Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guardians of The Galaxy, Volume 3 | 2009 | Dan Abnett | Buy |
| 2 | Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 4 | 2010 | Dan Abnett | Buy |
Guardians of the Galaxy Volumes 3 and 4, written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning and published by Marvel in 2009 and 2010, are part of the modern Guardians run that reintroduced and reinvented the team for contemporary readers. The run began in 2008 as a direct spinoff from the Annihilation and Annihilation: Conquest cosmic events that Abnett and Lanning had also scripted.
Volume 3 covers the team’s involvement in the War of Kings event, a cosmic conflict between the Kree Empire under Inhumans leadership and the Shi’ar Empire under the renegade Vulcan. Volume 4 deals with the fallout from that war and the Realm of Kings storyline, which opens a tear in space called the Fault. These volumes wrap up the core cosmic storyline before the series ended in 2010. Readers looking for the complete Abnett and Lanning Guardians run should also read Volumes 1 and 2 from the Guardians of the Galaxy series listing.