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blairconrad's review against another edition
3.0
Better than most of the GotG I've read. Largely because it was embedded in the larger arc.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
I've read a bunch of stories around the stories in this book. And this book could have been a lot worse. But it also could have been a lot better. The Grounded stories were really good, but weren't in this book. Mostly this book was just confused, but with some okay bits. Carol Danvers comes off a little less awful in this one. Eh.
lethanibooks's review against another edition
4.0
I found this comic stupidly cheap one day and decided to buy it but truth is this is a volume 3 and I haven't read the first ones. Still, it was a pretty good comic, I loved the drawing style and made me enjoy the Guardians of the Galaxy characters more than in the movies. I've also met and incredible bunch of new to me superheroes that I had never even heard of before. And jesus Captain Marvel looks hot in this comic!
lilithsumoza's review against another edition
2.0
What was that?? Just read other reviews of this. I don't think I have the effort to say anything that they haven't already said.
It was nice to see Captain Marvel though. And have that brief moment of her talking to the civilians.
It was nice to see Captain Marvel though. And have that brief moment of her talking to the civilians.
fishmeal's review against another edition
1.0
Guardians of the Galaxy: New Guard: Civil War II has three-ish issues of Civil War II tie-in and an additional stand-alone issue at the end. So that equates to three issues of confusing, unintelligible, plot-hole-ridden event crap and an additional nonsensical issue which seems to pretend that the Civil War II never happened.
A huge plot element in this book is that Gamora, whose life mission is to find and kill her father, Thanos, finds out that Carol Danvers is holding the villain in a super-prison. Carol refuses Gamora access to him and the two have a huge fight. There’s some great action and some nice artwork for the fight and then…the conflict is dropped. The Civil War II tie-in issues are over and we’re on to the non-tie in issue, where Gamora is happy, healthy, and not driven mad by the desire for revenge.
I understand that this plot point with Gamora was probably answered in the main Civil War books and I just don’t remember. But we have a situation here where reading stories in trade paperback just doesn’t work. This book is not a story; it’s the framework of a story with the climax and resolution removed, with an extra little useless bit at the end. Does Marvel not realize that there are people who read their books in TPB form? Why did they even create this book – especially since they made it a pretty hardcover and then charged $25 for it!
I feel like this has been a recurring issue with me as I read through all of these trades – the Civil War II was not meant to be read this way. Does that mean people like me, who aren’t willing to spend $4 each on ten or so comics a week in order to read an entire event, are not supposed to read Marvel events at all?
Read more of my reviews (plus cat pics!) on Her Little Book Review.
A huge plot element in this book is that Gamora, whose life mission is to find and kill her father, Thanos, finds out that Carol Danvers is holding the villain in a super-prison. Carol refuses Gamora access to him and the two have a huge fight. There’s some great action and some nice artwork for the fight and then…the conflict is dropped. The Civil War II tie-in issues are over and we’re on to the non-tie in issue, where Gamora is happy, healthy, and not driven mad by the desire for revenge.
I understand that this plot point with Gamora was probably answered in the main Civil War books and I just don’t remember. But we have a situation here where reading stories in trade paperback just doesn’t work. This book is not a story; it’s the framework of a story with the climax and resolution removed, with an extra little useless bit at the end. Does Marvel not realize that there are people who read their books in TPB form? Why did they even create this book – especially since they made it a pretty hardcover and then charged $25 for it!
I feel like this has been a recurring issue with me as I read through all of these trades – the Civil War II was not meant to be read this way. Does that mean people like me, who aren’t willing to spend $4 each on ten or so comics a week in order to read an entire event, are not supposed to read Marvel events at all?
Read more of my reviews (plus cat pics!) on Her Little Book Review.
kinglee's review against another edition
1.0
Maybe my problem is that I haven't read any of the other Civil War II comics so I wasn't fully understanding what was going on, but this volume didn't seem to have anything to really offer. Gamora finds out that they have Thanos and then instead of exploring that there was what seemed to be a filler issue more than anything. It was probably answered somewhere else, but it was frustrating for the most interesting part of it, for me, to be very brief.
noveladdiction's review against another edition
3.0
Very short. Really, not much happened in this volume. But I understand its importance in the grand scheme of things - the Civil War II ARC. However, if you're not already sure what's going on there, and if you don't read many of the other Marvel series... you'll be so very confused.
fionali's review against another edition
3.0
"i'm allergic to avengers fighting with each other" i love abigail brand hahaha
eq_knocks's review
3.0
Last volume of Bendis' run on GotG... Thank goodness... Though I am apprehensive of the new creative team also.
Normally enjoy Bendis' work. He does phenomenally on team books but I just really don't think GotG were the best fit for him. It felt like he lost interest in the character about 1/3 way through his run...
Normally enjoy Bendis' work. He does phenomenally on team books but I just really don't think GotG were the best fit for him. It felt like he lost interest in the character about 1/3 way through his run...
paulweymouth's review
4.0
I enjoyed this one. I seem to always like the inner monologue, deep crushing emotion comic when it comes to Civil War II. I like the courtroom scenes paired with the scenes that the courtroom is talking about. Civil War II has some amazing full spread panels that I love. Great issue and I'm really interested to see where they take it from here.
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