We open
this issue with Ghost Rider, one of the two remaining Galactic Guardians that
is not injured and out of commission, fighting against Hazmat. Hazmat tries to pull the same trick on Ghost
Rider that he did on Firelord, shooting him with the acidic material that
burned Firelord (and you know that’s powerful if it can burn a guy that is
literally made of fire). This doesn’t
hurt Ghost Rider at all, and instead leaves him open to be taken out by Ghost
Rider’s space-motorcycle. As Ghost Rider
speeds off back to the Guardians’ ship a mysterious figure comes to retrieve
Hazmat. The original Guardians of the
Galaxy series has made its living on shadowy figures in the background. I’m curious to see how this villain stacks up
to the likes of Doctor Doom and Loki.
At the end
of last issue, Replica fell prey to Ganglia, the Mother-Brain looking villain
that gestated inside her long enough to become relevant. With Replica down, Ganglia now turns its
attention to Martinex, the last remaining Guardian on the ship that can do
anything. Surprising everyone that has
ever read a Guardians comic in the past, Martinex actually proves useful and
freezes Ganglia before taking off and getting Replica to the med-bay. On the way there, he is ambushed by Ganglia’s
tentacles, proving that maybe he isn’t nearly as adept as we thought. 
Now it’s
time to check in on Hollywood and Vision as they duke it out. You’ll remember that last issue, Savant wiped
their minds and then pitted them against one another in combat, for his
amusement I assume. A break in the
fighting (because they are both knocked out) provides the perfect opportunity
for the mysterious figure to come collect Savant, ordering him to scatter the
memories of the two combatants among the rocks.
Hey, while
we’re here, let’s check in on Woden, who is fighting Silverback on Earth. Last issue they came face to face with a
giant crab/octopus creature in a lake.
Woden electrocutes the creature in order to escape its clutches and
drags Silverback out of the water. Woden
then flies off as that mysterious figure comes to collect his fallen champion.
Back on the
ship, Martinex is about to be infiltrated by Ganglia when Ghost Rider shows up
and sets it ablaze. As Ganglia tries to
retreat, Firelord wakes up, renewed from his nap and sets Ganglia on fire even
more, supposedly killing it. Martinex
then suggests that Ghost Rider transform into his native form of a priest in
the Universal Church of Truth. Martinex
thinks this will help keep Replica calm when she wakes up…boy was he
wrong. She goes nuts and attacks him. Knocking him out of a window so that he can
plummet to his death, and he would have too if Hollywood hadn’t showed up right
then to catch him. He then turns back
into Ghost Rider and goes back to confront Replica. Hollywood stops the confrontation and it is
revealed that Mainframe is back online as well.
This means that Phoenix can finally come out and play. Everyone thinks that they are done with this
mission and that the last issue of their miniseries will be about that time
they went out for tacos without Martinex and he called them all jerks because he
likes tacos too. They are dead wrong
though as all of the villains have returned as one team led by the mysterious
figure known as Ubiquitor. Not as cool
as Doom or Loki, but we’ll see.
Next Issue: this series comes to its painful conclusion as
everyone fights yet again. I think they should go out for tacos afterwards, but
that’s just me.
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