Following up on Thanos Imperative, the one-shot set the stage for the next bit of cosmic action the Abnett and Lanning writing team had planned. Set against the backdrop of Blastaar launching a sneak attack against the Kree-Inhuman Empire, we see Cosmo the Spacedog going around recruiting different heavy hitter space characters - Gladiator, Quasar, Silver Surfer, Beta Ray Bill, Ronan the Accuser - for a team-up of problem solvers.
Turns out, just before he went off to (not) die alongside Nova in an attempt to keep Thanos in the collapsing Cancerverse, Star-Lord tasked Cosmo with recruiting a team of the biggest badasses he could get to protect the universe. Because Peter Quill tried it once, and could only recruit what Cosmo describes as, 'team of misfits and outcasts and also psychopaths.' The big shots weren't interested, but now, after the entire universe nearly fell to extra-dimensional creature hosting mirror versions of everyone, there's a bit more perceived need.
I don't think Beredo's coloring does Sepulveda's art any favors, as it seems to make facial expression land in the uncanny valley, and the Silver Surfer looks more like a multi-faceted piece of quartz someone tried spiffying up real good.
This resulted in the two Annihilators mini-series, but I was much more interested in the Rocket Raccoon and Groot back-up stories in each (see Sunday Splash Page #62.) I hoped at one point we might see those two characters pull together the other surviving members for a group to handle slightly less massive threats, or else handle the big threats with a bit more finesse. As much finesse as you're going to get, given Rocket's love for large firearms.
Either way, I guess the minis didn't sell, because Marvel handed Guardians of the Galaxy to Bendis of all people - because when I think of writers to tell rollicking outer space adventures, I think Brian Michael Bendis - and things progressed (degraded) from there.
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