Let’s
jump right in, shall we? With double the
Talon in this issue, it sure makes me want to rush right out and read this
issue. Maybe Talon will argue with
himself!
We open
on dead Starhawk (remember, he died last issue) as he is tumbling
through…something and winds up seated at a cosmic breakfast table known as the
White Room. Apparently, every protector
of the universe goes to the White Room when they die (to enter this club all you
have to do is wear the Quantum Bands, once, for a short amount of time, hence
Starhawk’s inclusion). Here, Starhawk
meets his dearly departed daddy, who knows nothing of him because Starhawk was
born after his father had died. You
would think that they would be able to die and rest in peace, you know,
considering the fact that they spent their lives protecting the galaxy, but no,
now they have to stay in what amounts to purgatory, for eternity I’m assuming. Well Starhawk is having none of that. 
Starhawk questions his father as to
how he died and Quasar goes into great detail about not only his death but
everything leading up to that, including the War of the Worlds (of
course). Quasar’s wife was pregnant with
Starhawk at the time of the Martian attack, and Quasar, not wanting to expose
his wife or unborn child to the Martian genocide spirited them away to a planet
that is apparently one big nunnery. Quasar
then left them, travelling through space to get back to Earth to help fight the
Martians, except he took a wrong turn at Albuquerque and landed in front of The
Abrogate, who promptly killed him like he just did to Starhawk. Apparently no one can move from their seat
once they enter the White Room (I’d be concerned about bed sores if they
weren’t already dead) but Starhawk, in typical Starhawk fashion says to hell
with the rules, gets up and leaves after he hears that he may have a mother out
there still.
After he leaves, the potted plant
in the center of the table begins to grow and speak. It turns out that that plant is Eon, but if
that is Eon, who is the being that gave Starhawk the Quantum Bands two issues
ago? We’ll have to wait until next issue
to find out. For now, we catch up with
Starhawk streaking across the cosmos to reach the nun planet that his mother is
on. As he enters its orbit though, he is
confronted by a Pathbreaker robot, apparently they protect that planet from
interlopers. We’ll have to wait until
next issue to see how that plays out though as it’s time to check in on Talon!
Talon has spent his time away from the Guardians in search of his Amulet that he received from Dr. Strange. His search brings him to a cave where he comes face to face with Krugarr, the Sorcerer Supreme who took the amulet from him in the first place. Talon, begin the douche that he is, and not really getting the point as to why the amulet was withheld from him in the first place, attacks Krugarr. This proves fruitless and Krugarr sics a Talon doppelganger (pre-transformation version) on him. New Talon kills him and goes to take the amulet back before Krugarr wrests it away, proclaiming yet again that Talon is unworthy. Get this, at this point, Talon agrees with him! I have no idea why, or what really changed his mind, but it did. Krugarr takes this opportunity to offer his congratulations as Talon is now a father (Rancor gave birth to their rape-baby), but instead of chasing down and killing Rancor, Talon rededicates himself to learning the mystic arts and controlling his animal side. The issue closes with Krugarr telling Vance that Talon will not be rejoining the team anytime soon.
Next Issue: It’s the series finale
as we get even more War of the Worlds fun.
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