107. Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2 #4 to 6 ... Marvel ...

These 3 issues are basically the second half of the story in this, the first arc of the relaunched GOTG series under Jim Valentino. Let's start with the covers. If you see the first 3 and you compare to 4, you will note that finally Valentino is getting into his own signature style and becoming more expressive. Is this a good thing? Well, I am a fan but honestly as the series progresses, the artwork gets a little too cartoony for my taste because we are talking space opera and dynamic storylines and then the artwork? Doesn't feel right

The good thing is at this point in the series, its popularity is growing and Valentino is becoming fast mates with the group of superstar artists who will someday launch Image and invite Valentino along for the launch. Here you can see some of the covers JV with the other future mates of Image. Example: 5 has McFarlane's name on it

In terms of storylines, basically, this brings what was already a tensed situation to its boiling point. We start off with issue 4 wherein the alien race that discovered a jettisoned (Tony) Stark cache, broke its code and came to worship Stark as their saviour from the stars ... comes to massive blows with the GOTG to the point that Firelord (ex herald of Galactus) makes an appearance ... unfortunately even with age and experience, Firelord is still the same old hothead of a thousand years ago!

And in 5, as the GOTG closes in on their search for Captain America's shield where Vance believes that it has a symbolic strength that can gather the remnants of humanity (helloooooo not everyone is American but what the heck, right?), the other group also in the hunt finally comes to the fore and as the cover implies make their official claim to the Shield

With 6, it's fight time. About the only amusing part is that when the bad guys got the Shield, they thought that its (SPOILER ALERT) power was in the Shield like it can generate some sort of destructive energy wave or something ... and they tried to activate it and couldn't! Hah!

So all in all, if you have never read GOTG, these first 6 issues is a good start! No regrets here

Ratings: 7/10