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>is the character in the film different enough from the comics for it to be possible that I may not enjoy it as much? Is the spirit of the character similar enough in both media that I'll feel like I'm experiencing the same thing?
Let me answer that with this image.
>And the newbie-ish question, where should I look in terms of comic series? Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 1? I'm vaguely aware of a reboot?
Not a reboot, but a relaunch. The first Guardians series featuring the modern Guardians was published from 2008 to 2011 and was written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. The current Guardians series was launched in 2013 and is written by Brian Bendis. You could start at the beginning of either series, but most Guardians fans prefer the 2008 series, which you can get in a nice new oversized paperback collection very soon: Guardians of the Galaxy by Abnett and Lanning: The Complete Collection, vol. 1.
>Are there Rocket Raccoon stand alone comics? Are they worth checking out without reading Guardians first?
A Rocket solo series was just launched recently, actually. It's definitely worth checking out on its own. Take a look: https://www.comixology.com/Rocket-Raccoon-2014/comics-series/21368
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Guardians of the Galaxy | Abnett & Lanning | Recommend full story labelled "cosmic" in list below
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Avengers Disassembled | Bendis |
Secret War | Bendis |
House of M | Bendis | X-Men 2.5
Annihilation | Abnett, Lanning, Giffen | Cosmic 1
Civil War | Mark Millar |
World War Hulk | Greg Pak | Hulk 2
Annihilation: Conquest | Abnett, Lanning, Giffen | Cosmic 2
Messiah Complex | Brubaker, Kyle, Yost, et al. | X-Men 3
Secret Invasion | Bendis | Dark Reign
War of Kings | Abnett, Lanning, et al. | Cosmic 3
Messiah War | Kyle, Yost, Swierczynski | X-Men 4
Dark Avengers / Utopia | Bendis, Fraction, et al. | Dark Reign
Siege | Bendis | Dark Reign
Realm of Kings | Abnett, Lanning, Reed | Cosmic 4
Second Coming | Kyle, Yost, Fraction, et al. | X-Men 5
Fear Itself | Matt Fraction |
Schism | Jason Aaron, Kieron Gillen | X-Men 7
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The DnA Guardians Of The Galaxy is largely the MAIN source for the movie. Links below.
A lot of the NOVA force are in that film so I'll attach a NOVA link as well.
Also some Thanos relationship so I'll add Infinity Gauntlet (MUST READ FOR FUTURE REASONS) and The Thanos Imperitive as it has the Guardians and Thanos together.
http://www.amazon.com/Guardians-Galaxy-Abnett-Lanning-Collection/dp/0785190643/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1408631049&sr=8-2&keywords=guardians+of+the+galaxy
http://www.amazon.com/The-Thanos-Imperative-Dan-Abnett/dp/0785149023/ref=pd_sim_b_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=12MK3DT412ME2GWX5EB0
http://www.amazon.com/Infinity-Gauntlet-Jim-Starlin/dp/0785156593/ref=pd_sim_b_8?ie=UTF8&refRID=12MK3DT412ME2GWX5EB0
http://www.amazon.com/Nova-Vol-1-Annihilation-Conquest/dp/0785126317/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=8-4
Somebody posted these in a GotG reading recommendation thread a while back: one and two. They're basically two versions of the same thing.
I haven't read any of this, but I'm probably going to get the Annihilation Omnibus and the Guardians of the Galaxy Complete Collection vol 1 pretty soon. Both collected editions were released this year, so hopefully an Annihilation Conquest Omnibus will be out soon, as well as vol 2 of the GotG Complete Collection.
I think this Complete Edition is your best bet. A really, really great series, and has 12 issues in it.
Read the Abnett and Lannding Guardians of the Galaxy run. Here is a link to the complete collection releasing next week: http://www.amazon.com/Guardians-Galaxy-Abnett-Lanning-Collection/dp/0785190643
GotG is part of Marvel Cosmic, a wider area of the Marvel universe that involves a lot of tie-ins and crossover events.
This image Shows the reccomended order of reading for getting up to date with the major Cosmic events. HOWEVER, If you're just getting into GotG because of the movie, all of this will not necesarrily be your kind of read.
I'd reccomend the 2008 DnA run- http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0785190643/ -, currently being collected in two 12-issue TPB's. This story focuses entirely on the Guardians characters in the movie, plus a couple of other team members not in the movie, and is probably the best place to start for GotG newcomers. From there you can see if you want to read more of the Cosmic stuff.
The 2008 GotG series is fantastic! It's collected in two ultimate collections - the first is here. Though I would recommend reading the Annihilation and Annihilation Conquest events first.
I'm not a huge fan of the current series - though i only read the first two arcs.
Saga is a pretty huge favorite, though while certainly being good it never really grabbed me.
https://www.amazon.com/Guardians-Galaxy-Abnett-Lanning-Collection/dp/0785190643/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493652703&sr=1-1&keywords=guardians+of+the+galaxy
Buy this.
Also a new series is coming to comic shops and digital in a few weeks, so check that out here: https://www.comixology.com/All-New-Guardians-Of-The-Galaxy-2017/comics-series/91505?ref=Y29taWMvdmlldy90YWJsZXQvYnJlYWRjcnVtYnM
I'd skip the Bendis run if I were you. The writing is not very good and overall the run has been utterly disappointing to me. I could barely make it through the first couple issues and it was a chore going further. It feels like the characters I know aren't the same characters with him in charge. Everything feels forced and overly thought out/rehearsed. Also, James Gunn apparently payed no mind to Bendis' GotG run so chances are if you loved the movie that much you'll like the old stuff.
This is a great place to start depending on where you left off, since it's got all the pertinent stuff, but GotG is tricky in that most of their stories are ones that cross with other character's serials or during big events like Annihilation and War of Kings, so actually just trying to follow the Guardians is a complete mess because you're often jumping around and may not have a good idea of what's going on.
Also, this is actually a great guide for Marvel Cosmic as a whole, and with it some really important Guardian stuff, so if you're interested in getting into GotG history it's worth looking into. Marvel Cosmic is radical.
The complete paperback drops next week...if paper is more your thing.
It's not bad, but the Abnett & Lanning GotG is much better.
Hey there. There's a faq here on the subreddit that covers this question. I'd say it's a pretty good starting point for new readers.
For Guardians of the Galaxy, folks will tell you to read the stuff by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning.
Peter's father in the Comics has already been confirmed to NOT be his father in the Cinema Universe BTW.
You probably want to start here:
http://www.amazon.com/Guardians-Galaxy-Abnett-Lanning-Collection/dp/0785190643
If you like Guardians, look into Abnett and Lanning's run. It starts with Annihilation, goes into Conquest, then the Guardians series (the main roster the movie pulls from), and ending in Thanos Imperative. There's a few other things in there, but those are the big ones.
Here is the first part of the Guardians run:
https://www.amazon.com/Guardians-Galaxy-Abnett-Lanning-Collection/dp/0785190643/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525317910&sr=8-1&keywords=guardians+of+the+galaxy+abnett
and Annihilation is about to be reprinted I believe.
For Thor, I've heard great things about Jason Aaron's run on the title as a recent one, though I've been reading Walt Simonson's run from the eighties (it's collected in five collections). It's pretty fantastic and where The Dark World and especially Ragnarok drew a lot of their stories and themes from.
As for Spider-Man, definitely look into Ultimate. I'm also a big fan of (most) of J. Michael's Stracynski's run on the title. It's collected in five ultimate editions and has, in my opinion, some of the best modern Spider-Man stories (though it also has Sins Past, The Other, and One More Day, but whatever).
This is the closest there is. Volume 2 is in the related links.
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Volume 1 and Volume 2 These collect the full run from issue 1 to 25 of just the GotG title.
If you're interested in reading that run of Guardians affordably, you can get the two volumes of TPBs, or you can get the standalone omnibus. The difference between the Guardians omnibus and the WoK omnis is the former only contains the Guardians material.
It's most rewarding to read it in the context of the other DnA storylines happening concurrently, though, so I recommend also picking up the War of Kings, Realm of Kings, and Thanos Imperative TPBs, too, because they're excellent. Also, I think DnA's Nova may currently be being re-released in TPB.
Whatever you do, though, avoid Bendis' Guardians run like SuperAIDS. It's rrrreeeaaally bad.
Not too many TPBs for the older cosmic stuff, unfortunately, but Marvel's been putting out some collections the last little while.
The Annihilation Omnibus is a bit pricey but a good buy nonetheless. I expect Conquest will be released soon - it heavily features Ultron, so it'd be foolish not to have it out for the release of Age of Ultron. Likewise, the Inhumans are a big deal in War of Kings so I'd expect that to get a release as well.
The Guardians of the Galaxy Complete Collection is a bit cheaper (Volume 2 next month!) but, while it can stand alone, it's really best after reading Annihilation and Conquest. Conquest has a couple of scattered trades around but they're harder to find.
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the Lensman series by Doc E.E. Smith yet -- it was runners up to Asimov's Foundation as the retrospective Hugo for all-time best series and is about a galactic law/military organization. It also inspired the Green Lantern Corps. The stories are originally from the 30s and 40s, so they're kind of pulpy and "unpretentious".
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With the suggestion out of the way: how in the world is the Expanse pretentious? It's not exactly Gene Wolfe and pretty much boils down to exactly what you described: a team of fairly standard archetypes defending a solar system. There's also some level of irony, calling anything pretentious while shitting on comics in the same post.
If you do ever change your mind and have access to comic trades, the Guardians of the Galaxy were heralded back into the modern era by Andy Lanning and Dan Abnett prior to/during a crossover event called Annihilation back in the late 2000s, which is definitely worth reading and easily the best science fiction/galactic event from the Marvel universe I can think of.
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That run of Guardians is the best (with this cast, any way). The current run, written by Bendis, is okay. There are two and a half volumes available as trades. Vol 1. Vol 2. Next is a cross over with All New Xmen.
https://www.amazon.com/Guardians-Galaxy-Abnett-Lanning-Collection/dp/0785190643
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Anyway, Civil War is pretty good. It was controversial at the time because a lot of people felt like Marvel made the characters do things way out of character. I liked it though. But if you like Iron Man you probably don't want to start there.
Infinity is a recent-ish event. I loved it. It takes the Avengers and puts them in a cosmic setting. There are giant space battles, Thanos, and all sorts of good stuff.
There's the entire Annihilation group of stories. Guardians of the Galaxy spawned from that and it's really good.
For older stuff there are so many... but Infinity Gauntlet is a classic cosmic story about Thanos pretty much killing everything. Walter Simonson's Thor run is pretty much required reading for any Thor fan.
This is getting long so I'll just stop. There are tons of good ones out there and your taste may be different from mine. I'd look here for more.
As for buying physical copies, you could look on Amazon or your local comic shop. I only read digital so I can't say much about that.
The proper order is Annihilation, then Annihilation: Conquest, then Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (the '08 relaunch, with Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning writing).
However, I started with Guardians of the Galaxy #1 and then went back and read Annihilation after Vol. 2 was over, and I never had any real trouble following it. I think they just started releasing that in omnibus form, so I might recommend doing basically what I did: starting there and then going back to Annihilation later if you feel like you must have more (which you will).
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The first Abnett and Lanning omnibus is here.
Everything about modern cosmic Marvel started with Annihilation and moved on through the Thanos Imperative. Here's the reading order.
It's best to read all of that from the beginning, but for the Guardians, you could start by reading Annihilation Conquest and then picking up the recent Guardians of the Galaxy by Abnett and Lanning: The Complete Collection volume 1, which has the first half of the Guardians series that was the basis of the movie. The second half comes out in trade in November.
There is also the Marvel Now version by Bendis, but I personally think that it is not very good, so I'd recommend skipping it. The new Rocket Raccoon series written and drawn by Skottie Young has been really good so far, so I do recommend giving that a shot. Issue #2 of that came out this past Wednesday.
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Is this the one?
So this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guardians-Galaxy-Abnett-Lanning-Collection/dp/0785190643/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406826440&sr=1-1&keywords=guardians+of+the+galaxy
Is there any point in going back any further and reading the original stuff?
I have been told this is the best easy way to start. http://www.amazon.com/Guardians-Galaxy-Abnett-Lanning-Collection/dp/0785190643/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1410872278&sr=8-6&keywords=guardians+of+the+galaxy
This is the more complicated/expensive way http://i.imgur.com/N7OXfyI.jpg
I'm going to start with the easy way.
Do you mean these
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0785184201/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_LIgcub0KNHESR
Or did you mean vol. 2?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0785190643/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_pKgcub033V5XX
this?
Sorry, no other books to trade.
Would be willing to pay, however, issues 1-25 are available in new collected editions on Amazon for ~$45 total. Think you could do $40 for these?
It's pretty decent and seems to have a lot of content. The best thing about it is no microtransactions to ruin the game design and make you wonder when you'll reach the point where it's no longer fun without having to throw in more money. That's worth $5 upfront to me. It's basically a simple top-down tactical RTS. I actually like everything surrounding the battles (the cutscenes, story/writing, which was done by Dan Abnett, upgrade system, etc.) more than the gameplay, which I would prefer as a turn-based system. One thing I should note is that it seems pretty resource-heavy; it chugs a bit on my Galaxy S4 mini, but if you have a newer phone/tablet it should be fine.
This is a fine place to start. Though I'd recommend starting at Annihilation for the whole story. But it's only in print as an omnibus right now.
Hmm, thank you. The first annihilation omnibus is $80 dang O_o.
Hoping I could get away with this one first