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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published August 2008
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 3.05 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Lauren Sankovitch (Assistant Editor); Bill Rosemann (Editor); Joe Quesada (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details

Characters Groot; Rocket Raccoon
Genre Superhero; Science Fiction
Pencils Clint Langley
Inks Clint Langley
Colors Clint Langley

22 page Guardians of the Galaxy story "Legacy"

Characters Guardians of the Galaxy [Adam Warlock; Drax [Arthur Douglas]; Gamora; Quasar [Phyla-Vell]; Rocket Raccoon; Star-Lord [Peter Jason Quill]]; Mantis; Cosmo; Groot; Major Victory [Vance Astro]; Universal Church of Truth [Matriarch (villain); Cardinal Raker (villain); The Cardinals (villains)]
Synopsis "Groot is here! And so is...hey, wasn't he sunk in Antarctica? One day on the job, and our cosmic protectors have already made themselves a major new enemy! But how does that connect to Adam Warlock's mystical past? Could it really be the threat he's spent years trying to deny? And exactly what or who have the Guardians discovered frozen & adrift in space? It can't be...can it?" [per solicitation]
Genre Superhero; Science Fiction
Script Dan Abnett; Andy Lanning
Pencils Paul Pelletier
Inks Rick Magyar
Colors Nathan Fairbairn
Letters Joe Caramagna of Virtual Calligraphy [as VC's Joe Caramagna]

1 page Guardians of the Galaxy recap "Recap"

Genre Superhero; Science Fiction
Script Dan Abnett ?; Andy Lanning ?
Pencils Paul Pelletier
Inks Rick Magyar
Colors Nathan Fairbairn
Letters typeset
Notes Recap of story-to-date and cast of characters. Recap is between pages 3 and 4 of main story.