Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 1

Part of the "Quest for the Shield" story arc Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 #1 Published June, 1990 Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco Cover Artist Jim Valentino "But Are They Ready For...Taserface!" Writer Jim Valentino Penciler Jim Valentino Inker Steve Montano Colorist Evelyn Stein Letterer Ken Lopez Editor Craig Anderson Previous Issue Next Issue — Guardians of the Galaxy #2

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)
• Numerous unnamed Stark

Other Characters:

• Numerous unnamed Courga
• Anthos (Mentioned)
• The Thing (Ben Grimm) (Recap)
• Avengers (Recap)
  • Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Recap)
  • Thor (Thor Odinson) (Recap)
  • Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Recap)
  • Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) (Recap)
  • Vision (Recap)
  • Yellowjacket (Hank Pym) (Recap)
  • Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) (Recap)
  • Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (Recap)
  • Black Panther (T'Challa) (Recap)
  • Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (Recap)
  • Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Recap)
  • Hercules (Recap)
• Resistance (Mentioned)
• Defenders (Recap)
  • Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) (Recap)
  • Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Recap)
  • Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) (Recap)
  • Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) (Recap)
• Badoon Empire (Recap)
  • Brotherhood of Badoon (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 (Recap)
  • Teju (Recap)
  • Dumog (Recap)
  • Brahl (Recap)
  • Tork (Recap)
  • Grott (Recap)
• Korvac (Recap)
• Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) (Recap)
• Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Recap)
• Her (Ayesha) (Recap)
• Moondragon (Heather Douglas) (Recap)
• Adam Warlock (Recap)
• Arnold Astro (Recap)
• Norma Astro (Recap)
• Vance Astro (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 (Recap)
• Arcturans (Recap)
• Asgardians (Recap)
• Reptoids (Recap)
• Fomalhauti (Recap)
• Cyborgs (Recap)
• Achernonians (Recap)
• Procyonites (Recap)
• Grunds (Recap)
• Kree (Recap)
• Synthezoids (Recap)
• Human-Kree Hybrids (Recap)
• Human-Olympian Hybrids (Recap)
• Cosmic Beings (Recap)
• Gods (Mentioned)

Locations:

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

Items:

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

Vehicles:

• Taserface's ship (First appearance)
• Freedom's Lady (Main story and flashback)
• USS Captain America (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.

See Also

• 9 Image(s) from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 1
• 2 Reprints of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 1
  

Recommended Reading

• Guardians of the Galaxy

• Marvel Super-Heroes #18
• Marvel Two-In-One #4 - Marvel Two-In-One #5
• Giant-Size Defenders #5
• Defenders #26 - Defenders #29
• Marvel Presents #3 - Marvel Presents #12
• Thor Annual #6
• Avengers #167
• Avengers #168
• Avengers #170
• Avengers #173
• Avengers #176
• Avengers #177
• Avengers #181
• Marvel Team-Up #86
• Marvel Two-In-One #61 - Marvel Two-In-One #63
• Marvel Two-In-One #66
• Guardians of the Galaxy

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