Guardians of the Galaxy: New Guard: Grounded Review

Finished reading Guardians of the Galaxy: New Guard: Grounded, concluding writer Brian Michael Bendis time with the galactic heroes as the team find themselves disbanded on Earth after their ship was destroyed during the events of Civil War II. The book opens with Ben Grimm back in New York getting a change of clothes and some pizza when Maria Hill offers him a job at S.H.I.E.L.D. to help deal with the problem they have with Victor Von Doom how has decided to try and become more of a hero. The next story sees Groot making friends with a local boy named London after stoping the villain Armadrillo in a police chase that leads to the cops misunderstanding him. The following story catches up with Gamora trying to find Thanos on Earth only for her to be captured by Captain Marvel and some of her superhero coworkers when she becomes a potential problem for Earth's security. The the book's penultimate story centres around Angela as she leaves the Guardians to return home to Sera only to find out that her apartment has bow been occupied by a different person which become the least of her worries when someone warns her of an incoming invasion on Earth. The final story within the book sees the Guardians reforming when a large alien fleet aided by Thanos in hopes to make Earth less of a problem by conquering it or even destroying the planet. Overall this was a good book as it brings and end to the series by wrapping up any lose plot lines from throughout the series while also give most members of the team their own spooling that sets up each characters future within the Marvel Universe. The art throughout the book is amazing as artist Valerio Schiti is able to bring each story to life extremely well thanks to how the character interactions and action scenes are drawn. While the additional art during the fight between the Guardians and Thanos helps to showcase each team members fighting style and making the events of the feel more impactful. 7.5/10.