Source: comicvine.gamespot.com

8. Past Mistakes

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

Okay, I get it now. I've been enjoying this series so far, but here’s where I totally understand why it's so beloved. It rules extremely hard.

This issue reveals what happens to Star Lord between his quitting the Guardians and his face-to-face meeting with Blastaar. Turns out that Quill still feels bad about unleashing the Phalanx on Hala and destroying most of the Kree back in Annihilation: Conquest, and with the Skrull Secret Invasion in progress, he wants to warn them.

But Ronan the Accuser is not super happy about Star-Lord's big Phalanx f**k up, so he sentences him for his crimes to banishment in the Negative Zone. And there he meets Blastaar, who tells him that he’s going to help the conqueror raid the inter-dimensional Prison 42 and use it to invade Earth. That is exactly the end of Marvel Universe BS that I live for.

In case you don't remember, 42 is the secret prison that Mr. Fantastic and Iron Man built during Civil War to hold the superheroes who refused to register with the government. Seeing it pop back up is so wonderful. In addition, I’m loving the new Rocket-led Guardians, especially Bug. Bug remains great, and needs to be more prominent.