Monday, June 23, 2014

Guardians of the Galaxy #15 (HERE BE SPOILERS!)

First, in possibly the best example of pet peeve #2 ever, Captain Marvel appears nowhere in this issue.  I figured, based on her appearance on the cover, that she was going to begin the process of saving and unifying the various Guardians.  Nope.  She doesn't appear at all.

If you were instead hoping that Flash would save them, you'd also be disappointed, as he falls to the Skrulls in this issue.  In fact, each Guardian is in pretty dire shape by the end:  the Kree are experimenting on Rocket (implying that he may be some sort of biologically engineered creature), the Brotherhood of the Badoon overwhelm Gamora by the sheer number of fighters that it brings to the table while its leader demands to know where Thanos is, the Shi'ar are putting Drax on trial (an "ill-thought-out retaliation for the Guardians stopping [Gladiator's] ill-thought-out scheme to punish the Earth for [his] failings as a leader," according to Drax), and the Sisterhood of the Badoon push Groot from its ship (leaving him broken on an abandoned planet).  As I said, it's not good.

But, of course, it's going to be Peter -- escaping from the Spartax by leaping from a high window in a skyscraper, clad only in a t-shirt and boxers -- who's going to save the day.  I'm not sure how he's going to do it, but, as they say, getting there is half the fun.

*** (three of five stars)

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