Marvel’s Original Guardians of the Galaxy — A Comic Book History — Part Two
Star-Lord Isn’t One of These Guardians — But Starhawk Is…
These articles on the comic book history of Marvel’s Star-Lord and the 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.
The Guardians of the Galaxy are pretty well-known these days, having brightened our movie screens in their two films and Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame. But in Marvel Comics history, they go back to the 1960’s with an entirely different cast of characters. Instead of the modern line-up with Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Drax the Destroyer, among others, the Original Guardians of the Galaxy featured Charlie-27, Yondu, Vance Astro, Martinex and Starhawk.
You can read about the early history of the original Guardians of the Galaxy team beginning in 1968 in this previous piece, which covers their early days up until they began to appear in Marvel Presents in the mid 1970's. At this point, Starhawk was still relatively new to the team, and a bit…
