Marvel heroes dominated the movie box-office. 2014 is the year Marvel really went into orbit with a ragtag bunch of “losers” who injected new excitement into their cinematic universe.
Here are great gifts for Marvel fans inspired by this year’s hit.
Guardians of the Galaxy was Marvel’s biggest gamble yet with little known heroes who aren’t really superheroes. Chris Pratt was Peter Quill/Star-Lord who assembled Gamora, Drax, Rocket and Groot into unlikely heroes against the Ronan the Accuser. Writer/director James Gunn gave fans a Star Wars for the Marvel Universe. The film also introduced the Nova Corps, Nebula and Josh Brolin as Thanos. The film is a critical stop on the road to Avengers: The Infinity War I, II.
Awesome Mix Volume 1 Since when did a superhero movie have a hit soundtrack? Quill shares the inspiring story of Kevin Bacon in Footloose but Guardians shares another connection – a classic collection of hit songs that created unforgettable moments in the movie.
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Art of the Movie Concept art, photos and interviews from the crew who gave us brand new worlds, spaceships, heroes and villains in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Guardians of the Galaxy by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning: The Complete Collection Volume One The epic that launched the modern version of the classic team. Volume Two Can they stop the War of Kings? The clash between the Inhumans and Shi’ar threaten to open up The Fault – unleashing a cosmic threat to wipe them all out.
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Avengers When Marvel recruited mega star writer Brian Michael Bendis (Ultimate Spider-Man, New Avengers, All-New X-Men, House of M) relaunch the comic book you know they were important to the overall game plan. Here’s the first collection of stories telling Quill’s origin and setting the stage for awesome inter-galactic adventures with guest star Iron Man.
Guardians of the Galaxy/All-New X-Men: The Trial of Jean Grey When the Shi’ar Empire learned the young Jean Grey was alive in the present- they kidnapped her to put her on trial for crimes of the Phoenix (in the classic X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga.) The Guardians and original X-Men teamed up and Star-Lord made a love connection with Kitty Pryde in this crossover by Bendis.
Movies, books, soundtracks – if you have ’em all then why not collect the Guardians Bobble heads from Funko?
Happy holiday shopping.
By Editor