Not So New Comic Review: Guardians of the Galaxy (1991) #27

                The Guardians have gone back to the past to destroy the Badoon before they get a chance to commit genocide of their own.  Will Marty McFly disappear for good?  Will Biff Tannen eat shit?  Will we really give a rat’s ass about Talon after this issue?  Let’s see!

                We open on old “high and mighty” Vance Astro who, despite the fact that the Badoon are notorious mass murderers, wants to give them a free pass and not play god when given the opportunity. Before Vance can get too far into his diatribe against striking first and the element of surprise, Talon shows up to ruin everything by saying that he’s sick.  While I think this is a great thing, and the less Talon the better, the rest of the Guardians seem to be genuinely concerned.

                Talon requests that the Guardians (who are now in the 20^th century) take him to Attilan, the lunar home of the Inhumans.  Now I love The Inhumans, they are one of my favorite groups and their untapped potential (back in the nineties anyways, now they are being overdone for political purposes) was always perplexing to me.  If Talon is an Inhuman though (which is what it sounds like) then I will be sorely disappointed. 

                The Guardians teleport down to the surface of the moon and are greeted by the Inhumans, who are naturally ready to fight these crazy creatures that just show up in their hometown.  While the Inhumans shouldn’t be surprised to see strange goings-on like this as they are part of the Marvel Universe, they also were just witness to the destruction of the Baxter Building (did I mention that the next few issues tie into the “infinity War” storyline going around the Marvel Universe at this time?)  Understandably, the Inhumans are a little on edge, so they lash out to protect their home, leading to fight where all Vance does is bitch and whine about how they should be working together.  Eventually they all lay down their arms and come together to see what has been going on down on Earth.  Vance is shocked as he knows those heroes, and the fact that they all “died” on Earth (they didn’t, this is comics) upsets him but also causes him to want to go investigate. 

 

                Except before he can do anything, dopplegangers show up!  Of course they do.  Everyone fights their evil twin wile Talon’s health improves (dammit) until he wakes up.  In a matter of two pages, the doppelganger fight is over and everything is back to normal.  At this point, Vance continues on his mission of checking out what happened on Earth so the Guardians teleport down.

                Next Issue: we get to see what’s going on on Earth, hopefully it doesn’t involve more dopplegangers (and Talon is indeed an Inhuman, so there’s a giant black eye for their race).