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4.5!
Al Ewing continues to be tremendous!
The Guardians of the Galaxy are fun because their lineups and tonal shifts are about as inconsistent and chaotic as the book in a meta sense. From Bendis to Duggan to Cates, most of these books have been more good than bad, and some have been great, but they always seem to have to try and right the ship or reinvent the wheel. The fact that these characters were One Thing after they formed in the first two Annihilation books to great but quiet acclaim and then became Another Thing in the beloved, extremely popular but very different films has made the past decade difficult for these characters. Their film versions, perhaps with the exception of Rocket, are so different, and watching a string of writers try to satisfy both needs while also touch on the larger cosmic Marvel landscape at the same time has been occasionally exhausting.
Ewing, for what its worth, seems the least interested yet in making these characters mirror their silver screen selves, to my relief. This book is the start of what feels like yet another rehaul, in the way that Ewing excels at, which is digging through the book's history to find what worked and push in that direction, solving continuity knots and reestablishing relationships along the way. I'm very happy Richard Rider take center stage again, and have Quill inch back toward his pre-film self. I'm also a big fan of Noh-Varr, and cheered when he showed up! Same with Hercules and the Moondragon/Phyla couple. All we need now is Genis-Vell to show up and start dating Songbird and I'll feel like I'm being specifically catered to! (Or I can do that when Marvel hires me.)
All in all, I liked it quite a lot! I don't have much the time to go through it beat by beat but maybe later I will.
Al Ewing continues to be tremendous!
The Guardians of the Galaxy are fun because their lineups and tonal shifts are about as inconsistent and chaotic as the book in a meta sense. From Bendis to Duggan to Cates, most of these books have been more good than bad, and some have been great, but they always seem to have to try and right the ship or reinvent the wheel. The fact that these characters were One Thing after they formed in the first two Annihilation books to great but quiet acclaim and then became Another Thing in the beloved, extremely popular but very different films has made the past decade difficult for these characters. Their film versions, perhaps with the exception of Rocket, are so different, and watching a string of writers try to satisfy both needs while also touch on the larger cosmic Marvel landscape at the same time has been occasionally exhausting.
Ewing, for what its worth, seems the least interested yet in making these characters mirror their silver screen selves, to my relief. This book is the start of what feels like yet another rehaul, in the way that Ewing excels at, which is digging through the book's history to find what worked and push in that direction, solving continuity knots and reestablishing relationships along the way. I'm very happy Richard Rider take center stage again, and have Quill inch back toward his pre-film self. I'm also a big fan of Noh-Varr, and cheered when he showed up! Same with Hercules and the Moondragon/Phyla couple. All we need now is Genis-Vell to show up and start dating Songbird and I'll feel like I'm being specifically catered to! (Or I can do that when Marvel hires me.)
All in all, I liked it quite a lot! I don't have much the time to go through it beat by beat but maybe later I will.