The new team is not gelling for me, and the storyline is... okay.  I'll continue to read in the hopes that they'll bring Rocket back for now, but may choose to drop this out of rotation if it doesn't get better soon.

They don't talk about Rocket.  I haven't been able to figure out why yet. 

But hey, here they're teasing us with Rocket's death.

Ask me if I'm happy, I dare you.   Most Guardian titles get a five star, because I've found them to be charming, partly because of what an a-hole Rocket is.   Now, between what the writer says and how they deal with this?   Rocket may not be dead.   But I didn't read Infinity Wars, which I found to be crap by the end of issue one - which I got for free. 

That being said, I did read the wikia articles about each issue.   And then I started searching for Rocket's name.  Basically, I don't know what happened to him - but fandom would if he were dead.   He's not, or there's been no solid confirmation of his death.  I don't trust this tweet, because author's think they're teasing us, but I feel like it's lying to us to be mysterious.   Except this time?  The lie might work out in my favor.  

Art is typical comic style done well.   It's not that the writing is bad per se, but I feel like this team doesn't mesh, and won't as well as the original Guardians team did.  So it's basically the author trying to jam legos into toys that are 100% not legos, and when they finally jam together and kinda stay there he's like 'ta-da, see it works!' 

I mean, I guess, but not as well as you want me to think?

By the way, yes, I would have most likely found this one star more tolerable - at least - if Cates did an even semi-good Rocket that called everyone out on what d-holes they were.   And build explosives that blew up moons.   I mean, yeah, I kinda love him for that so hard!

But baby Groot is adorable anyway and you get to see a little Rocket, so one star.

But, yeah, this is the commercial where the woman sees Guardians Volume 2 then daydreams about being part of the movie.   

Also, the Collector would NOT pay a fortune for an Ecosport because they're common.   And not in the wheelhouse of what he actually collects...   So this whole thing didn't make sense anyway.

Only a couple pages, but it was a Guardians freebie.

This is what the artist thinks Gamora looks like?   She's badass, all leather and class and actually kicking your butt, but in this she looks like fifty pounds heavier in bad BDSM gear. 

Why, why, why?

The whole cast, by the way, looks fifty pounds heavier and not at all like the actors. 

Also, this isn't a volume two prelude; it's a volume one novelization...   Which is okay, because Rocket.

Duggan is just amazing.   

Really, really loving his take on the Guardians.   Funky, funny, and full of heart.