THE ENTIRE GALAXY IS A MESS. WARRING EMPIRES AND COSMIC TERRORISTS PLAGUE eal aM lea ele Nr RI aR Li PN eee ere SR eee See eee rg DANGEROUS WOMAN IN THE UNIVERSE, DRAX THE DESTROYER, THE MYSTERIOUS WARRIOR OTS an ae ra ee oe end EA a ene) DRAX Mi DESTROYER. HE'S BIG. HE’S GREEN. HE'S STRONG. HE'S NOT THE “ ea ee ee ae Pere HE SHRINKS. HE TALKS TO ANTS. HE HAS A SORDID PAST. HE Beam ere meer te Cele ei mee Cl ee ee ee a ee Ue ag POWERFUL WEAPON CAPABLE OF ENDING THE UNIVERSE AS WE KNOW IT. pir om eee eee al eas ee el em es ee DANNKO AND HIS CREW, TO A REMOTE PLANET. BUT YOU DON'T NEED Pil) 3 riranda! TO KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG. TUS) ITTY DRAX PTS VENOM CAPTAIN ROCKET GROOT MARVEL . 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HEYMAN, SY EN NOT GONNA BE IN THE OFFICE TODAY. ENEED YOu TO HOLD DOWN THE, FORT FOR ME. ji WHAT ARE ‘You DOING? WHERE Dip YOU EVEN FIND TWAT STUPr# JUST WEAR WHAT Z LAID, Our FoR You. DISPLEASING. 5 PREFERRED THE ONE. L KNOW HOW TO GET AROUND ON THis BACKWARD SWAMP PLANET, Zim sorry, BRAK, BUT 5M NOT DOING $0 HOT AND. ‘THIS SOUNDS LIKE THE KIND OF TROUBLE 5 KEEP TELLING My EX EM NO LONGER GETTING INTO. WAIT, YOU'RE: RIGHT, ZLL HELP. Em SORRY, BUT iF WE'RE GONNA DO THis, We GOTTA DOT THE ANT-MAN WAY. Cow-KEY. To, no ane niStiey oo nosT IRPORTANTLY NO Soee ne. ri Pamoey NeVeR BREN AGAIN. *CLICKE AND. we'eoTTA GET YOU SOME CLOTHES. Excuse Me, MiSs. YOU. WOULDN'T HAPPEN TO HAVE AN ASPIRIN WOULD.Beate ihe adteet)|V 2F oy ean BR Engh Bieri Wea Eee eS ZKNOW A GUY, ACTUALLY, HE CONVICTS. PE ANP. “oiesen a WHAT BRINGS IN TOWN. Han DREAM, YOU TO THIS. 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EVERY Day FIGHTING BACK MAFIOSOS WHO WERE UN OUT OF NEW YORK BY SOME YUMA IN TIGHTS, OR SOME FRESH-OFF-THe-BOAT TONY MONTANA WANNABE, BUT AFTER TONIGHT THAT ALL ENDS. NO OFFENSE, Bur IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING MY ABUELITA WOULD ‘BLY ON @VE. YOU THINK, CARLITO. ANYBODY CAN PLAY THE MARACAS™ YOU'RE ONLY HERE OUT OF A FAVOR: ‘TO YOUR MOTHER. LEGENDARY . ULTIMATE NULL FIER, Te VERY BEST THERE WHEN YOU ABSOLUTELY, Positively goT To KILL EVERY Oa$-R3 IN THE ROOM, ACCEPT NO ‘SUBSTITUTES, THESE *aednoe ARE IN OVER THEIR *-Re@te, HEADS.$0 Tis Is IO KING'S. IMIAMMI UNDER WORLD'S MORE COLORFUL CHARACTERS. THIS 1s WHERE: We FIND OUR clus OWNER SLASH CRIME ‘BOSS SLASH BAND At 4 ti. IF WE WANT. TO GET INSIDE THERE We NEED TO 2E.HOW SHOULD E SAY ‘This2 sust DO THe OPPOSITE OF f WHATEVER YOUR FIRST, INSTINGT Is. HE'S LIKE. KINGPIN MEETS DES! ARNAZ YOU PROBABLY DONT CATCH EITHER OF THOSE REFERENCES. PMY INSTINCT Si IS TELLING Me TO KILL EveRYONE INSIDE AND Leave THIS PLACE IN EMBERS. THERE ALL NORMAL, AND REMEMBER TO BE COOL.NOT TENPERATURE- ‘$12, WOULD. "YOU MIND LIFTING YouR ‘SHIRT, PLEASE?We NEED ro FielRe Our HOW TO Get IN THERE WITHOUT CAUSING a NE. ie We SPOOK THAT's DANNKO OR THE MAMBO JOINS IN THE FRON SANNOI) Y ais BEAL ACTUALLY Cone INT \ 2 “THiS DEAL ACTUALLY, ‘DOOR..REMEMBER vs if ‘GOING DOWN. THAT Table WE Map AgouT c NeTNeTS? _/ yes, EWS RST INSTINGT WAS TO MURDER HIM FOR WAVING THAT WANDIN mY FACE. WHOA! KE LOOKS LIKE A MEANER VERSION OF YOu WIT Way ‘BETTER FASHION ‘SENSE, Oh. OKAY. Baay STEPS, NOW We WATT. THAT LOOKED A tor Like Z DONT LIKE FOREION MOVIES BECAUSE OFTHE suBTiTLes. ISHS year, THAT's WHY = HATED EXACTLY, ) oax THAT'S THE PY mamsclkne on Stace y Ye One N the Ticee (aD, FENOW. 8 WE NO SIGN OF DANNKO| THE WEAPON. Rm « Took at A fy Mien a THESE PEOPLE I 4 BN (ising rece I MEAN BY -. \ y DiNE Ne: a) ae | fc 5 if os " cx fre Mi )‘SO DANNKO, WHAT DID YOU! 15 win St ayer THING OF THE SHOW? THIS IS Way 5 BoUuG) CLUB'S PREVIOUS OWNER "THE CLUB AND KILLED ONCE TOLD ME THATZ WAS HIM. MUSIC IS MI PASION, Cowbie JINETERO, MI VIA, BUT IT DOESN'T THAT ENEEDED To STOP A. PAY THE BILLS. YOU ‘AND UNDERSTAND? "YOU GOT AN INTERESTING AAH! MAKES SENSE. YOU GERMAN TYPES ARE ALL ABOUT. BUSINESS, 50 x cliess WE SHOULD SET DOWN, 70 OURS... caN SEE We ‘ARE IN POSSESSION (OF THE WHATEVER \} THis is. NOW BELIEVE YOU HAVE: ‘SOMETHING TO ‘SHOW ME? THeRe 1s NO MONEY IY. Sls once FOR YOUNOT APPROVED BY THE COMICSF rs. oKn wna you ey. Siow unr eee WE ALL SHOULD. LTOLD THe coPs x WAS AN AVENGER, AND IE THEY G27 WORD OF Tis, WE'RE ALL ‘SCREWED. DRAX? caRLitog You Guys BOTH Leave ME WITHOUT SAYING eooDBve? We couLD HAVE AT LEAST PREDATOR HAND-SHAKED OR ‘SOMETHING.. Z BELIEVE YOU THIS IS WHATY RememBERED2 you are ) TELL YOu WHAT. LookINe ] TLL TRADE You FOR. _/Thie SECOND-MOST- POWERFUL WEAPON INTHE KNOWN UNIVERSE FOR THAT BOTTLE RIGHT THERE. ea a SS YOU KNOW, THE PLACE WHERE THIS UCTS ‘DANNKO IS, DEAD AND THE NULLIFIER HAS BEEN RETURNED. 7 mmm PRAXY! wt DIDN'T You COME TO EARTH? YOU KNOW, THE TWO OF is MAKE A PRETTY. 6000 TEAM. IF YOu EVER WANT To gli YOUR DAY JOB WITH THE GUARDIANS, THERE'S. ALWAYS aN OPENING AT ANT-MAN SECURITY SOLUTIONS. WE KNEW You HAD IT COVERED. NOW QUIT BEING SUCH A. FLARKNARD AND GET IN HERE. THE WATER IS. WARM AND THE DRINKS ‘ARE ON THE Isn't THAT RIGHT, TOWEL BOY?