Marvel Released June 1990

Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Newsstand

This page covers the Newsstand edition of Guardians of the Galaxy #1, published by Marvel and released June 1, 1990. The issue is written by Jim Valentino with artwork by Jim Valentino. Values and details shown here apply specifically to this edition; first-print pricing and the complete cover gallery are on the main issue page.

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Published June 1990

But Are They Ready For...Taserface In the First issue of the series we find the team, Nikki, Vance, Charlie, Yondu, Martinex and Starhawk, engaged in battle with various robotic weapons. We learn they are on the planet Courg and that the technology was put there by the Stark a race who worships Tony Stark as their god. We get a breif recap of the GotG past and after a brief battle with Taserface a scout for the Stark they encounter an entire Stark war squad!