Guardians of the Galaxy 1 Paperback – January 1, 2014

The original Guardians brought to you by Jim Valentino. This book is solid. Great Art and great storytelling. See Marvels heroes navigate the 31st century on a quest for an artifact of the classic Marvel Age.

Great Story lines, Marvel at its best.

Considering these are the Guardians I grew up through college with, Jim Valentino outdid himself with the stories of the 31st century! Excellent stories and I loved reading about the fates of a lot of the Marvel characters of that timeline.

But I paid too much......could of found it cheaper on ebay

If you have followed The guardians since their inception in Marvel Super Heroes 18 then you will love this classic comic. Great story line and was cutting edge for the 90's. This comic is a great read, and with the movie coming out soon this is their first solo comic series.

Fantastic quality product and shipped with perfect consideration for the safety of the comic itself! Greatly appreciated!

This is a really odd book for Marvel to have started a reprint collection on, specially given it's hesitation in confusing the mythic new reader with versions that are not the ones currently on any movie or cartoon. The have done everything they can to distance themselves from this version of the team, going as far as pratically erasing them from it's continuity. Nonetheless it's a real blast from the past (or from an alternate future, if you will), the kind of books that Marvel doesn't put out anymore. Jim Valentino is far from a favorite of mine. Both his writing and his art are very reminiscent of days gone by. I'd say his art is competent, however very basic and uninspired. It lacks in detail and his background work and even costume and technology design lack a bit creativity. The first four issue arc of this series features a whole race of Iron Men armoured beings. Instead of going to town in armour designs and giving us exciting new alternative Iron Man looks, Valentino gives us only really basic and uninspired designs. I wouldn't go as far as saying the art is bad, after all, it's clear, serves the story and it's in no way distracting. It really does the job, but this series would sure have benefitted from a more dynamic penciller, as it did when Kevin West and Scott Eaton came on board, more towards the end of the series.As a writer, Valentino is old school Marvel. Expository dialogues, thought ballots, naration boxes that speak to the reader and a great use of past history. And this is what is so great about this series, while it draws from Marvel history, it has very few ties to its continuity. It's fun and very creative, free to do whatever the writer feels like, even if his does write by the numbers. I found the book very enjoyable, and am anxious for the second collection. Had the art been a bit more sophisticated, I might have given it 5 stars.

Received quality comic with a decent price . Thanx!!