Guardians of the Galaxy

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“	This galaxy is not your toy. This galaxy is guarded. Got it?	„
	~ Nova

“	You can call the Guardians whatever you want to. But to the rest of the galaxy, all the people we've helped crawl out from under you and crap like you... the Guardians are the good guys. Not to brag, but we actually go out of our way to help people. We help people who can't help themselves.	„
	~ Star-Lord

Guardians of the Galaxy are a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning formed the team from existing and previously unrelated characters created by a variety of writers and artists, with an initial roster of Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Phyla-Vell, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, and Adam Warlock.

These Guardians first appeared in Annihilation: Conquest #6 (April 2008). A feature film based on this team was released in 2014 to critical acclaim. Two sequels entitled, titled Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, were released in 2017 and 2023 respectively, and the team has also been featured in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). This Guardians team is the second to operate under the name, following the original team created by Arnold Drake, Roy Thomas and Stan Lee in 1969.

Members[]

Original team[]

These are the members of the original, Earth-691 Guardians of the Galaxy team.

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Major Vance Astroa.k.a. Major Victory	Vance Astro	Marvel Super-Heroes #18 (January 1969)
Charlie-27	Charlie-27		Jovian
Martinex	Martinex T'Naga		Pluvian
Yondu	Yondu Udonta		Centaurian
Starhawk	Stakar Ogord	Defenders #29 (November 1975)	Arcturian
Nikki	Nicholette Gold	Marvel Presents #4 (April 1976)	Mercurian
Aleta Ogord	Aleta Ogord	Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #1 (1991)	Arcturian; unofficial member as of Defenders #29 (November 1975) as co-joined to Starhawk.
Replica		Guardians of the Galaxy #14 (July 1991)	Skrull
Talon		Guardians of the Galaxy #20 (January 1992)	Inhuman
Yellowjacket	Rita DeMara	Guardians of the Galaxy #34 (March 1993)	Human from the 20th Century
Geena Drake		Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #14 (2014)Guardians of the Galaxy	Human from the 31st Century

Galactic Guardians[]

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Martinex	Martinex T'Naga	Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #2 (1992)	Team Leader
Firelord	Pyreus Kril
Hollywood	Simon Williams
Mainframe
Phoenix	Giraud
Replica
Spirit of Vengeance	Wileaydus Autolycus

Modern team[]

These are the members of the mainstream Marvel Universe Guardians of the Galaxy team. They are separated by the period when they joined.

Notation:
- Characters in bold are members of the team as of the present time.
- A slash (/) between names indicates codenames of one character in chronological order.
- Characters listed are set in the Earth-616 continuity except when noted.

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Adam Warlock	Adam Warlock	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #1 (July 2008)
Drax the Destroyer	Arthur Sampson Douglas
Gamora	Gamora Zen Whoberi Ben Titan
Quasar a.k.a. Martyr, Captain Marvel	Phyla-Vell		Changed name to Martyr in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #12 (May 2009). An alternate reality counterpart joins in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 5 #1 as Captain Marvel.
Rocket Raccoon	Rocket Raccoon
Star-Lord	Peter Jason Quill		Team leader
Groot	Groot	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #7 (January 2009)	Appeared as a sapling beginning in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #1 (July 2008); joined active team after fully regrowing.
Mantis	Brandt, first name unknown		Served as an advisor beginning in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #1 (July 2008) before becoming an active member.
Major Victory	Vance Astro		Also member of the alternate reality Guardians of the Galaxy team.
Bug	Bug
Jack Flag	Jack Harrison	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #9 (March 2009)	Currently in a coma caused by a Hydra influenced-Captain America in Captain America: Steve Rogers #1
Cosmo the Spacedog	Cosmo	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #12 (May 2009)	Assisted the team beginning in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #1 (July 2008) before officially joining team.
Moondragon	Heather Douglas	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #12 (May 2009)	Resurrected by Drax and Phyla-Vell. An alternate reality counterpart joins in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 5 #1.

Marvel NOW! (2012-2015)[]

Character	Real Name	Joined in
Iron Man	Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #1 (April 2013)
Angela	Aldrif Odinsdottir	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #9 (February 2014)
Agent Venom	Eugene "Flash" Thompson	Guardians of the Galaxy Free Comic Book Day (2014)
Captain Marvel	Carol Susan Jane Danvers	Guardians of the Galaxy Free Comic Book Day (2014)

All New All Different Marvel! (2015-2019)[]

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Kitty Pryde/Star-Lord	Katherine Anne Pryde	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #26 (2015)	Decided to stay in space in Legendary Star-Lord vol. 1 #8 (March 2015). Started travelling with the Guardians in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #26 (June 2015). Officially joined the team in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 4 #1 (December 2015). Took the Star-Lord codename from Peter Quill.
Thing	Benjamin Jacob Grimm	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 4 #1 (2015)
Ant-Man	Scott Lang	All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #12 (2017)
Beta Ray Bill	Beta Ray Bill	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 5 #1 (2019)
Cosmic Ghost Rider	Frank Castle (Earth-TRN666)	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 5 #1 (2019)	Frank Castle from an alternate reality.

Dark Guardians (2019)[]

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Starfox	Eros of Titan	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 5 #2 (2019)	Leader of the team
Gladiator	Kallark
Nebula
Cosmic Ghost Rider	Francis "Frank" Castle
Wraith	Zak-D

Marvel's Fresh Start (2020-present)[]

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Marvel Boy	Noh-Varr	Kree hero and former member of the Young Avengers.
Phyla-Vell
Nova	Richard Rider	Member of the Nova Corps.
Wiccan	William "Billy" Kaplan-Altman	Guardians of the Galaxy vol 6 #13 (2021)	Member of the Young Avengers.
Hulkling	Theodore "Teddy" Altman-Kaplan/Emperor Dorek VIII	Guardians of the Galaxy vol 6 #13 (2021)	Member of the Young Avengers.

Appearances in Idea Wiki[]

Iago PUC[]

The Guardians of the Galaxy appear in the continuity of Marvel's Spider-Man: Webbed Champion; including the Disney+ TV movies A Marvel Christmas Carol and Marvel's Superhero Adventures: Infinity War, and their sequel miniseries Marvel's All-Star Multiverse. The group consists of Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot. In All-Star Multiverse, new members of the group also include Champions member Mantis and Theseus.
The Guardians of the Galaxy appear as main characters in Marvel: All New, All Different Chronicles. Founding members consist of Nathan Quill / Star-Lord, Zoe Gillan / Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Sebastian Allan / Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Yondu Udonta, with additional members consisting of the Flerken Cougar, Nebula, Nova Corps captain Richard Rider, Ann-Gell / Firestar, Mantis, and Eros the Star Fox.
The Guardians of Galaxy appear as playable characters in Marvel/DC Heroes Unite!. The group consists of Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Drax the Destroyer, and Mantis.

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The Guardians of the Galaxy appear in The Voice Comic Con.

Gallery[]

External links[]

Marvel Comics media

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