Guardians of the Galaxy

The Guardians of the Galaxy are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Comic book teams
1969 team
The 1969 version of the Guardians of the Galaxy originate from the 31st century team from an alternate timeline.
2008 team
The 2008 version of the Guardians of the Galaxy is the modern version of the team formed in the aftermath of Annihilation: Conquest.
New Guard
The New Guard version of the Guardians of the Galaxy consisted of Kitty Pryde, Thing, Drax, Venom, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and later Star-Lord and Gamora.
Members
Other versions
An alternate timeline version of the Guardians of the Galaxy appears in the Ultimate Universe imprint. This version of the group originates from the 61st century, an utopian future in which about 250,000 Guardians protect millions of worlds, integrating the Shi'ar Imperial Guard to their ranks and ending threats such as the Ultron Dominion and the Celestials. The Guardians consist of Captain Marvel, Star-Lord, Ultimate Nullifier, and Cosmo Starstalker as well as Starhawk, Yondu, Charlie-27, Aleta Ogord, Martinex, an unidentified Captain Universe, Star Brand, Giraud the Phoenix, Molecule Boy, Gladiator, Major Victory, Fang, Hobgoblin, Magique, Manta, Starbolt, Titan, Gary (who wields the Infinity Gauntlet), and several unidentified members. America Chavez was previously a member of the Guardians until she was displaced in time and rendered amnesiac. After Captain Universe detects a temporal crisis, Starhawk, Yondu, Charlie-27, Aleta Ogord, and Martinex are dispatched to investigate the past. Martinex, the sole survivor, returns to his time and warns of Maker's tampering with reality before shattering. Though they try to preserve their time period and escape outside of time, the Guardians are attacked by Kang's clone army. Their ship is destroyed, displacing the survivors across time. When the Guardians of the Galaxy arrive in the Ultimates' time and find that America is amnesiac, they caution them that the Maker will return more powerful and that Doom may be the end of them. Before the Guardians of the Galaxy leave to find their displaced members, Captain Marvel gives America a temporal flare for use if they need them.[1]
During a mission in the Superflow, Gary and Giraud are killed when the Galan Fields collapse. Months later, Captain Marvel, Ultimate Nullifier, and Cosmo Starstalker meet with the respective crews of the Hodmimis Holt and the Taripay Pacha, consisting of Herald, Kid Korvac, MODOS (Mental Organism Designed Only for Sorcery), Technarch, and D'arragh the Oldstrong. The Guardians have constructed two new timeships to aid them in their search for their displaced members. Captain Marvel states that Star-Lord is elsewhere looking for the Madrox as Herald claims that he previously saw the Madrox die. They managed to find throughout the timelines a Beyonder version of Daredevil and Ultron-82 who uses the Uatu alias while finding out in 13,000,000 BC on Moord that Chuurd (who operated as Nova Prime) has been long dead. When Star-Lord returns, he vomits out the Madrox, which is revealed to be a colony of microorganisms that had been living inside him. Cosmo detects Cyttorex's scent in the 30th century as they go to find him.[2]
In other media
- "Michael Korvac", The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes season 2, episode 6 (2012)
- "Guardians of the Galaxy", Ultimate Spider-Man season 2, episode 18 (2013)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (film), the 2014 film based on the 2008 comic book version
- Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel Cinematic Universe), the team in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Guardians of the Galaxy (soundtrack), the soundtrack for the film
- Guardians of the Galaxy (TV series), an animated series inspired by the film
- "Guardians of the Galaxy", Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. season 2, episode 4 (2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the 2017 sequel to the 2014 film
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (soundtrack), the soundtrack for the film
- Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series, an episodic video game series, developed by Telltale Games
- Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy video game (2021)
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, the 2023 sequel to the 2014 and 2017 films
Other uses
- Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout, drop tower theme park attraction at Disney California Adventure
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, an enclosed, backwards-launch roller coaster at Epcot
See also
- List of Guardians of the Galaxy members
- Guardians of the Universe, an unrelated race from DC Comics