So, at
the end of the last issue, we found out that the Guardians are basically
responsible for the suffering of millions of people, no not the readers of
their comic, the population of a planet that has been hit by a plague. Apparently Ripjak, the supposed interstellar
serial killer is actually an interstellar mercy killer, snuffing the lives of
the afflicted before they can suffer that same fate to the diseases ravaging
their world.
Of
course this means nothing to the Guardians who continue to attack Ripjak until
Yondu (again, the only Guardian worth a damn) forces them to stop. Of course this is a perfect time for Talon to
start fighting with Yondu, because Vance was busy I guess? Anyway, the fighting stops when Ripjak tells
his origin to the guardians, beyond what they already know I guess. He explained how he came to be the Kevorkian
of the future and finally Vance realizes that Bubonicus is the true villain
here (remember Bubonicus from that one issue that featured the Galactic
Guardians?) Apparently Martinex told
Vance about him and even uploaded some info to Icarus, but no one on the
Guardians does their homework, so no one knew of him. Vance, trying to make up for being a dumbass
and missing the correlation, is willing to let Ripjak aboard Icarus in order to
learn more about Bubonicus, which pisses off Talon (of course).
We now
take a break and head out to deep space where Starhawk has found
Hollywood. Starhawk wants to know about
his parents, but Hollywood doesn’t want any part of helping him, so of course,
in grand Guardians of the Galaxy tradition, they fight. Of course, while they fight, they also talk
so when they eventually stop pummeling eachother they help eachother. I am not sure whether West is unable to draw
two people having a normal conversation or whether Gallagher refuses to write
that. They seriously spent three pages
beating eachother up in order to have a conversation. That’s lazy.
In the end, Hollywood suggests that Starhawk find the Silver Surfer,
that he may be able to help find Starhawk’s parents, or at least point him in a
direction to get the search started, and they part company. Starhawk then leaves Hollywood with the chunk
of info that “Doom lies beneath his dome”.
If you remember, Hollywood has been searching frantically all over the
universe for Doctor Doom (or Wolver-Doom as he is now known) and it appears
that he was in the same spot the whole time.
Great detective work Hollywood.
Back on
the ship, everyone is finally looking at the info on Bubonicus (which, by the
way, comes in the form of a hologram and most likely a narration, so they
didn’t even have to read about him, super laaaaazy). They learn some more about Bubonicus, even
calling up Martinex for his input (weren’t he and Vance mad at eachother last
issue?) and they all start to argue about the validity of a plan that involves
teaming up with their enemy to fight a greater enemy (they’ve apparently never
read a Marvel comic) until out of nowhere, who shows up but the
High-freaking-Evolutionary!
Next
Issue: It’s High-Evolutionary hijinks as we finish up this story-arc.
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