Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 1

Guardians of the Galaxy #1

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Art by: Jim Valentino

Release Date

April 17, 1990

Cover Date

June, 1990

Issue Details

Editor-in-Chief

Tom DeFalco

Make peace with whatever Gods you worship, creatures... your lives are forfeit for having the temerity to harm a member of the Stark!

—Commander Blackhand

Appearing in "But Are They Ready For...Taserface!"

Featured Characters:

Guardians of the Galaxy (Main story and recap)
- Nikki (Main story and recap)
- Major Vance Astro (Main story and recap)
- Charlie-27 (Main story and recap)
- Yondu (Main story and recap)
- Starhawk (Main story and recap)
- Martinex (Main story and recap)
- Aleta (Main story and behind the scenes in recap)

Antagonists:

Field Unit 17 Taserface (First appearance)
Lieutenant Darkeyes (First appearance; unnamed)
Commander Blackhand (First appearance; unnamed)
Flyer Goldenwing (First appearance; unnamed)
Numerous unnamed Stark

Other Characters:

Numerous unnamed Courga
Anthos (Mentioned)
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (Only in recap)
Avengers (Only in recap)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Only in recap)
- Thor (Thor Odinson) (Only in recap)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Only in recap)
- Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) (Only in recap)
- Vision (Only in recap)
- Yellowjacket (Hank Pym) (Only in recap)
- Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) (Only in recap)
- Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (Only in recap)
- Black Panther (T'Challa) (Only in recap)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (Only in recap)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Only in recap)
- Hercules (Only in recap)
Resistance (Mentioned)
Defenders (Only in recap)
- Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) (Only in recap)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Only in recap)
- Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) (Only in recap)
- Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) (Only in recap)
Badoon Empire (Only in recap)
- Brotherhood of Badoon (Only in recap)
- Sisterhood of Badoon (Behind the scenes in recap)
Tara Ogord (Death in recap)
John Ogord (Death in recap)
Sita Ogord (Death in recap)
Minions of Menace (Only in recap)
- Teju (Only in recap)
- Dumog (Only in recap)
- Brahl (Only in recap)
- Tork (Only in recap)
- Grott (Only in recap)
Korvac (Only in recap)
Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) (Only in recap)
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Only in recap)
Her (Ayesha) (Only in recap)
Moondragon (Heather Douglas) (Only in recap)
Adam Warlock (Only in recap)
Arnold Astro (Only in recap)
Norma Astro (Only in recap)
Vance Astro (Only in recap)
NASA (Mentioned)
New Warriors (Referenced)
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

Mercurians (Main story and recap)
Mutants (Main story and recap)
Jovians (Main story and recap)
Centaurians (Main story and recap)
Arcturian Mutants (Main story and recap)
Pluvians (Main story and recap)
Stark (First appearance)
Courga
Badoon (Only in recap)
Arcturans (Only in recap)
Asgardians (Only in recap)
Reptoids (Only in recap)
Fomalhauti (Only in recap)
Cyborgs (Only in recap)
Achernonians (Only in recap)
Procyonites (Only in recap)
Grunds (Only in recap)
Kree (Only in recap)
Synthezoids (Only in recap)
Human-Kree Hybrids (Only in recap)
Human-Olympian Hybrids (Only in recap)
Cosmic Beings (Only in recap)
Gods (Mentioned)

Locations:

Multiverse (Referenced)
- Earth-691 (Main story and recap)
  - Bledsoe
    - Courg
  - Sol (Only in recap)
    - Mercury (Referenced)
    - Jupiter (Referenced)
    - Pluto (Referenced)
    - Earth (Only in recap)
      - United States of America (Only in recap)
        New York (Only in recap)
        New York City (Only in recap)
        Manhattan (Only in recap)
        Midtown (Only in recap)
        Times Square (Only in recap)
  - Centauri-IV (Referenced)
  - Antares (Mentioned) (Only in recap)
  - Arcturian System (Only in recap)
    - Arcturus IV (Only in recap)
- Earth-616 (Only in recap)
  - Earth (Only in recap)
    - United States of America (Only in recap)
      - New York (Only in recap)
        New York City (Only in recap)
        Queens (Only in recap)
        Forest Hills (Only in recap)
        Forest Hills Gardens (Only in recap)
        
        Manhattan (Only in recap)
        
        Saugerties (Only in recap)
  - Counter-Earth (Only in recap)

Items:

Nikki's Wrist-Blasters
Communication Stars (Main story and recap)
Yaka Arrows (Main story and recap)
A-Suit (Only in recap)
Fantastic Four Uniform (Only in recap)
Captain America's Shield (Only in recap)
Cloak of Levitation (Only in recap)
Eye of Agamotto (Only in recap)
Dragonfang (Only in recap)
Mjolnir (Only in recap)
Iron Man Armor MK IV (Only in recap)
Bio-Synthetic Wings (Only in recap)
Panther Habit (Only in recap)
Hawkeye's Bow and Trick Arrows (Only in recap)
Spider-Man's Suit (Only in recap)
Web-Shooters (Only in recap)
Book of Antag (First appearance) (Only in flashback)

Vehicles:

Taserface's ship (First appearance)
Freedom's Lady (Main story and flashback)
Starship Captain America (Only in recap)
Stark Ship (First appearance)

Synopsis for "But Are They Ready For...Taserface!"

Synopsis not yet written

Notes

Instead of a regular letters page, there is "The History of the Guardians" by Jim Valentino instead.

Links and References

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