The Original Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel's War of the Worlds, and the History of Earth-691

[@MerryMarvelite]

Hey, heroes! Thanks for watching another video! I'll be streaming again on Twitch again this weekend. On Saturday I'll be playing some random games and demos on the Nintendo Switch, and we'll be continuing The Incredible Hulk for Xbox 360 on Sunday! I hope to see you there! www.twitch.tv/merrymarvelite

[@robkenner5456]

This video was awesome! Especially the mention of Killraven!

[@kimbelsimpson7535]

Thank you once again you've told me a ton of events that went down during the War of the World's that eventually lead up to the original Guardians of the Galaxy that I didn't know and I used to be a heavy reader of Marvel Comics. Could you I do one about Killraven? I used to read about him back in the 70s but I'm sure you could tell me things about his story I didn't know.

[@mrrictus]

I began reading the guardians of the galaxy in the early 1990''s. And I have to say that this video is the of the Guardian's history is extremely detailed. Amongst the other comic book related KZbin channels yours and JLS comics . In regards to character/Teams/Events your channel takes the top spot. Your histories of various comics provides information that I did not know existed. And you even include a reference list of the comics you use in your videos! Because of that I have been reading comics that I generally give passes on like comics from the 1970's. I know I am rambling, but I want to say how appreciate I am of the content you provide. And so ends this ramble originating from stream of conscious

[@kimbelsimpson7535]

@@mrrictus I started reading Guardians of the Galaxy #1 back when I was 8 years old and I learned some things about them that I didn't know his information is very thorough and insightful especially when he talks about the War of the Worlds.

[@kimbelsimpson7535]

@@mrrictus World's. When I say Guardians of the Galaxy #1 I mean the original 1969 copy.

[@samfrito]

All this alternate time line began because of aerosol. They could write some stories back in the 70's, no question. Great video!! You continue to astound.

[@mehlessmidori602]

So what you're saying is that we need a whole bunch of air freshener cans...

[@dannytarver4533]

@@mehlessmidori602 actually aerosol is really one of the reasons for the ozone layer being destroyed (mostly)

[@kyleoseland6526]

Straight up!

[@kyleoseland6526]

Just never heard of star hawk

[@Kermit_the_God]

Are you talking about a huffin and a puffin?

[@jorgecaballero6215]

Just a friendly reminder that this incredibly convoluted, time-jumping, parallel reality-hopping storyline is nothing but the tiniest corner of the larger Marvel Universe. Like a hair, coming out of a follicle... Oh god, I love Marvel Comics. 😍

[@rosecity_chris]

Which is why the mcu will forever have material to pull from. I just hope Feige's successor is as knowledgeable and passionate about it as he is.

[@davidcorrell8563]

so true, there are so many dark corners and forgotten places in the marvel universe and so many forget that there were western , romance, war , and horror comics that shared a universe with the popular and well known characters we know and love. some of our favorite characters have origins or first appearances in those books ...

[@johnnygyro2295]

@@rosecity_chris Maybe we should start calling it the MCM (Marvel Cinematic Multiverse)?

[@davidvangerner7241]

@@johnnygyro2295 if marvel makes a new movie universe than it should be a marvel cinematic multiverse and it should also have a cinematic version of earth 691

[@crzyces1693]

Fricken' Hairspray. I knew that big hair of the '80s and '90s would be the doom of us! Thank goodness we were saved by editorial.

[@mattchew6426]

That cast of characters will always be my favorite version of the Guardians Of The Galaxy, and the Galactic Guardians spun off of that too...

[@dragonballtalk8527]

The new guardians suck a tree man a jokester human and a green lady and man. No way I'll take the original

[@roguedexx938]

My fav too

[@Leadeshipcoach]

My favorite also!

[@davidvangerner7241]

I i ever make a new marvel cinematic it wil be a marvel cinematic universe version earth 691 with new remake versions of the original marvel movies like iron man thor captain america hulk and the guardians of the galaxy of earth 681 will be te actual movie guardians of the galaxy

[@Sunbeard.9]

@@dragonballtalk8527 well said!👍 I totally agree. The new version of the guardians suck!😲

[@UchuKejiMovan]

Yooooo! I loved this version of the team! That alternate universe was crazy. Doctor Doom putting his brain inside Wolverine's body, mutants leaving Earth and settling on another planet and heroes being wiped out by Martians

[@damianmccartney8707]

I've been collecting comics since the 70s and this version of the guardians has always been my favorite

[@reapersritehand]

This is the team I was expecting in the first movie

[@davidvangerner7241]

​@@reapersritehandif marvel ever gonna make a new movie universe then they should use the original guardians of the galaxy from the 1970s for the guardians of the galaxy in the new movie universe infact the new movie universe should be called the marvel cinematic multiverse or mcm for short

[@davidvangerner7241]

And by the way if i ever gonna work for marvel then i would revive the original guardians of the galaxy in their own comic book series under the name of guardians 3000 or under the name guardians of the 31st century or simply calling them original guardians of the galaxy or calling them classic guardians of the galaxy

[@davidvangerner7241]

​@@reapersritehandsay if you used this team in the first guardians of the galaxy movie as the main characters then who would be appear in the movie and who would be the main villain

[@reapersritehand]

@@davidvangerner7241 yondu (original outfit), victory, Nikki and Charlie 27, my villain would be annhulius( who I thought was gonna be the next big threat in the mcu after Thanos) tho Thanos, galactus or the shiar empire would also be good villains tho I doubt people would want to see Thanos or galactus again

[@Tpower45]

This to me was the better version...I used to love collecting this series to see how heroes turned out.... it was exciting! To see silver surfer with the quantum bands.... the son of Thor carry mjolnir... when they showed up in the Guardians vol 2 I was ecstatic!!!! Stakar and Aleta sharing the same body was also a compelling story!

[@J05H241]

They showed up in vol2???😐

[@Tpower45]

@@J05H241 in the beginning of the movie and in the end for the funeral.... Sylvester Stallone played Stakar

[@Tpower45]

@@J05H241 Michelle Yeogh played Aleta, Michael Rosenbaum played Martinex, Ving Rhames played Charlie 27, Nathan Fillion was Simon Williams

[@saturncrush]

I had no idea. So cool.

[@dimitries]

Not even having Vance in the mcu is a crime.

[@3dagalathor]

Clap, clap, clap, bravo Sir. Great video, can tell you spent a lot time researching this. you covered a lot of miles here, and didnt miss even the smaller characters that played a part in the great comic series.

[@michaelkantner6420]

Thank you so much for this video!!! I have been wanting somebody to do a history of the original Guardians of the Galaxy. When I mention them to anybody, they look at me funny, and then they say something brilliant like, "Oh you mean the one with Star Lord, right?" Then I try to keep my head from exploding, and try to explain that there was two different Guardian groups. Needless to say, THIS particular group is my favorite, and will ALWAYS be my favorite!

[@karlmeisterfilms9112]

Everything about Guardians of the Galaxy and new gods and forever people instant click! They're my jam!

[@mrf19741]

These are the Guardians Of The Galaxy that I grew up with.

[@mrfox9090]

old man

[@Dnobagav49]

THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOO much for this vid!!! I've been a huge fan of the O.G. Guardians since my teens, so this is big for me. Keep up the amazing content work!!!

[@brewesharp3129]

Finally somebody sheds light on the real team

[@davidvangerner7241]

Say how would you bring back the original guardians of the galaxy i would after the marvel cinematic universe has ended i would have created a new and separate marvel cinematic multiverse with a cinematic version of earth 691 and cinematic versions of the original guardians of the galaxy and cinematic version of the galactic guardians and a cinematic version of killraven and his Freeman and cinematic earth 691 would introduce the multiverse part and i would have George lucas or dave filloni or the People who made farscape in charge of the cinematic version of earth 691 and i would also have blade be a main part of the marvel cinematic multiverse and the role would be once again be played by wesley snipes and i would have also a werewolf by night movie series in it as well ghost rider as well cinematic versions of marvel uk characters and a cinematic universe of marvel 2099

[@mrfox9090]

you mommy brewy

[@eddiec9756]

Like wow it’s videos like these that make you really see just how vast marvel comics is and just how many years they have been around if they can create stories like this

[@Leadeshipcoach]

Whew!! I am so impressed with your research on this!! The original Guardians of the Galaxy ( as so many have said below) is one of my favorite teams! Thank you for this - throughly enjoyed! Bravo👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@axelplate9080]

Very nicely done. the guardians are a favorite of mine, as one of my first comics was them meeting the Avengers, drawn by George Perez. They also remind me of the captain future cartoon that was on tv at the time.

[@langolier9]

I was a comic book fanatic many many years ago and watching a video like this. Reminds me just how crazy crazy imaginative people can be. Thank you.

[@adam-l74]

Great video, the Jim Valentino GOTG series was my introduction to the characters.

[@louperez762]

I always wanted to see the complete origin of Galactus . Your origin stories are always complete and consice . Always very informative and enjoyable .

[@djm122270]

I’m really enjoying this excellent breakdown! Nothing like revisiting the original stories in Marvel comics! Much appreciation…👏🏽

[@tonydillard339]

I can't really say how much I appreciate your in depth history of the Marvel Universe and all of it's characters you do a really great job! Thank you for sharing.

[@joerodriguez8519]

That was an excellent video!! I loved reading the original guardians book from the’90s and hope we see their adventures someday on tv or the movies!!

[@thunder6434]

This is a fascinating video that somehow is very confusing and makes sense at the same time. I have a terrible attention span and you managed to captivate me for nearly an hour. Such a fascinating topic and you have earned my subscription!

[@Steven_Williams]

Wow! Thanks for the memories ! I had all of these comics at one time or another in my younger years. Killraven was one of my favorites.

[@kungfuhavok2]

Thanks for this not many OG Guardians Of the Galaxy fans. Means the world that I am not alone

[@cohaddict]

TY for this.....my fav team back in the 70s-90s, especially the second run around '90. Great vid!!!

[@MegaMeowMilitia]

Stellar work as always, Merry!

[@evenhartwick4422]

Its kinda crazy to find out War of the Worlds was not only canon in this Marvel universe but a major key element of it (kinda even reminded me of Marvel Zombies where the Matrains actually succeed in conquering earth) . But i guess it shouldn't be to surprising since things like Conan the Barbarian, Godzilla, and Transformers were all at one point canon in the main 616 Marvel universe

[@oliverortiz5226]

This video was very impressive. A job well done. What a storyline created by all of the talented individuals at Marvel.

[@moonled]

About time somebody remembered them!

[@crzyces1693]

This was bloody awesome. Great job man

[@vincentfranklin17]

I always seem to learn something new when watching these videos! Great work!

[@ericsamuels8354]

YES I'VE BEEN WAITING ON THIS ONE!!!! THANKS

[@MikelWash]

Man I knew you would nail this but i had no idea such great detail

[@tvariuness]

This was insane. great work on compiling all this insanity .

[@teh1archon]

WTF?! That was completely bonkers! Great video :)

[@Brianna-eo8nu]

I love/am biased to the 616 universes Guardians of the Galaxy, but I find this early version of the team so fascinating, and of course their lore is buck wild. Tbh, I’m kinda surprised Mrvel haven’t made the og guardians and the 616 guardians meet through multiverse shenanigans.

[@DerekWill-qp5ge]

Thank you for this informative video! I love the original Guardians of the galaxy! Especially Starhawk.

[@kimwelch4652]

Wow, the comic I read back in 1969 has accrued an enormously more complex backstory in the last 50 years than I remember from the original comic. My retcon senses are tingling.

[@hendry7497]

FANTASTIC! Great job as always.

[@3dagalathor]

loved this series, first series i read from start to finish as it was released monthly. loved the charaters, Yondu was great, so very heartbroken over MCU treatment of him. and the nightmare they teased at the end of GotG 2 with Stallone as Starhawk, WTF were you thinking MCU, so glad we never saw them again.

[@larryfoulkeofficial8609]

They're coming back lol

[@myyolii7777]

I must say this one is the best one yet!

[@joeblankenship377]

Ooooh, that Alex Ross painting of the Guardians is doooope! I wish he could do more full comics like that cuz damn. He makes it look easy too. With gouache. One of the most temperamental paints you can use.

[@charlesedwards9635]

Awesome commentary many thanks for posting. I've learned so much about the Guardian of the Galaxy. 🙏

[@briandaniels2126]

Dude!!!!!That was an amazing deep dive summary of the original Guardians of the Galaxy.....THANK YOU!!!!!LIVE LONG and PROSPER.🙂

[@AgentNevets]

This was a GREAT video, and my first of yours. Gonna check out more! (OG GotG fan)

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

I loved the 90's superhero version of the Guardians of the Galaxy. I read a lot of the comics that you referenced. Some of the info was new to me.

[@BearDownBad]

Wow! Great work on this one.

[@coreygillom]

Hey I love this video.I usually don’t make comments but I had to this time. This video reminded me of a really fun weird time in marvel comics play with . I remember reading the release of the Guardians of the Galaxy run in the late 90s and always wondering about Kill Raven. At some point you please have to do an episode with Kill Raven.

[@xseph]

An excellent and entertaining endeavour. Bravo!

[@mercurywoodrose]

i clearly recall this comic from when i was a kid. i loved martinex!!! so glad he appeared in GOTG2. yes i bought it live.

[@darrenwashington9842]

I really wish. Marvel consider bringing back this team. I remember. The Galactic Guardians limited series in the 90s. Great team! They use to team up with the original Guardians of the Galaxy. The new members were Talon, Yellow Jacket, Irish Wolfhound, and his partner Shamrock along with Captain Victory, Martinex, Nikki, Charlie-27, Starhawk, and Yondu. You ought to check out the Trade Paper Back from the 90s!

[@redzone1019]

Thank you for doing this review on the origin of the Guardians of the galaxy. I was very disappointed when the new version of the Guardians of the galaxy came out, without giving tribute to the original Guardians of the galaxy. I would love to see a movie version of the original Guardians. The original story was better than the new version. Just my opinion... Thanks again for the video. Stay safe and healthy. Peace

[@mrfox9090]

your opinion is gross, get out of the lobby

[@wilwilson8146]

and all the sauces!! thank you sir! others could learn from your example. many thanks

[@gammabase]

well that was unbelievable ,,,exceptional job

[@carlostorres3606]

This was great! I'd love to hear a continuation on the Justice/Marvel Boy version of Vance

[@bretwhitney9593]

I have this book! Always telling people these are the first Guardians of the Galaxy! Good job.

[@robert_bbiii]

I feel Vance Astro's story would make a great tv show for Marvel to do. An astronaut volunteers to be in deep sleep to travel to another planet only to find everyone forgot about him and never bothered to look for him. I mean he goes crazy. Then you can introduce the rest of the Guardians

[@wesd7338]

That was awesome. Thank you.

[@SkipAd_Vegas]

I love being one of the rare people to have read literally all of these as they came out...although it REALLY messed up GoGalaxy for me, and a lot of Marvel EU. And Silver Surfer with the Quantum Bands was insane! #subbed btw..well done.

[@SoundsOfSushi]

I loved the Jim Valentino run of Guardians of the Galaxy. They are so much better than the current Guardians.

[@patrickmoler8025]

You just got yourself a new subscriber.

[@arcadiaberger9204]

My personal model for the Marvel Universe is that Earth-616 is the world where the Fantastic Four took their ill-fated flight into space in 1961, and Peter Parker is now 76 years old. It was also a world where Reed Richards and Ben Grimm were both veterans of the Second World War. That's the world Stan Lee began receiving psychic visions from, a power which he shared with anyone he collaborated with, and which was also shared, in attenuated form, with those who worked with anyone who had worked with Stan Lee. Over time, though, our world began to slip out of tune with Stan's brain, and the visions began to come from Earth-617, a very similar world - so similar that even Stan didn't notice the change. On Earth-617, the Fantastic Four were created in 1971 and Peter Parker is now 66. I suspect that Earth-617 is also the world which was invaded by Martians in 1901 and again in 2001, which launched Major Vance Astro to Alpha Centauri in 1988, suffered an ozone collapse, created Deathlok the Demolisher, was conquered by the Badoon and eventually produced the Guardians of the Galaxy, 3007 edition. Then there's Earth-618, Earth-619, Earth-620 (also known as Earth-1610), where the Fantastic Four stepped through a portal in 2001, Earth-621, where the Fantastic Four made their flight in 2011, which I suppose is the world Marvel Comics are currently tuned into, although they'll eventually switch bands without our noticing and start receiving signals from Earth-622, a world where the Fantastic Four hijacked a SpaceX StarShip in 2021 to test their stardrive (hoping to make it an *_ACTUAL_* starship), and Peter Parker is currently, in 2023, 17 years old. It's a little bit wonky, but I'd actually like this better than the "sliding time scale" that Marvel is running on right now. [P.S.: Neil Gaiman had the good fortune, probably thanks to being in the good graces of the Sandman, of tuning in to Earth-580, where the plucky foursome who made up the crew of the good ship *_Fantastick_* sailed into a mysterious glowing fogbank in *_1601._* Actually, that's good fortune for all of us.]

[@hillbillyhippy]

My very first comic was the Thor/Guardians. Brings back some memories.

[@dragonballtalk8527]

I love this video so much I'm going to watch it a bunch of times I'm adding to my comics playlist on my channel

[@macktruk13]

You have made me so happy!

[@macktruk13]

nOBODY REMEMBERS THE ORIGINAL

[@bradleycarson6619]

I used to subscribe to this comic series in the 90s. this was rad

[@mckinnonjames]

Epic! thank you!

[@AnnanyaGeorge]

ploovians, jovians, udonta. These are just some of the sounds you will hear in this video. Now I would consider myself to be a well mannered, average nerd boi, I've watched dr. Who, star wars, marvel movies and all that jazz. But this is where I draw the lines. I will not.. I repeat I will not refer to this deep lore IRL. If I do, I'll be seen as more of a ploovian than I already am. But goddammit! I love these jovians and blubberydoofs. These sounds with deep implications on the human experience is what I yearn for. And no damn terran will take that away from me. Sincerely, Annanya George

[@jefferysmith4753]

Pronouncing Cuchulain as Kachewlan nearly broke my brain.😂

[@MerryMarvelite]

Google betrayed me on that one.

[@igitaq]

The lore of this iteration of the Guardians goes pretty deep. I remember back in the 90s, Marvel revived this line up. Astro's journey was pretty dark. He would be woken up when the ship needed him and he often grew mad only to regain sanity and be put back to sleep then he would be woken up again when the ship needed assistance and Astro would go mad again only to regain sanity again and again. My favorite thing about Major Astro was when he received Cap's shield and used his telekinesis to manipulate it when he threw it. I remember when he got a transfusion from Hollywood (Wonderman) and was able to finally remove his Adamantium suit.

[@kratoscraken5614]

Now this is the Gaurdians of the galaxy that I remember and this is how it should be 👍

[@derekharris4922]

Exactly!

[@mrfox9090]

your moommmmmy mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@jmjones683]

This was awesome!

[@TowDow3]

this OG run sounds alot better than the new modern stuff and much better than the movies lol

[@tigerbread78]

I'll take the og guardians over the modern, more successful version any day, the 1990 series is a lot of fun

[@mrfox9090]

your mommy twoy, y u exist lolol

[@fontanag.darling737]

Finally! Please keep educating the kids!

[@DethOfDrgnz]

When I heard there was going to be a guardians of the galaxy movie, I thought that it was a weird choice, as the only GOTG I knew of was this one. That took place in the future in a time line not in continuity with all the other marvel books (at the time). I am glad they used the current GOTG because this one was too convoluted for anyone to follow, also the characters weren't all that interesting. It was more the future setting that was fun about the original GOTG book and the crazy ideas they would do for it.

[@foldabotZ]

I have a single issue of the original Guardians of the Galaxy, issue 20 when Vance Astro became Major Victory. The header title described them as 31st Century heroes so I assumed they were the equivalent of DC's Legion of Superheroes.

[@majinsole8554]

Forgot how crazy this all was! Doom ACTUALLY wore Wolverine’s skeleton as armor. Just…crazy. Thanks! ~_~

[@ejstar8917]

These were the Gaurdians I was originally hoping to see in the MCU. But, I’m cool with The Guardians Marvel Studios chose to go with.

[@drizzo4669]

These are the Guardians I grew up reading. Was a pretty good series.

[@RobertJadeBen]

Love this stuff!

[@jacksonperry8283]

Your channel makes me want to start collecting comics again!

[@ericyarberry1085]

great job on this

[@adamexenvironmental4468]

I have the original Guardians of the Galaxy comics from the 70s. Bought them brand new from our local Newsstand/Grocery store/Butcher shop… when I was probably 11 or 12

[@TenchiBushi]

This is my favorite Guardians of the Galaxy!

[@derricklogan2058]

I liked the Comic Book, but either it was very popular or Guardians of The Galaxy wasn't primarily shipped and sold in my area, because I rarely saw one when I was buying comics during the 1970's and 80's. All I was ever able to find were the 3 that I had during my teen's and early twenties.

[@rachelbrinkley3240]

These were my Guardians when I was younger😁😍

[@mrfox9090]

old man

[@WhiteRaven696]

Wow, I never knew Earth-691’s past was so thoroughly detailed. I just assumed they revealed the difference was the Martian invasion and the solely focused on the year 3,000.

[@christopherulichney]

Another great in depth video. But you are killing me with the brief mention of Rita DeMara, Yellowjacket. She needs a video all to herself. And since you have crossed over into alternate universes, how about a look at the earth 715 Squadron Supreme. until next time

[@michaelkantner6420]

YES!! Squadron Supreme, Earth 715's answer to Earth 616's Avengers!

[@johnpenley]

I'm still patiently waiting for a in depth look at Marvels mightiest Villain.... Mole Man. That man literally has been involved in every major comic event in 1 capacity or another... Kinda like 7 degrees of separation from Mole Man..😆

[@Modokmadness]

I’m waiting for the history of M.O.D.O.K.!

[@afroscifizianzcomix7836]

Absolutely superb video. 👌 I would love you to do a short video on the Marvel UK comic CYBERSPACE 3000 which ties into both GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY and DOCTOR WHO.

[@55Quirll]

I remember these Guardians, they appeared after the Badoon attacked Earth about 1,000 years in the future. This is what I recalled when I heard about the Guardian Movie that was coming out. Star-Lord was different from this also, he was helped by an alien who endowed Peter with the ability to know any language once he hears and understands anything mechanical. His Ship is Sentient, the remains of a Star that was killed by an alien who ejected a Nova bomb into it. I remember reading these comics and loved them and those color comics by Marvel. They don't make them like that anymore.

[@tharubaba]

Yipee.. we need all of them in the next guardians movie 🦅

[@avollant]

Question: Where did you get that information between Immortus and the Martians?

[@MerryMarvelite]

Answer: Avengers Forever #10 (September, 1999)

[@joedent3323]

Great history lesson.

[@daniescott3000]

Boy comics back in the day were just better, back when writers thought cocaine was vitamins.

[@samwill7259]

Man, I thought I knew all the rollercoasters that Marvel had to throw at me. No, no turns out I didn't know shit about shit. This was a ride from beginning to end.

[@breakbones47]

Great work on the video! Can you explain who kill raven is? Thx in advance 👏👏

[@wesleysteeleiv]

I LOVE both GOTG movies (GOTG1 might be my fav Marvel movie out of all of them) BUT I do think they should have started the GOTG with the original team.

[@MightyThor655]

This is so good

[@seekretcahil1060]

Thank you just thank you