Well,
the Guardians finally found the lost colony of earthmen, and it is a desolate
existence for them. Apparently the
Mutants that escaped with Magneto populated the planet, yet the mutant
population dwindled with every generation (which is a smart way of playing it
for Valentino, really showing that humans and mutants are the same aside from,
basically, a birth defect) and there are now only a handful left. Of course, the mutants are the ruling class
as they hold the human population under their control. The leader, Rancor, as we will learn this
issue, is a descendant of Wolverine and got to her place of power by killing
her own father to assume the mantle of leadership. Maybe Martinex can learn a thing or two about
being a leader as he keeps trying to give his position of power away. 
Anyway,
as many tyrants are wont to do, they abuse the populace under them, ruling by
fear. The mutants do this by flying
around in their “police” cars and randomly targeting people for execution. They apparently mess with the wrong human
though as Giraud, a major player in the resistance fights back and doesn’t just
lay down and die at their whim. As he is
escaping from them a bright light emerges from a doorway in an alley and, of
course, he heads through it. He doesn’t
have much choice as the mutants are bearing down on him, but he has no idea
what he’s walking into. We know, because
of the way Valentino differentiates Starhawk’s word balloons from everyone
else’s, that it’s the one who knows within the bright light. 
When
Giraud steps into the light, he is teleported to the Guardians’ ship and
proceeds to tell them the story of his world.
It all started when Magneto whisked the remaining mutants away from
earth instead of let them stay and be destroyed. They set up shop on Haven (the name of their
current planet) and after a tussle with Apocalypse, Wolverine helped them set
up the society that they currently “enjoy” today. As each generation of mutant continued to
rule, they got meaner and meaner which brought us to Rancor, the latest
descendant of Wolverine that is more like Sabretooth, Wolverine’s sworn enemy,
than the ole’ canucklehead himself.
After
we learn about the oppression that the humans are living under (not so
unsimilar to the oppression felt by mutants in the regular Marvel Universe) we
see that first hand as the evil mutants attack the base of operations of the
resistance, slaughtering them all. 
The
Guardians try and play the good guy, diplomatic route with the mutants as they
split into two teams. One team,
comprised of Yondu, Aleta and Martinex tries to talk to Rancor and find a
peaceful solution, while the rest go to confront and aid the resistance if the
diplomatic route fails. It doesn’t take
long for the diplomatic route to fail as the guardians are attacked by Rancor
and her lieutenants pretty much as soon as they arrive. The Guardians are outnumbered and quickly
lose (surprise, surprise). The rest of the
team (minus Starhawk who is off being mysterious) arrives at the base of the
resistance only to see the bodies from the massacre we witnessed earlier. Not only that, but then Rancor pops up on TV
(as most villains usually do) to announce that she has the Guardians and the
rest of the team should all be treated as fugitives from the law. Not only that, but the Guardians that are
already captured will be executed one per hour until the rest surrender.
Will
the Guardians get their friends back?
Will they wait four hours and be out of teammates? Will Giraud trim
those flowing hair metal locks? Tune in
next time to find out.
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