Source: comicvine.gamespot.com

10. Blastaared

Writers: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning
Artists: Brad Walker and Carlos Magno

This issue concludes the second major arc of Guardians of the Galaxy, and it does so with gusto. In it, the Guardians rejoin Star-Lord; welcome Jack Flag; and bounce to Earth, where they make sure Reed Richards knows to never, ever open the portal to 42 again. This is also the first meeting between this Guardians squad and the rest of the Marvel Universe, which is fun.

Blastaar is stymied at the gates, and it looks like another major threat is all wrapped up. But it does look as though this book is still headed somewhere, and that’s fun, too. It repeatedly teases the War of Kings – first, Adam Warlock describes it as a horrific event that needs to be stopped, and second, Starhawk says it will be the war to break all of time. So it seems like big things are coming to our Guardians team. And with that, we’ll wrap up our look at these ten initial issues.

In all, I'd say the book takes a little time to get great. But, by the end of the first arc, it's pretty much there. By the end of the second, it's rocking on all cylinders. It's plain to see why Marvel thought these galactic jokesters would make a phenomenal film. And boy, did they.

You can get these comics in the various trade collections of the Abnett and Lanning run or, if you're like me and hate having money, you can pick up the massive Marvel omnibus they put out a while back. It's pretty great, and friggin' massive.