Overall, Guardians Of The Galaxy #6gives us an interesting insight into Nova's mind, how he's dealing with the loss of Peter Quill, and how he's can potentially heal from this. The creative team does a wonderful job with this issue and I'm excited to see what comes next. Read Full Review

"Guardians of the Galaxy #6" sends Nova to therapy and takes us to church. Read Full Review

Marcio Takara does some awesome work with the art in this issue. The characters look great and there are some brilliant panels throughout that showcase the internal conflict Nova is dealing with. Read Full Review

If you didn't read Empyre #6 this week, then it's a cliffhanger that reads like a wet fart, but everything before it is still excellent, at least. Read Full Review

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #6 was more like the packing peanuts than the actual package itself. Ewing reaches for the feels instead of the action, humor, twisted excitement, and zany scheming thats done so well in the prior issues. This weeks installment could easily be skipped and not miss a beat if youre in need of some savings at the local shop. Read Full Review

Nova goes to his first therapy session, providing a decent excuse for a deep dive into where the Guardians are at now. The character work is sublime and there are some powerful turns of phrase in the dialogue. It falls short of perfection only in that it's a recap/breather episode. The art is good, but I don't think this style quite fits "cosmic space adventure."

I hate the way the way the writers over the last two series have pissed all over Nova and his relationship with Gamora. The fact that Peter, his “best friend” would go and declare that he loved Gamora from the beginning, knowing full well what Nova’s dying words were to him as he sacrificed himself to save Peter. It’s just crap. Best friends don’t do that to each other. He took advantage of everything that Nova told him he wanted to do with Gamora about getting out of it and having a family and used it for himself to get with her.

They practically ignored addressing anything about Peter’s declaration of love right in front of him and their subsequent hooking up and happy bliss. They never had Nova and Peter talk about Gamora nor did they have Nova and Gamora talk about it until nearly a series later. Why have Donny Cates mention their love for each other, only to put her with Peter Quill? It makes ZERO sense.

Other than that, the whole PTSD / Therapy angle is outstanding. It was rough. Trauma is rough. The issues of whether or not one deserves to be happy or even loved is something that can resonate with a lot of people. It takes a lot just to hold oneself together under normal circumstances. The scene with Gamora was extremely powerful but did it run entirely true for me, as it seemed to follow Donny Cate’s and other writers complete dismantling of the Nova/Gamora relationship in favor of Peter/Gamora. She supposedly loved Nova with all her heart, but then Peter who has shown almost ZERO indications of loving her, all of a sudden has loved her since the beginning? And this, with both of them knowing how Nova wanted a life with her, she suddenly loves Peter with all her heart? Ugh.

I don’t hate any of the characters, I just hate them being portrayed so out-of-character. Gamora’s and Peter’s treatment of Nova is so beyond the pale right now. I really hope that they somehow can fix the Nova/Gamora thing and the Nova/Peter thing.

I hate that they destroyed a relationship and a friendship to fit the MCU. Other than that, Ewing knocked it out of the park for Nova( with the exception of an OOC Gamora, but even that scene was powerful) more

Coming back to this issue after an extended break in reading was perfect. Also finishing Empyre the day before was a nice coincidence.

Great issue where the hero is actually going through the proper channels to get himself fixed. Also a great way to get those quiet conversation moments more weight instead of just dumping them there. Ewing is perfect for this. Takaro was a great artist for this type of issue and I think he nailed it.

-Really love this grounded concept of a hero so pivotal to the galaxy doing something that seems out of the ordinary, especially for a whole comic. Usually with mental health we get characters talking to one another; i love seeing Richard in an actual session.
-Gamora had the best dialogue
-Biggest complaint is that there could have been far more involving Richard's younger years rather than only panels of his father. Missed out on showing the build up of his sole savior complex before he became a hero
-Also the ending left me in the dark

I enjoyed this, although that Empyre cliffhanger is genuinely confusing to me. Maybe there are some implications to the ending of Empyre that I'm just missing. Maybe there will be more to it that'll be explored in the Aftermath/Fallout issues and Guardians, but right now, I'm just sort of shrugging my shoulders about it.

I always liked these kind of issues (except when heroes in crisis does it for the entire series). A character being interviewed and replaying the events is fun. It harkens back to Abnett and Lannings early issues on their GotG run. I love that this series has brought back Nova as a leader, he seems to have taken a back seat at Marvel for a couple years now. I also like that it addresses the former romance between Nova and Gamora, which I like and buy a lot more than Star lord and Gamora, movies not withstanding. The slight problem id have with this issue is it just stays in place, nothing really happens, but it's just a slight problem since the characters are written well and the dialogue is fun.

Great issue.

I’m so proud of him for getting therapy!

" It's all up to me !"
- NOVA

I was looking forward to this issue a lot and it partly delivered for me. As a counsellor myself, I enjoy these sort of issues but also have a bit more of a critical view then I might normally. Also, Nova is my favourite character in comics so I like when he treated well!

Art was decent. Nothing special and no problematic. It got the job done.

Regarding the therapy of this issue - not everything needs to be about childhood when it comes to therapy. There was multiple references to Nova needing to get things done by himself. I don’t take issue with this concept in general but what this guy needs is freaking trauma counselling! He clearly has PTSD after being killed who knows how many times in the cancer verse and again in the negative zone recently. Then Peter dies and he feels responsible. Being most recent it does makes sense to give that some focus. Convincing himself that he should have done it alone is the issue, it’s a defence mechanism.
Now writing out an entertaining super hero comic about a counselling session has its challenges and overall I enjoyed what they did. My point is, he needs trauma based counselling, not some Freudian childhood nonsense.

I also didn’t read Empyre (the first time in over 10 years I skipped a Marvel event comic since most of the time I’ve felt let down by them) so I don’t know what the cliff hanger is suppose to mean.

I really don’t mind the other characters not getting much attention. I also have no issues with Hercules and Marvel Boy getting together. Anyone who knows Hercules from Greek myth would know he’s bisexual even though as far as I’m aware this was the first time referenced in comics. Everyone in Greek myth was bisexual! If that bothers you, well, that’s on you.

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professor00 - Sep 7, 2020

Both characters were mentioned as bi-sexual in the last two decades in comics. But with the way writers ignore continuity (I.e. Cates ignoring that Nova and Gamora started to get back together in the 2017 Nova series) .who knows what is and isn’t anymore.

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I haven't read Guardians of the Galaxy #1-5 so I had to learn as I went along.

I think there was an interesting concept for this issue with the idea of the therapy session and the way the narrative passed through some flashbacks, but overall it was kind of boring for me.

Probably not worth the €3.99 market price. I think these comic book production companies need to put more effort into their produce and adopt of motto of 'Quality over Quantity' a little more.