Marvel fans only got a singleGuardians of the Galaxymovie tofall in love with Baby Grootbefore the angst of adolescence hit inThe retaliator : Infinity War . But in the new cartoon strip , Groot is already on to the next mandatory stage of originate up : he ’s gonefull punk rock .

We ca n’t say for sure what storyGuardians of the Galaxy 3will tell , or how closely it will bond to Groot ’s originally design ascent froma lowly branchlet belonging to its father , Groot , through babyhood and adolescence to new maturity . Or just as importantly , ifGroot would have instruct to speakin the MCU as he did in the pages of Marvel Comics . Either way , the past few years of drama in the comic strip have left their mark on the ' walk tree diagram . ' And he ’s goingpunkto shew it .

While the movie interlingual rendition of the Guardians was flying high at the box office , the variation of Star - Lord , Groot , and Gamora were going through some acute drama , eventually break open up on charge of their own ( along with their amusing being canceled ) . But things looked bright when Marvel harbinger their plan for a rebootedGuardians of the Galaxy . lamentably … the old squad had to expire first .

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As Marvel sports fan who read the recentInfinity Warsevent know , Drax give his animation to economise the universe , and died a hero ’s death . That ’s the form of loss that the Guardians on Peter Quill ’s gang could ’ve probably gotten through together … had it not beenGamorawho killed Thanosto start the entire annihilative event . Oh , and then bolt down Star - Lord too until Doctor Strange used his Time Stone to rewind and save his life story . Needless to say , when the dust settle , the version of the Guardians that fans had known for years was gone – and would ’ve been gone if Drax had lived , too .

That ’s where the rebooted comic Erie comes in , assemblinga brand Modern team of Guardians of the Galaxyfilled with new cosmic darling like Beta Ray Bill , Cosmic Ghost Rider , and more . The original brace of Star - Lord and Groot remain , however , but the emotional and genial price of what they have die hard is quite literally the first thing made clean by the originative squad of Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw . Star - Lord is turning to alcoholic drink , while Groot has turned to body modification , pare his body into a spiked mohawk with ' crisp ' accent everywhere else . He ’s also using his power to utter on pick words for the one friend he ’s got pull up stakes .

Guardians of the Galaxy # 1does put up an account for Groot ’s angrier , literally prickly demeanor . Or , at least a tip of one , when the absence of Rocket Raccoon is make for up by a Nova Corps military officer – and is shortly usher out by both Star - Lord and Groot . Just so sports fan can unlax , Rocket Raccoon survived theInfinity Warsordeal alongside Peter Quill and Groot , so his absence seizure is intend to be notice ( and will almost for certain be addressed in this serial before long ) . It ’s a mystery that is arduous to solve at present , since unlike the movie , the demise of the recentcomic bookInfinity Warweren’t all Rocket Raccoon ’s fault .

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The friendship of Rocket and Groot is famed , so it makes horse sense that if Rocket were to break that bond , Groot would go down into angst and brooding . The only real question is whether Groot ’s glide into a more unfriendly posture is the solution of Rocket leaving … or one of the reasons the Raccoon go away in the first property .

Guardians of the Galaxy # 1is available now at your local comic ship , and directly fromMarvel Comics .

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