What If? Infinity - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 1

Alternate Covers: Textless What If? Infinity - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 #1 Published Released December, 2015 October 21, 2015 Issue Details Rating T+ (13 and up) Original Price $3.99 Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso Cover Artist Dave Rapoza "What If the Guardians of the Galaxy Tried to Free Thanos?" Writer Joshua Williamson Penciler Jason Copland Inker Jason Copland Colourist Dono Sánchez-Almara Photobunker Letterer Travis Lanham Editor Jon Moisan Mark Basso Darren Sanchez Tom Brevoort Previous Issue Next Issue What If? Infinity - X-Men #1 (Title) What If? Infinity - Dark Reign #1 (Title)

Mister Fantastic	Nothing known to man can penetrate the field that imprisons him.
Rocket Raccoon	Nothing known to hu-man, maybe. It's always so cute when you Earthers think you're smart, Mister Smarty Long Pants.

Appearing in "What If the Guardians of the Galaxy Tried to Free Thanos?"

Featured Characters:

• Guardians of the Galaxy (First appearance)
  • Rocket Raccoon (First appearance) (Main story and flashback) (Impersonates Iron Man)
  • Drax the Destroyer (Arthur Douglas) (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Groot (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Gamora (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Star-Lord (Peter Quill) (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Angela (Aldrif Odinsdottir) (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

• Illuminati (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Iron Man (Tony Stark) (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Dr. Strange (Stephen Strange) (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Namor (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Beast (Hank McCoy) (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Black Panther (T'Challa) (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Galactic Council (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Gladiator (Kallark) (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Annihilus (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Brood Queen (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Supreme Intelligence (First appearance) (Cameo)
  • Super-Skrull (Kl'rt) (First appearance) (Cameo)
• Beta Ray Bill (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
• Ronan the Accuser (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
• Starbolt II (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)

Antagonists:

• Thanos (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
• Proxima Midnight (Only appearance; dies)^[1]

Other Characters:

• Rocket Raccoon (Dream) (First appearance)
• Iron Man (Dream) (First appearance) (Corpse)
• Vision (Dream) (First appearance) (Corpse)
• Colossus (Piotr Rasputin) (Dream) (First appearance) (Corpse)
• Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (Dream) (First appearance) (Corpse)
• Thor (Dream) (First appearance) (Corpse)
• Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (Dream) (First appearance) (Corpse)
• Wolverine (Logan) (Dream) (First appearance) (Corpse)
• Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (Dream) (First appearance) (Corpse)
• Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Dream) (First appearance) (Corpse)
• Thing (Ben Grimm) (Dream) (First appearance) (Corpse)
• Punisher (Frank Castle) (Dream) (First appearance) (Corpse)
• Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) (Dream) (First appearance) (Corpse)
• Iron Fist (Daniel Rand) (Dream) (First appearance) (Corpse)
• Black Widow (Natalia Romanova) (Dream) (First appearance) (Corpse)
• Cloak (Tyrone Johnson) (Dream) (First appearance) (Corpse)
• Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Dream) (First appearance) (Corpse)
• Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich) (Dream) (First appearance) (Corpse)
• Elektra (Elektra Natchios) (Dream) (First appearance) (Corpse)
• Starfox (Eros) (Dream) (First appearance) (Dream) (Corpse)
• Moon Knight (Marc Spector) (Dream) (First appearance) (Corpse)
• Builders (Mentioned)
• Invisible Woman (Susan Storm) (Mentioned)
• Franklin Richards (Mentioned)
• Valeria Richards (Mentioned)
• Skrulls (Cameo)
• Avengers (First appearance)
  • Captain America (Steve Rogers) (First appearance)
  • Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) (First appearance)
• J'son (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

Locations:

• Earth-TRN629 (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Earth (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
    • Wakanda (First appearance)
      • Birnin Zana (First appearance)
        • Necropolis (First appearance)
    • United States of America (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
      • New York (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
        • New York City (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
          • Manhattan (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
            • Midtown (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
              • Columbus Circle (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
                • Avengers Tower (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Earth-TRN731 (Dream)

Items:

• Iron Man Armor Model 45 (Deep-Space Armor) (Only in flashback)
• Doctor Octopus' Tentacles (Dream)
• Captain America's Shield
• Daredevil's Suit (Dream)
• Spider-Man's Suit (Dream)
• Rhino Armor (Dream)
• Cloak of Levitation (Only in flashback)
• Eye of Agamotto (Only in flashback)
• Element Gun (Only in flashback)
• Stormbreaker
• Universal Weapon

Vehicles:

• The Guardians' Ship (Only in flashback)
  
  

Synopsis for "What If the Guardians of the Galaxy Tried to Free Thanos?"

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Solicit Synopsis

What if the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY found out the ILLUMINATI were hiding Thanos?

• Thanos is the most wanted man in the universe and for years he was secretly being held by the Illuminati. The Guardians of the Galaxy just found out and they are ****** off.

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