Guardians of the Galaxy #1 is the perfect entry point for fans of the comics and film to jump into the action along with the heroes. If you’re looking for roughneck heroes with hearts of gold doing what they do best, search no further. Read Full Review

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy' #1 kicks off the space team's latest volume in dusty action-packed western fashion, throwing the characters into a chaotic space full of questions and few answers. Various inspirations are quite clear as this creative team does a solid job of doing something familiar but also new with these characters that have enjoyed a bit of rejuvenation and reinvention numerous times over the last decade or so. Read Full Review

This series is the kind of reinvention that proves that, no matter how famous the Guardians get, they still remain gleefully unpredictable. Read Full Review

Guardians of the Galaxy #1 proves this creative team understands the team and knows there's a hard road to bring them some piece. They're not in the best place, possibly because of what's going on with Groot, and while they're not necessarily each other's best friend, they're in it for the long haul to save as many people as possible. Throw in a Western vibe, and Guardians of the Galaxy #1 works on many levels bringing the sci-fi wham-pow only comics can achieve. Read Full Review

Overall, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1 is a must-buy in my book. I need to know what happened to Groot and Rocket Racoon! Read Full Review

With the introduction of Grootfall that only raises more questions and a new, hard-boiled tone, I've never been more interested in what was going to happen next for the Guardians of the Galaxy. This is also a good jumping on point, so check it out if space-westerns are your thing. Read Full Review

What is Grootfall? What happened to the Guardians? Guardians of the Galaxy #1 teases a lot but answers little, instead focusing on a wild ride of an adventure that hits the right beats and becomes a cinematic wild ride once things really get going. Read Full Review

The first issue of this new relaunch is fun, at least, with great writing and art. But the desire to make everybody cowboys this time isn't that strong of a gimmick. Read Full Review

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Guardians of the Galaxy #1 picks up in the middle of an odd adventure with a mystery twist that shows promise. The art is excellent, and the predicament of a particular Guardians member is intriguing, but it's too soon to tell if the journey is worth the cover price. Read Full Review

The "good guy breaks bad plot is nothing new, especially not in superhero media, but there's enough novelty to the fact that it's Groot apparently going bad that leaves room for curiosity and interest. That, plus the space Western aesthetic Walker really gets to lean into with his art, makes Guardians of the Galaxy #1 a solid opening for what will hopefully be another worthwhile and esoteric take with these characters. Read Full Review

Final Thoughts:Guardians of the Galaxy #1 brings us a new journey with the Guardians. Here, the creative team really leans into the space spaghetti western direction as implied by the cover in various ways. For now, the comic all but ignores what came before in previous series, so fans of the previous Guardians of the Galaxy run by Al Ewing might feel some whiplash here. It's also clear that the comic is trying to go for some synergy with the MCU with the depictions of Nebula and Mantis in particular, which might throw some fans off considering their recent history in the last two runs. The action and art from Kev Walker does work well for the space western story told here. Overall, not a bad comic but time will tell if it's a good start to this new Guardians of the Galaxy run. Read Full Review

Lanzing, Kelly, and company have plenty of time to bring the series into focus. A cowboy-heavy space western set in the Marvel Universe has plenty of potential. It just needs to find the right direction. The first issue is not without considerable visceral impact. Everything seems to be moving in the right direction. It just doesnt seem to have found the right direction by the end of the first issue. This isnt a great sign. The ensemble is good, though. The setting is interesting. The basic elements need to come together a bit more to really gain speed. Read Full Review

The reveal of what has happened to the Guardians in their missing year is shocking, though more so for some ex-heroes than others. It's also a strong first issue. Read Full Review

A good start to a new run, raising a lot of questions that will keep us coming back for more and brings a lot of excitement, although there are a few small hiccups here and there. Read Full Review

Very promising start!

Often when a creative team takes a radical new direction with an established team it can feel forced. Doing so around when a movie that features a pretty vastly different take on characters is about to come out can go either way.

Im gonna call this one a big success. I was engaged throughout the reading, the new designs almost all look really cool and the voices feel right. We start on a desert planet and the heroes are all dressed like mad max characters. The art is really slick and well detailed, the colors vibrant and correct.

They throw you right into the middle of a tense situation with the Guardians trying to stop something we don't exactly know the details of but know it's going to be catastrophic. Lesser writers would've stretched this out to multiple issues but here, the ball does drop and we see whats going on, and its a pretty cool and memorable visual surrounding a well known character. The event takes its toll, and we're left observing the ashes of the catalysm wondering how this happened as the issue closes.

Its a pretty nice setup and it's executed very well. Everyone on board killed it here and I had a great time reading. Love the new looks. Only flaw is that there's no Rocket in sight and as hes the best guardian and I'm totally not biased, I have to point that out.

But this. This was really good. more

This was a fantastic start, and I don't even like westerns.

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Decided to take a shot on this because I liked the creative team + the concept and boy does it deliver. Kelly and Lanzing waste zero time throwing the reader right into the action, delivering on all the promise the space western genre has to offer. Marvel's bread and butter in many of their recent #1's has been the mystery box and I think Guardian's #1 has a really intriguing one (Grootfall) that I can't wait to open.

A taut action scenario with excellent, chunky artwork is good fun. This is a satisfying comic by itself. The big-picture premise and the characterization are big bags of question marks so far, though. But that's not a mortal sin in a #1--particularly not after a time jump.

a solid introduction to this series. Cant wait to see how it all plays out.

Besides liking GotG in general, I mainly decided to pick this up because of the awesome character designs from the promotional art (specifically Star-Lord, Mantis, and Drax, but Gamora and Nebula look cool as well). After reading this issue, I'm glad to say it was a great start. It sets up an interesting mystery with the "Grootfall" situation and provides a fun adventure that, somewhat, re-establishes the characters in a new setting. An entertaining book that I hope continues to maintain its quality in the issues to come.

(Cover Date: June, 2023)

I just couldn't get into this. The prior one-shot was better.

Kind of feels like the MCU Guardians plunked down into the Firefly genre. Not bad for what it is, but it feels disconnected from the 616.

I always love the Space Western genre, so I was very excited for this direction for the Guardians. Unfortunately, I found the pace too fast and the dialogue too awkward so that reading was not easy and the relationship between the characters didn’t feel present. I hope #2 expends what worked and leaves what didn’t. I will be reading it.