![]() ![]() ![]() Like most of his run, Bendis' script played up the tension between the team members - and among the X-Men and other other heroes included in the crossover - at the expense of cosmic adventure and space opera. The team did get one major cosmic storyline during Bendis' tenure, "The Black Vortex," but that focused far more on the team's philosophical differences about the use of power than on their efforts to defeat an external threat. Iron Man's much-hyped membership was more of a fleeting moment than epic element of Bendis' run The Annihilation wave, the "War of Kings," the latest manifestation of the Universal Church of Truth, and the conflict with the Cancerverse - these were stories where it genuinely felt like the fate of the universe was on the line, and if the Guardians faltered, everything could be lost. One of the hallmarks of the fondly-remembered Abnett/Lanning run (as well as Keith Giffen's lead-in work on "Annihilation" and "Annihilation: Conquest") was the cosmic-level stakes the team faced. RELATED: Bendis Bids Farewell to Guardians of the Galaxy in 2017īut while he did a really good job of fleshing out his central cast, the book rarely felt like the stakes were particularly high. ![]() Any time Bendis was focused on the team members and their interactions with each other, the book was a lot of fun. Bendis shined when it came to character moments, such as Quill's interactions with his father, J'son of Spartax Gamora's mourning for Nova, and Captain Marvel missing her friends back on Earth, to name a few. ![]()
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