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 w...

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?

2,5 stars.

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 got to read just to see how my favorite group was doing now a days, and got a really pleasant surprise with the most creative panels in a comic book I've seen in a long time.There are 6 full pages of people saying "I am *name*" and only Groot can speak full sentences and still you understand everything that is being said! It was so emotional and sooo satisfying

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 starsArtwork: 4...

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 w...

Maybe my limited background knowledge confuses me here

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 whil...

when the raccoon cried, I cried :(

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

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...

DNF, Wokebait Guardians? No, thank you.

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.

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.

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, (view spoiler)[ being that Peter ju...

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...

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 patien...

Ewing'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 summ...

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