This
issue starts with Starhawk basically recapping the last two issues in the most
succinct way possible: the Guardians were really bad at their job and would
have probably lost and got everyone on the planet killed, so Starhawk had no
choice but to unleash the most destructive for in the entire Marvel Universe –
The Phoenix. He immediately tries to
reign Giraud (the host for the Phoenix force) in so that he doesn’t let the
power consume him. Giraud agrees to
chill out a bit, but you never know how that’s going to go when it comes to an
all-powerful being. 
We then
check on Charlie-27, who, if you remember, was blasted by multiple guns and
mutants in the last issue. He’s okay,
apparently just a little beat up. He
gets up in time not to be trampled by the humans that are scurrying from the
might of the Phoenix force coming their way.
They obviously don’t know what the Phoenix is, nor do they know of its
intent to free them from their oppressors.
The mutants don’t know either, but they don’t care as they try and shoot
it out of the sky with their mini Death Star.
This does nothing but piss off Phoenix, who waves his hand and blows up
the Death Star (somewhere Obi-Wan is dancing) much to the chagrin of batwing,
who keeps getting bent out of shape every time a mutant dies. He’s about to have an even worse day then as
Charlie-27 shoots the mutant named Rhodney out of the sky. This sends Batwing over the edge and there’s
a moment where you kind of think that there may have been something going on
between Batwing and Rhodney. Nothing is
confirmed or denied, but holy cow does Batwing seem bent out of shape over this
particular death, even more so than the others.
Wait, quick interlude to check on
Force. All we really see is Brahl being
a creep and admitting to turning intangible so he can peep on the female
members of Force. An odd exchange that
doesn’t do a whole lot to move the story along.
Back on Haven, the Guardians are
still fighting the remaining mutants until Sidestep teleports them all away,
just not before Nikki can shoot Blockade in the eyes and be seemingly crushed
by his fists. The causes Vance to
expound upon his love for his fallen teammate and get all sappy, until he
realizes that she is fine. Phoenix comes
crashing through the windows causing the Guardians to check it out where he and
Starhawk tell them that they need to vacate the planet as it is going to blow
up. This is something that the Guardians
don’t want to do because that would mean leaving everyone on the planet susceptible
to the blast. Starhawk isn’t having any
of that rational thinking and pushes everyone’s teleportation button (no lie)
and they all teleport back to the ship. This
begs the question, why can’t the Guardians do this whenever they get in
trouble, just regroup back on the ship and come back fighting instead of
getting captured or beaten in every adventure they undertake?
Anyway, they get out of the way of
the exploding planet because, really, there’s nothing more they can actually do
to help. As the planet explodes, the
Phoenix force consumes all of the energy that is produced and then flies
off. The Guardians then get a call from
deep space. It’s Starhawk, who is
reassuring them that the inhabitants of Haven are fine as they were all
teleported to Mainframe’s homeworld (Mainframe is the moniker that former
Avenger the Vision took when he became a huge sentient computer). With the help of Phoenix and Mainframe,
Starhawk was able to teleport everyone off the planet before it blew up. What happened to the mutants is anyone’s
guess though. Before the Guardians can
catch their breath after this adventure, they get a distress call from
everyone’s favorite flame-trussed protector of the universe: Firelord.
After kind of winning this battle
and receiving a distress call from someone more powerful than they are, are the
Guardians finally turning a corner as a competent super team? Find out next time!
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