Guardians of the Galaxy #146

THE EVIL HAS LANDED

Written by Gerry Duggan
Penciled by Marcus To
Cover by Aaron Kuder
Published Nov 1 2017

   From atop a throne made of Nova helmets, Talonar briefs the 13 talons. The NEW Nova Corps are mining an asteroid, also being used as their home base. Known as the "Spirit of Xandar" in honor of their former planet, most others refer to it as the Rock. They're dependent on member planets for everything. They're weak and suffering from low morale. As the Raptors prepare to make a move on them, former SHIELD accountant and Deadpool handler Scott Adsit, addresses his new recruits amidst a chorus of boos. With that, he introduces the newest corpsmen, the Guardians of the Galaxy.

We're saved. Just look at these cool cats.

   Later, they're all split up. Groot is with Drax, Ant-Man is with Gamora, Rocket (who appears to have taken quite a shine to his new Nova role) interviews a fellow Corpsman and Star Lord reads his notes - amazed to see Rich Rider, the original Nova, is actually still alive.
   Rocket later finds some drunken Corpsmen enjoying impounded wine, proving his new power has gone to his head, while Gamora and Antman respond to a distress call. By the looks of it, Ultron has assimilated most of the dead, and the survivors are locked in the engineering bulkhead. After they board, an Ultron cyborg approaches and the 2 guardians send the others to defend the ship. It obviously recognizes Antman, and as it reboots, Gamora gives it a merciful death.

Sometimes you just need a woman to do the tough stuff.

   The issue wraps as they finally make it to the compartment where the trapped passengers are. They free them and as they all run from the horde of Ultron clones, they discover their ship has left without them. What will they do to survive? We'll have to wait as this issue is left to be continued.
   While admittedly, my Novo knowledge might be a little lacking, there's one thing I'm fairly versed on and it's the history of Ultron/Hank Pym/and Ant Man. Gerry Duggan does the characters justice, after briefly introducing them in Uncanny Avengers. Hopefully it's not just a cameo, because the Scott Lang tenure of Ant-Man and the legend of Hank Pym deserve a showdown. Could that happen in Guardians of the Galaxy? One can only hope. I give this issue a 9/10.

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