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Drax (Collected Editions)
Drax, Vol. 1: The Galaxy's Best Detective
Collects Drax (2015) #1-5.
You know him as the heavily tattooed muscle for everybody's favorite spacefaring super-team, but what does Drax do when he's not Guarding the Galaxy? Pursue his own bloodthirsty quest to achieve his destiny and slay Thanos, of course! Determined to find and kill the Titan once and for all, Drax is ready to take on the universe, one heavy hitter at a time! When Drax the Destroyer and Terrax the Tamer walk into a space cantina, it's no joke. Then there's the Temple of Foom! Fin Fang Foom, that is. But you know Drax's motto: The bigger they are, the harder they die screaming. It's Drax the Destroyer, rampaging through the cosmos on a starship named the Space Sucker. You just know, whatever happens, this one is gonna be epic!
You know him as the heavily tattooed muscle for everybody's favorite spacefaring super-team, but what does Drax do when he's not Guarding the Galaxy? Pursue his own bloodthirsty quest to achieve his destiny and slay Thanos, of course! Determined to find and kill the Titan once and for all, Drax is ready to take on the universe, one heavy hitter at a time! When Drax the Destroyer and Terrax the Tamer walk into a space cantina, it's no joke. Then there's the Temple of Foom! Fin Fang Foom, that is. But you know Drax's motto: The bigger they are, the harder they die screaming. It's Drax the Destroyer, rampaging through the cosmos on a starship named the Space Sucker. You just know, whatever happens, this one is gonna be epic!
121 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 7, 2016
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June 24, 2016
Poor Drax is abandoned by his pals, so what does he do with some free time on his hands…
Yes, indeedy! Go find Thanos and kill him.
On the way, he’s marooned on a crappy little planet and in order to get his ship fixed he has to solve the mystery of the disappearing kids.
So he hunts for clues…
…and interviews suspects.
Yeah, I also noticed he wasn’t taking notes.
Which all leads to an encounter with something really, really big.
Bottom Line: With the success of Guardians of the Galaxy, I guess it was inevitable that after Rocket Racoon and Groot, Drax would get his own solo title. It lacks Drax’s literalist wit and replaces it with bull-in-a-china-shop type humor. This one just doesn’t have enough gas to get it over the finish line.
Yes, indeedy! Go find Thanos and kill him.
On the way, he’s marooned on a crappy little planet and in order to get his ship fixed he has to solve the mystery of the disappearing kids.
So he hunts for clues…
…and interviews suspects.
Yeah, I also noticed he wasn’t taking notes.
Which all leads to an encounter with something really, really big.
Bottom Line: With the success of Guardians of the Galaxy, I guess it was inevitable that after Rocket Racoon and Groot, Drax would get his own solo title. It lacks Drax’s literalist wit and replaces it with bull-in-a-china-shop type humor. This one just doesn’t have enough gas to get it over the finish line.
July 24, 2016
Drax’s purpose in life has always been to kill Thanos for murdering his family; except he’s always been distracted with guarding the galaxy! Now that he’s on a brief respite from the team, he can finally get back to killing Thanos – that is after he solves the case of the missing kids on some random planet he’s stranded on... But THEN he’ll get around to killing Thanos… yeah, that’ll definitely happen soon…!
Drax is the latest Guardians of the Galaxy spin-off and, like the others, it’s surprisingly not bad, but it’s not great either. The appeal for some might be popular former WWE wrestler CM Punk penning this comic - a fighter writing a fighter. Marvel wisely added old hand Cullen Bunn as co-writer to help out the inexperienced Punk.
As a result the writing isn’t bad at all. The tone is quite light, the story sails along smoothly, the characters are well-realised and the dialogue doesn’t sound clunky in the least. The story is quite simplistic though and very straightforward in structure so it’s not especially memorable. Nor does Punk really provide any insight into the fighter’s mindset despite his experience, but he does pepper the script with plenty of hand-to-hand fighting and even an arena match!
But it’s a coherent, well-paced and entertaining-enough read. It’s amusing seeing Drax fumble his way through an investigation and two of Marvel’s lesser-known older characters, Terrax (a former Herald of Galactus) and Fin Fang Foom (a giant talking dragon), also make unexpected, welcome appearances – the advantage of having adventures in space, where anyone could appear! I liked Scott Hepburn’s artwork too which was cartoonishly expressive, fun and looked cool, though I wondered what made him draw Drax wearing harem pants!?
Drax’s solo book is basically what you’d expect, with lots of fighting in a breezy space adventure, though he’s still not the most interesting character and the story isn’t anything special.
Drax is the latest Guardians of the Galaxy spin-off and, like the others, it’s surprisingly not bad, but it’s not great either. The appeal for some might be popular former WWE wrestler CM Punk penning this comic - a fighter writing a fighter. Marvel wisely added old hand Cullen Bunn as co-writer to help out the inexperienced Punk.
As a result the writing isn’t bad at all. The tone is quite light, the story sails along smoothly, the characters are well-realised and the dialogue doesn’t sound clunky in the least. The story is quite simplistic though and very straightforward in structure so it’s not especially memorable. Nor does Punk really provide any insight into the fighter’s mindset despite his experience, but he does pepper the script with plenty of hand-to-hand fighting and even an arena match!
But it’s a coherent, well-paced and entertaining-enough read. It’s amusing seeing Drax fumble his way through an investigation and two of Marvel’s lesser-known older characters, Terrax (a former Herald of Galactus) and Fin Fang Foom (a giant talking dragon), also make unexpected, welcome appearances – the advantage of having adventures in space, where anyone could appear! I liked Scott Hepburn’s artwork too which was cartoonishly expressive, fun and looked cool, though I wondered what made him draw Drax wearing harem pants!?
Drax’s solo book is basically what you’d expect, with lots of fighting in a breezy space adventure, though he’s still not the most interesting character and the story isn’t anything special.
May 17, 2016
After a successful mission with the Guardians of the Galaxy, Drax heads off to kill Thanos.
He crash lands while searching for Thanos and tries to help find missing people and stolen goods in order to get his ship repaired.
The first issue of Drax started off really solid so I got excited and bought all the following issues. That was a mistake. Drax isn't bad, but it's not great either. The volume centers around Drax which seemed like a good thing, but it ended up being like someone playing a piano by only pressing one key.
He crash lands while searching for Thanos and tries to help find missing people and stolen goods in order to get his ship repaired.
The first issue of Drax started off really solid so I got excited and bought all the following issues. That was a mistake. Drax isn't bad, but it's not great either. The volume centers around Drax which seemed like a good thing, but it ended up being like someone playing a piano by only pressing one key.
June 27, 2020
Simplistic but a fun read. I was a little leery considering one of the writers is a professional wrestler. Drax gets stranded on a backwoods planet and must save the people being kidnapped from the small town he has found himself in.
January 24, 2021
3.5 stars - surprised by how much fun this was with some good humour. Definitely worth a read.
October 1, 2016
In twenty years time, we'll either be saying 'Ha! Do you remember when they let wrestlers write comicbooks?' or ALL comicbooks will be written by wrestlers. Mark my words.
Apparently, CM Punk is a wrestler. I dunno; I don't watch wrestling. He's clearly a huge Marvel fan, though, and that scores him points from me. This Drax series he's penned (with a little help from Cullen Bunn) was OK. It wasn't hilarious but it was consistently mildly amusing.
The artwork in this was pretty good (although it got sloppier as it went along) but why in the name of MC Hammer was Drax wearing parachute pants?
Overall, this is worth a read if you like Drax but don't set your expectations too high.
Apparently, CM Punk is a wrestler. I dunno; I don't watch wrestling. He's clearly a huge Marvel fan, though, and that scores him points from me. This Drax series he's penned (with a little help from Cullen Bunn) was OK. It wasn't hilarious but it was consistently mildly amusing.
The artwork in this was pretty good (although it got sloppier as it went along) but why in the name of MC Hammer was Drax wearing parachute pants?
Overall, this is worth a read if you like Drax but don't set your expectations too high.
October 29, 2016
Written by CM Punk! What more do you want?
Good story, or at least good enough to keep me reading. The final fate of Fin Fang Foom -- not sure how to feel about that quite yet, to be honest.
Love my Marvel Unlimited app -- totes worth the dinero, even if it does leave me several months behind.
Good story, or at least good enough to keep me reading. The final fate of Fin Fang Foom -- not sure how to feel about that quite yet, to be honest.
Love my Marvel Unlimited app -- totes worth the dinero, even if it does leave me several months behind.
February 16, 2018
I didn't expect much based on the title - our socially awkward Drax working as a detective? I'm good with him having a hidden soft spot, but by himself he's just not very funny or entertaining. He needs other characters around him to highlight his quirks, not someone who would go smash things with him.
Although a Drax + Hulk match-up might be fun...
Although a Drax + Hulk match-up might be fun...
March 5, 2021
It's hard to hate this series, it's not trying to be anything more than it ends up being. A fun romp of Drax travelling space, getting stranded on a planet, and fighting monsters. There 's tons of action, silly expressions, and an over-the-top cartoony need for combat. It's a bit stupid, a bit goofy, a bit cringey, but it's only trying to have fun and it usually succeeds at that.
November 10, 2018
3.5/5 Stars
June 4, 2016
I expected better, just from the buzz surrounding this book. Nobody expects a pro-wrestler to be a brilliant comic book writer, but Cullen Bunn can oftentimes really pull it out with some brilliant scripting, and I hoped that Punk and Bunn together might put together something fun from a unique perspective. I had fun reading Drax, I wasn't bored, and I tore through it pretty quick. Hepburn's art is pretty, with rad designs, and colorful expressions, but the script is ridiculously minimal. The dialogue had a joke or two throughout that made me laugh, but otherwise this book leans on a simple, uncomplicated story about Fin Fang Foom operating some sort of criminal underground on some dinky planet out there which Drax gets stranded on. It's all an inconsequential aside for Drax that is by no means a must read for anybody. Punk doesn't offer any interesting perspective or spin, settling for a safe, action-heavy, goofy book.
Drax is just barely strung together well enough to appear professional, and not a fan work. I don't know what to expect with Punk leaving the book, but I'll keep it on my radar in case of a turn-around. I didn't hate my time with this book though, and it's on the cheaper end of Marvel's ridiculous pricing.
Drax is just barely strung together well enough to appear professional, and not a fan work. I don't know what to expect with Punk leaving the book, but I'll keep it on my radar in case of a turn-around. I didn't hate my time with this book though, and it's on the cheaper end of Marvel's ridiculous pricing.
July 19, 2017
As a person who doesn't know anything about Guardians of the Galaxy that wasn't in the movies, I was a bit lost at the start of the volume. (Who's this girl character who's not Star Lord? And why are Venom and Thing a part of this group?) Luckily, Drax leaves his teammates behind fairly early on in the story, and from then on new characters introduce themselves, as they should.
When it comes to the story: it's alright. I wasn't blown away by it, nor did I expect to be. I didn't feel an emotional connection to any of the characters. I suppose that's the point of the series thus far, though: it's not supposed to be taken too seriously. It succeeded.
When it comes to the story: it's alright. I wasn't blown away by it, nor did I expect to be. I didn't feel an emotional connection to any of the characters. I suppose that's the point of the series thus far, though: it's not supposed to be taken too seriously. It succeeded.
June 3, 2016
Totally loved this little adventure. It even has Super-Ridiculous MC Hammer Pants.
Loved the artwork except for the choice the artist made of putting Drax in Super-Ridiculous MC Hammer Pants.
Hope this isn't just a mini-series. Would like to read more. Good writing. Nice to look at, aside from the the Super-Ridiculous MC Hammer Pants.
Did I mention the Super-Ridiculous MC Hammer Pants?
Loved the artwork except for the choice the artist made of putting Drax in Super-Ridiculous MC Hammer Pants.
Hope this isn't just a mini-series. Would like to read more. Good writing. Nice to look at, aside from the the Super-Ridiculous MC Hammer Pants.
Did I mention the Super-Ridiculous MC Hammer Pants?
May 27, 2016
Bad. So bad. Terrible writing makes what could be a fun story so plodding and useless.
October 9, 2019
The fact that this is not a complete disaster is already a plus.
Not sure who's idea it was to put a first time writer on a book with a character who has virtually no personality, but here we go. The story serves only to move momentum forward, and the characterization is puddle deep. But since the movies plays the Drax-is-oblivious method to great effect, CM Punk basically uses that outline to drive the entire story.
Basically the plot is about Drax wanting to find and kill Thanos during his off time with the Guardians. Cue the "stranded on a planet" chapter, the "gladiator match" chapter, and pretty much most of the typical comic book tropes are thrown into this book. Its not terrible, but its kind of obvious that the writer is still pulling alot from other books.
The art is actually really good. It matches the silly vibe that the book has going for it but gives a really dynamic look to the book overall. Scott Hepburn did a great job on the art, but I do feel like he deserves a better writer.
If you're a huge fan of Drax, check this out. Otherwise, approach with an open mind and realize that its a book that doesn't have a ton of depth.
Not sure who's idea it was to put a first time writer on a book with a character who has virtually no personality, but here we go. The story serves only to move momentum forward, and the characterization is puddle deep. But since the movies plays the Drax-is-oblivious method to great effect, CM Punk basically uses that outline to drive the entire story.
Basically the plot is about Drax wanting to find and kill Thanos during his off time with the Guardians. Cue the "stranded on a planet" chapter, the "gladiator match" chapter, and pretty much most of the typical comic book tropes are thrown into this book. Its not terrible, but its kind of obvious that the writer is still pulling alot from other books.
The art is actually really good. It matches the silly vibe that the book has going for it but gives a really dynamic look to the book overall. Scott Hepburn did a great job on the art, but I do feel like he deserves a better writer.
If you're a huge fan of Drax, check this out. Otherwise, approach with an open mind and realize that its a book that doesn't have a ton of depth.
May 25, 2017
At the time this book came out, Drax had new found popularity stemming from the release of the first Guardians movie. Along with that, there was some uncertainty with how well the book would hold up since it is the first major series for new writer CM Punk. So was it worth it? meh, probably not. The beauty about Drax is that he can be a parody of a serious book due to his inability to understand metaphors. This book is able to make use of that very well at some points but, for my own personal style, I felt the book was overly abundant in terms of being an overall comedy book. Almost everything was a joke to some extreme. Sometimes it seemed overly tiring. The plot itself was very simple and by the end I could honestly care less as to how the books villain obtained his justice. While there was blood, severed limbs, and occasional cursing, the story just has more of a young adult style delivery.
July 9, 2018
The title of the volume--"The Galaxy's Best Detective"--is quickly shown to be a poke at the hero. Punk writes a good humor comic, and art complements it nicely. He also comes up with plenty of reasons for Drax to fight people--not that his version of Drax needs any reasons at all--and the action scenes are handled well.
Unfortunately, in my opinion, most of the humor is at the protagonist's expense, and Punk's version of Drax seems only slightly more articulate--and not a bit more intelligent--than the old purple caped version from the nineties. Doesn't make for a terribly compelling hero. Because he's so single-minded (and stupid) he can't be terribly proactive, which means the plot of the book is inevitably terribly random, and Drax doesn't act with much purpose except to continually reiterate his desire to fight people--especially Thanos.
Definitely not a book for me.
Unfortunately, in my opinion, most of the humor is at the protagonist's expense, and Punk's version of Drax seems only slightly more articulate--and not a bit more intelligent--than the old purple caped version from the nineties. Doesn't make for a terribly compelling hero. Because he's so single-minded (and stupid) he can't be terribly proactive, which means the plot of the book is inevitably terribly random, and Drax doesn't act with much purpose except to continually reiterate his desire to fight people--especially Thanos.
Definitely not a book for me.
June 25, 2017
Drax ! (rhymes with snacks ^^)
The green brute from The Guardians gets his own adventure. Flying solo on a piece of crap ship that gets marrooned on a dead moon where kids are disappearing ?!
Wait, what? Am I reading the second Indiana Jones plot ? Yup. And that is fun as Drax is NOT Indiana Jones. Calling him a detective is a joke as this character is more about destroying and killing than anything else.
Overall, a good experience. Good graphics, very simple plot, but hey, Marvel comics are NOT read for the depth of their plot, no ?
The green brute from The Guardians gets his own adventure. Flying solo on a piece of crap ship that gets marrooned on a dead moon where kids are disappearing ?!
Wait, what? Am I reading the second Indiana Jones plot ? Yup. And that is fun as Drax is NOT Indiana Jones. Calling him a detective is a joke as this character is more about destroying and killing than anything else.
Overall, a good experience. Good graphics, very simple plot, but hey, Marvel comics are NOT read for the depth of their plot, no ?
August 12, 2019
A slightly different version of the Guardians of the Galaxy (including Ben Grimm aka The Thing, Venom, and a female captain who wears almost the same outfit as Peter Quill) has just finished their latest mission and the group splits up for some R & R. Drax borrows a beater of a ship from Rocket to continue his quest to find and kill Thanos. Plans change, however, when the "Space Sucker" crashes into a planet where tech, mechanical parts, and even kids are going missing. Soon Drax is on the case, but he can't punch his way out of this one, or can he?
March 13, 2022
Basically, exactly what you're expecting. One-dimensional, a lot of action, a bit of humor. Utterly fails to introduce the character.
The Guardians sometimes go off to have solo adventures, so while everyone is busy, Drax decides it's time to resume his quest to kill Thanos. (Which he's already done once, but Thanos came back, because Thanos, so why bother killing him again?) Rocket lends Drax a clunker of a spaceship which crashes Drax on a random world where he gets to fight stuff. Guest starring Terrax, Fin Fang Foom, Torgo, and maybe some other obscure chatacters I missed.
The Guardians sometimes go off to have solo adventures, so while everyone is busy, Drax decides it's time to resume his quest to kill Thanos. (Which he's already done once, but Thanos came back, because Thanos, so why bother killing him again?) Rocket lends Drax a clunker of a spaceship which crashes Drax on a random world where he gets to fight stuff. Guest starring Terrax, Fin Fang Foom, Torgo, and maybe some other obscure chatacters I missed.
February 10, 2023
In a Guardians of the Galaxy mood so I picked up this because I've never read a Drax standalone plus it's written by C.M. Punk.
The story is pretty straight forward and nothing spectacular. If you love Marvel and the Guardians, sure, check it out. If you aren't, it's absolutely not worth it. Glad I checked it out from the library.
The artwork is stylized in an exaggerated way which is fine. It's nothing crazy or spectacular.
The story is pretty straight forward and nothing spectacular. If you love Marvel and the Guardians, sure, check it out. If you aren't, it's absolutely not worth it. Glad I checked it out from the library.
The artwork is stylized in an exaggerated way which is fine. It's nothing crazy or spectacular.
March 23, 2017
This is not good. I generally enjoy Guardians of the Galaxy comics, so I thought a Drax solo series might be somewhat interesting, but this is just poorly done. The art is terrible, the writing doesn't match up well with any of the existing characters, and gets most of the details wrong. It tries hard to be funny, but doesn't quite get there, and ultimately amounts to nothing. I might have expected that from Cullen Bunn, who has written an awful lot of stories that I have seriously disliked. I don't know a lot about CM Punk (I think he's a professional wrestler?), so I don't know if being a fan of his would improve your opinion of this, but I can't imagine it would for me.
August 6, 2017
The story of Drax
has been muddled over the
years, most recently he has been
cast as a man bent on
vengeance.
In this story we see how hard it can be
to pursue vengeance
when the galaxy gets in the way.
How dedicated is Drax
to his cause?
Will he ignore injustice
on his path?
Or will he be a hero?
has been muddled over the
years, most recently he has been
cast as a man bent on
vengeance.
In this story we see how hard it can be
to pursue vengeance
when the galaxy gets in the way.
How dedicated is Drax
to his cause?
Will he ignore injustice
on his path?
Or will he be a hero?
April 14, 2021
Drax is far from my favorite Guardian but Bunn and Punk deliver a fun side story for the destroyer. While nothing is groundbreaking here its a harmless adventure that guest stars some cosmic heavyweights that fit right in with Drax. The art was okay but at times less than. Overall, a decent but unspectacular tale.
December 22, 2019
Perfectly fine, but it struggles to find another level. The choice of villain
May 7, 2023
A fun look at Drax riding solo, trying to get Thanos, but getting distracted along the way! It was quick, fun and entertaining!
TW for violence, kidnapping of adults and children, fights to the death, threats of murder.
TW for violence, kidnapping of adults and children, fights to the death, threats of murder.
February 1, 2018
Wouldn’t mind owning the James Stokoe variant.
May 20, 2018
Silliness. Fun.
May 24, 2019
This was a lot funnier than I expected it to be. Like, it has a drunk Terrax, and then goes from there. There really isn’t much else to say, really. I hope this humor continues.
November 9, 2020
A low four stars but a fun time nonetheless
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