Guardians of the Galaxy: Bane of Blastaar #1 is a fun cosmic adventure. So easy to pick up and enjoy, it is a fantastic example of how this cast of characters just makes any story they are in enjoyable. Read Full Review

It's not terrible, but neither is it good in any sense. It does nothing to alter the exceedingly modest expectations I have when I see "written by Ralph Macchio" on a 21st-century comic.

As usual, the great sin here is that the script gives a deeply mistaken impression about how Marvel comics in general and these characters in particular are currently written. That makes it bad at the main job of a standalone one-shot like this: drawing in new readers.

The art's pretty nice, though.