Guardians of the Galaxy Issue #2

So this issue starts off in London where the Badoon are continuing their attack from the last issue. The remaining Guardians (Groot was kind of obliviated into a small twig in the last episode) and Iron Man take down one ship just in time to minimize the casualties of the humans on the ground. They each cause the various ships to blow up over water and Iron Man saves Drax and Gamora at the last minute, though Drax does leave with some injuries. 

Meanwhile, we flashback six weeks previously to the "Negative Zone" where J-Son is having a meeting with various rulers of the Galactic Empires. This includes the Supreme Intelligence of the Kree Empire, Gladiator, leader of the Shi'ar, Young Annihilus who is the leader of the Negative Zone, Queen of the Brood, Freyja, the All-Mother of the Nine Realms, and Y-Gaaar of the Brotherhood of the Badoon. Yeah, I know, the names are a little weird and random at first. 

J-son and the council discuss the fact that the Kree experimented genetically on humans many generations ago which led to super-powered humans that are currently on the Earth. They are worried about how careless these super-humans are in messing with the space-time continuum. They are having to make the tough decisions about whether they should destroy the Earth now before the real threat comes in one generation when they deduce that the Earthlings will have the capabilities to utilize "communal space travel." 

The All-Mother goes face-to-face with J-son to let him know that she will protect the Earth as it is one of the Nine Realms. She teleports (I guess) back to Asgard and J-son tells the council that the Earth is now off-limits while exchanging some shady looks with the leader of the Badoon... 

Back on Earth, Iron Man and the Guardians are recovering from their battle when suddenly armored guards from Spartax show up to arrest them for violating the order that the Earth was not to be visited by them. Peter tries to tell them who he is and the guards tell him they are well aware that he is the Star-Lord of Spartax, but that they were sent with direct orders from J-son to capture them. The comic ends, only to be continued in Issue #3....

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This was definitely an interesting read. There was a lot of story going on in the background that really balanced out the action that was happening. One of the first thoughts that I had was that the "Negative Zone" really seems like a negative place. It's composed of very cold colors like blue and purple. Everyone there must be depressed or evil... or a little bit of both. All the leaders of the various Galactic Empires seemed like they had some hidden agenda. All except Freyja, of course, who promised that she would protect the Earth with her last dying breath. That seems pretty promising to me. And I know that I'm judging just based on looks here but the Supreme Intelligence of the Kree Empire and G-yaaar of the Badoon were pretty creepy looking. They were definitely up to no good. Just look at them!

            

              (Supreme Intelligence)                                 (G-Yaaar)

Anyway, that meeting was obviously a plot for something much bigger. I'm just glad that Freyja is on the right side of things. Though, I definitely see why the council would be worried about the space-time continuum, but also the super-humans on Earth. There are some pretty powerful people on the Earth. Hulk, Magneto, and Doctor Strange just to name a few. It was also mentioned that The Phoenix is all-powerful (anyone who knows X-Men knows this) and when she came to the Earth, she practically disappeared. I think they have a right to fear what has been created on the Earth. I took the mention of the Kree genetic experiments to mean that they were at least partly to blame for the creation of mutants and other heroes alike. 

Now, about the Guardians of the Galaxy. One thing that really stuck out to me is how bada** Drax looks. His body tattoos are as cool in the comics as they are in the movie. Also, he uses this awesome hologram mage-axe to take down one of the Badoon ships and it's pretty much one of the coolest moves ever. I would pay good money to see that in any future movie that includes the Guardians of the Galaxy. And I always have to mention their outfits because they are just the coolest. 

Well, this issue was a lot of talk and a lot of story, but I think we will get into some really good action here soon.

Until next time, remember that while Loki did kill 80 people in two days, he's adopted.