Written by Gerry Duggan
Penciled by Aaron Kuder
Cover by Nick Bradshaw
Published March 7, 2018
Cover by Nick Bradshaw
Published March 7, 2018
Above Xitaung, Eve Bakian's Nova Corps tries to shield the infinity stone but the Raptors have found them. They fire torpedoes at a meditating Drax, but when Talonar doubles back around at the massive stone, Eve gives them one final warning.
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| I'm only gonna tell you 15 more times... |
Drax attacks and throws the Raptor out the side of the building. Eve explains they need backup, and with jammed comms, Drax needs to find his way to a radio.
Meanwhile on Telferina, the Guardians of the Galaxy battle the Gardener'sflora army. Suddenly the natives retreat and he appears. Rocket leaps into action, shooting past the defense plants with guns blazing. As the Gardener catches him, Rocket stabs him in the face with a pocket knife.
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| "so I'm gonna kill you back!" |
Elsewhere, the Destroyer tries in vain to use the Raptor's wings, eventually just using them as an air taxi to attack the reconnaissance ship. He climbs aboard it and tries to use the radio, later being psychically by Quinon, a telepath he saved from Ultron a few days prior. She calls for the Guardians of the Galaxy to help their old friend. They may never get the chance though as the Chitauri warlord Warbringer shows up. It bites through the Raptor ship and Drax directs the burning wreck down to the planet's surface where the Novas fight to hold their ground.
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| You fools messed with the wrong interplanetary police force... |
Across the universe, the Guardians battle the Gardener when Adsit mentions the call from Drax. Unfortunately their hands are full at the moment. They fly towards the Elder as Groot drifts toward him, though the fight rages. Nova spears him as the Gardener sends him flying but not before Groot lands on him, screaming as loud as he can. He sends his wooden tendrils over the man when suddenly he's healed, free from Loki's poison.
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| I'm Free! |
Holding the fading Groot, the newly charged Gardener heals his oldest creation. The restored tree is back, not only in body but also with a newly expanded vocabulary. It hails it's friends and grows to destroy the scary evil other tree thing that's been hurting his friends.
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| Tree Game recognize Tree Game... |
The issue wraps in Madripoor when an apparent non-dead Black Widow notices a sign on her dead drop. The only two that were ever aware of it were Wolverine and Captain America. She checks for assassins and lifts the toilet tank lid, revealing a note to take care of this Infinity Stone and a note from Logan. What will happen next? We're left to find out as this issue is left to be continued.
So I read recently about how Gerry Duggan pitched this entire event to the Marvel brass and they fell in love with the idea. Thanos and the infinity gauntlet is very en vogue right now. Coupled with a resurrected Wolverine and a new Avengers movie about to drop, there's obviously a lot of irons in the fire. The only thing that it takes away from is Duggan's work solely on a Guardians of the book, and really just when he was hitting his stride. I guess I'll take this in exchange, but it makes for long reading and even longer reviewing. I give this one an 8/10.
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