Welcome to the Wellington Comic Lover’s (WCL) Guide, where we take you through the Wellington City Libraries’ collection of a comic book character or team. This post is an Awesome Mix of all the comics we have about Marvel’s cosmic outlaw heroes, the Guardians of the Galaxy!
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Who are the Guardians of the Galaxy?
The legendary Star-Lord. Gamora, the deadliest woman in the galaxy. Drax the Destroyer. Rocket Raccoon. Groot, the Monster from Planet X. This rag-tag group of heroes and mercenaries team up to save the universe from certain annihilation as the Guardians of the Galaxy.
First Formation and Annihilation 
The Guardians of the Galaxy first formed as a response to the Annihilation Wave, a horde of extra-dimensional insectoid aliens from the Negative Zone trying to conquer the universe. The team included Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Mantis, Nova, and Phyla-Vell, one of the many heroes to take on the name ‘Captain Marvel’.
Guardians of the Galaxy : road to annihiliation. Vol. 2 / Byrne, John
Annihilation : conquest. Book one
The Thanos imperative / Abnett, Dan
Annihilators : Earthfall / Abnett, Dan
Marvel NOW!
The Guardians of the Galaxy reform to protect the Earth and the rest of the galaxy from interstellar threats, with a team made up of Star-Lord, Gamora, Groot, Rocket, and Drax. During this period, the team would always be joined by one Earth-based hero; the rotation included Iron Man, Captain Marvel, Venom, Kitty Pryde, and The Thing from the Fantastic Four.
Guardians of the Galaxy [1] : Cosmic Avengers / Bendis, Brian Michael (also on Libby)
Guardians of the Galaxy [2] : Angela / Bendis, Brian Michael (also on Libby)
The trial of Jean Grey / Bendis, Brian Michael (crossover with The X-Men)
Guardians of the Galaxy [3] : Guardians disassembled / Bendis, Brian Michael (also on Libby)
Guardians of the Galaxy [4] : original sin / Bendis, Brian Michael
Guardians of the Galaxy [5] : through the looking glass / Bendis, Brian Michael
Guardians of Knowhere / Bendis, Brian Michael (Secret Wars miniseries)
Guardians of the Galaxy. Vol. 1, Emperor Quill / Bendis, Brian Michael (also on Libby)
Guardians of the Galaxy : new guard [2] : wanted / Bendis, Brian Michael (also on Libby)
Guardians of the Galaxy. Vol. 3, Civil War II / Bendis, Brian Michael (also on Libby)
Guardians of the Galaxy [4] : grounded / Bendis, Brian Michael
All-New Guardians
More heavily inspired by the movies, this run sees the Guardians trying to stop a villain named Requiem from gathering the Infinity Stones.
All-new Guardians of the Galaxy [1] : communication breakdown / Duggan, Gerry
All-new Guardians of the Galaxy. Volume 2, Riders in the sky / Duggan, Gerry
All-new Guardians of the Galaxy. Vol. 3, Infinity quest / Duggan, Gerry
Infinity Wars / Duggan, Gerry (also on Libby)
The Final Gauntlet
The Guardians face off against Thanos’ Black Order and a rival team of ‘Dark Guardians’ to prevent the resurrection of Thanos.
Guardians of the Galaxy. Vol. 1, The final gauntlet / Cates, Donny
Guardians of the Galaxy [2] : faithless / Cates, Donny
This run is also collected in one volume as Guardians of the Galaxy / Cates, Donny
Silver Surfer : black / Cates, Donny
“We’re Super Heroes”
The next series has the Guardians fight the Olympian gods, and later team up with the X-Men and Doctor Doom to fight ‘The Last Annihilation’. Guest members in this run include Hercules, Marvel Boy from the Young Avengers, and Power Prince, a dim-witted alien royal who accidentally swallowed the Power Stone of the Infinity Gauntlet.
Guardians of the Galaxy. 1, Then it’s us / Ewing, Al
The Guardians of the Galaxy [2] : “Here we make our stand” / Ewing, Al
The Guardians of the Galaxy [3] : “We’re super heroes” / Ewing, Al
The last annihilation / Ewing, Al
