Marvel Infinite Comic - Gamora Review

For those of you who don't know what a 'Marvel Infinite Comic' is, it's a digital comic, only available on a smart phone or tablet of any kind. I downloaded this issue onto my iPad 2 from the Marvel Comics App, but it's also available on the Comixology App. This is the third issue in the Guardians of the Galaxy series. The first two centered around 'Drax the Destroyer' and 'Rocket Raccoon'. Since these comics are only available on digital, they take advantage of the digital format. When you slide your finger, you see the characters move within the same frame, frames appear on top of other frames, new speech bubbles appear in the same frame, etc. All of this gives it a very cinematic feel. I know it's hard to explain, but it is definitely worth checking out for yourself.

This issue was written by Brian Michael Bendis and the art is by Yves Bigerel and Michael Del Mundo. Let me say, the art is phenomenal. I would love for these guys to illustrate future issues of GOTG. It's very stylized and I wouldn't mind hanging up some of these frames as art in my house. Yes, it's that good.

It all starts out on Terran, a "moon of the gas-giant planet Marman." Apparently the Pheonix force (that took over Jean-Grey in X-Men) has destroyed the planet of Marman, and all survivors have been taken as prisoners by the Badoon, the alien race that killed Star-Lord's mother in issue #0.1. Apparently, the Badoon are working for Thanos, using the prisoners to mine Terran for "natural resources". (I'm wondering if the Badoon are going to be in the movie, because they seem to be the big foes of the Guardians lately) Gamora decides that she's going to free all of the prisoners by single-handedly taking down the Badoon guards.

Bendis lets the reader know that Gamora is Thanos' daughter in a very cool way and also labels her the "most dangerous woman in the galaxy". Well, in this issue, she definitely lives up to her reputation. With two swords, she takes down the Badoon guards until she encounters a LARGE Badoon (featured in the picture above), and based on that picture, you can see how she handles him. When Star-Lord shows up to help out, Gamora has already taken care of business. Bendis does a good job of showing us their relationship by putting focus on both character's "daddy-issues". Gamora wants to take down her evil father, and Star-Lord thinks his father is up to no good as well.
 
Overall, this is probably the coolest Gamora has ever been and I can only hope that Zoe Saldana can do the character justice.

Overall Rating: 4.5/5