Let’s Take a Closer Look at Marvel’s New ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’

Though most of the people paying attention to Comic-Con after seeing The Avengers were preoccupied with Iron Man 3 footage, the test reel for Ant Man shot by Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright, and the title reveals for Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (check out our reaction to all of those things on our Marvel panel video blog), comic book fans were just as excited to hear that Guardians of the Galaxy was officially heading to theaters on August 1st, 2014 complete with a team including Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon, Gamora, Groot and Star-Lord. Who the hell are these guys? A lot of people don’t know anything about Guardians of the Galaxy, and unless you’re a comic book fan, the first time you heard about this cosmic superhero team likely came when news hit the internet. And considering this is one of the …