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Guardians of the Galaxy (2020)
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 1: Then It's Us
Once they were a team of misfits. Now they're a family, and they've earned their peace. But the universe is not a peaceful place - and it's only getting worse. The Great Empires are in turmoil. The rule of law is dead. And amid the chaos, the gods of Olympus have returned - harbingers of a new age of war, reborn to burn their mark on the stars themselves. Someone has to guard the galaxy - but who will accept the mission? And will they survive it? Al Ewing (IMMORTAL HULK) and Juann Cabal (FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN) bring you in on the ground floor of a whole Marvel Universe of action and suspense!
COLLECTING: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2020) 1-5
COLLECTING: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2020) 1-5
128 pages, Paperback
First published October 27, 2020
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October 30, 2020
Ever since Bendis left the Guardians of the Galaxy line, the series has been almost always good-great. Al Ewing, after the fame of his Hulk, decides to tackle the space fighters and for the most part, he nails it!
After the events of Donny Cates run, Rocket is now cool, smooth, badass operator. And when someone needs the guardians help, Nova asks them to join them, but only Rocket and Quill decide to go. The only problem is Quill goes behind the backs of Gamore and his other friends. This leads the small team of Guardians to stop a new, powerful, evil force but when their is a causality, and the guardians have to deal with the fallout, we have a lot of emotions running high.
The idea is fresh and fun. Having two guardians team basically split is badass. Having new members such as Hercules come in was a wonderful idea. Having the banter stay light and fun works well for what the guardians are known for. And the space adventures are damn fun. Sure, some of it feels like a big set up. The death is shocking but...not? And we know it is not the end for them. But the mix of the fun storytelling and stellar art makes this a easy one to recommend.
A 4 out of 5.
After the events of Donny Cates run, Rocket is now cool, smooth, badass operator. And when someone needs the guardians help, Nova asks them to join them, but only Rocket and Quill decide to go. The only problem is Quill goes behind the backs of Gamore and his other friends. This leads the small team of Guardians to stop a new, powerful, evil force but when their is a causality, and the guardians have to deal with the fallout, we have a lot of emotions running high.
The idea is fresh and fun. Having two guardians team basically split is badass. Having new members such as Hercules come in was a wonderful idea. Having the banter stay light and fun works well for what the guardians are known for. And the space adventures are damn fun. Sure, some of it feels like a big set up. The death is shocking but...not? And we know it is not the end for them. But the mix of the fun storytelling and stellar art makes this a easy one to recommend.
A 4 out of 5.
June 6, 2022
Ewing's got some interesting stuff going on here. I like the idea of having two teams running around. What I don't like is that Ewing expects you to have read every comic in the Marvel universe to know what's going on. There's not enough reference to what happened before or even a footnote to tell you what else to go read. So, I'll give you one. The Greek Gods last appeared in Avengers: No Way Home if you are wondering why they are such huge pricks. Most of the Guardians' stuff happened in the previous Donny Cates GotG series. There's a lot of references to Rocket Raccoon's history. You can check out Rocket's solo history here.
December 7, 2020
Al Ewing takes the helm of the Guardians’ latest book and knocks it clean out of the park (how’s that for a mixed metaphor?) Ewing is rapidly becoming my favourite comicbook writer; at this point, I’d happily read his shopping list. Al Ewing and I are roughly the same age, both British, and it is becoming clearer and clearer to me that we loved all the same comics growing up.
The artwork’s pretty darned good, too, even the issue that had a few fill-in artists looked great.
Story: 5 stars
Artwork: 4 stars
Overall: 4.5 stars, rounded up, because I loved every minute of it.
The artwork’s pretty darned good, too, even the issue that had a few fill-in artists looked great.
Story: 5 stars
Artwork: 4 stars
Overall: 4.5 stars, rounded up, because I loved every minute of it.
January 24, 2022
There should be a special category for TPB's that you thought would suck but actually turn out to be pretty good-ish. I mean, not 5-star material but better than it ought to have been.
I mean, it's Marvel Cosmic so the setting and characters are generally so ludicrous they make the Original Series of Star Trek seem grounded but if you can get past that it was good fun. Will be back for the next volume for sure.
Don't be sad, Jim. You're still the most ludicrous captain by a parsec.
I mean, it's Marvel Cosmic so the setting and characters are generally so ludicrous they make the Original Series of Star Trek seem grounded but if you can get past that it was good fun. Will be back for the next volume for sure.
Don't be sad, Jim. You're still the most ludicrous captain by a parsec.
August 1, 2022
Started out strong with the first issue, then halfway through it lost me, it got super silly, especially with that prince of power blond dude, and with Marvel Boy, I did not care about those two and it was trying to be funny but it wasn't, then pulled me right back in with the plot and all in all I'm definitely buying the next volume, just to see what happens, especially with you-know-who-after-you-read-it.
Great art too!
Great art too!
October 9, 2020
Not content with ruining Bruce Banner's life, Al Ewing wrecks havoc on the Guardians of the Galaxy in ways only he knows how in this new relaunch of the team.
Ewing goes full Ewing here, picking up the plotlines Donny Cates, (and Gerry Duggan before him) as well as Ewing himself over in Avengers: No Road Home left behind and twining them into something cohesive and emotionally powerful. The Guardians have always been a damaged group of characters, and this volume wrings them out even more as they lose a friend, gain some new ones, split in half, fight each other, hook up, and blow some Gods to hell all in the space of five issues. It's just superb character work in ways you'd never expect to see, for characters that you'd never expect to see it for. Who since Abnett and Lanning has tried to put Rocket Raccoon under a microscope, for example? You get stuff like that here, in spades.
The art is predominantly handled by Juann Cabal, Marvel's latest superstar, whose clean visuals shouldn't work in the cluttered, insane world of the Guardians, and yet look perfect. Cabal is like a Jamie McKelvie clone in terms of visuals and storytelling, which is never a bad thing. There's a jam session issue midway through with contributions from Nina Vakueva and Chris Sprouse as well as Cabal.
Guardians Of The Galaxy has shaken the stench of Bendis off of it after the last few runs, and Ewing's is set to be the next in a long line of excellent entries into the canon. Guy can do no wrong.
Ewing goes full Ewing here, picking up the plotlines Donny Cates, (and Gerry Duggan before him) as well as Ewing himself over in Avengers: No Road Home left behind and twining them into something cohesive and emotionally powerful. The Guardians have always been a damaged group of characters, and this volume wrings them out even more as they lose a friend, gain some new ones, split in half, fight each other, hook up, and blow some Gods to hell all in the space of five issues. It's just superb character work in ways you'd never expect to see, for characters that you'd never expect to see it for. Who since Abnett and Lanning has tried to put Rocket Raccoon under a microscope, for example? You get stuff like that here, in spades.
The art is predominantly handled by Juann Cabal, Marvel's latest superstar, whose clean visuals shouldn't work in the cluttered, insane world of the Guardians, and yet look perfect. Cabal is like a Jamie McKelvie clone in terms of visuals and storytelling, which is never a bad thing. There's a jam session issue midway through with contributions from Nina Vakueva and Chris Sprouse as well as Cabal.
Guardians Of The Galaxy has shaken the stench of Bendis off of it after the last few runs, and Ewing's is set to be the next in a long line of excellent entries into the canon. Guy can do no wrong.
May 10, 2021
Big Guardians of the Galaxy fan here - definitely not a fan of Then It's Us. The action is decent, the narrative is occasionally fun, and the art is swell. But the Guardians have gone through so many events lately that they're all out of wack. I'm all for character growth and changes, but it feels like all the character growth happened off-screen and now we're dealing with the fallout in Then It's Us. When did Rocket get a suit? When did Starlord meet some space god dude? Who is Moondragon and why are there two of her and why do I care about that?
The big twist happens midway through Then It's Us, which was jarring. Then, instead of truly dealing with the fallout, the Guardians split into two teams who take opposing sides in a mission involving a villainous business beaver. Yes, you read that right: one of the big bads in Then It's Us is a beaver in a business suit with attendant jokes about dam-building and wood-chomping.
At least I understood why the rebooted Olympian gods were running rampant, having recently read No Road Home. But again: that plot is concluded in favor of defeating a business beaver. Sigh. I just want a fun, twisty space adventure, y'know? Then It's Us is somehow both too silly and too serious and is painfully in need of a "catch me up" section.
The big twist happens midway through Then It's Us, which was jarring. Then, instead of truly dealing with the fallout, the Guardians split into two teams who take opposing sides in a mission involving a villainous business beaver. Yes, you read that right: one of the big bads in Then It's Us is a beaver in a business suit with attendant jokes about dam-building and wood-chomping.
At least I understood why the rebooted Olympian gods were running rampant, having recently read No Road Home. But again: that plot is concluded in favor of defeating a business beaver. Sigh. I just want a fun, twisty space adventure, y'know? Then It's Us is somehow both too silly and too serious and is painfully in need of a "catch me up" section.
August 19, 2021
This book stars off great. Loved the fist 2 issues. Dope action, high stakes and a “oh ish” ending. Then the 3rd issue happens. Dealing with what happened, Ewing tries to do to much and makes that issues like a wrong turn and you get lost for minute. The last 2 issues had a good idea/concept and story beats that get bogged down by Ewing once again trying to do too much that just makes it hard to follow. I’m like, I see where you were trying to go but think there could have been a more coherent way to get there.
February 14, 2021
A nice start to this series, I’m glad Ewing finally ditched the movie Synergy (Don’t get me wrong I like the movies). I like how Ewing is bringing back all the older guardians while adding a few new comers, he writes the team more as a family which is great I think they work really well like this. One downside is that it doesn’t feel like a fresh start since there are references to other previous stories that happened in the last year and Ewing seems like he’s trying his best to tie them up while doing his own thing but that’s usually the case with comics sometimes. The art in here is fantastic and works great with the story, it’s very creative with the panels.
October 17, 2020
Maybe my limited background knowledge confuses me here
October 10, 2021
Vamos para maaaais uma nova fase dos Guardiões da Galáxia, dessa vez sob os cuidados de Al Ewing. Neste encadernado, desnecessariamente trazido ao Brasil com capa dura, temos uma nova cisão na equipe e mais uma vez essas duas equipes se enfrentam cara a cara, como foi na fase de Donny Cates. Entretanto, me pareceu que a dinâmica que se estabelece entre essas duas forças antagônicas foi melhor trabalhada aqui e mais bem definida por Al Ewing. É muito interessante ver que somente Al Ewing conseguiu entender Noh-Varr, o Marvel Boy, de uma maneira próxima àquela que Grant Morrison desenvolveu. Ele também resolve o problema de ter duas Serpentes da Lua no Universo Marvel 616, traz uma interessante análise psicológica do Nova Rich Rider, e mais um vez, traz o plot de mater um dos Guardiões da Galáxia. Entre alguns usos de tramas novas para os Guardiões e tramas já defasadas utilizadas para a mesma equipe, Al Ewing e companhia fazem um trabalho competente com os heróis cósmicos da Marvel, com direito a um beijo entre Hércules e Noh-Varr quase no fim do encadernado, para deleite dos fãs queer da Marvel.
August 3, 2022
If there's one thing you can count on with Al Ewing writing at marvel, it's that he knows and respects continuity. And he gets bonus points from me for holding the Annihilation/DnA era of cosmic marvel in high regard and treating it with respect.
What this volume lacks in real narrative punch, it makes up for in small developments. We see the guardians trying to relax after Cates' run, and after Nova pulls them in to deal with reborn Olympian gods, Quill can't help but get Involved.
While the action isn't anything exciting, it's the true character work that I applaud here. Ewing ties in old relationships from the past, finally delving into the not often addressed triangle of Star Lord, Gamora, and Nova with their history. He also touched on Star Lord's bizzare and trippy 70s origins, something modern writers ignore. He even tries to clean up a little of the Moon dragon situation left by Duggan. It's really a feat of juggling many balls. And I commend him for trying.
What this volume lacks in real narrative punch, it makes up for in small developments. We see the guardians trying to relax after Cates' run, and after Nova pulls them in to deal with reborn Olympian gods, Quill can't help but get Involved.
While the action isn't anything exciting, it's the true character work that I applaud here. Ewing ties in old relationships from the past, finally delving into the not often addressed triangle of Star Lord, Gamora, and Nova with their history. He also touched on Star Lord's bizzare and trippy 70s origins, something modern writers ignore. He even tries to clean up a little of the Moon dragon situation left by Duggan. It's really a feat of juggling many balls. And I commend him for trying.
May 25, 2021
Kind of went on a limb to try this one. I've been told that if I enjoy this, the DnA run is worthwhile. Ewing has got a great hold on the characters and seems to have interesting avenues to investigate in future issues. Some of the new characters are a bit convoluted, but I'm excited to go on a comic bin dig to figure them out.
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September 21, 2020Ewing's first volume on the Guardians finds them in an awkward position. Abnett and Lanning created the team in its modern incarnation, with two blockbuster films to prove the mettle of the concept – but none of their successors have been able to do much more than tread water and/or rejig elements of the set-up in ways which feel gimmicky (Emperor Quill! Another attempt to find something to do with Angela! Groot saying things other than "I Am Groot'!). At first I assumed, oh, Al's doing the summer event too, that has a space theme – this'll tie in, right? No; commendably, the book takes the line that there's plenty more galaxy to be guarded, and stays well out of the way of Empyre. Less fortunately, that's still not enough for it entirely to come off. It's in an awkward position, for sure, unable either to wholly ignore that post DnA interregnum or assume readers are familiar with it, but normally that sort of balancing act is meat and drink to Ewing, as witness the way Immortal Hulk pulls out elements of old runs to delight the fans, while also bringing in people who've never followed a Hulk book in their life. Here, though, even coming from a position of semi-familiarity, it took me a while to get to grips with some elements of the plot. So Moondragon and Phyla are back, but apparently from another dimension now? And Quill looks about 12, which might be a plot point or might just be the art style? Even with stuff I have seen develop, it includes bits like the whole malevolent disco reworking of the Olympians, which has never sat well with me*. By the time things shake out a little, it becomes clear that the device of splitting the team into two feuding rosters of opposite numbers (even down to setting something like classic Hercules up against an amusingly himbo new Prince of Power) is a route to restating what they're about – but I'm not wholly convinced it does enough to draw readers in sufficiently that they'll invest in that journey. Not that there aren't wonderful bits and bobs along the way, mind: Ewing has always done a smooth Rocket, and the white suit from the solo series is back here; with a public now amply familiar with the emotional weight 'I am Groot' can hold, the reverse-Groot scene is a tearjerking masterstroke. There's also a fabulously horrible evil plot to be foiled, with this exchange along the way:
"I guess I was hoping nobody would want to kill a world just for the money."
"Yeah? I thought you'd been to Earth?"
And then the final issue here** – which does at last mention Empyre, though barely – is absolutely brilliant, despite being done as a spotlight on Nova, a character in whom I have only ever previously been interested when he was drunk. In the course of 20-odd pages, while also wrapping up some plot, Al has actually made me care about someone I've spent years regarding as the poor man's Green Lantern (and that's even beyond the various Green Lanterns already fitting that bill). Which, even had it not been for those sparks of life in the earlier issues, would already be enough to have me swallowing all those criticisms above and definitely coming back for the next arc.
*As ever, though, it should be borne in mind that when I don't click with an artistic depiction of my gods, my reaction tends to be a 'Hmph', rather than involving calls for banning, let alone executions, because I do try not to be an entitled prick.
**Probably - there seems to be uncertainty on whether the collection is issues 1-6 or 1-5.
"I guess I was hoping nobody would want to kill a world just for the money."
"Yeah? I thought you'd been to Earth?"
And then the final issue here** – which does at last mention Empyre, though barely – is absolutely brilliant, despite being done as a spotlight on Nova, a character in whom I have only ever previously been interested when he was drunk. In the course of 20-odd pages, while also wrapping up some plot, Al has actually made me care about someone I've spent years regarding as the poor man's Green Lantern (and that's even beyond the various Green Lanterns already fitting that bill). Which, even had it not been for those sparks of life in the earlier issues, would already be enough to have me swallowing all those criticisms above and definitely coming back for the next arc.
*As ever, though, it should be borne in mind that when I don't click with an artistic depiction of my gods, my reaction tends to be a 'Hmph', rather than involving calls for banning, let alone executions, because I do try not to be an entitled prick.
**Probably - there seems to be uncertainty on whether the collection is issues 1-6 or 1-5.
March 25, 2021
This was a good one, this starts off after the fallout of the war between the church and guardians and now they are at the planet resting and taking a break after Rocket's supposed recovery but then Nova informs them of the resurfacing of the olympian gods (after Avengers: No Road home) and its an all out war between them and its so epic but then falls a guardian and the way it happens is interesting, and then a new guardians team forms and Gamora is angry at Rocket and all and then there is the whole thing with Black Bunny and Castor on some getaway planet and the eventual clash of the two new guardian units and interesting revelations about what the motive of Castor and Black Bunny is and the new fate of Moondragon(s?)! Its interesting volume and pulls from so many things but when the clash happens, its well done and the art is quite good though some panels were hard to follow!
December 16, 2020
This is the first Guardians of the Galaxy book I’ve read. I’ve seen the movies, but I still felt like I was jumping into the middle of a story I knew almost nothing about. Still— I enjoyed this! Ewing is a great writer, and the characters are fun. The art is stellar! Noh-Varr as Marvel Boy is the standout character, imo. I enjoyed him in Young Avengers, but he’s fantastic in this title! For knowing almost nothing about most of these characters and plot going in, I’m having a lot of fun with this book! 4.5/5 stars.
August 19, 2021
I haven't liked the direction the Guardians of the Galaxy have been going on for a while, and this volume continues that trend. The plots felt all over the place, I couldn't care less about half of the characters, and a lot of the characters I do care about are drastically different than they usually are.
April 4, 2021
Finally a comprehensible Guardians story. Al Ewing is a great writer and has a wealth of Marvel history/knowledge.
I'm very happy to see Hercules make an appearance. I really get a kick out of him since Avengers No Road Home.
For an artist that sticks to the conventional style this is one of the best looking Super hero books I've seen. Juann Cabal is next level for sure.
I'm very happy to see Hercules make an appearance. I really get a kick out of him since Avengers No Road Home.
For an artist that sticks to the conventional style this is one of the best looking Super hero books I've seen. Juann Cabal is next level for sure.
December 28, 2023
DNF 22%
I liked Rocket's little suit.
Everything else was incredibly bland.
As I get older and increasingly Queer and hipster, I am finding I enjoy a lot less of the big two imprints who largely feel like they have such a reign on creators to fit their house style that there is an almost 'AI' feel to it all, which I don't think is an accurate reflection of the people working on these comics.
Something something capitalism. Something something neo-liberal cisheternormative crap.
I'm absolutely not saying no one at Marvel or DC is doing amazing, fascinating stuff. What I am saying is that I am done picking up comics from them without a direct recommendation of being a standout arc.
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I liked Rocket's little suit.
Everything else was incredibly bland.
As I get older and increasingly Queer and hipster, I am finding I enjoy a lot less of the big two imprints who largely feel like they have such a reign on creators to fit their house style that there is an almost 'AI' feel to it all, which I don't think is an accurate reflection of the people working on these comics.
Something something capitalism. Something something neo-liberal cisheternormative crap.
I'm absolutely not saying no one at Marvel or DC is doing amazing, fascinating stuff. What I am saying is that I am done picking up comics from them without a direct recommendation of being a standout arc.
Libby is a truly magnificent service that allows free access with a library csrd to thousands of comics, which makes coming across ones that are absolutely not for me less painful.
July 22, 2024
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April 27, 2021
Following on from Donny Cates run, the initial 2 issues are essential a rehash of his last arc. We have the evil religious cult that want to take over the universe, a new team of guardians and even a life or death situation for a member of the team. The Geek gods angle could have been quite interesting but being only 2 issues it rushes through everything, it doesn't even establish the team properly.
Then you get a part, that could have been a heartfelt moment, Instead we have Gamora going "I am Gamora" with Groot talking normally in the middle and then Drax going "I am Drax" it's not funny and given the context it seems downright disrespectful.
Lastly you had in fighting between the new team of guardians and the old team, for no reason what so ever. They just get up and decide to take out the other team, at the end a dragon pops up and says it was me all along. Meanwhile they are all still fighting, it's not revolved at the end of the volume so who know what'll happen in the next trade.
This just felt like a bunch of nonsense cobbled together, being this is supposed to be one of the headline titles at Marvel, I'm thoroughly disappointed. I didn't like reading this but I'm feeling generous so I'm giving it 2 stars, being that Hercules and Marvel Boy were somewhat entertaining.
Then you get a part, that could have been a heartfelt moment, Instead we have Gamora going "I am Gamora" with Groot talking normally in the middle and then Drax going "I am Drax" it's not funny and given the context it seems downright disrespectful.
Lastly you had in fighting between the new team of guardians and the old team, for no reason what so ever. They just get up and decide to take out the other team, at the end a dragon pops up and says it was me all along. Meanwhile they are all still fighting, it's not revolved at the end of the volume so who know what'll happen in the next trade.
This just felt like a bunch of nonsense cobbled together, being this is supposed to be one of the headline titles at Marvel, I'm thoroughly disappointed. I didn't like reading this but I'm feeling generous so I'm giving it 2 stars, being that Hercules and Marvel Boy were somewhat entertaining.
April 18, 2021
Picked it up on a whim and I’m so behind on the main Marvel events, I had no idea what was happening. But seeing this new iteration of the Guardians was entertaining, if quite confusing what with the SUPERHERO DIMENSION AU and a religion war?
April 20, 2022
Ewing and Cabal understood the assignment from Donny Cates, and they knocked it out of the park in this first volume. I'm not entirely sure what the Olympian gods are doing here (I know they exist in Marvel, but my knowledge of the cosmic universe is shaky at best), but at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter - this is Guardians' cosmic, wacky fun at its best. It's probably the most I've enjoyed out of surprise guests , and Phylla and Moon Dragon get some very lovely attention too. While the death of is probably short lived, there was some fallout that actually felt real and tangible, , which is a nice change of pace when it comes to superhero deaths.
I'm always a fan of Cabal's art, but his clean lines are surprisingly a fantastic fit for Guardians. He nails a lot of the humor with his facial expressions, as well as the frenetic energy of the heist and battle scenes. Maybe it's due to one of the aforementioned surprised guests, but it felt a lot like Jamie McKelvie's work on Young Avengers, and I mean that in a very good way. Blee's colors and Cory Petit's letters are sublime. Of course, all of this is undercut with one issue shared by lots of artists that I could have lived without. Oh well.
I'm always a fan of Cabal's art, but his clean lines are surprisingly a fantastic fit for Guardians. He nails a lot of the humor with his facial expressions, as well as the frenetic energy of the heist and battle scenes. Maybe it's due to one of the aforementioned surprised guests, but it felt a lot like Jamie McKelvie's work on Young Avengers, and I mean that in a very good way. Blee's colors and Cory Petit's letters are sublime. Of course, all of this is undercut with one issue shared by lots of artists that I could have lived without. Oh well.
June 3, 2021
Yet another volume of Guardians of the Galaxy. Ewing has a good, personal view of the team that not only highlights them as people but also investigates some of their continuity-heavy plot elements such as the Sun God who once upon a time empowered Star Lord and the fact that Phylla and Moondragon are from an alternate universe. There's also action of course, and Ewing's action is exciting yet doesn't drag down the comic through excessiveness. (We actually get two plots in these five issues!) I did find some elements of the last arc confusing due to too much en media res and too many duplicate characters, but overall, this was a fun volume.
December 31, 2020
This is not what I expected. Thankfully. A really different and interesting story.
August 8, 2022
"It was okay / I liked it." - ~2.5 out of 5 star rating, with a round down.
I am a big GOTG fan based off of three (3) content deliveries: Movie #1, Movie #2, and recently I played the 2021 GOTG single player video game, which was amazing, really one of the best games I have ever played in my life.
I enjoyed the game and fell in love with the characters so much, I wanted more. I quickly realized that it seems my only real source of more GOTG content is jumping into the comic book path.
Not only am I a comic book noob, I am also the same for GOTG knowledge of anything outside of the films and the game.
This is my biggest problem with Vol. 1: Then It's Us. It is all over the flarking place! It was just character drop, after after drop, with zero backstory or introduction. Not only that, the characters were extremely loud, flashy, outlandish, and all sorts of really mind boggling powers. It kind of reminds me of extreme fantasy with heavy focus on magic... where ANYTHING goes. The wizard/witch/warlock/whatever, snaps their fingers and whatever they want happens. Environments like this are a struggle for me, as it makes 'the game' seem pointless with lack of a structured ruleset.
It's like the Flash... he can just go back in time and wipe entire episodes, or even seasons, just by running backwards. Makes the buy-in feel cheap and you can't really get excited or feel much anything, because you know he's just going to backtrack and therefore nothing matters.
Then if all that wasn't enough, the author/content creator(s) took on a REALLY BOLD quest here... Olympic Gods versus GOTG? I suppose to be fair, that is kind of what you would expect from GOTG. Larger than life, wild, crazy, insane, alternate reality, ... just really extreme stuff (I mean, in the video game you literally fought a boss that THREW PLANETS AT YOU... lol).
You know... despite my hesitation and even deleting the entire series off of my phone prior to this review... I did redownload #2.
I am going to try to give this a chance and see what happens.
Totally new world for me, with just how abstract this is and just comics in general.
#2... here we go...
I am a big GOTG fan based off of three (3) content deliveries: Movie #1, Movie #2, and recently I played the 2021 GOTG single player video game, which was amazing, really one of the best games I have ever played in my life.
I enjoyed the game and fell in love with the characters so much, I wanted more. I quickly realized that it seems my only real source of more GOTG content is jumping into the comic book path.
Not only am I a comic book noob, I am also the same for GOTG knowledge of anything outside of the films and the game.
This is my biggest problem with Vol. 1: Then It's Us. It is all over the flarking place! It was just character drop, after after drop, with zero backstory or introduction. Not only that, the characters were extremely loud, flashy, outlandish, and all sorts of really mind boggling powers. It kind of reminds me of extreme fantasy with heavy focus on magic... where ANYTHING goes. The wizard/witch/warlock/whatever, snaps their fingers and whatever they want happens. Environments like this are a struggle for me, as it makes 'the game' seem pointless with lack of a structured ruleset.
It's like the Flash... he can just go back in time and wipe entire episodes, or even seasons, just by running backwards. Makes the buy-in feel cheap and you can't really get excited or feel much anything, because you know he's just going to backtrack and therefore nothing matters.
Then if all that wasn't enough, the author/content creator(s) took on a REALLY BOLD quest here... Olympic Gods versus GOTG? I suppose to be fair, that is kind of what you would expect from GOTG. Larger than life, wild, crazy, insane, alternate reality, ... just really extreme stuff (I mean, in the video game you literally fought a boss that THREW PLANETS AT YOU... lol).
You know... despite my hesitation and even deleting the entire series off of my phone prior to this review... I did redownload #2.
I am going to try to give this a chance and see what happens.
Totally new world for me, with just how abstract this is and just comics in general.
#2... here we go...
July 25, 2022
Definitely a step back. I'm not sure that slavishly building your new story on the ruins of your predecessor (that sounds bad--Donny Cates' run wasn't that bad) is such a good idea. It assumes your readers are intimately familiar with what just happened to your characters, etc. This really isn't the greatest start to a new run on a comic title. After his work on the Hulk, I guess I would've expected more from Al Ewing. This is needlessly complex and not particularly satisfying. The artwork isn't bad, though.
February 4, 2024
(This review applies to the entire 18 issue G0tG run)
Genuinely shocked how different comic!quill is to his movie counterpart. This Peter would not have punched Thanos in the face and doomed the entire galaxy. This Peter actually lives up to the name Star Lord.
I really enjoyed the whole run. I would have loved it if the pace could have slowed down every now and then, but it wasn't a deal breaker.
Genuinely shocked how different comic!quill is to his movie counterpart. This Peter would not have punched Thanos in the face and doomed the entire galaxy. This Peter actually lives up to the name Star Lord.
I really enjoyed the whole run. I would have loved it if the pace could have slowed down every now and then, but it wasn't a deal breaker.
October 22, 2020
I have already read this in singles as it released (and still am), but the first two issues are still great and most of the rest of the issues in this collection is just alright. Stuff after this has been better, but a big part of me is mostly sticking around because of Hercules being on the team even with him being the character with the least to do issue to issue. That being said it’s nice change up of the cast of characters that is now mainstay GoTG and Al Ewing has more then earned my patience since his Immortal Hulk run started.
May 3, 2021
when the raccoon cried, I cried :(
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