History Characters / GuardiansOfTheGalaxy

* ''Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'

* Characters/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}
* Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2
* Characters/IAmGroot
* Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3

* Characters/{{Guardians Of The Galaxy|2015}}

!!31st Century Guardians of the Galaxy's Universe [[note]]Earth-691[[/note]]

* [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyOriginal Guardians of the Galaxy (1969)]]

!!Prime Marvel Universe [[note]]Earth-616[[/note]]
* [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Guardians of the Galaxy (2008)]]

* Characters/{{GuardiansOfTheGalaxy|2015}}

* Characters{{/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy|2015}}

* [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyTheMovie Guardians of the Galaxy]]
* [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2]]

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This is characters page from [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy the comics]]. For the characters from the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse's [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy film]], see '''[[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyTheMovie here]]'''. Because the two versions of the team are so different, as are their supporting characters, the page has been split into two:

* Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyOriginal for the 1969 team and their supporting characters.
* Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern for the 2008 team and their supporting characters.

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!!Galactic Guardians

!!!'''Martinez T'Naga'''
See ''The original Guardians - Founding Members'' above

!!!'''Firelord (Pyreus Kril)''' and '''Replica'''
See ''The original Guardians - Additional Members'' above

[[folder:Wonder Man -- Simon Williams]]
!!ComicBook/WonderMan Hollywood (Simon Williams)
* FlyingBrick: He's NighInvulnerable and has the power of {{Flight}}, a classic FlyingBrick.
* EnergyBeing: It's easily forgotten because of his ability to project a semblance of humanoid form, but he's actually comprised of ionic energy, not flesh and blood.
* MyGreatestFailure: He blamed himself for the deaths of many of his fellow heroes during the early 21st Century Martian invasion of Earth.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Around a thousand years old, give or take.
* ReluctantWarrior: Simon really doesn't like fighting, but he'll still go into battle if necessary.
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[[folder: The Vision]]
!![[ComicBook/TheVision Mainframe]]

* MasterComputer: A good version, he is the chief operating system of an entire planet of Klaatu and the guardian of the shield of Captain America.
%%* MissionControl
%%* OracularHead
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Like Hollywood, he's somewhere around a thousand years old.
%%* TheSmartGuy
* ThatManIsDead: He's not the Vision anymore, and would very kindly like it if no-one called him by his old name.
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[[folder:The Spirit of Vengeance (Wileaydus Autolycus)]]

* BadassBiker: He's a Ghost Rider; a demon-possessed vengeance-seeking mounted warrior who rides around on a flaming {{magitek}} motorcycle. It comes with the territory.
* BreathWeapon: One of his preferred ways of using his hellfire is to spew gouts of it from his mouth.
* FlamingSkulls: As a Ghost Rider, his head is a bare skull that's on fire.
* {{Hellfire}}: He's a demon; the fire he wields is magical flame taken directly from hell.
* LegacyCharacter: The 31st century version of ComicBook/GhostRider.
* PlayingWithFire: Like all Ghost Riders, his primary power set is based on projecting and manipulating flames.
* PostModernMagik: He's a demon-host who runs around in a spaceship battling evil aliens.
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[[folder:Phoenix IX (Giraud of Haven)]]

* IBelieveICanFly: Using psychokinesis.
* LegacyCharacter: The 9th version of the Phoenix since [[Comicbook/XMen Jean Grey]].
* PlayingWithFire: His Phoenix powers give his cosmic pyrokinesis, essentially magic fire.
* MindOverMatter: His primary power set is psychokinesis, which is the ability to physically manipulate the world around him with his thoughts.
* PsychicPowers: All of his powers stem from his super alien brain.
* {{Telepathy}}: Like most Marvel psychics, he's able to communicate with others on a direct mental level.
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This is characters page from [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy the comics]]. For the characters from the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse's [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy film]], see '''[[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyTheMovie here]]'''.

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! The second (Modern time period based) Guardians

!!!folder:Founding Members
[[folder: Star Lord (Peter Quill)]][[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3704286_ann_con_star_lord_3.jpg]]
--> See the ComicBook/StarLord page
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Rocket Raccoon]]
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-> see the ComicBook/RocketRaccoon page
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Gamora]]
!! ComicBook/{{Gamora}}

--> See the ComicBook/{{Gamora}} page
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Adam Warlock]]
!!ComicBook/AdamWarlock
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--> See the ComicBook/AdamWarlock page
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[[folder: Drax the Destroyer (Arthur Douglas)]]
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Once the human known as Arthur Douglass, he was driving the a desert with his wife and daughter and witneesed the spaceship of the mad titan Thanos. Not wanting any witnesses, Thanos destroyed their car. Arthur and his wife had perished, while his daughter Heather survived the crash. She was found by Mentor, Thanos' father and taken to be raised on his homeworld Titan ( and later becoming known as Moondragon in adulthood). Mentor and the eternal Kronos salvaged Arthur's soul and gave it a new body for the purpose of killing Thanos. From then, Arthur Douglass was known as Drax the Destroyer.

--> see the ComicBook/DraxTheDestroyer page

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Quasar]]
!! ComicBook/{{Quasar}}[=/=]Martyr (Phyla-Vell)
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Formerly Captain Marvel, Phyla-Vell is the sister of the late Genis-Vell. During the Annihilation War, she gained the Quantum Bands and later adopted the Quasar name. Later still, she would adopt the name Martyr after becoming the avatar of Oblivion.
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* AbusiveParent: Her mother was very harsh and demanding towards her, often unfavourably comparing her to her brother Genis.
%%* ActionGirl
%%* BoyishShortHair
* BuryYourGays: Killed instantly by a [[spoiler:revived Thanos.]]
* ButtMonkey: Treated with less and less respect throughout vol 2, up until [[spoiler:her death]].
* CoolSword: Her go-to creation when wielding the Quantum Bands. When she becomes Martyr she gets a different one, forged with death-magic, and even capable of doing the Magus some injury.
* DroppedABridgeOnHer: Phyla is unceremoniously fried instantly by Thanos in the second to last issue of vol 2, with Mantis later confirming that she found what was left of her later. As of 2017, she hasn't returned.
* EnergyWeapon: She can create many of these with her Quantum Bands.
* GreenLanternRing: Her Quantum Bands, which she eventually loses, and declines to take back when given the chance.
* HairTriggerTemper: After becoming Martyr.
* TheHeart: The most compassionate member of the team, up until she became Martyr.
* InTheHood: Consistent throughout all her outfits are hoods.
* InterspeciesRomance: Phyla, a half-kree half-eternal starts a relationship with Moondragon, a human.
* LegacyCharacter: To ComicBook/CaptainMarvell, her father, and to Quasar. She suffers a lot of self-doubt over it.
* MostCommonSuperPower: Though given she's on the same team as Gamora, it can be hard to tell.
* MysticalWhiteHair: Quasar who has energy manipulation and flight powers and certainly looks the part.
* TookALevelInDumbass: Her decisions and temper become much worse at the same time, from starting brawls in bars to holding a head of a major galactic empire hostage in front of her family. Magus implies it's all the equivalent of a desperate cry for attention, and points out that she's way in over her head.
* TookALevelInJerkass: When she became Martyr.
* UnscrupulousHero: As Martyr.
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[[folder: Groot]]
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* TheBigGuy: Shares this with Drax.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The big guy to Rocket Raccoon's little guy.
* CharacterisationMarchesOn: In [[{{ComicBook/Annihilation}} Annihilation: Conquest]] and the earlier issues of the series, he was capable of saying other things than "I am Groot". During Star-Lord's miniseries, he was also a ''colossal'' jerk (think Doctor Doom, but in tree form). He mellowed out after that.
* DeusExitMachina: Generally regarded as the team's heaviest hitter, Groot was absent from the team's official foundation as he was still recovering from his sacrifice in ''Annihilation: Conquest''. Likewise, whenever he needs to be written out for drama they simply have him make a slow recovery from a prior battle.
* TheExile: Banished from his home planet after A) killing another member of his species to defend a maintenance mammal it was brutalizing, and B) releasing a human subject that was kidnapped for scientific purposes.
* FakeKing: [[spoiler:He's not actually a king.]]
* GeniusBruiser: He is apparently quite smart and eloquent, we just can't understand what he's saying. He's also got a fantastic right hook.
%%* GentleGiant
* GlassCannon: In Bendis stories he gets destroyed easily.
* HealingFactor: A very impressive one. Groot can, depending on the circumstances, regenerate lost limbs and even his entire body within seconds of being destroyed. Though going from a single splinter usually takes much longer and requires water.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Rocket.
* PlantAliens: He's an alien being resembling a walking tree.
* PokemonSpeak: "I am Groot!"
* RedBaron: Groot, King of Planet X, Ruler of All He Shades, [[SpeciesSurname Flora Colossus]].
* {{Treants}}: Groot is a rare science fiction example of this trope, appearing as a towering, plant-like humanoid alien chiefly composed of wood. A bit of a borderline case, as he doesn't share many traits associated with this trope such as an association with forests, although he does posses some degree of control over plant life.
* VerbalTicName: [[CatchPhrase I am Groot!]]
* WhenTreesAttack: He's a tree-like alien called the ''Flora colossus'', with a very strong right hook.
* TheWorfEffect: See GlassCannon especially.
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[[folder: Mantis (Mandy Celestine)]]
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-> see the ComicBook/{{Mantis|Marvel Comics}} page
[[/folder]]

!!Additional Members

!!!'''Major Victory (Vance Astro)'''
See ''The original Guardians - Founding Members'' above

[[folder: Bug]]
Part of the squad that Star-Lord leads against the Phalanx, Bug was not asked to join the Guardians at first, something he holds against Peter Quill. Eventually, he would be asked to join.

* AnimalThemedSuperbeing
* ChickMagnet: When you're able to seduce a member of the notoriously speciesist Kree, you qualify for this. It also gets him and the rest of the Guardians into trouble when he tries to flirt with ''Medusa''. Right in front of her husband, to boot.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Bug is a goofy, wisecracking sort, but he is lethal with that staff of his.
* DeadpanSnarker: Very snarky.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Spends a lot of his time asking why he wasn't on the first choice for the team, even though he was part of the proto-Guardians from the get-go.
%%* IHaveTheHighGround
* JumpedAtTheCall: Was perfectly happy to join the team again, mainly because Rocket forgot to mention the whole brainwashing thing.
* KidAppealCharacter
* PutOnABus:
** Wasn't present during the team's founding, and it wasn't made clear where he'd gotten to.
** He was briefly in the Comicbook/MarvelNOW version of the team until he was no longer being considered for the 2014 movie. After this he promptly disappeared without any explanation and rejoined the Micronauts by the Minimum Carnage BatFamilyCrossover for ComicBook/ScarletSpider and ComicBook/{{Venom}}. As of Volume 4, it's revealed that he and some of the other former Guardians are part of a new team called the Knowhere Corps.
* RaisedByWolves: Plant aliens, at that.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: His antennae enable communication with others bearing antennae.
* SpiderSense: He has his own version.
* SuperSenses: Has extraordinary sight, upgraded by his helmet.
* VerbalTic: "Tik".
%%* WallCrawl

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[[folder: Jack Flag (Jack Harrison)]]
-->"I hate cosmic stuff..."
Former sidekick to Captain America, later retired vigilante, later Guardian of the Galaxy. He was imprisoned in he Negative Zone following the Superhero Registration Act, where he led the prisoners against Blastaar. After teaming up with Star-Lord, he chose to become a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
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* BadassNormal: Started off as this.
%%* CaptainGeographic
%%* CaptainPatriotic
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Knew what violating the Registration Act would bring on him, and didn't care, because someone needed help.
* FishOutOfWater: Jack's a street-level hero, used to dealing with people like ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, and he has a bit of trouble coming to terms with someone like ComicBook/IronMan. He's way out of his depth with the Guardians. The only reason he doesn't go home is because (as far as he knows) he's still a wanted man.
* GrumpyBear: [[CatchPhrase He hates cosmic stuff]].
* HandicappedBadass: Even whilst in wheelchair, Jack became the de-facto leader of the inmates of Prison 42 after the wardens abandoned the prison during the ComicBook/SecretInvasion and fought off Blastaar's forces in his attempt to gain access to the prison's portal to Earth.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Saves a girl from some thugs, gets beaten up, crippled, beaten up ''some more'' and then thrown into another universe and left to rot for his troubles.
* OnlySaneMan: Prior to joining the Guardians, Jack was imprisoned in Prison 42 located in the Negative Zone, for breaching the Superhuman Registration Act. When he joined up with the Guardians, he reacted to most of the cosmic stuff with "I hate cosmic stuff" due to his background as a street faring vigilante.
* PutOnABus: Disappeared after vol. 2, having gone back home.
* RunningGag: He doesn't like 'cosmic stuff'. Not even after it gives him his legs back.
* SuperSpeed: Not ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} level super-speed, but faster than the human norm.
* SuperStrength: Strong enough to go up against Mr. Hyde and win. Bearing in mind, Mr. Hyde regularly fights ''[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]''.
* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Left paralysed from the waist down following his run in with the Thunderbolts. The damage to his spine was healed using alien technology during his first visit to Knowhere.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead[=/=]YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Blue hair, with portions dyed red and white.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Cosmo]]
Originally a test animal for the Soviet Space Program, Cosmo eventually drifted to Knowhere and would be mutated into an intelligent dog with telekinesis and telepathy. He is chief of security of Knowhere and a steadfast ally of the Guardians and other Cosmic heroes.
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* BadassAdorable: An incredibly powerful psychic, who just happens to come in the form of a Golden Retriever / Labrador cross-breed. Even more so when he's briefly turned into a puppy, while losing none of his abilities.
* BarrierWarrior
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Incredibly friendly and good-natured, but upset him, and the fangs come out.
* CurbStompBattle: Against the Cancerverse Hulk of all people. Cosmo swiftly kills the Hulk (temporarily) by using his psychic powers to make him have a stroke.
%%* FunnyAnimal
* FurryReminder: Unlike Rocket, Cosmo isn't anthropomorphic, he's an Earth dog who's become sapient. He still enjoys squeaky toys, chasing squirrels, mentions he'd have dealt with Annihilus by going for the throat, and can't stand Rocket because he's a racoon.
%%* HealingFactor
%%* HeroicDog
* IBelieveICanFly: Using psychokinesis.
%%* MindOverMatter
* MissionControl: Starting after ''Secret Invasion'', he helps the team out by operating the teleport controls.
* MysteriousPast: Not even Cosmo remembers how exactly he came by his powers.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: A psychic soviet space dog who is also the security chief of a space station.
* PoirotSpeak: [[{{Telepathy}} "Speaks"]] with a thick stereotypical Russian accent.
%%* PsychicPowers
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's the head of security for Knowhere, and the only being there who doesn't try to rake the Guardians over the coals.
%%* SitcomArchNemesis: To Rocket.
* {{Telepathy}}: Being, well, a dog, this is how he communicates.
* UnexplainedAccent: His thought bubbles speak in stereotypical russian dialogue. Even though he was a regular dog by the time he was shipped into space and who hasn't even been in Russia since the 1960s.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Moondragon (Heather Douglas)]]
See Characters/Avengers70sMembers for more info
%%* AcePilot
* AGodAmI: Has her moments
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: It resulted in her taking on The Dragon of The Moon. And even after barely winning that fight, she still remained arrogant. After several rounds of trauma and DemonicPossession, this has subsided.
* BackFromTheDead: Revived by Drax and Phyla halfway through vol 2.
* BiTheWay: With a particular fondness for the Quasars
%%* BuryYourGays
* CombatStilettos: Her team uniform is the only one to have heels.
* DemonicPossession: She has a history with this.
* ItsPersonal: Thanos killed her father, her mother and her lover. It's very personal.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Doesn't come up during her time with the team, but in the past she's shown remarkable proficiencies in a lot of fields. And she's capable of keeping up with Thanos in a conversation.
* PutOnABus: Didn't come back for Vol. 3. As of Volume 4, it's revealed that she and some of the other former Guardians are part of a new team called the Knowhere Corps.
* RaisedByWolves: Raised by Mentor of the Eternals. He and Drax don't exactly get on too well, to say the least (the fact that Mentor is Thanos' ''dad'' really doesn't help).
* ScaledUp: Was only able to turn into a dragon once [[HeroicSacrifice but she made it count]]. As it turned out, this was because of an approaching case of DemonicPossession.
* StalkerWithATestTube: To ComicBook/{{Quasar}}. Her ComingOutStory revolved around her realizing that she had only ever used sex and romance as a means to an end, rather than an end in itself.
* TraumaCongaLine: The entire second half of the second volume, and ComicBook/TheThanosImperative are one for her.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Iron Man]]
!! ComicBook/IronMan (Anthony "Tony" Stark)
Genius billionaire playboy philanthropist and founding Avenger. Tony joins the Guardians as Earth's representative, at least for a time, but his duties cause him to leave the team, appointing Flash Thompson as his replacement.
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%%* BadassBookworm
%%* ChivalrousPervert
* PoweredArmor: A trademark, but his one for this group was the Space Armor MK III.
%%* ScienceHero
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Pretty much the only reason he was considered was his prominence in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
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[[folder: Angela]]
!![[ComicBook/AngelaMarvelComics Angela (Aldrif Odinsdottir]]
Daughter of Odin and brother of Thor, Angela hails from the tenth realm of Heven. Found adrift in space by the Guardians of the Galaxy, she joins the team for an extended period before returning to her homeworld.
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%%* ActionGirl
%%* AnAxeToGrind
%%* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace
* CanonImmigrant: From Image's ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}''.
%%* ChainmailBikini
%%* FieryRedhead
* FireForgedFriends: With Gamora.
* LongLostRelative: A tie-in to ''ComicBook/OriginalSin'' and ''Comicbook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'' reveals that Angela is Odin's daughter, and thus [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]'s half-sister and Loki's adopted sister.
%%* MsFanservice: MostCommonSuperpower? Check. {{Stripperiffic}} with ChainmailBikini? Check.
%%* NinetiesAntiHero
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: She's actually Asgardian, for one.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: When she is accidentally dragged into the Marvel Universe she swears vengeance on [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} the one who caused it to happen]].
%%* {{Stripperiffic}}
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Captain Marvel]]
!![[ComicBook/MsMarvel Captain Marvel]] (Carol Danvers)

%%* AcePilot
%%* ActionGirl
%%* FlyingBrick
%%* LegacyCharacter

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Agent Venom]]
!! Agent Venom (Eugene "Flash" Thompson)

Former high school bully of Peter Parker, later war hero. After losing his legs in Iraq, Flash Thompson would become a super soldier for the U.S. Government, using the Venom symbiote for covert operations. Eventually going rogue, Flash would join the Avengers, and would later be appointed Earth's representative on the Guardians of the Galaxy.

* FishOutOfWater: Flash was simply a member of the US Military who lost his legs trying his damnedest to save a superior officer, before jumping at the opportunity of being able to walk again thanks to the symbiote and volunteering to essentially become a government issue Spider-Man. And then was taken even further out of water by being appointed as the Avengers' liaison to the Guardians of the Galaxy.
* LegacyCharacter: The fourth person to wear the symbiote and operate under the identity of Venom.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Kitty Pryde]]
!![[ComicBook/KittyPryde Star-Lord]] (Katherine "Kitty" Pryde)

The then headmistress of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, Kitty Pryde spent most of her life as an X-Man. Upon meeting the Guardians of the Galaxy and becoming involved with Peter Quill, she would join the team.

--> For tropes relating to Kitty's appearances prior to taking up the Star-Lord mantle, see the ComicBook/KittyPryde page

%%* ActionGirl
* CoolHelmet: As Star-Lady, she wears a version of Star-Lord's helmet.
* LegacyCharacter: Takes over her fiancé Peter Quill's mantle after he becomes Emperor of Spartax.
* OfficialCouple: With Star-Lord, to whom she was engaged. It doesn't last and she returns to Earth.
* TookALevelInBadass: Started out as a naive, teenage newcomer in the X-Men books. Now, after many, many years and books worth of character development and achievements as a member of the X-Men, she's the current first lady of Spartax, and current holder of the mantle of Star-Lord (or Star-Lady to be more precise) while still cosmically powered thanks to the events of ''ComicBook/TheBlackVortex''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Thing]]
!![[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing]] (Benjamin "Ben" J. Grimm)

Founding member of the Fantastic Four and protector of Yancy Street.

* AcePilot: Finally gets to be an astronaut.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Beta Ray Bill]]
!!ComicBook/BetaRayBill

Bill is a steadfast ally of Thor and wielder of Stormbreaker. Bill is present when Thanos' will is read and after a string of events that put him at odds with the Dark Guardians, a team looking to kill anyone who Thanos may be possessing, Bill joins the Guardians of the Galaxy.
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* TheBigGuy: Possessing the powers of Thor, he is the heaviest hitter on the team.
[[/folder]]
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!The original (Future time period based) Guardians
!!Founding Members
[[folder:Major Victory (Vance Astro)]]
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[[note]]due to how time travel and alternate realities work in Marvel, the Major Victory in Guardians vol 1 is not the same as the one in Vol 2. Probably.[[/note]]

* AbusiveParent: His dad was an abusive dick, and unlike his Earth-616 counterpart, Vance never stood up to him.
* {{Adorkable}}: Vol 2's Major is startled when Gamora flirts with him.
* AllForNothing: Vance volunteered for an experimental mission to Alpha Centuari, knowing full well it would take a thousand years. Over those thousand years he was sufficiently traumatised by the loneliness for his mutant powers to activate. On arrival at Alpha Centuari, it turned out mankind had beaten him there by a few hundred years thanks to technological advancements. Oops. And then the Badoon rolled through and nearly wiped out mankind altogether.
* AmnesiaMissedASpot: In vol. 2, while pretty much all of his personal memories are gone, his fighting skills are still there, and he remembers the Badoon and their handiwork all too well.
* AscendedFanboy: Was a big fan of Captain America.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: C'mon, Vance ''Astro''? (His birth name is Astrovik. ''3000'' explains he changed it a: because of his abusive dad, and b: because it sounds cooler.
* BrutalHonesty: Vol 2. Major accidentally told Bug why most of the modern-day Guardians quit, which Rocket had been meaning to ease him into.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The modern-day Major vanished after ''The Thanos Imperative'', and hasn't been seen since.
* ClingyCostume: As an astronaut in an experimental sublight journey to Alpha Centauri, he was put inside a copper-lined uniform to survive a thousand-year space journey. If it is ever pierced in any way, he will suddenly age a thousand years (and then die). At one point in the nineties series, he actually manages to take it off. For a while, at least.
* CompressedHair: As the 90s series shows, there's a lot of hair under that uniform of his. You'd never know.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Had this attitude about being stuck in his suit. He eventually moved beyond it.
* {{Expy}}: In Vol 2, his story - military man with a shield found frozen in a block of ice who has to adjust to being in a different time, greatly resembles that of Steven Rodgers himself. Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon even comment on the similarity.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: By a thousand years. His vol 2 version takes this in an odd way, a man from a thousand years into the future sent back.
* {{Flight}}: His suit contains integrated jet thrusters, letting him propel himself through the air.
* FragileBruiser: Early on. Military training and psychokinetic powers aren't much good when you're in a foil suit, which aren't exactly known for durability. Fortunately, when the Guardians found a secret Mutant city, he was able to upgrade to more durable wear.
* FutureBadass: He's a badass space adventurer who hails from centuries in the past.
* HumanPopsicle: On and off for a thousand years.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: A version of him shows up in Vol 2, with a lot of his memories missing, and the feeling he came back to prevent something.
* LegacyCharacter: Major Victory for Captain America, amongst others.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Eventually finds and uses Captain America’s shield.
* MilitarySuperhero: Before his long space journey, Vance was an astronaut and served in the U.S. Air Force.
* MindOverMatter: He's primarily a telekinetic.
* {{Mutant}}: Though his powers didn't activate 'till adult-hood. FridgeHorror ensues, because most Mutant powers activate after extreme trauma, and Vance's childhood definitely counted as traumatic.
* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Vance actually did meet his younger self, helping to make sure he'd develop his mutant powers early, and never go through the hellish experiences Vance did. But usually, when the Guardians went to the past, they'd take steps to make sure Vance stayed away, since their psychic powers don't react well to one another.
* NinetiesHair: Once he's out of his costume, he has a truly impressive mullet.
* OlderAndWiser: Than his mainstream counterpart Vance Astrovik (Justice of the New Warriors).
* RiddleForTheAges: It's not clear how the Major in vol. 2 wound up in the modern day. Or how a chunk of Avenger's Mansion got thrown through time and space, before being frozen in Limbo Ice. It's discussed in the very last issue, and the future Guardians decide it doesn't matter any which way.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: One of the few things the vol.2 version of the Major recalls is that he came back in time to prevent a great disaster happening. By all evidence, he messed up bad on that front.
* SleevesAreForWimps: His second outfit in Vol. 1 is based on Captain America's outfit, but without the sleeves.
* TimeyWimeyBall: Because the Guardians of the Galaxy are honorary Avengers, Vance is the only member of the Avengers to be on the roster twice as the same person. And again in Vol 2.
* TookALevelInDumbass: Vance in ''Guardians 3000'' is much less intelligent and far more temperamental than before.

[[folder:Charlie-27]]
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* AcePilot: Because he's a member of a space-age military force, Charlie's actually a very talented pilot.
* TheBigGuy: Charlie's the physically largest and strongest member of the team.
* BrawnHilda: The final issue of Vol 2 gives a glimpse of a gender-bent Charlie, who still has the same build as regular Charlie.
* DeadpanSnarker: Gets very snarky when Starhawk goes on his "one-who-knows" shtick.
* {{Heavyworlder}}: Due to being a genetically engineered Jovian who lived on floating gas-mining city on Jupiter. Unlike many examples, he's not at all short, though at a listed height of 6'0" he's only a little taller than the average adult human male.
* LastOfHisKind: Charlie is one of the few humans left after the Badoon invasion.
* MightyGlacier: Averted, actually. Despite his large size, Charlie's surprisingly fast.
* MilitarySuperhero: Much like Vance, Charlie was in the military. It's why the Badoon didn't find and kill him, because he was off-world at the time.
* SleevesAreForWimps: Most of the time, Charlie's outfits tend to eschew sleeves of any kind. Sometimes he goes all the way up to WalkingShirtlessScene.
* SuperStrength: It's basically the standard powerset for any character in comics who hails from a high-gravity world.
* SuperToughness: As with any comic book Heavyworlder, he's much, ''much'' tougher than a normal human.
* {{Transhuman}}: Like Martinex, he's a member of a human off-shoot species that genetically modified itself to survive the hostile conditions of another planet.
* WouldHitAGirl: If she's trying to kill him, yeah.

[[folder:Martinex T'Naga]]
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* AnIcePerson: Shoots ice from his left hand.
* ExposedExtraterrestrials: He’s a crystalline transhuman from the planet Pluto. His body is composed entirely of crystal, and never wears clothes.
* GeniusBruiser: He possesses enhanced strength, speed, and stamina as well as having earned doctorates in physics and engineering.
* PlayingWithFire: Shoots fire from his right hand.
* PowerIncontinence: ''Guardians 3000'' Marty has some trouble controlling his powers. Never ask him to hold a cup of coffee for you.
* SiliconBasedLife: His body is basically entirely composed of silicon, as with all other Pluvians.
* TheSmartGuy: He's basically the science expert of the original Guardians.
* TheSpock: Especially early on in the Guardians adventures, Marty is very LiteralMinded, constantly being confused by the pop-culture references and quips Vance keeps dropping, and getting confused when people call him "Marty" because it's not his name. He did gradually grow out of this.
* SuddenlyEthnicity: With the revelation that his ancestors were black Africans.
* SuperToughness: Being made of diamond-like crystal means he can take a serious beating.
* {{Transhuman}}: He's a descendant of humans who deliberately engineered themselves into crystal-based creatures in order to survive the conditions on Pluto.

[[folder:Yondu Udonta]]
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* ArtificialLimbs: Had a robotic right hand after [[spoiler: Interface from [[ThePsychoRangers Force]] uses his power to transmute matter to turn Yondu's hand to gas. The Guardians do restore his regular hand however.]]
* AxCrazy: Tends to go ax crazy at the drop of a hat.
* TheEmpath: Has a limited mystical perception that allows him to have relationships with living things.
* LastOfHisKind: He thought he was, for a long time.
* NatureHero: His empathic powers works on any world with wildlife.
* NobleSavage: His original characterization, though aspects of "Yondu-as-savage" remained to some extent in his 70s appearances and beyond.
* OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace: Eventually, Yondu finds another Alpha Centaurian who survived the Badoon attacks, and declares this means they must do what they can to restore their people. Said Alpha Centaurian is not remotely taken with this, especially since she ''despised'' her people.
* SpaceJews: His people, especially his particular tribe, are Space Native Americans.
* RedIsHeroic: Commonly wears red.
* TheStraightAndArrowPath: Despite being an alien who runs around in a setting full of missile launchers, laser blasters and other, more exotic guns, he uses a teched-up arrow to help emphasize his status as a good guy.
* TrickArrow: His sound-sensitive arrows that he can control by whistling.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: A lot of his outfits tend to eschew covering some or all of his chest. His earliest outfit was literally nothing more than a pair of underpants.
* YouNoTakeCandle: He originally spoke like this. However, as of when the Guardians got their own series, he'd become quite articulate.

!!Additional Members
[[folder:Starhawk (Stakar Ogord and Aleta Ogord)[=/=] Aleta Ogrod]]
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The one who knows, and the son of Wendell Vaughn. And his adopted sister, with whom he frequently switches places.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Aleta's second outfit. And ''how''.
* AbusiveParent: Daddy Ogord, who tried to raise Aleta to be a brutal warrior. He's also directly responsible for the deaths of his grandchildren.
* ActionMom: Aleta had three children with Starhawk. Emphasis on "had". She's never forgiven Stakar for their deaths.
* CatchPhrase: Starhawk is in fact the one who knows.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Aleta is almost entirely absent from ''3000'', aside from Nikki briefly mistaking a gender-bent Stakar for her, and a one-panel appearance in the final issue.
* CombatStilettos: Aleta's second outfit.
* DidntSeeThatComing: On occasion, things will happen that Stakar didn't know about or remember happening.
* FlyingBrick: Stakar, but only when he was fused with Aleta, since he had to borrow her powers to fight. Otherwise he was FragileSpeedster.
* TheFriendNoOneLikes: Stakar might be the most powerful member of the team, and the One Who Knows, but most of the others are pretty clear they don't like him very much, due to his enigmatic behaviour.
* GenderBender: When Starhawk appeared in the modern Guardians, he was a she. This was because time was falling apart at the seams. And again in ''Guardians 3000''. She's perturbed by it.
* GenderedOutfit: Aleta's original costume was basically a swim-suit version of Stakar's.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Starhawk is the son of ComicBook/{{Quasar}} and [[ComicBook/AdamWarlock Her]], making him half human, half orange-skinned [[ArtificialHuman Artificial Being]].
* LightEmUp: Both of them, albeit in different ways.
* MostCommonSuperpower: Aleta is generously endowed.
* MrExposition: Being the one who knows, Starhawk usually explains things to everyone. Becomes Mrs. Exposition in Volume 2, during the aforementioned GenderBender.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Aleta is one of the few members of her species not on-board with the idea of going around murdering everyone they meet, thanks to growing up alongside Stakar.
* NotBloodSiblings: Stakar and Aleta are adopted sibings.
* NotSoOmniscient: As Stakar explains to Marty, while he does have memories of what has happened, it's not infallible, due to variables in the timeline which he can't predict. Also, his memory can be erased, which can also throw him for a loop.
* NotSoStoic: Stakar actually starts crying when he and Aeleta argue about their children.
* PoorCommunicationKills: For being "the one who knows", Stakar doesn't really make any effort to explain herself in Vol 2, just attacking the Guardians rather than perhaps ''telling'' them what the problem is. By the time anyone starts listening, it's too late.
* IJustKnew: Advised the Guardians on what course of action to take. This wasn’t a superpower, it was Stakar stuck in a time loop where he always relives his life from infancy, knowing what to do from experience.
* SecretPublicIdentity: After Aleta separated from Starhawk, she goes by her own name.
* SharingABody: Physically transformed by the Hawk God into one being with great power. The two had to share physical space, swapping at will, until the 90s series, where an attack by the Stark separates them.
* SixthRanger: Starhawk tends to be considered a founding member of the group, and frequently appears with the rest whenever they've reappeared. Aleta... [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome not so much]].
* TheStoic: Stakar isn't good with emotions, to say the least.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Aeleta vowed never to take a life, and was horrified when she killed a Stark while defending herself.
* YouCantFightFate: If Stakar tries to change the loop in any significant way, he'll just create an alternate timeline, while his life goes on the same as it always has.

[[folder:Nicolette “Nikki” Gold ]]

* AbsoluteCleavage: Her 90s outfit.
* BreakTheCutie: The Badoon rolled through, and killer her family, friends and pretty much all her species when she was ''seven''.
* DarkSkinnedRedHead
* DemotedToExtra: In Vol 2. When the original Guardians appear, Nikki's a no-show at first.
* FantasticRacism: Despises lizards, of all kinds.
* FieryRedhead: Literally and figuratively. Averted in her appearance from ''Guardians 3000'' onward, where it's replaced with what appears to be braids.
* FlamingHair: Except it's not hair exactly, but heat venting from her head.
* FriendlySniper: Unless you're a filthy lizard, in which case she ''will'' try to kill you.
* TheGunslinger: She contributes to the Guardians mostly through her adeptness with guns.
* LeeroyJenkins: When she reappears in ''3000'', her initial solution is to come in shooting. Just as the team had managed to talk down the A-Sentience. This gets them shooting all over again.
%%* PlayingWithFire
%%* PointyEars
* PutOnABus: Nowhere to be seen when ''Guardians 3000'' begins, though she re-appears a few issues in. Though thanks to time falling apart at the seems, nobody remembers her.
%%* SheFu
* {{Transhuman}}: She's a Venusian, a human being modified to live on Venus without dying horribly.
%%* WaifFu
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: She hates lizards. Anything even remotely reptilian, due to the Badoon attacking her homeworld when she was seven.

[[folder:Firelord (Pyreus Kril)]]

* BoomStick: Firelord's staff can shoot cosmic flames out of both ends.
* TheChosenMany: A former member of the Nova Corp, as well as the Heralds of Galactus.
* DoomedHometown: Xandar.
* FlamingHair: He has a rippling mane of flames in place of hair.
* FlyingBrick: Pretty much a requisite of any Herald of Galactus.
* FlyingFirepower: His preferred method of combat is to fly around and hurl fiery blasts at his enemies.
* OlderAndWiser: Than his modern-day incarnation, who's known for being HotBlooded. A thousand years has mellowed him out a little. Only a little mind.
* PlayingWithFire: As his name suggests, he has the ability to project and manipulate cosmic energy in the form of metaphysical flames.

[[folder:Replica]]

* {{Animorphism}}: As a Skrull, she can easily assume the form of any animal she desires.
* DemotedToExtra: Only appears ''once'' in Vol 2, during the meeting of the Guardians of All Galaxies.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: She's a Skrull, a species of green-skinned, pointy-eared humanoid aliens.
* PartialTransformation: Replica will readily change only parts of her body to give herself specific edges without giving up others granted by her whole body.
* PointyEars: Like all Skrulls.
* WingedHumanoid: When she needs to get around quickly, she grows wings to grant herself {{flight}} without otherwise altering her body.

[[folder:Talon]]

%%* CatBoy
%%* HalfHumanHybrid
* KungFuWizard: Initially a better fighter than wizard, eventually given a AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome by his master.
* TheNicknamer: Prone to this. Charlie even asks him if he's capable of calling anyone by their name.
%%* SkunkStripe
%%* WolverineClaws

[[folder:Yellowjacket ([=Rita DeMara=])]]

* ActionGirl: Being female in no way prevents her from kicking ass alongside the rest of the Guardians.
* AffirmativeActionLegacy: She took Henry Pym's former Yellowjacket identity.
* AnimalThemeNaming: She's named after a species of wasp, a recurring theme for Ant-Man and his related identities & partners.
%%* ColorCharacter
* {{Flight}}: Her original costume (which was a straight modification of Pym's) included cybernetic wings that let her do this. When she revamped it in the Guardians' time, it was modified to allow her to fly without wings.
* HeelFaceTurn: She was part of the Masters of Evil, though she ultimately turned on them, and was even named an honorary Avenger after helping out during the Evolutionary War. She did pass through the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor a couple of times, though, before she turned face for good and hooked up with the Guardians.
* KilledOffForReal: In ''ComicBook/TheCrossing'', having gotten homesick for her own time, she came back to the modern era, found out along the way that something bad was about to happen to the Avengers, and was promptly killed by ComicBook/IronMan.
** BackFromTheDead: Came back briefly during the ComicBook/ChaosWar when she was part of the BackupFromOtherworld.
* SizeShifter: Inherited from the original Yellowjacket identity, she uses Pym Particles to manipulate her size and the size of others.

[[folder:Geena Drake]]

* BadassNormal: Doesn't have any actual powers, yet can survive a fight just as well as the rest of the team.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Hasn't been seen since ''Secret Wars''.
* TheConstant: She's a unique singularity in the multiverse, utterly immune to any and all disruptions to time. Korvac's plan was to use her as the foundation for his re-write of reality.
* HandCannon: Acquires one of these from a Badoon. And then Yondu gives her another shortly thereafter, one that's far more powerful and designed to not knock her off her feet whenever she fires it.
* MacGuffinSuperPerson: The reason the Guardians rescued her, she can sense disruption to time. Unfortunately, this means other, less benevolent beings want her as well.
* RippleEffectProofMemory: No matter how much reality changes around her, Geena's memories remain the same.

!!Galactic Guardians

!!!'''Martinez T'Naga'''

!!!'''Firelord (Pyreus Kril)''' and '''Replica'''
See ''The original Guardians - Additional Members'' above

[[folder:Wonder Man -- Simon Williams]]
!!ComicBook/WonderMan Hollywood (Simon Williams)
* FlyingBrick: He's NighInvulnerable and has the power of {{Flight}}, a classic FlyingBrick.
* EnergyBeing: It's easily forgotten because of his ability to project a semblance of humanoid form, but he's actually comprised of ionic energy, not flesh and blood.
* MyGreatestFailure: He blamed himself for the deaths of many of his fellow heroes during the early 21st Century Martian invasion of Earth.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Around a thousand years old, give or take.
* ReluctantWarrior: Simon really doesn't like fighting, but he'll still go into battle if necessary.

[[folder: The Vision]]
!![[ComicBook/TheVision Mainframe]]

* MasterComputer: A good version, he is the chief operating system of an entire planet of Klaatu and the guardian of the shield of Captain America.
%%* MissionControl
%%* OracularHead
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Like Hollywood, he's somewhere around a thousand years old.
%%* TheSmartGuy
* ThatManIsDead: He's not the Vision anymore, and would very kindly like it if no-one called him by his old name.

[[folder:The Spirit of Vengeance (Wileaydus Autolycus)]]

* BadassBiker: He's a Ghost Rider; a demon-possessed vengeance-seeking mounted warrior who rides around on a flaming {{magitek}} motorcycle. It comes with the territory.
* BreathWeapon: One of his preferred ways of using his hellfire is to spew gouts of it from his mouth.
* FlamingSkulls: As a Ghost Rider, his head is a bare skull that's on fire.
* {{Hellfire}}: He's a demon; the fire he wields is magical flame taken directly from hell.
* LegacyCharacter: The 31st century version of ComicBook/GhostRider.
* PlayingWithFire: Like all Ghost Riders, his primary power set is based on projecting and manipulating flames.
* PostModernMagik: He's a demon-host who runs around in a spaceship battling evil aliens.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Phoenix IX (Giraud of Haven)]]

* LegacyCharacter: The 9th version of the Phoenix since [[Comicbook/XMen Jean Grey]].
* PlayingWithFire: His Phoenix powers give his cosmic pyrokinesis, essentially magic fire.
* MindOverMatter: His primary power set is psychokinesis, which is the ability to physically manipulate the world around him with his thoughts.
* PsychicPowers: All of his powers stem from his super alien brain.
* {{Telepathy}}: Like most Marvel psychics, he's able to communicate with others on a direct mental level.

! The second (Modern time period based) Guardians

!!!folder:Founding Members
[[folder: Star Lord (Peter Quill)]][[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3704286_ann_con_star_lord_3.jpg]]
--> See the ComicBook/StarLord page

[[folder: Rocket Raccoon]]
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-> see the ComicBook/RocketRaccoon page
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Gamora]]
!! ComicBook/{{Gamora}}

--> See the ComicBook/{{Gamora}} page

[[folder: Adam Warlock]]
!!ComicBook/AdamWarlock
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--> See the ComicBook/AdamWarlock page
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Drax the Destroyer (Arthur Douglas)]]
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Once the human known as Arthur Douglass, he was driving the a desert with his wife and daughter and witneesed the spaceship of the mad titan Thanos. Not wanting any witnesses, Thanos destroyed their car. Arthur and his wife had perished, while his daughter Heather survived the crash. She was found by Mentor, Thanos' father and taken to be raised on his homeworld Titan ( and later becoming known as Moondragon in adulthood). Mentor and the eternal Kronos salvaged Arthur's soul and gave it a new body for the purpose of killing Thanos. From then, Arthur Douglass was known as Drax the Destroyer.

--> see the ComicBook/DraxTheDestroyer page

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Quasar]]
!! ComicBook/{{Quasar}}[=/=]Martyr (Phyla-Vell)
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Formerly Captain Marvel, Phyla-Vell is the sister of the late Genis-Vell. During the Annihilation War, she gained the Quantum Bands and later adopted the Quasar name. Later still, she would adopt the name Martyr after becoming the avatar of Oblivion.

* AbusiveParent: Her mother was very harsh and demanding towards her, often unfavourably comparing her to her brother Genis.

%%* BoyishShortHair
* BuryYourGays: Killed instantly by a [[spoiler:revived Thanos.]]
* ButtMonkey: Treated with less and less respect throughout vol 2, up until [[spoiler:her death]].
* CoolSword: Her go-to creation when wielding the Quantum Bands. When she becomes Martyr she gets a different one, forged with death-magic, and even capable of doing the Magus some injury.
* DroppedABridgeOnHer: Phyla is unceremoniously fried instantly by Thanos in the second to last issue of vol 2, with Mantis later confirming that she found what was left of her later. As of 2017, she hasn't returned.
* EnergyWeapon: She can create many of these with her Quantum Bands.
* GreenLanternRing: Her Quantum Bands, which she eventually loses, and declines to take back when given the chance.
* HairTriggerTemper: After becoming Martyr.
* TheHeart: The most compassionate member of the team, up until she became Martyr.
* InTheHood: Consistent throughout all her outfits are hoods.
* InterspeciesRomance: Phyla, a half-kree half-eternal starts a relationship with Moondragon, a human.
* LegacyCharacter: To ComicBook/CaptainMarvell, her father, and to Quasar. She suffers a lot of self-doubt over it.
* MostCommonSuperPower: Though given she's on the same team as Gamora, it can be hard to tell.
* MysticalWhiteHair: Quasar who has energy manipulation and flight powers and certainly looks the part.
* TookALevelInDumbass: Her decisions and temper become much worse at the same time, from starting brawls in bars to holding a head of a major galactic empire hostage in front of her family. Magus implies it's all the equivalent of a desperate cry for attention, and points out that she's way in over her head.
* TookALevelInJerkass: When she became Martyr.
* UnscrupulousHero: As Martyr.

[[folder: Groot]]
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* TheBigGuy: Shares this with Drax.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The big guy to Rocket Raccoon's little guy.
* CharacterisationMarchesOn: In [[{{ComicBook/Annihilation}} Annihilation: Conquest]] and the earlier issues of the series, he was capable of saying other things than "I am Groot". During Star-Lord's miniseries, he was also a ''colossal'' jerk (think Doctor Doom, but in tree form). He mellowed out after that.
* DeusExitMachina: Generally regarded as the team's heaviest hitter, Groot was absent from the team's official foundation as he was still recovering from his sacrifice in ''Annihilation: Conquest''. Likewise, whenever he needs to be written out for drama they simply have him make a slow recovery from a prior battle.
* TheExile: Banished from his home planet after A) killing another member of his species to defend a maintenance mammal it was brutalizing, and B) releasing a human subject that was kidnapped for scientific purposes.
* FakeKing: [[spoiler:He's not actually a king.]]
* GeniusBruiser: He is apparently quite smart and eloquent, we just can't understand what he's saying. He's also got a fantastic right hook.
%%* GentleGiant
* GlassCannon: In Bendis stories he gets destroyed easily.
* HealingFactor: A very impressive one. Groot can, depending on the circumstances, regenerate lost limbs and even his entire body within seconds of being destroyed. Though going from a single splinter usually takes much longer and requires water.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Rocket.
* PlantAliens: He's an alien being resembling a walking tree.
* PokemonSpeak: "I am Groot!"
* RedBaron: Groot, King of Planet X, Ruler of All He Shades, [[SpeciesSurname Flora Colossus]].
* {{Treants}}: Groot is a rare science fiction example of this trope, appearing as a towering, plant-like humanoid alien chiefly composed of wood. A bit of a borderline case, as he doesn't share many traits associated with this trope such as an association with forests, although he does posses some degree of control over plant life.
* VerbalTicName: [[CatchPhrase I am Groot!]]
* WhenTreesAttack: He's a tree-like alien called the ''Flora colossus'', with a very strong right hook.
* TheWorfEffect: See GlassCannon especially.

[[folder: Mantis (Mandy Celestine)]]
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-> see the ComicBook/{{Mantis|Marvel Comics}} page

!!Additional Members

!!!'''Major Victory (Vance Astro)'''
See ''The original Guardians - Founding Members'' above

[[folder: Bug]]
Part of the squad that Star-Lord leads against the Phalanx, Bug was not asked to join the Guardians at first, something he holds against Peter Quill. Eventually, he would be asked to join.

* AnimalThemedSuperbeing
* ChickMagnet: When you're able to seduce a member of the notoriously speciesist Kree, you qualify for this. It also gets him and the rest of the Guardians into trouble when he tries to flirt with ''Medusa''. Right in front of her husband, to boot.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Bug is a goofy, wisecracking sort, but he is lethal with that staff of his.
* DeadpanSnarker: Very snarky.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Spends a lot of his time asking why he wasn't on the first choice for the team, even though he was part of the proto-Guardians from the get-go.
%%* IHaveTheHighGround
* JumpedAtTheCall: Was perfectly happy to join the team again, mainly because Rocket forgot to mention the whole brainwashing thing.
* KidAppealCharacter
* PutOnABus:
** Wasn't present during the team's founding, and it wasn't made clear where he'd gotten to.
** He was briefly in the Comicbook/MarvelNOW version of the team until he was no longer being considered for the 2014 movie. After this he promptly disappeared without any explanation and rejoined the Micronauts by the Minimum Carnage BatFamilyCrossover for ComicBook/ScarletSpider and ComicBook/{{Venom}}. As of Volume 4, it's revealed that he and some of the other former Guardians are part of a new team called the Knowhere Corps.
* RaisedByWolves: Plant aliens, at that.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: His antennae enable communication with others bearing antennae.
* SpiderSense: He has his own version.
* SuperSenses: Has extraordinary sight, upgraded by his helmet.
* VerbalTic: "Tik".
%%* WallCrawl

[[folder: Jack Flag (Jack Harrison)]]
-->"I hate cosmic stuff..."
Former sidekick to Captain America, later retired vigilante, later Guardian of the Galaxy. He was imprisoned in he Negative Zone following the Superhero Registration Act, where he led the prisoners against Blastaar. After teaming up with Star-Lord, he chose to become a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy.

* BadassNormal: Started off as this.
%%* CaptainGeographic
%%* CaptainPatriotic
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Knew what violating the Registration Act would bring on him, and didn't care, because someone needed help.
* FishOutOfWater: Jack's a street-level hero, used to dealing with people like ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, and he has a bit of trouble coming to terms with someone like ComicBook/IronMan. He's way out of his depth with the Guardians. The only reason he doesn't go home is because (as far as he knows) he's still a wanted man.
* GrumpyBear: [[CatchPhrase He hates cosmic stuff]].
* HandicappedBadass: Even whilst in wheelchair, Jack became the de-facto leader of the inmates of Prison 42 after the wardens abandoned the prison during the ComicBook/SecretInvasion and fought off Blastaar's forces in his attempt to gain access to the prison's portal to Earth.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Saves a girl from some thugs, gets beaten up, crippled, beaten up ''some more'' and then thrown into another universe and left to rot for his troubles.
* OnlySaneMan: Prior to joining the Guardians, Jack was imprisoned in Prison 42 located in the Negative Zone, for breaching the Superhuman Registration Act. When he joined up with the Guardians, he reacted to most of the cosmic stuff with "I hate cosmic stuff" due to his background as a street faring vigilante.
* PutOnABus: Disappeared after vol. 2, having gone back home.
* RunningGag: He doesn't like 'cosmic stuff'. Not even after it gives him his legs back.
* SuperSpeed: Not ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} level super-speed, but faster than the human norm.
* SuperStrength: Strong enough to go up against Mr. Hyde and win. Bearing in mind, Mr. Hyde regularly fights ''[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]''.
* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Left paralysed from the waist down following his run in with the Thunderbolts. The damage to his spine was healed using alien technology during his first visit to Knowhere.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead[=/=]YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Blue hair, with portions dyed red and white.

[[folder: Cosmo]]
Originally a test animal for the Soviet Space Program, Cosmo eventually drifted to Knowhere and would be mutated into an intelligent dog with telekinesis and telepathy. He is chief of security of Knowhere and a steadfast ally of the Guardians and other Cosmic heroes.
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* BadassAdorable: An incredibly powerful psychic, who just happens to come in the form of a Golden Retriever / Labrador cross-breed. Even more so when he's briefly turned into a puppy, while losing none of his abilities.
* BarrierWarrior
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Incredibly friendly and good-natured, but upset him, and the fangs come out.
* CurbStompBattle: Against the Cancerverse Hulk of all people. Cosmo swiftly kills the Hulk (temporarily) by using his psychic powers to make him have a stroke.
%%* FunnyAnimal
* FurryReminder: Unlike Rocket, Cosmo isn't anthropomorphic, he's an Earth dog who's become sapient. He still enjoys squeaky toys, chasing squirrels, mentions he'd have dealt with Annihilus by going for the throat, and can't stand Rocket because he's a racoon.
%%* HealingFactor
%%* HeroicDog
* IBelieveICanFly: Using psychokinesis.
%%* MindOverMatter
* MissionControl: Starting after ''Secret Invasion'', he helps the team out by operating the teleport controls.
* MysteriousPast: Not even Cosmo remembers how exactly he came by his powers.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: A psychic soviet space dog who is also the security chief of a space station.
* PoirotSpeak: [[{{Telepathy}} "Speaks"]] with a thick stereotypical Russian accent.
%%* PsychicPowers
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's the head of security for Knowhere, and the only being there who doesn't try to rake the Guardians over the coals.
%%* SitcomArchNemesis: To Rocket.
* {{Telepathy}}: Being, well, a dog, this is how he communicates.
* UnexplainedAccent: His thought bubbles speak in stereotypical russian dialogue. Even though he was a regular dog by the time he was shipped into space and who hasn't even been in Russia since the 1960s.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Moondragon (Heather Douglas)]]
See Characters/Avengers70sMembers for more info
%%* AcePilot
* AGodAmI: Has her moments
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: It resulted in her taking on The Dragon of The Moon. And even after barely winning that fight, she still remained arrogant. After several rounds of trauma and DemonicPossession, this has subsided.
* BackFromTheDead: Revived by Drax and Phyla halfway through vol 2.
* BiTheWay: With a particular fondness for the Quasars
%%* BuryYourGays
* CombatStilettos: Her team uniform is the only one to have heels.
* DemonicPossession: She has a history with this.
* ItsPersonal: Thanos killed her father, her mother and her lover. It's very personal.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Doesn't come up during her time with the team, but in the past she's shown remarkable proficiencies in a lot of fields. And she's capable of keeping up with Thanos in a conversation.
* PutOnABus: Didn't come back for Vol. 3. As of Volume 4, it's revealed that she and some of the other former Guardians are part of a new team called the Knowhere Corps.
* RaisedByWolves: Raised by Mentor of the Eternals. He and Drax don't exactly get on too well, to say the least (the fact that Mentor is Thanos' ''dad'' really doesn't help).
* ScaledUp: Was only able to turn into a dragon once [[HeroicSacrifice but she made it count]]. As it turned out, this was because of an approaching case of DemonicPossession.
* StalkerWithATestTube: To ComicBook/{{Quasar}}. Her ComingOutStory revolved around her realizing that she had only ever used sex and romance as a means to an end, rather than an end in itself.
* TraumaCongaLine: The entire second half of the second volume, and ComicBook/TheThanosImperative are one for her.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Iron Man]]
!! ComicBook/IronMan (Anthony "Tony" Stark)
Genius billionaire playboy philanthropist and founding Avenger. Tony joins the Guardians as Earth's representative, at least for a time, but his duties cause him to leave the team, appointing Flash Thompson as his replacement.
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%%* BadassBookworm
%%* ChivalrousPervert
* PoweredArmor: A trademark, but his one for this group was the Space Armor MK III.
%%* ScienceHero
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Pretty much the only reason he was considered was his prominence in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Angela]]
!![[ComicBook/AngelaMarvelComics Angela (Aldrif Odinsdottir]]
Daughter of Odin and brother of Thor, Angela hails from the tenth realm of Heven. Found adrift in space by the Guardians of the Galaxy, she joins the team for an extended period before returning to her homeworld.
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%%* ActionGirl
%%* AnAxeToGrind
%%* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace
* CanonImmigrant: From Image's ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}''.
%%* ChainmailBikini
%%* FieryRedhead
* FireForgedFriends: With Gamora.
* LongLostRelative: A tie-in to ''ComicBook/OriginalSin'' and ''Comicbook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'' reveals that Angela is Odin's daughter, and thus [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]'s half-sister and Loki's adopted sister.
%%* MsFanservice: MostCommonSuperpower? Check. {{Stripperiffic}} with ChainmailBikini? Check.
%%* NinetiesAntiHero
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: She's actually Asgardian, for one.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: When she is accidentally dragged into the Marvel Universe she swears vengeance on [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} the one who caused it to happen]].
%%* {{Stripperiffic}}
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Captain Marvel]]
!![[ComicBook/MsMarvel Captain Marvel]] (Carol Danvers)

%%* AcePilot
%%* ActionGirl
%%* FlyingBrick
%%* LegacyCharacter

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Agent Venom]]
!! Agent Venom (Eugene "Flash" Thompson)

Former high school bully of Peter Parker, later war hero. After losing his legs in Iraq, Flash Thompson would become a super soldier for the U.S. Government, using the Venom symbiote for covert operations. Eventually going rogue, Flash would join the Avengers, and would later be appointed Earth's representative on the Guardians of the Galaxy.

* FishOutOfWater: Flash was simply a member of the US Military who lost his legs trying his damnedest to save a superior officer, before jumping at the opportunity of being able to walk again thanks to the symbiote and volunteering to essentially become a government issue Spider-Man. And then was taken even further out of water by being appointed as the Avengers' liaison to the Guardians of the Galaxy.
* LegacyCharacter: The fourth person to wear the symbiote and operate under the identity of Venom.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Kitty Pryde]]
!![[ComicBook/KittyPryde Star-Lord]] (Katherine "Kitty" Pryde)

The then headmistress of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, Kitty Pryde spent most of her life as an X-Man. Upon meeting the Guardians of the Galaxy and becoming involved with Peter Quill, she would join the team.

--> For tropes relating to Kitty's appearances prior to taking up the Star-Lord mantle, see the ComicBook/KittyPryde page

%%* ActionGirl
* CoolHelmet: As Star-Lady, she wears a version of Star-Lord's helmet.
* LegacyCharacter: Takes over her fiancé Peter Quill's mantle after he becomes Emperor of Spartax.
* OfficialCouple: With Star-Lord, to whom she was engaged. It doesn't last and she returns to Earth.
* TookALevelInBadass: Started out as a naive, teenage newcomer in the X-Men books. Now, after many, many years and books worth of character development and achievements as a member of the X-Men, she's the current first lady of Spartax, and current holder of the mantle of Star-Lord (or Star-Lady to be more precise) while still cosmically powered thanks to the events of ''ComicBook/TheBlackVortex''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Thing]]
!![[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing]] (Benjamin "Ben" J. Grimm)

Founding member of the Fantastic Four and protector of Yancy Street.

* AcePilot: Finally gets to be an astronaut.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Beta Ray Bill]]
!!ComicBook/BetaRayBill

Bill is a steadfast ally of Thor and wielder of Stormbreaker. Bill is present when Thanos' will is read and after a string of events that put him at odds with the Dark Guardians, a team looking to kill anyone who Thanos may be possessing, Bill joins the Guardians of the Galaxy.
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* TheBigGuy: Possessing the powers of Thor, he is the heaviest hitter on the team.
[[/folder]]

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ComicBook/IronMan (Anthony "Tony" Stark)

!![[ComicBook/AngelaMarvelComics Angela]]

[[folder: Agent ComicBook/{{Venom}} (Eugene "Flash" Thompson)]]

* OfficialCouple: Married to Star-Lord.

[[folder: Cosmic Ghost Rider]]
!!Cosmic Ghost Rider (Frank Castle)

[[/folder]]