Editing Marvel Comics (section)

====The Originals====
Debuting in January 1969 in Marvel Super-Heroes #18, the original Guardians of the Galaxy were a sci-fi team set in the far future of Marvel - the 31st century, to be precise. When a telekinetic astronaut from the 20th century wakes up after a thousand years lost in space in a stasis pod, he discovers Earth has been conquered by an alien race, called the Badoon. Deciding he's not going to have any of that shit, he assembles a team of aliens and abhumans to try and win the world back. They eventually pulled it off, and decided to keep on doing the space adventurers schtick.

The series ran in various Marvel Anthology books in the 1970s, with guest appearances in The Defenders and The Avengers in between anthology runs. The characters' most notable appearance during these early years was in The Avengers, during The Korvac Saga.

They vanished into limbo in the 80s, but were brought back in the 90s, and this run actually managed to go from June, 1990 to July, 1995, so not small potatoes. They've pretty much fallen off of the radar since then, save for a failed attempt at a revival comic in 2014, which lasted 8 issues.

The original team consisted of:
* '''Major Victory:''' Real name Vance Astro, the aforementioned "20th century astronaut who spent 1000 years in stasis". A telekinetic who also carries Captain America's shield.
* '''Charlie-27:'''' Last survivor of a human subrace genetically engineered to live on Jupiter. This gives him superhuman strength and toughness
* '''Martinex T'Naga:''' Last survivor of a human subrace genetically engineered to live on Pluto. This somehow is justification for him being a being of living crystal who can project energy - extreme heat from his right hand, extreme cold from his left.
* '''Yondu Udonta:''' No, ''not'' the endearing and surprisingly loveable alien gangster-dad from the MCU. This OC version of Yondu is the (presumed) last survive of the native Alpha Centurians, and is basically a blue Native American with a big red fleshy crest/fin sticking out of his head. He does use a whistle-controlled super-arrow, though. An analogue to the MCU version of Yondu was later added to the modern Marvel universe as this Yondu's distant ancestor.

They eventually added a bundle more of characters:
* '''Starhawk:''' Real name Stakar Orgod, son of the original Quasar, Wendell Vaughn, and the artificial humanoid known only as "Her". Possessed weird time connection that gave him pseudo-precognition. Married to ''Aleta Ogord'', an Arcturan alien whom he was raised alongside. They spent a large portion of their time physically merged together and fighting to see which consciousness was in control (and which body was in use), during which time they had access to a combined power set, making their individual powers harder to pinpoint.
* '''Nicolette “Nikki” Gold:''' A fire-wielding and literally flame-haired sniper, part of a human subrace engineered for inhabiting Mercury. Absolutely '''hates''' anything reptilian, due to losing her family when the Badoon conquered the solar system.
* '''Firelord:''' A flame-controlling alien best known for having been one of Galactus' Heralds during the modern era; a thousand years on his own has mellowed him out.
* '''Replica:''' A female Skrull who fights to stop the Badoon using her racial abilities of shapeshifting.
* '''Talon:''' An Inhuman from a colony on Earth's moon who looked like [[Catfolk|a humanoid cat]]. Also a disciple to Krugarr, the 31st century's Sorcerer Supreme.
* '''Yellojacket II:''' Real name Rita DeMarr, a former supervillain - she's been a member of the Masters of Evil and the Femizons - who stole the Yellowjacket suit and name from Hank Pym. Eventually repented and tried to become a heroine, in no small part due to being accidentally transported to the 31st century and caught up in the crusade against the Badoon.
* '''Geena Drake:''' A mutated human who has both the ability to sense disruptions in time and to resist having her memories altered by temporal shifts. Not so much a fighter, but useful to the team.
* '''Hollywood:''' Wonder Man, now a thousand years older and with a lot of hang-ups, but willing to help the Guardians.
* '''Mainframe:''' The AI controlling and overseeing the planet Klaatu, which a thousand years ago was operating in the chassis of the [[android]] Avenger known as the Vision.
* '''Wileaydus Autolycus:''' The Ghost Rider of the 31st century.
* '''Phoenix IX:''' Real name Giraud of Haven, the 9th host of the Phoenix since Jean Grey... yeah, this was back in the day when Jean's connection to the Phoenix Force was really something ''super'' special.
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