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Guardians of the Galaxy Historical Perspective

Category:  TV/Movie
Owner:  Fantastic Firth
Last Modified:  5/27/2023
Set Description
Collection to highlight the character evolution that inspired the movies! Focused on key development over the years. Keys across multiple characters and titles. And a good start towards a GOTG Master List.

Set Goals
I set out to collect key covers that would highlight each of the Guardians, their adversaries, and their humble beginnings.

Slot Name
Item Description
Grade
Owner Comments
Pics
  Captain Marvel 31 Universal 8.0 View Comic
Marvel Super Heroes 18 - Origin & 1st appearance of Guardians of the Galaxy. Marvel Super-Heroes 18 Universal 6.5 View Comic
Marvel Presents - 1st Solo Guardians of the Galaxy books Marvel Presents 3 Modern 9.0 View Comic
GOTG 2013 - Modern Guardians #1 and influenced movie character appearances. Guardians of the Galaxy 1 Modern 9.6 View Comic
Drax - 1st Drax cover and appearance. Also first appearance for Thanos & Mentor. Iron Man 55 Universal 9.2 View Comic
Lots of Drax covers to choose from but this Silver Surfer cover highlights the power & anger of Drax - Drax on his journey thru comicdom to becoming a Guardian. Silver Surfer v3 #37 Modern 9.0 View Comic
Drax - Drax the Destroyer #1 Drax the Destroyer 1 Modern 9.4 View Comic
Drax - Thanos & Drax faceoff cover. Annihilation 4 Modern 9.8 View Comic
Drax - Drax graces cover Guardians of the Galaxy 11 Modern 9.8 View Comic
Gamora - First Cover Appearance for Gamora, she had her start in Strange Tales 180 and a handful of appearances from 1975-1976 Warlock 15 Modern 7.5 View Comic
Gamora - Classic Gamora Cover Warlock and the Infinity Watch 8 Modern 9.8 View Comic
Mantis - , 1st Cover, introduced in Avengers 112 Avengers 114 Universal 8.0 View Comic
Gamora - Modern Gamora, J Scott Campbell Edition B Gamora 1 Modern 9.8 View Comic
Mantis - Mantis turns green! Celestial Quest, 2001 Avengers: Celestial Quest 1 Modern 9.8 View Comic
Mantis - Mantis as a Guardian of the Galaxy Guardians of the Galaxy 19 Modern 9.4 View Comic
Groot - Groot 1st Appearance Tales to Astonish 13 Universal
Groot - Groot Appearance Incredible Hulk Annual 5 Modern 8.0 View Comic
Groot - Groot and other main characters go on to form the core of the Guardians of the Galaxy Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord 2 Universal 9.8 View Comic
Rocket - 1st Comic Book appearance of Rocket Raccoon Incredible Hulk 271 Modern 8.5 View Comic
Rocket - Rocket Raccoon 1st Solo Series 1985 Rocket Raccoon 1 Modern 9.6 View Comic
Rocket - Rocket Raccoon in all his glory in his 2nd run post movie. Rocket Raccoon 1 Modern 9.8 View Comic
Star-Lord - 1st Appearance of Star-Lord 1976 Marvel Preview 4 Universal 9.4 Star-Lord Oregon Coast Collection View Comic
Star-Lord - Star=Lord 1st Appearance in comics and origin Marvel Spotlight v2 #6 Modern 9.4 View Comic
Star-Lord - Star-Lord Conquest appearances lead up to new Guardians of the Galaxy 2007 Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord 1 Modern 9.8 View Comic
Yondu - Yondu was introduced in 1969 as a Guardian of the Galaxy and ran in Marvel Presents 4-12 Marvel Presents 4 Modern 8.5 View Comic
Yondu - Yondu in 1st titled Guardians of the Galaxy 1990 Guardians of the Galaxy 1 Modern 9.6 View Comic
Yondu - Yondu whistling 2014 Guardians 3000 1 Modern 9.4 View Comic
Nebula - Nebula 1st appears in Avengers 257 and graces the cover of 318 Avengers 318 Modern 9.8 View Comic
Nebula - Nebula in 1993 changes her look as she becomes part machine Silver Surfer v3 #77 Modern 9.8 View Comic
Nebula - Nebula in 1st titled cover and movie version Nebula 1 Modern 9.8 View Comic
Ronan - Ronan faces off with the Fantastic Four as part of the Kree Fantastic Four 65 Universal 8.5 View Comic
Nebula - Ronan returns to accuse! 1977 Captain Marvel 49 Modern 9.8 View Comic
Nebula - Ronan in 2006 as part of the Annihilation series & inspiration for first movie Annihilation: Ronan 1 Modern 9.8 View Comic
Ego - Behold Ego, the living planet! First cover after 1st appearance in Thor 132 1966 Thor 133 Universal 8.5 View Comic
Ego - Ego Appearance with the Fantastic Four in 1981 Fantastic Four 235 Modern 9.6 View Comic
Ego - Ego Appearance with Silver Surfer in 1989 Silver Surfer v3 #22 Modern 9.8 View Comic
Thanos - Thanos introduced 1973 with multiple appearances. Captain Marvel 28 brought him to the cover. Captain Marvel 28 Universal 9.0 View Comic
Thanos - Epic Marvel & Thanos Cover Infinity Gauntlet 1 Modern 9.8 View Comic
Thanos - Thanos lands his own series in 2003, pre-movies Thanos 1 Modern 9.4 View Comic
High Evolutionary - High Evolutionary 1st appearance Thor 134 Universal 9.0 View Comic
High Evolutionary - High Evolutionary face off with Galactus over Counter-Earth Fantastic Four 175 Modern 9.8 View Comic
High Evolutionary - High Evolutionary appearance and start of Evolutionary War X-Factor Annual 3 Modern 9.8 View Comic
2013 Launch Promotion for Movies. Signed by Steve McNiven. Guardians of the Galaxy 0.1 Signature 9.8 View Comic
2013 Launch Promotion for Movies. Signed by Stan Lee, Quesada Sketch cover Guardians of the Galaxy 1 Signature 9.8 View Comic
2013 Launch Promotion for Movies. Signed by Brian Michael Bendis, McNiven Sketch Cover. Guardians of the Galaxy 1 Signature 9.6 View Comic

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