Story by Al Ewing. Art by Juan Cabal. Cover by Yuze Wu.
Peter Quill fights for his life against the King of the Gods. Rocket fights alone against the legions of Hephaeustus. Phylla-Vell makes a choice between love and duty - with death on the line. And somewhere, a black hole bomb ticks down to zero... The Guardians' first mission comes to a cataclysmic end. Rated T+.