Marvel’s Original Guardians of the Galaxy — A Comic Book History — Part One
Vance Astro? Charlie-27? Starhawk? Martinex? Who Are These Guys?
Author’s Note: These articles on the comic book history of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy are excerpted from Star-Lord and the Guardians of the Galaxy: An Unofficial Comic Book History (Glow-in-the-Dark Radio Books, 2018), an in-depth look at the team’s career in the comics, based on original research and interviews with creators Chris Claremont, Steve Englehart, Dan Abnett, Tim Zahn and more. You can jump over to the beginning of the story of Star-Lord here.
The Guardians of the Galaxy are pretty well-known — now. Maybe even as famous as some of the other formerly more “established” super heroes from Marvel Comics. Marvel’s colorful, wise-cracking, outer-space traveling team of ne’er do wells has brightened our movie screens in their two films and Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame. But have you ever wondered where in Marvel Comics history they come from? Did you know their comic book history goes back to the 1960's? With an entirely different cast of characters?
The modern line-up of the Guardians of the Galaxy in the comic books, as in the movies, is (sort-of) led by Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, and has featured Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Drax the…
