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* SkewedPriorities: In the middle of a big fight which isn't going well, on a ship heading toward a NegativeSpaceWedgie, surrounded on all sides, Rocket ''insists'' the team needs a name.
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* DescriptionCut: In the very first page of the first issue, Peter claims their first mission didn't go too badly. Then we get this;
-->'''Alien''': "BURN THE UNBELIEVERS!"
-->'''Alien''': "BURN THE UNBELIEVERS!"
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* [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen They Who Must Not Be Seen]]: The Badoon refuse to show their faces to the Guardians. Apparently no-one is 'fit to look upon the beauty of the Badoon'.
* TookALevelInBadass: The Badoon are in the middle of this in Vol 2. When the team faces off against some [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zoms]], Rocket doesn't believe the Badoon could be capable of such things. Vance Astro claims that in just a few years, they're going to be even more dangerous.
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* WhamShot: During an escape attempt, [[SpiritAdvisor Maelstrom]] leads Phyla to a cocoon hidden in one of the Church's bases. She starts to open it, thinking Adam Warlock is inside. It's not. [[spoiler: It's [[OhCrap Thanos]].]]
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* WhamShot: During ComicBook/WarOfKings, Adam goes up against Vulcan. In the middle of the fight, his face suddenly turns [[SuperPoweredEvilSide purple]]...
** During an escapeattempt, attempt from the Church of Universal Truth, [[SpiritAdvisor Maelstrom]] leads Phyla to a cocoon hidden in one of the Church's bases. She starts to open it, thinking Adam Warlock is inside. It's not. [[spoiler: It's [[OhCrap Thanos]].]]
** During an escape
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The Guardians of the Galaxy first appeared in ''Marvel Super-Heroes'' #18 (January, 1969), created by Arnold Drake and Gene Colan. They are a science fiction comic series set in the future, the 31st Century. An alien race known as the Badoon have conquered Earth in the year 3007 A.D., leading to a telekinetic astronaut from the 20th Century (preserved by 1,000 years in suspended animation) to gather a team of heroes to free Earth. They eventually do, and go on to do other stuff.
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The Guardians of the Galaxy first appeared in ''Marvel Super-Heroes'' #18 (January, 1969), created by Arnold Drake and Gene Colan. They are a science fiction comic series set in the future, the 31st Century. An alien race known as the Badoon have conquered Earth in the year 3007 A.D., leading to a telekinetic astronaut from the 20th Century (preserved by 1,000 years in suspended animation) to gather a team of heroes to free Earth. They eventually do, and go on to do other stuff.
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* SharingABody: Starhawk and Aleta, from their first appearance. They were [[NotBloodRelated adopted siblings]] who encountered a device that made them share the same physical space, so only one of them could manifest at a time. They made the most of by getting married. Everything seemed okay until Aleta started falling for Vance...
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* SharingABody: Starhawk and Aleta, from their first appearance. They were [[NotBloodRelated adopted siblings]] who encountered a device that made them share the same physical space, so only one of them could manifest at a time. They made the most of it by getting married. Everything seemed okay until Aleta started falling for Vance...
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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: The Church of Universal Truth runs on their un-abiding faith in life itself, from trillions of beings all over the universe. Their [[EliteMooks cardinals]] focus their belief into all sorts of handy super-powers. It's even their battle-cry.
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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: The Church of Universal Truth runs on their un-abiding abiding faith in life itself, from trillions of beings all over the universe. Their [[EliteMooks cardinals]] focus their belief into all sorts of handy super-powers. It's even their battle-cry.
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* GroundhogDayLoop: [[spoiler:The classic Guardians in Volume 3 #14, who find themselves replaying their fight against the Badoon over and over thanks to something in the past, and decide to travel back and put a stop to it.]]
* GunsAkimbo: [[MemeticMutation "Hi, I'm Star-Lord. I'm with the Guardians of the Galaxy. I'd flash you my business card, but my hands are too full of guns."]]
* [[HeroOfAnotherStory Heroes of Another Story]]: The Luminals, Xarth's Mightiest Heroes. They don't get on with the Guardians, which isn't helped by the fact that their boss, Cynosure is a JerkAss.
* GunsAkimbo: [[MemeticMutation "Hi, I'm Star-Lord. I'm with the Guardians of the Galaxy. I'd flash you my business card, but my hands are too full of guns."]]
* [[HeroOfAnotherStory Heroes of Another Story]]: The Luminals, Xarth's Mightiest Heroes. They don't get on with the Guardians, which isn't helped by the fact that their boss, Cynosure is a JerkAss.
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* GroundhogDayLoop: [[spoiler:The classic Guardians in Volume 3 #14, who find themselves replaying their fight against the Badoon over and over thanks to something in the past, and decide to travel back and put a stop to it. A similar phenomenon motivates Starhawk's journeys back in time in Volume 2; in that case, it turns out to be the events of ''Comicbook/WarOfKings'' opening the way to the Cancerverse.]]
* GunsAkimbo: [[MemeticMutation"Hi, "Hi. I'm Star-Lord. I'm with the Guardians of the Galaxy. I'd flash you my business card, but my hands are too full of guns."]]
* [[HeroOfAnotherStory Heroes of Another Story]]: The Luminals, Xarth's Mightiest Heroes. They don't get on with the Guardians, which isn't helped by the fact that theirboss, boss Cynosure is a JerkAss.
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* [[HeroOfAnotherStory Heroes of Another Story]]: The Luminals, Xarth's Mightiest Heroes. They don't get on with the Guardians, which isn't helped by the fact that their
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* MythologyGag: In the second issue, the team find Vance Astro [[{{ComicBook/Avengers}} frozen in a block of ice]]. They even remark on the similarity, leading to Rocket Racoon's quote at the top of this section.
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* MythologyGag: In the second issue, issue of volume 2, the team find Vance Astro [[{{ComicBook/Avengers}} frozen in a block of ice]]. They even remark on the similarity, leading to Rocket Racoon's quote at the top of this section.
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** In the first issue, the team infiltrate a massive ship that looks like a giant cathedral which is flying into a NegativeSpaceWedgie. These are obvious references to Warhammer40K, which features creator DanAbnett's most celebrated work. The flying cathedral-ship is also named the Tancred, which was the name of a Space Marine-turned-Dreadnought in an Abnett-penned Warhammer40K comic.
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** In the first issue, issue of volume 2, the team infiltrate a massive ship that looks like a giant cathedral which is flying into a NegativeSpaceWedgie. These are obvious references to Warhammer40K, which features creator DanAbnett's most celebrated work. The flying cathedral-ship is also named the Tancred, which was the name of a Space Marine-turned-Dreadnought in an Abnett-penned Warhammer40K comic.
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: IGN summed up Bendis's handling of the current team as "the Comicbook/IronMan and Rocket Raccoon show."
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: IGN summed up Bendis's handling of the current team as "the Comicbook/IronMan and Rocket Raccoon show."
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* AssInAmbassador: Delegate Gorani of the Uuchan delegation to Knowhere skirts this.
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* AssInAmbassador: Delegate Gorani of the Uuchan delegation to Knowhere skirts this. He's not the Guardians' enemy, but he's not their friend either.
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* WorthyAdversary: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. The Magus doesn't have a high opinion of the Guardians, constantly mocking their efforts, but he does at least acknowledge that they almost managed to stop him, and that he respects that.
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* AssInAmbassador: Delegate Gorani of the Uuchan delegation to Knowhere skirts this.
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* [[HeroOfAnotherStory Heroes of Another Story]]: The Luminals, Xarth's Mightiest Heroes. They don't get on with the Guardians, which isn't helped by the fact that their boss, Cynosure is a JerkAss.
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* NearDeathExperience: Happens to Drax when their first mission together goes wrong.
-->'''Drax''': "We almost died. I saw a bright light. There was in it nobody I wanted to see."
-->'''Drax''': "We almost died. I saw a bright light. There was in it nobody I wanted to see."
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* TemptingFate: When the subject of the Magus comes up, Adam Warlock is incredibly insistent he prevented that reality from happened, causing Rocket to ask if their mission is going to become 'one of those time-travel things'. Fortunately, it doesn't. But then, at the end of the issue, we see a figure frozen in a block of ice, a [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica familiar shield]] just visible underneath the surface.
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* TemptingFate: When the subject of the Magus comes up, Adam Warlock is incredibly insistent he prevented that reality from happened, happening, causing Rocket to ask if their mission is going to become 'one of those time-travel things'. Fortunately, it doesn't. But then, at the end of the issue, we see a figure frozen in a block of ice, a [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica familiar shield]] just visible underneath the surface. Capped off by what Quill says over this.
-->'''Star-Lord''': "That kind of stuff always ends in pain, heartbreak and tears before bedtime. Sure glad we dodged '''that''' bullet."
-->'''Star-Lord''': "That kind of stuff always ends in pain, heartbreak and tears before bedtime. Sure glad we dodged '''that''' bullet."
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* TemptingFate: When the subject of the Magus comes up, Adam Warlock is incredibly insistent he prevented that reality from happened, causing Rocket to ask if their mission is going to become 'one of those time-travel things'. Fortunately, it doesn't. But then, at the end of the issue, we see a figure frozen in a block of ice, a [[ComicBook/Captain America familiar shield]] just visible underneath the surface.
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* TemptingFate: When the subject of the Magus comes up, Adam Warlock is incredibly insistent he prevented that reality from happened, causing Rocket to ask if their mission is going to become 'one of those time-travel things'. Fortunately, it doesn't. But then, at the end of the issue, we see a figure frozen in a block of ice, a [[ComicBook/Captain America [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica familiar shield]] just visible underneath the surface.
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* MythologyGag: In the second issue, the team find Vance Astro [[{{ComicBook/Avengers}} frozen in a block of ice]]. They even remark on the similarity, leading to Rocket Racoon's quote at the top of this section.
** While going through dozens of [[BadFuture bad futures]], there is a brief glimpse of a version of the Guardians fighting an army based on the Avengers, as happened in ComicBook/AvengersForever.
** While going through dozens of [[BadFuture bad futures]], there is a brief glimpse of a version of the Guardians fighting an army based on the Avengers, as happened in ComicBook/AvengersForever.
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* RiddleForTheAges: We never do find out why Vance Astro was frozen, or what reality he comes from.
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* DyingAsYourself: Happens to Adam Warlock. [[spoiler: Or not, since the Magus was just faking.]]
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* {{Squick}}: In-Universe, when an EldritchAbomination forces itself into Moondragon's body via the face.
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** It also costs them when they ask Black Bolt to call off the [[ComicBook/WarOfKings war with the Shi'ar]].
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* SuperDickery: Drax and Phyla go to see Mentor, Moondragons' ParentalSubstitute, about a way to revive her. Unfortunately, they need her soul. Mentor instantly kills both of them. It gets them where they need to go, but they're still angry about it when they're revived.
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* ConservationOfNinjitsu: An entire planet's worth of the Church's best soldiers versus Mantis, Major Victory, Cosmo, Gamora and Martyr quickly turns into this. And then [[spoiler:[[FromBadToWorse Thanos shows up]].]]
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* WhamShot: During an escape attempt, [[SpiritAdvisor Maelstrom]] leads Phyla to a cocoon hidden in one of the Church's bases. She starts to open it, thinking Adam Warlock is inside. It's not. [[spoiler: It's [[OhCrap Thanos]].]]
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The series ran in various Marvel Anthology books in the [[TheSeventies 1970s]], with guest appearances in ComicBook/TheDefenders and ComicBook/TheAvengers in between anthology runs. The characters most notable appearance during these early years was in the Avengers, during the Korvac Saga.
The characters vanished into limbo during the 1980s, but were revived and given their own book in 1990. Originally written and drawn by Jim Valentino (with only one fill-in artist, Mark Texiera, for a single issue), Valentino revived the book with gratuitous continuity nods to existing Marvel characters: these included a new Phoenix, Wolverine's evil great-great-great-granddaughter Rancor and her army of evil mutants, a revived Church of the Universal Truth, "The Punisher" militia, Doctor Doom (whose brain was implanted into Wolverine's body), and Mephisto's daughter among other things. The series was popular, but ultimately around issue #28, Jim Valentino jumped ship to go found [[ImageComics Image Comics]] after the other founders made a surprise offer to let Valentino come with them.
The book was then turned over to Michael Gallagher, who resolved Valentino's various storylines before introducing a new opponent derived from elements of another 1970s sci-fi book (Kilraven) into the franchise, causing the Guardians to fight the last Martian, Ripjak. The series lasted for 62 issues (June, 1990-July, 1995). They haven't seen much use since that time.
The characters vanished into limbo during the 1980s, but were revived and given their own book in 1990. Originally written and drawn by Jim Valentino (with only one fill-in artist, Mark Texiera, for a single issue), Valentino revived the book with gratuitous continuity nods to existing Marvel characters: these included a new Phoenix, Wolverine's evil great-great-great-granddaughter Rancor and her army of evil mutants, a revived Church of the Universal Truth, "The Punisher" militia, Doctor Doom (whose brain was implanted into Wolverine's body), and Mephisto's daughter among other things. The series was popular, but ultimately around issue #28, Jim Valentino jumped ship to go found [[ImageComics Image Comics]] after the other founders made a surprise offer to let Valentino come with them.
The book was then turned over to Michael Gallagher, who resolved Valentino's various storylines before introducing a new opponent derived from elements of another 1970s sci-fi book (Kilraven) into the franchise, causing the Guardians to fight the last Martian, Ripjak. The series lasted for 62 issues (June, 1990-July, 1995). They haven't seen much use since that time.
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The series ran in various Marvel Anthology books in the [[TheSeventies 1970s]], with guest appearances in ComicBook/TheDefenders and ComicBook/TheAvengers in between anthology runs. The characters characters' most notable appearance during these early years was in the Avengers, during the Korvac Saga.
The characters vanished into limbo during the 1980s, but were revived and given their own book in 1990. Originally written and drawn by Jim Valentino (with only one fill-in artist, Mark Texiera, for a single issue), Valentino revived the book with gratuitous continuity nods to existing Marvel characters: these included a new Phoenix, Wolverine's evil great-great-great-granddaughter Rancor and her army of evil mutants, a revived Church of the Universal Truth, "The Punisher" militia, Doctor Doom (whose brain was implanted into Wolverine's body), and Mephisto's daughter among other things. The series was popular, but ultimately around issue #28, Jim Valentino jumped ship to go found[[ImageComics Image Comics]] ImageComics after the other founders made a surprise offer to let Valentino come with them.
The book was then turned over to Michael Gallagher, who resolved Valentino's various storylines before introducing a new opponent derived from elements of another 1970s sci-fi book(Kilraven) (Killraven) into the franchise, causing the Guardians to fight the last Martian, Ripjak. The series lasted for 62 issues (June, 1990-July, 1995). They haven't seen much use since that time.
time, although they do make the occasional appearance in the new team's series.
The characters vanished into limbo during the 1980s, but were revived and given their own book in 1990. Originally written and drawn by Jim Valentino (with only one fill-in artist, Mark Texiera, for a single issue), Valentino revived the book with gratuitous continuity nods to existing Marvel characters: these included a new Phoenix, Wolverine's evil great-great-great-granddaughter Rancor and her army of evil mutants, a revived Church of the Universal Truth, "The Punisher" militia, Doctor Doom (whose brain was implanted into Wolverine's body), and Mephisto's daughter among other things. The series was popular, but ultimately around issue #28, Jim Valentino jumped ship to go found
The book was then turned over to Michael Gallagher, who resolved Valentino's various storylines before introducing a new opponent derived from elements of another 1970s sci-fi book
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* ExposedExtraterrestrials: Martinex is a crystalline transhuman from the planet Pluto. His body is composed entirely of crystal, and never wears clothes.
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* ExposedExtraterrestrials: Martinex is a crystalline transhuman from the planet Pluto. His body is composed entirely of crystal, and he never wears clothes.
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* FieryRedhead: Nikki. Slight Aversion in that she's not quite a redhead so much that being from the planet Mercury, the pores on her head are exhaust ports for a high, constant body heat. The result? Actual constant fire that looks like hair.
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* FieryRedhead: Nikki. Slight Aversion in that she's not quite a redhead so much as that being from the planet Mercury, the pores on her head are exhaust ports for a high, constant body heat. The result? Actual constant fire that looks like hair.
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* PowerCopying: The Protege can permanently duplicate any powers and skills he sees, all the way up the CosmicEntity level. He's also [[GooGooGodlike a child]]. This quickly leads to AGodAmI.
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* PowerCopying: The Protege can permanently duplicate any powers and skills he sees, all the way up to the CosmicEntity level. He's also [[GooGooGodlike a child]]. This quickly leads to AGodAmI.
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Years after the original comic ended, a new version, set in the mainstream 616 universe and in the present time was created by Creator/DanAbnett and Andy Lanning out of the main characters from their two ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' [[BatFamilyCrossover miniseries events]]. In it, a few of the protagonists who helped solve the troubles of those series decide that the universe can't take another, and so organize a team to proactively go out and lay the beatdown on whatever troubles threaten to destroy everything.
The new version first appeared in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' vol. 2 #1 (July, 2008). Their book lasted for 25 issues (July, 2008-June, 2010). Rocket Raccoon's prominent appearance in the promotional image for the 2012 MarvelNOW relaunch, as well as another promotional image featuring Nick Fury holding Star-Lord's file hinted that the Guardians may have a major appearance in the upcoming stories. This was later confirmed with the announcement of a upcoming new Guardians of the Galaxy series with Creator/BrianMichaelBendis writing and Steven [=McNiven=] on art which debuted in early 2013.
A version of the team appears the second season of the ''[[WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]'' animated program, during an adaptation of the Korvac saga. The team also appeared in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'', which largely served to introduce the franchise to a younger audience in anticipation of the upcoming film. This line-up is also set to appear in a live-action ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' film, set within the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
The new version first appeared in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' vol. 2 #1 (July, 2008). Their book lasted for 25 issues (July, 2008-June, 2010). Rocket Raccoon's prominent appearance in the promotional image for the 2012 MarvelNOW relaunch, as well as another promotional image featuring Nick Fury holding Star-Lord's file hinted that the Guardians may have a major appearance in the upcoming stories. This was later confirmed with the announcement of a upcoming new Guardians of the Galaxy series with Creator/BrianMichaelBendis writing and Steven [=McNiven=] on art which debuted in early 2013.
A version of the team appears the second season of the ''[[WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]'' animated program, during an adaptation of the Korvac saga. The team also appeared in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'', which largely served to introduce the franchise to a younger audience in anticipation of the upcoming film. This line-up is also set to appear in a live-action ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' film, set within the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
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Years after the original comic ended, a new version, set in the mainstream 616 universe and in the present time time, was created by Creator/DanAbnett and Andy Lanning out of the main characters from their two ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' [[BatFamilyCrossover miniseries events]]. In it, a few of the protagonists who helped solve the troubles of those series decide that the universe can't take another, and so organize a team to proactively go out and lay the beatdown on whatever troubles threaten to destroy everything.
The new version first appeared in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' vol. 2 #1 (July, 2008). Their book lasted for 25 issues (July, 2008-June, 2010). Rocket Raccoon's prominent appearance in the promotional image for the 2012 MarvelNOW relaunch, as well as another promotional image featuring Nick Fury holding Star-Lord's file hinted that the Guardiansmay might have a major appearance in the upcoming stories. This was later confirmed with the announcement of a upcoming new Guardians of the Galaxy series with Creator/BrianMichaelBendis writing and Steven [=McNiven=] on art which debuted in early 2013.
A version of the team appears in the second season of the ''[[WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]'' animated program, during an adaptation of the Korvac saga. The team also appeared in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'', which largely served to introduce the franchise to a younger audience in anticipation of the upcoming film. This line-up is also set to appear in a live-action ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' film, set within the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
The new version first appeared in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' vol. 2 #1 (July, 2008). Their book lasted for 25 issues (July, 2008-June, 2010). Rocket Raccoon's prominent appearance in the promotional image for the 2012 MarvelNOW relaunch, as well as another promotional image featuring Nick Fury holding Star-Lord's file hinted that the Guardians
A version of the team appears in the second season of the ''[[WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]'' animated program, during an adaptation of the Korvac saga. The team also appeared in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'', which largely served to introduce the franchise to a younger audience in anticipation of the upcoming film. This line-up is also set to appear in a live-action ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' film, set within the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
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With Mantis providing a support role and Groot still recovering from Annihilation Conquest, though both would soon join the main line up. Also providing a support role was Cosmo, a telepathic former Russian Cosmonaut dog who ran security at Knowhere, the former head of a Celestial at the end of space and time. By the second issue, Major Victory, the same character from the original series, would join up, and would be followed later on by Bug, Jack Flagg and Moondragon.
In the Marvel NOW series, the Guardians reform with the line-up of Star-Lord, Groot, Rocket Raccoon, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer and ComicBook/IronMan. Carol Danvers ([[Comicbook/MsMarvel Captain Marvel]]) and Flash Thompson ({{Comicbook/Venom}} IV) have been solicited to join the team in 2014.
In the Marvel NOW series, the Guardians reform with the line-up of Star-Lord, Groot, Rocket Raccoon, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer and ComicBook/IronMan. Carol Danvers ([[Comicbook/MsMarvel Captain Marvel]]) and Flash Thompson ({{Comicbook/Venom}} IV) have been solicited to join the team in 2014.
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With Mantis providing a support role and Groot still recovering from Annihilation Conquest, though both would soon join the main line up. Also providing a support role was Cosmo, a telepathic former Russian Cosmonaut dog who ran security at Knowhere, the former head of a Celestial at the end of space and time. By the second issue, Major Victory, the same character from the original series, would join up, and would be followed later on by Bug, Jack Flagg and Moondragon.
Moondragon. In the Marvel NOW series, the Guardians reform reformed with the line-up of Star-Lord, Groot, Rocket Raccoon, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer and ComicBook/IronMan. Carol Danvers ([[Comicbook/MsMarvel Captain Marvel]]) and Flash Thompson ({{Comicbook/Venom}} IV) have been solicited to join joined the team in 2014.
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Two spin-off ongoings hit shortly before the movie: ''Rocket Raccoon'', spotlighting Rocket's solo adventures (with Groot occasionally along for the ride), and ''Legendary Star-Lord'', spotlighting Star-Lord's solo adventures.
Two spin-off ongoings hit shortly before the movie: ''Rocket Raccoon'', spotlighting Rocket's solo adventures (with Groot occasionally along for the ride), and ''Legendary Star-Lord'', spotlighting Star-Lord's solo adventures.
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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: It is AbortedArc: Drax starts looking for [[ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} Cammi]], but when you're fighting a cyborg-zombie that still has [[AndIMustScream some the possibility of its mind left]].reviving his daughter comes up, he forgets all about her.
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** Dropped in the current series.
* AbortedArc: Drax starts looking for [[ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} Cammi]], but when the possibility of reviving his daughter comes up, he forgets all about her.
* AbortedArc: Drax starts looking for [[ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} Cammi]], but when the possibility of reviving his daughter comes up, he forgets all about her.
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* AbortedArc: Drax starts looking for [[ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} Cammi]], but when the possibility of reviving his daughter comes up, he forgets all about her.Vol. 3.
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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Issue 19 of Vol. 2 has half the main characters KIA by the time the issue is over.]] [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead: 22/23 reveals it was an illusion the whole time, with only Phyla dies in between issues 24 and 25.]]
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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: It is when you're fighting a cyborg-zombie that still has [[AndIMustScream some of its mind left]].
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Issue 19 of Vol. 2 has half the main characters KIA by the time the issue is over.]] [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead: 22/23 reveals it was an illusion the whole time, with only Phyladies dying in between issues 24 and 25.]]]]
* ApocalypseHow: One potential future we're shown results in a Class X-2.
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Issue 19 of Vol. 2 has half the main characters KIA by the time the issue is over.]] [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead: 22/23 reveals it was an illusion the whole time, with only Phyla
* ApocalypseHow: One potential future we're shown results in a Class X-2.
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* ArcWords: In Vol 2, 'The death of the future tense' comes up a lot.
* ApocalypseHow: One potential future we're shown results in a Class X-2.
* ArcWords: In Vol 2, 'The death of the future tense' comes up a lot.
* ApocalypseHow: One potential future we're shown results in a Class X-2.
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* ArcWords: InVol Vol. 2, 'The death of the future tense' comes up a lot.
*ApocalypseHow: One potential future we're shown results BackFromTheDead:
** Star-Lord and Drax the Destroyer reappear ina Class X-2.Avengers Assemble Volume 2 with absolutely no explanation as to how they came back to life since the ComicBook/TheThanosImperative.
** Moondragon is revived by Drax and Phyla in the series.
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** Moondragon is revived by Drax and Phyla in the series.
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* BadassNormal: Starlord, while he used to have all kinds of nifty cosmic powers, these days he's just a guy with a gun and a rad helmet taking on cosmic level threats.
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** Moondragon is revived by Drax and Phyla in the series.
** Star-Lord and Drax the Destroyer reappear in Avengers Assemble Volume 2 with absolutely no explanation as to how they came back to life since the ComicBook/TheThanosImperative.
** Moondragon is revived by Drax and Phyla in the series.
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* BrickJoke: When Star-Lord and half of his team are thrown through time and encounter the classic Guardians of the Galaxy, he decided to come up with another name for his team to avoid any unnecessary problems with the other guardians. The name he chose: The Ass-Kickers of the Fantastic, a name that Rocket Raccoon suggested for their team name in the beginning of the first issue.
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* BrickJoke: When Star-Lord and half of his team are thrown through time and encounter the classic Guardians of the Galaxy, he decided decides to come up with another name for his team to avoid any unnecessary problems with the other guardians.Guardians. The name he chose: The Ass-Kickers of the Fantastic, a name that Rocket Raccoon suggested for their team name in the beginning of the first issue.
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* ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: Said by ''Kang the Conqueror'' in #19.
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* ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: Said by ''Kang the Conqueror'' in v2 #19.
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** The Dragon of the Moon is one. It just happens to come in the form on a giant dragon.
* FunnyAnimal: Cosmo and Rocket Raccoon
* FunnyAnimal: Cosmo and Rocket Raccoon
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** The Dragon of the Moon is one. It just happens to come in the form on of a giant dragon.
* FunnyAnimal: Cosmo and Rocket Raccoondragon.
* FunnyAnimal: Cosmo and Rocket Raccoon
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* ForgotICouldFly: Hollywood, an elderly version of [[WonderMan Wonder Man]] in a BadFuture, is so old he's done this. Seeing the Guardians in action jolts his memory.
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* ForgotICouldFly: Hollywood, an elderly version of [[WonderMan Wonder Man]] WonderMan in a BadFuture, is so old he's done this. Seeing the Guardians in action jolts his memory.memory.
* FunnyAnimal: Cosmo and Rocket Raccoon
* FunnyAnimal: Cosmo and Rocket Raccoon
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* GunsAkimbo: [[MemeticMutation "Hi I'm Star-Lord. I'm with the Guardians of the Galaxy. I'd flash you my business card, but my hands are too full of guns."]]
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* GroundhogDayLoop: [[spoiler:The classic Guardians in Volume 3 #14, who find themselves replaying their fight against the Badoon over and over thanks to something in the past, and decide to travel back and put a stop to it.]]
* GunsAkimbo: [[MemeticMutation"Hi "Hi, I'm Star-Lord. I'm with the Guardians of the Galaxy. I'd flash you my business card, but my hands are too full of guns."]]"]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Rocket Raccoon and Groot.
* GunsAkimbo: [[MemeticMutation
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* LetsSplitUpGang: In the second issue of Volume 3, cut off from any and all back up, the team elects to just each destroy a a ship a piece.
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* LetsSplitUpGang: In the second issue of Volume 3, cut off from any and all back up, the team elects to just each destroy a a ship a piece.apiece.
** Age of Ultron spawns a few more, including the one that brings Angela over from her dimension.
** In a backup story in Vol.3 #14, we discover ''his entire species'' talk like this.
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* RunningGag: Jack Flagg hates Cosmic $#*^. Rocket Raccoon comes to echo his sentiments, despite being a friggin' anthromorphic raccoon.
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** In the first issue, the team infiltrate a massive ship that looks like a giant cathedral which is flying into a NegativeSpaceWedgie. These are obvious references to Warhammer40K, which is creator DanAbnett's most celebrated work. The flying cathedral-ship is also named the Tancred, which was the name of a Space Marine-turned-Dreadnought in an Abnett-penned Warhammer40K comic.
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** In the first issue, the team infiltrate a massive ship that looks like a giant cathedral which is flying into a NegativeSpaceWedgie. These are obvious references to Warhammer40K, which is features creator DanAbnett's most celebrated work. The flying cathedral-ship is also named the Tancred, which was the name of a Space Marine-turned-Dreadnought in an Abnett-penned Warhammer40K comic.
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: IGN summed up Bendis's handling of the current team as "the IronMan and Rocket Raccoon show."
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: IGN summed up Bendis's handling of the current team as "the IronMan Comicbook/IronMan and Rocket Raccoon show."
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Rocket Raccoon and Groot. Groot.
* ImHavingSoulPains: Moondragon says her soul 'aches' after her latest resurrection.
* ImHavingSoulPains: Moondragon says her soul 'aches' after her latest resurrection.
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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: The Church of Universal Truth runs on their un-abiding faith in life itself. It's even their battle-cry.
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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: The Church of Universal Truth runs on their un-abiding faith in life itself.itself, from trillions of beings all over the universe. Their [[EliteMooks cardinals]] focus their belief into all sorts of handy super-powers. It's even their battle-cry.
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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: The Church of Universal Truth runs on their un-abiding faith in life itself. It's even their battle-cry.
-->'''[[ChurchMilitant Cardinal Raker]]''': "I believe! Let the pain begin!"
-->'''[[ChurchMilitant Cardinal Raker]]''': "I believe! Let the pain begin!"
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* AbortedArc: Drax starts looking for [[ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} Cammi]] but when the possibility of reviving his daughter comes up, he forgets all about her.
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* AbortedArc: Drax starts looking for [[ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} Cammi]] Cammi]], but when the possibility of reviving his daughter comes up, he forgets all about her.her.
* AmicableExes: Adam and Gamora have shades of this. [[spoiler: It gets creepy when he becomes Magus.]]
* AmicableExes: Adam and Gamora have shades of this. [[spoiler: It gets creepy when he becomes Magus.]]
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** The Dragon of the Moon.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Definitely. So much so that [[spoiler:Peter had Mantis use her [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood telepathy]] to get everyone to work together.]]
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* StopWorshippingMe: Adam and the Church of Universal Truth. They consider him their messiah, he finds them an unpleasant reminder of [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Magus]]. That said, he's not above using them when the need arises.
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* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Stuck in a Dyson Sphere with no protection from the sunlight, and the teleportation systems down, with the means to restore the shielding a good distance from their location, Gamora points out she has a healing factor. She succeeds, but gets badly burnt in the process. It takes several issues for her skin to heal, with a few issues more for her hair.
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* ForgotICouldFly: Hollywood, an elderly version of [[WonderMan Wonder Man]] in a BadFuture, is so old he's done this. Seeing the Guardians in action jolts his memory.
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** Starhawk is still "The one who knows."
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Cosmo is the head of security for Knowhere, and is pleasant and supportive toward the team. Except where [[SitcomArchnemesis Rocket Racoon is concerned]].
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* YouAreTooLate: After a desperate attempt to get back to the twenty-first century and stop the return of the Magus, it turns out that Adam Warlock can't be saved. [[OhCrap He's been the Magus for months]].
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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: It is when you're fighting a cyborg-zombie that still has [[AndIMustScream some of its mind left]].
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* CassandraTruth: Major Victory keeps trying to tell everyone about the threat of the Badoon. He's only believed once the team encounter some of their handiwork.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Phyla makes one of these with [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Oblivion]] to get Moondragon back.
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* NoSell: Nothing the team has slows the Magus down for very long. It gets worse with [[spoiler: Thanos, who manages to kill an entire planet before they can stop him]].
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* ContinuityNod: Mantis and Kang [[ComicBook/TheCrossing have a history]].
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* AbortedArc: Drax starts looking for [[ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} Cammi]] but when the possibility of reviving his daughter comes up, he forgets all about her.
* ArcWords: In Vol 2, 'The death of the future tense' comes up a lot.
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* TheChosenOne: Jack Flag is called this at one point. [[AbortedArc And then it never comes up again]].
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->''"Earth Shall Overcome!"''
A Creator/MarvelComics [[SpaceOpera cosmic]] SuperTeam, has had two prominent incarnations as listed below starting with the original. If you're looking for the ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' supporting characters, those are the Guardians of the ''Universe''.
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[[folder: The Classic Series]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:Marvel Cosmic Old School...]]
The Guardians of the Galaxy first appeared in ''Marvel Super-Heroes'' #18 (January, 1969), created by Arnold Drake and Gene Colan. They are a science fiction comic series set in the future, the 31st Century. An alien race known as the Badoon have conquered Earth in the year 3007 A.D., leading to a telekinetic astronaut from the 20th Century (preserved by 1,000 years in suspended animation) to gather a team of heroes to free Earth. They eventually do, and go on to do other stuff.
The series ran in various Marvel Anthology books in the [[TheSeventies 1970s]], with guest appearances in ComicBook/TheDefenders and ComicBook/TheAvengers in between anthology runs. The characters most notable appearance during these early years was in the Avengers, during the Korvac Saga.
The characters vanished into limbo during the 1980s, but were revived and given their own book in 1990. Originally written and drawn by Jim Valentino (with only one fill-in artist, Mark Texiera, for a single issue), Valentino revived the book with gratuitous continuity nods to existing Marvel characters: these included a new Phoenix, Wolverine's evil great-great-great-granddaughter Rancor and her army of evil mutants, a revived Church of the Universal Truth, "The Punisher" militia, Doctor Doom (whose brain was implanted into Wolverine's body), and Mephisto's daughter among other things. The series was popular, but ultimately around issue #28, Jim Valentino jumped ship to go found [[ImageComics Image Comics]] after the other founders made a surprise offer to let Valentino come with them.
The book was then turned over to Michael Gallagher, who resolved Valentino's various storylines before introducing a new opponent derived from elements of another 1970s sci-fi book (Kilraven) into the franchise, causing the Guardians to fight the last Martian, Ripjak. The series lasted for 62 issues (June, 1990-July, 1995). They haven't seen much use since that time.
Had its own spin-off mini-series: ''Galactic Guardians'', which featured a ''lot'' of future versions of Marvel characters, including: [[ComicBook/XMen Phoenix IX]], [[Comicbook/GhostRider the Spirit of Vengeance]], Mainframe (the Vision) and Hollywood (Wonder Man).
This Team initially consisted of:
* Major Victory
* Charlie-27
* Martinex
* Yondu
Later additions:
* Starhawk
* Nikki
* Replica
* Aleta
* Talon
* Firelord
* Yellowjacket (Rita [=DeMara=])
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!!This Version Contains Examples of:
* AbsoluteCleavage: Very popular in the future -- used by the women ''and'' some of the men.
* AlternateHistory: When they go back in time to team up with Comicbook/TheAvengers, they change Major Victory's history, making their future an alternate timeline. The Earth-616 version of Vance Astrovik goes on to become Justice of the ComicBook/NewWarriors.\\
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Incidentally, this makes him the only person [[TimeyWimeyBall to be an Avenger twice as two separate people]] rather than just having one person with multiple identities. They've even technically met in JLA vs. Avengers (although we don't see them talking to each other). [[FridgeLogic Although for some reason, they have slightly different powers and even different hair colors]].
* AnIcePerson: Martinex
* ArtificialLimbs: Yondu, [[spoiler:after Interface from [[ThePsychoRangers Force]] uses his power to transmute matter to turn Yondu's hand to gas. Yondu gets a [[SwissArmyWeapon replacement]], and still managed to remain an archer [[BadAss despite missing a hand.]] ]]
* AxCrazy: Yondu tends to go ax crazy at the drop of a hat.
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Martinex may be made of crystal, but it turns out his ancestors were from Africa.
* CatGirl: Talon is a Cat Boy.
* ClingyCostume: In order to survive a thousand-year space journey, Vance Astro had to be vacuum sealed for his freshness.
* ExposedExtraterrestrials: Martinex is a crystalline transhuman from the planet Pluto. His body is composed entirely of crystal, and never wears clothes.
* FantasticRacism: Nikki believes ReptilesAreAbhorrent. This somehow extends to the disguised Skrull Replica before anyone suspects she might not be human.
* FieryRedhead: Nikki. Slight Aversion in that she's not quite a redhead so much that being from the planet Mercury, the pores on her head are exhaust ports for a high, constant body heat. The result? Actual constant fire that looks like hair.
* GroundhogDayLoop: Starhawk has a Groundhog Day Life.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Starhawk is the son of ComicBook/{{Quasar}} and [[ComicBook/AdamWarlock Her]], making him half human, half orange-skinned [[ArtificialHuman Artificial Being]].
* {{Heavyworlder}}: Charlie-27
* HumanPopsicle: Major Victory
* IJustKnew: Starhawk (Stakar, not Aleta): Starhawk's [[CatchPhrase Catch Phrase]] was 'Accept the word of One Who Knows.' What he would tell Martinex later is that Stakar was not a precognitive; he was fated to go back in time, and his disembodied consciousness [[GroundhogDayLoop inhabit his infant body to start all over again]].
* LastOfHisKind: The premise starts here; the [[LizardFolk Badoon]] have attacked, and the four originals are survivors of their worlds. [[spoiler:Yondu, from Centauri IV in the Alpha Centauri system, eventually discovers that a large number of his people survived and saves them from Galactus.]]
* LegacyCharacter: Major Victory for Captain America, amongst others.
* MassTeleportation
* NotBloodSiblings: Stakar and Aleta are a married couple with three kids. They're also adopted siblings.
* OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace: Yondu, to Photon. Unfortunately, Photon's an atheist and Yondu is sworn to murder any of his kind who are. Although it was ''she'' who was trying to kill ''him''. [[spoiler:No one ended up killing anyone, although he caught her off-guard and badly hurt her at one point. (Valentino intended them to ''eventually'' get together, but it never panned out.)]]
* PlayingWithFire: Firelord, Martinex, and Nikki (Nikki, who was in a relationship with Charlie-27 at one point, and had to immerse herself in water to cool down enough so they could touch).
* PowerCopying: The Protege can permanently duplicate any powers and skills he sees, all the way up the CosmicEntity level. He's also [[GooGooGodlike a child]]. This quickly leads to AGodAmI.
* TheReptilians: The Badoon. Also, [[ScarilyCompetentTracker Scanner]] the [[ComicBook/PowerPack Snark]], from Force.
* SharingABody: Starhawk and Aleta, from their first appearance. They were [[NotBloodRelated adopted siblings]] who encountered a device that made them share the same physical space, so only one of them could manifest at a time. They made the most of by getting married. Everything seemed okay until Aleta started falling for Vance...
* SmartGuy: Martinex
* TimeyWimeyBall: Time is unchangeable, which is why Starhawk is stuck in his GroundhogDayLoop. Time travel also creates alternate timelines, such as when Vance Astro went back in time and prevented his younger self from going into space without erasing himself from existence.
* {{Transhuman}}: Martinex, Charlie-27, and Nikki are all from races of humans genetically modified to live on Pluto, Jupiter, and Mercury respectively.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Replica (a Skrull)
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-->''"Feels like someone turned the symbolic homage up to eleven."''
Years after the original comic ended, a new version, set in the mainstream 616 universe and in the present time was created by Creator/DanAbnett and Andy Lanning out of the main characters from their two ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' [[BatFamilyCrossover miniseries events]]. In it, a few of the protagonists who helped solve the troubles of those series decide that the universe can't take another, and so organize a team to proactively go out and lay the beatdown on whatever troubles threaten to destroy everything.
The new version first appeared in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' vol. 2 #1 (July, 2008). Their book lasted for 25 issues (July, 2008-June, 2010). Rocket Raccoon's prominent appearance in the promotional image for the 2012 MarvelNOW relaunch, as well as another promotional image featuring Nick Fury holding Star-Lord's file hinted that the Guardians may have a major appearance in the upcoming stories. This was later confirmed with the announcement of a upcoming new Guardians of the Galaxy series with Creator/BrianMichaelBendis writing and Steven [=McNiven=] on art which debuted in early 2013.
A version of the team appears the second season of the ''[[WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]'' animated program, during an adaptation of the Korvac saga. The team also appeared in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'', which largely served to introduce the franchise to a younger audience in anticipation of the upcoming film. This line-up is also set to appear in a live-action ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' film, set within the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
The team line-up initially consisted of:
* Star Lord
* ComicBook/AdamWarlock
* Rocket Raccoon
* Gamora
* Drax the Destroyer
* [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell Phyla-Vell]] (As ComicBook/{{Quasar}} then Martyr)
With Mantis providing a support role and Groot still recovering from Annihilation Conquest, though both would soon join the main line up. Also providing a support role was Cosmo, a telepathic former Russian Cosmonaut dog who ran security at Knowhere, the former head of a Celestial at the end of space and time. By the second issue, Major Victory, the same character from the original series, would join up, and would be followed later on by Bug, Jack Flagg and Moondragon.
In the Marvel NOW series, the Guardians reform with the line-up of Star-Lord, Groot, Rocket Raccoon, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer and ComicBook/IronMan. Carol Danvers ([[Comicbook/MsMarvel Captain Marvel]]) and Flash Thompson ({{Comicbook/Venom}} IV) have been solicited to join the team in 2014.
!!Tropes used in Volumes 2 and 3 include:
* AbsoluteCleavage: Gamora in Vol. 2, who pairs it with {{Sideboob}}, VaporWear, and likely a few other related tropes. Frankly, it's probably a miracle of space-age future science that her clothing manages to stay on her as reliably as it does.
** Dropped in the current series.
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Issue 19 of Vol. 2 has half the main characters KIA by the time the issue is over.]] [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead: 22/23 reveals it was an illusion the whole time, with only Phyla dies in between issues 24 and 25.]]
* ArchnemesisDad: Gamora and Thanos
** [[spoiler:Star Lord and his father]]
* ApocalypseHow: One potential future we're shown results in a Class X-2.
* {{Badass}}: Everyone on the team gets their moments to shine, but Drax the Destroyer is the resident OneManArmy.
* BadassAdorable: Rocket Raccoon.
* BadassNormal: Starlord, while he used to have all kinds of nifty cosmic powers, these days he's just a guy with a gun and a rad helmet taking on cosmic level threats.
* BadFuture: Adam Warlock may have contained the Fault in time but his actions resulted in every possible future becoming [[spoiler:the 'Magus future', where the universe is under the control of the Universal Church of Truth, lead by Magus. It got so bad that ''Kang the Conqueror'' is the only one left standing, giving Starlord a Cosmic Cube that ''might'' give him the edge over the Magus.]]
* BackFromTheDead:
** Star-Lord and Drax the Destroyer reappear in Avengers Assemble Volume 2 with absolutely no explanation as to how they came back to life since the ComicBook/TheThanosImperative.
** Moondragon is revived by Drax and Phyla in the series.
* BrickJoke: When Star-Lord and half of his team are thrown through time and encounter the classic Guardians of the Galaxy, he decided to come up with another name for his team to avoid any unnecessary problems with the other guardians. The name he chose: The Ass-Kickers of the Fantastic, a name that Rocket Raccoon suggested for their team name in the beginning of the first issue.
-->'''Star-Lord''': All the good names were taken.
* CatchPhrase: "''I am Groot!''" (It actually means something. We just can't understand the subtle nuances.)
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the Star-Lord series for Annihilation: Conquest, Groot was capable of speaking complete sentences, and had a regal sense of dignity and pride about him. Come the actual series though, and he mainly just declares "I am Groot!" with nobody commenting on the change.
* ChekhovsGun: The depleted Cosmic Cube
* ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: Said by ''Kang the Conqueror'' in #19.
* ConfessionCam: Used early in initial arcs of Volume 2
* CorruptChurch: The Church of Universal Truth definitely. They use the faith of their followers to empower themselves but are unafraid of bugging out and leaving them to their doom when things get hot. [[spoiler:Become even more so under the leadership of Adam Magus in the future.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Phyla-Vell, killed off screen after fulfilling her obligation to Maelstrom and Oblivion by reviving Thanos. ]]
* EldritchAbomination: They're trying to get through the negative space wedgies.
* FunnyAnimal: Cosmo and Rocket Raccoon
* FateWorseThanDeath: Drax the '''Destroyer'''
--> ...And I believe you will now feel all the pain you have ''ever'' inflicted.
** Subverted when it turns out [[spoiler: that said "FateWorseThanDeath" actually helps him reconnect with his humanity. Accidental WarriorTherapist anyone?]]
* GatlingGood: Rocket Raccoon
* GeniusBruiser: Groot, apparently.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Gamora and Mantis. Bug would be the male version of this trope, being VERY handsome under the helmet.
* GunsAkimbo: [[MemeticMutation "Hi I'm Star-Lord. I'm with the Guardians of the Galaxy. I'd flash you my business card, but my hands are too full of guns."]]
* HumanPopsicle: Again, Major Victory, only this time to travel backwards in time. And through dimensions.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Rocket Raccoon and Groot.
* InformedAbility: Rocket Raccoon is supposedly a tactical genius. Most of his plans seem to revolve on plastering the enemy with [[MoreDakka bullets.]]
* JekyllAndHyde: The Magus for Adam Warlock.
* LetsSplitUpGang: In the second issue of Volume 3, cut off from any and all back up, the team elects to just each destroy a a ship a piece.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: When some of the "Modern" Guardians are thrown forward in time and meet the "Original" Guardians.
* MarvelVsCapcom3: Rocket Raccoon gets to be playable in ''Ultimate'', [[UnexpectedCharacter to the surprise of many]].
* MoreDakka: Rocket Raccoon's real super power.
* MoreThanMindControl
* NegativeSpaceWedgie: The rips in the fabric of the universe that keep showing up. There's a really, ''really'' big one (which they manage to actually stabilize) by the time the War of Kings story is over.
* OmnicidalManiac: Maelstrom is very much this. He'd like you to believe he's a beyond good and evil force of nature. Really he's middle management for Oblivion and a loud mouthed sociopath to boot.
* PathOfInspiration: The Universal Church of Truth.
* PlantAliens: Again, Groot.
* PlantPerson: Mantis, thanks to having married and mated with a [[PlantAliens Plant Alien]].
* PokemonSpeak: Groot. Apparently, some of his chants translate to extremely complex TechnoBabble.
* RunningGag: Jack Flagg hates Cosmic $#*^. Rocket Raccoon comes to echo his sentiments, despite being a friggin' anthromorphic raccoon.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: What Groot is ''really'' saying part of the time when he says "I AM GROOT!". Also TechnoBabble.
* ShoutOut: The name of the bar on Knowhere is named Starlin's, a reference to Jim Starlin, the godfather of Marvel Cosmic.
* SpaceBase: They're headquartered in Knowhere, the severed head of a giant space god on the edge of the universe.
* SpaceX: A variation:
-->'''Jack Flag:''' It's a time-door!
-->'''Bug:''' Yeah? Full of Time-Energy? and Time-Swirlies? Jack, just because you put the word "time" in it doesn't -- [[VerbalTic tik]] -- make it any clearer!
* SpotlightStealingSquad: IGN summed up Bendis's handling of the current team as "the IronMan and Rocket Raccoon show."
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Magus to Adam Warlock.
* TimeyWimeyBall: In particular, the Guardians Of All Galaxys (the 30th century team, and all [[AlternateUniverse alternates]] thereof) live MeanwhileInTheFuture, operate on SanDimasTime, and have RippleEffectProofMemory. So they only know about things happening in 2010 "after" they've happened.
* VerbalTic: Bug. His tic is literally 'tik'.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Drax
* WhatNowEnding: [[spoiler: After ComicBook/TheThanosImperative, the group disbanded with no leader. ]]
* WhenTreesAttack: Groot's kind of like a space [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Ent]]. Who can grow back if you smash him apart.
* WolverinePublicity: Marvel seems to be trying to raise Rocket Raccoon to this status.
** ComicBook/IronMan being added to the team in the MarvelNOW series is probably a case of this.
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A Creator/MarvelComics [[SpaceOpera cosmic]] SuperTeam, has had two prominent incarnations as listed below starting with the original. If you're looking for the ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' supporting characters, those are the Guardians of the ''Universe''.
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[[folder: The Classic Series]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:Marvel Cosmic Old School...]]
The Guardians of the Galaxy first appeared in ''Marvel Super-Heroes'' #18 (January, 1969), created by Arnold Drake and Gene Colan. They are a science fiction comic series set in the future, the 31st Century. An alien race known as the Badoon have conquered Earth in the year 3007 A.D., leading to a telekinetic astronaut from the 20th Century (preserved by 1,000 years in suspended animation) to gather a team of heroes to free Earth. They eventually do, and go on to do other stuff.
The series ran in various Marvel Anthology books in the [[TheSeventies 1970s]], with guest appearances in ComicBook/TheDefenders and ComicBook/TheAvengers in between anthology runs. The characters most notable appearance during these early years was in the Avengers, during the Korvac Saga.
The characters vanished into limbo during the 1980s, but were revived and given their own book in 1990. Originally written and drawn by Jim Valentino (with only one fill-in artist, Mark Texiera, for a single issue), Valentino revived the book with gratuitous continuity nods to existing Marvel characters: these included a new Phoenix, Wolverine's evil great-great-great-granddaughter Rancor and her army of evil mutants, a revived Church of the Universal Truth, "The Punisher" militia, Doctor Doom (whose brain was implanted into Wolverine's body), and Mephisto's daughter among other things. The series was popular, but ultimately around issue #28, Jim Valentino jumped ship to go found [[ImageComics Image Comics]] after the other founders made a surprise offer to let Valentino come with them.
The book was then turned over to Michael Gallagher, who resolved Valentino's various storylines before introducing a new opponent derived from elements of another 1970s sci-fi book (Kilraven) into the franchise, causing the Guardians to fight the last Martian, Ripjak. The series lasted for 62 issues (June, 1990-July, 1995). They haven't seen much use since that time.
Had its own spin-off mini-series: ''Galactic Guardians'', which featured a ''lot'' of future versions of Marvel characters, including: [[ComicBook/XMen Phoenix IX]], [[Comicbook/GhostRider the Spirit of Vengeance]], Mainframe (the Vision) and Hollywood (Wonder Man).
This Team initially consisted of:
* Major Victory
* Charlie-27
* Martinex
* Yondu
Later additions:
* Starhawk
* Nikki
* Replica
* Aleta
* Talon
* Firelord
* Yellowjacket (Rita [=DeMara=])
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!!This Version Contains Examples of:
* AbsoluteCleavage: Very popular in the future -- used by the women ''and'' some of the men.
* AlternateHistory: When they go back in time to team up with Comicbook/TheAvengers, they change Major Victory's history, making their future an alternate timeline. The Earth-616 version of Vance Astrovik goes on to become Justice of the ComicBook/NewWarriors.\\
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Incidentally, this makes him the only person [[TimeyWimeyBall to be an Avenger twice as two separate people]] rather than just having one person with multiple identities. They've even technically met in JLA vs. Avengers (although we don't see them talking to each other). [[FridgeLogic Although for some reason, they have slightly different powers and even different hair colors]].
* AnIcePerson: Martinex
* ArtificialLimbs: Yondu, [[spoiler:after Interface from [[ThePsychoRangers Force]] uses his power to transmute matter to turn Yondu's hand to gas. Yondu gets a [[SwissArmyWeapon replacement]], and still managed to remain an archer [[BadAss despite missing a hand.]] ]]
* AxCrazy: Yondu tends to go ax crazy at the drop of a hat.
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Martinex may be made of crystal, but it turns out his ancestors were from Africa.
* CatGirl: Talon is a Cat Boy.
* ClingyCostume: In order to survive a thousand-year space journey, Vance Astro had to be vacuum sealed for his freshness.
* ExposedExtraterrestrials: Martinex is a crystalline transhuman from the planet Pluto. His body is composed entirely of crystal, and never wears clothes.
* FantasticRacism: Nikki believes ReptilesAreAbhorrent. This somehow extends to the disguised Skrull Replica before anyone suspects she might not be human.
* FieryRedhead: Nikki. Slight Aversion in that she's not quite a redhead so much that being from the planet Mercury, the pores on her head are exhaust ports for a high, constant body heat. The result? Actual constant fire that looks like hair.
* GroundhogDayLoop: Starhawk has a Groundhog Day Life.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Starhawk is the son of ComicBook/{{Quasar}} and [[ComicBook/AdamWarlock Her]], making him half human, half orange-skinned [[ArtificialHuman Artificial Being]].
* {{Heavyworlder}}: Charlie-27
* HumanPopsicle: Major Victory
* IJustKnew: Starhawk (Stakar, not Aleta): Starhawk's [[CatchPhrase Catch Phrase]] was 'Accept the word of One Who Knows.' What he would tell Martinex later is that Stakar was not a precognitive; he was fated to go back in time, and his disembodied consciousness [[GroundhogDayLoop inhabit his infant body to start all over again]].
* LastOfHisKind: The premise starts here; the [[LizardFolk Badoon]] have attacked, and the four originals are survivors of their worlds. [[spoiler:Yondu, from Centauri IV in the Alpha Centauri system, eventually discovers that a large number of his people survived and saves them from Galactus.]]
* LegacyCharacter: Major Victory for Captain America, amongst others.
* MassTeleportation
* NotBloodSiblings: Stakar and Aleta are a married couple with three kids. They're also adopted siblings.
* OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace: Yondu, to Photon. Unfortunately, Photon's an atheist and Yondu is sworn to murder any of his kind who are. Although it was ''she'' who was trying to kill ''him''. [[spoiler:No one ended up killing anyone, although he caught her off-guard and badly hurt her at one point. (Valentino intended them to ''eventually'' get together, but it never panned out.)]]
* PlayingWithFire: Firelord, Martinex, and Nikki (Nikki, who was in a relationship with Charlie-27 at one point, and had to immerse herself in water to cool down enough so they could touch).
* PowerCopying: The Protege can permanently duplicate any powers and skills he sees, all the way up the CosmicEntity level. He's also [[GooGooGodlike a child]]. This quickly leads to AGodAmI.
* TheReptilians: The Badoon. Also, [[ScarilyCompetentTracker Scanner]] the [[ComicBook/PowerPack Snark]], from Force.
* SharingABody: Starhawk and Aleta, from their first appearance. They were [[NotBloodRelated adopted siblings]] who encountered a device that made them share the same physical space, so only one of them could manifest at a time. They made the most of by getting married. Everything seemed okay until Aleta started falling for Vance...
* SmartGuy: Martinex
* TimeyWimeyBall: Time is unchangeable, which is why Starhawk is stuck in his GroundhogDayLoop. Time travel also creates alternate timelines, such as when Vance Astro went back in time and prevented his younger self from going into space without erasing himself from existence.
* {{Transhuman}}: Martinex, Charlie-27, and Nikki are all from races of humans genetically modified to live on Pluto, Jupiter, and Mercury respectively.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Replica (a Skrull)
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[[folder: The 2008 Revival]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:...Marvel Cosmic New School]]
-->''"Feels like someone turned the symbolic homage up to eleven."''
Years after the original comic ended, a new version, set in the mainstream 616 universe and in the present time was created by Creator/DanAbnett and Andy Lanning out of the main characters from their two ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' [[BatFamilyCrossover miniseries events]]. In it, a few of the protagonists who helped solve the troubles of those series decide that the universe can't take another, and so organize a team to proactively go out and lay the beatdown on whatever troubles threaten to destroy everything.
The new version first appeared in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' vol. 2 #1 (July, 2008). Their book lasted for 25 issues (July, 2008-June, 2010). Rocket Raccoon's prominent appearance in the promotional image for the 2012 MarvelNOW relaunch, as well as another promotional image featuring Nick Fury holding Star-Lord's file hinted that the Guardians may have a major appearance in the upcoming stories. This was later confirmed with the announcement of a upcoming new Guardians of the Galaxy series with Creator/BrianMichaelBendis writing and Steven [=McNiven=] on art which debuted in early 2013.
A version of the team appears the second season of the ''[[WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]'' animated program, during an adaptation of the Korvac saga. The team also appeared in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'', which largely served to introduce the franchise to a younger audience in anticipation of the upcoming film. This line-up is also set to appear in a live-action ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' film, set within the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
The team line-up initially consisted of:
* Star Lord
* ComicBook/AdamWarlock
* Rocket Raccoon
* Gamora
* Drax the Destroyer
* [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell Phyla-Vell]] (As ComicBook/{{Quasar}} then Martyr)
With Mantis providing a support role and Groot still recovering from Annihilation Conquest, though both would soon join the main line up. Also providing a support role was Cosmo, a telepathic former Russian Cosmonaut dog who ran security at Knowhere, the former head of a Celestial at the end of space and time. By the second issue, Major Victory, the same character from the original series, would join up, and would be followed later on by Bug, Jack Flagg and Moondragon.
In the Marvel NOW series, the Guardians reform with the line-up of Star-Lord, Groot, Rocket Raccoon, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer and ComicBook/IronMan. Carol Danvers ([[Comicbook/MsMarvel Captain Marvel]]) and Flash Thompson ({{Comicbook/Venom}} IV) have been solicited to join the team in 2014.
!!Tropes used in Volumes 2 and 3 include:
* AbsoluteCleavage: Gamora in Vol. 2, who pairs it with {{Sideboob}}, VaporWear, and likely a few other related tropes. Frankly, it's probably a miracle of space-age future science that her clothing manages to stay on her as reliably as it does.
** Dropped in the current series.
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Issue 19 of Vol. 2 has half the main characters KIA by the time the issue is over.]] [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead: 22/23 reveals it was an illusion the whole time, with only Phyla dies in between issues 24 and 25.]]
* ArchnemesisDad: Gamora and Thanos
** [[spoiler:Star Lord and his father]]
* ApocalypseHow: One potential future we're shown results in a Class X-2.
* {{Badass}}: Everyone on the team gets their moments to shine, but Drax the Destroyer is the resident OneManArmy.
* BadassAdorable: Rocket Raccoon.
* BadassNormal: Starlord, while he used to have all kinds of nifty cosmic powers, these days he's just a guy with a gun and a rad helmet taking on cosmic level threats.
* BadFuture: Adam Warlock may have contained the Fault in time but his actions resulted in every possible future becoming [[spoiler:the 'Magus future', where the universe is under the control of the Universal Church of Truth, lead by Magus. It got so bad that ''Kang the Conqueror'' is the only one left standing, giving Starlord a Cosmic Cube that ''might'' give him the edge over the Magus.]]
* BackFromTheDead:
** Star-Lord and Drax the Destroyer reappear in Avengers Assemble Volume 2 with absolutely no explanation as to how they came back to life since the ComicBook/TheThanosImperative.
** Moondragon is revived by Drax and Phyla in the series.
* BrickJoke: When Star-Lord and half of his team are thrown through time and encounter the classic Guardians of the Galaxy, he decided to come up with another name for his team to avoid any unnecessary problems with the other guardians. The name he chose: The Ass-Kickers of the Fantastic, a name that Rocket Raccoon suggested for their team name in the beginning of the first issue.
-->'''Star-Lord''': All the good names were taken.
* CatchPhrase: "''I am Groot!''" (It actually means something. We just can't understand the subtle nuances.)
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the Star-Lord series for Annihilation: Conquest, Groot was capable of speaking complete sentences, and had a regal sense of dignity and pride about him. Come the actual series though, and he mainly just declares "I am Groot!" with nobody commenting on the change.
* ChekhovsGun: The depleted Cosmic Cube
* ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: Said by ''Kang the Conqueror'' in #19.
* ConfessionCam: Used early in initial arcs of Volume 2
* CorruptChurch: The Church of Universal Truth definitely. They use the faith of their followers to empower themselves but are unafraid of bugging out and leaving them to their doom when things get hot. [[spoiler:Become even more so under the leadership of Adam Magus in the future.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Phyla-Vell, killed off screen after fulfilling her obligation to Maelstrom and Oblivion by reviving Thanos. ]]
* EldritchAbomination: They're trying to get through the negative space wedgies.
* FunnyAnimal: Cosmo and Rocket Raccoon
* FateWorseThanDeath: Drax the '''Destroyer'''
--> ...And I believe you will now feel all the pain you have ''ever'' inflicted.
** Subverted when it turns out [[spoiler: that said "FateWorseThanDeath" actually helps him reconnect with his humanity. Accidental WarriorTherapist anyone?]]
* GatlingGood: Rocket Raccoon
* GeniusBruiser: Groot, apparently.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Gamora and Mantis. Bug would be the male version of this trope, being VERY handsome under the helmet.
* GunsAkimbo: [[MemeticMutation "Hi I'm Star-Lord. I'm with the Guardians of the Galaxy. I'd flash you my business card, but my hands are too full of guns."]]
* HumanPopsicle: Again, Major Victory, only this time to travel backwards in time. And through dimensions.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Rocket Raccoon and Groot.
* InformedAbility: Rocket Raccoon is supposedly a tactical genius. Most of his plans seem to revolve on plastering the enemy with [[MoreDakka bullets.]]
* JekyllAndHyde: The Magus for Adam Warlock.
* LetsSplitUpGang: In the second issue of Volume 3, cut off from any and all back up, the team elects to just each destroy a a ship a piece.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: When some of the "Modern" Guardians are thrown forward in time and meet the "Original" Guardians.
* MarvelVsCapcom3: Rocket Raccoon gets to be playable in ''Ultimate'', [[UnexpectedCharacter to the surprise of many]].
* MoreDakka: Rocket Raccoon's real super power.
* MoreThanMindControl
* NegativeSpaceWedgie: The rips in the fabric of the universe that keep showing up. There's a really, ''really'' big one (which they manage to actually stabilize) by the time the War of Kings story is over.
* OmnicidalManiac: Maelstrom is very much this. He'd like you to believe he's a beyond good and evil force of nature. Really he's middle management for Oblivion and a loud mouthed sociopath to boot.
* PathOfInspiration: The Universal Church of Truth.
* PlantAliens: Again, Groot.
* PlantPerson: Mantis, thanks to having married and mated with a [[PlantAliens Plant Alien]].
* PokemonSpeak: Groot. Apparently, some of his chants translate to extremely complex TechnoBabble.
* RunningGag: Jack Flagg hates Cosmic $#*^. Rocket Raccoon comes to echo his sentiments, despite being a friggin' anthromorphic raccoon.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: What Groot is ''really'' saying part of the time when he says "I AM GROOT!". Also TechnoBabble.
* ShoutOut: The name of the bar on Knowhere is named Starlin's, a reference to Jim Starlin, the godfather of Marvel Cosmic.
* SpaceBase: They're headquartered in Knowhere, the severed head of a giant space god on the edge of the universe.
* SpaceX: A variation:
-->'''Jack Flag:''' It's a time-door!
-->'''Bug:''' Yeah? Full of Time-Energy? and Time-Swirlies? Jack, just because you put the word "time" in it doesn't -- [[VerbalTic tik]] -- make it any clearer!
* SpotlightStealingSquad: IGN summed up Bendis's handling of the current team as "the IronMan and Rocket Raccoon show."
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Magus to Adam Warlock.
* TimeyWimeyBall: In particular, the Guardians Of All Galaxys (the 30th century team, and all [[AlternateUniverse alternates]] thereof) live MeanwhileInTheFuture, operate on SanDimasTime, and have RippleEffectProofMemory. So they only know about things happening in 2010 "after" they've happened.
* VerbalTic: Bug. His tic is literally 'tik'.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Drax
* WhatNowEnding: [[spoiler: After ComicBook/TheThanosImperative, the group disbanded with no leader. ]]
* WhenTreesAttack: Groot's kind of like a space [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Ent]]. Who can grow back if you smash him apart.
* WolverinePublicity: Marvel seems to be trying to raise Rocket Raccoon to this status.
** ComicBook/IronMan being added to the team in the MarvelNOW series is probably a case of this.
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