, I feel conflicted in my review, but I wish there was more of a balance between classic superhero scenes and Peter's personal life.
Powinienem być podminowany tym, że część tego tomu czytelnik nie ogarnie, jeżeli nie sięgnie po całość wydarzenia jakim jest Czarny Wir, ale nie sposób odebrać Quillowi tego jego szelmowskiego uroku, jaki tu działa. Bo początek zaczyna się od randki, na której wiele osób chce Star-Lorda skrzywdzić.
Potem mamy uprowadzenie chłopaka, więc Kitty Pryde nie może na to pozwolić i rusza na ratunek, dzięki czemu poznajemy złych maestrów nadchodzących wydarzeń. W dodatku chyba ten tom posiada najfajniejsze zeszyty, jeżeli chodzi o event, którego jest częścią. A gdyby tego było mało, na samym końcu przyjdzie nam spotkać Kolekcjonera. i jest to świetne spotkanie.
Medina i Williams II odwalili tu kawał dobrej roboty. Postacie są świetnie zarysowane, już nie wspominając o dobrze zarysowanej akcji. Chciałoby się więcej.
So, the first three issues of this are key lead in issues to the Black Vortex crossover. Then there's three issues of crossover. Then there's one issue after the crossover. I read half of this, put it down, read Black Vortex, then picked this back up to finish it. I should't have to do that. I'd say this was a failure on the part of the collections editor, but this is the end of the series thanks to Double Super Secret Wars.
Anyway. In this volume Mr. Knife is revealed, the Black Vortex is explained, Kitty Pryde acts completely out of character, and we get to know Star-Lord's sister. It's all a bit meh for me. I still think there's no point to a solo Star-Lord book.
Nice art and beautiful color tell the story of Star-lord and Kitty Pryde as they finally make a go at their relationship in space. Of course, the bad guys show up with the black vortex and Peter's dad is the knife. The X-men and the Guardians join the gang to take on the brood, the knife, and even Thanos. Full of action and an enjoyable story, on a side note the last chapter seems part of another storyline and comes out of nowhere.
The overall story was really good, I was just kind of disappointed when the beginning of some of the issues they give like a whole synopsis of what occurred....in between the issues. We don't get to see that whole story instead they just wrote out a paragraph that 'oh by the way this happened' and picked up after the paragraph to continue the graphic novel. It was just rather disappointing that that is how they decided to write out the story.
I only got like halfway through this. I have no problem with crossovers. I DO have a problem with crossovers that require putting one book down in the middle and having to hunt down other comics in other series just to get the full story. At least make sure your story is coherent all in one volume. This just didn't work for me.