Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel)

Guardians of the Galaxy are a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning formed the team from existing and previously unrelated characters created by a variety of writers and artists, with an initial roster of Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Phyla-Vell, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, and Adam Warlock.

These Guardians first appeared in Annihilation: Conquest #6 (April 2008). A feature film based on this team was released in 2014 to critical acclaim. A sequel, titled Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, was released in 2017, and the team has also been featured in the crossover films Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). This Guardians team is the second to operate under the name, following the original team created by Arnold Drake, Roy Thomas and Stan Lee in 1969.

Original team
These are the members of the original, Earth-691 Guardians of the Galaxy team.

Modern team
These are the members of the mainstream Marvel Universe Guardians of the Galaxy team. They are separated by the period when they joined.


 * Notation:
 * Characters in bold are members of the team as of the present time.
 * A slash (/) between names indicates codenames of one character in chronological order.
 * Characters listed are set in the Earth-616 continuity except when noted.

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 * The Guardians appear in A Marvel Christmas Carol.
 * The Guardians appear as main characters in Marvel: All New, All Different Chronicles. Founding members consist of Nathan Quill / Star-Lord, Zoe Gillan / Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Sebastian Allan / Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Yondu Udonta, with additional members consisting of the Flerken Cougar, Nebula, Nova Corps captain Richard Rider, Ann-Gell / Firestar, Mantis, and Eros the Star Fox.

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 * The Guardians of the Galaxy appear in The Voice Comic Con.