List of Guardians of the Galaxy members

The Guardians of the Galaxy are a fictional superhero team that has starred in the comic book series of the same name, published by Marvel Comics. The original team, based in an alternate universe within the Marvel Comics continuity, debuted in the comic book Marvel Super-Heroes #18 (Jan. 1969). Another team, this time based in the mainstream Marvel Universe, debuted in the comic Guardians of the Galaxy (vol. 2) #1 (May 2008).

Modern team

These are the members of the mainstream Marvel Universe Guardians of the Galaxy team. They are separated by the period when they joined. The names in bold are the current members of the team.

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Adam Warlock	Him	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #1 (July 2008)
Drax the Destroyer	Arthur Sampson Douglas
Gamora	Gamora Zen Whoberi Ben Titan
Quasar a.k.a. Martyr	Phyla-Vell		Changed name to Martyr in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #12 (May 2009).
Rocket Raccoon	Rocket		Current Leader
Star-Lord	Peter Jason Quill		Former Team leader
Groot	Groot	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #7 (January 2009)	Appeared as a sapling beginning in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #1 (July 2008); joined active team after fully regrowing.
Mantis	Brandt, first name unknown		Served as an advisor beginning in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #1 (July 2008) before becoming an active member.
Major Victory	Vance Astro		Also member of the alternate reality Guardians of the Galaxy team.
Bug	Bug
Jack Flag	Jack Harrison	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #9 (March 2009)
Cosmo the Spacedog	Cosmo	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #12 (May 2009)	Assisted the team beginning in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #1 (July 2008) before officially joining team.
Moondragon	Heather Douglas		Resurrected by Drax and Phyla-Vell.

Marvel NOW!

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Iron Man	Anthony Edward Stark	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #1 (April 2013)
Angela	Aldrif Odinsdottir	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #9 (February 2014)
Agent Venom	Eugene "Flash" Thompson	Guardians of the Galaxy Free Comic Book Day (2014)
Captain Marvel	Carol Danvers

All New All Different Marvel!

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Star-Lord	Katherine Anne Pryde	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #26 (2015)	Decided to stay in space in Legendary Star-Lord vol. 1 #8 (March 2015). Started travelling with the Guardians in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #26 (June 2015). Officially joined the team in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 4 #1 (December 2015). Took the Star-Lord codename from Peter Quill.
Thing	Benjamin Jacob Grimm	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 4 #1 (2015)

Original team

These are the members of the original, Earth-691 Guardians of the Galaxy team.

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Major Vance Astro a.k.a. Major Victory	Vance Astro	Marvel Super-Heroes #18 (Jan. 1969)
Charlie-27	Charlie-27		Jovian
Martinex	Martinex T'Naga		Pluvian
Yondu	Yondu Udonta		Centaurian
Starhawk	Stakar Ogord	Defenders #29 (Nov. 1975)	Arcturian
Nikki	Nicholette Gold	Marvel Presents #4 (Apr. 1976)	Mercurian
Aleta Ogord	Aleta Ogord	Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #1 (1991)	Arcturian; unofficial member as of Defenders #29 (Nov. 1975) as co-joined to Starhawk.
Firelord	Pyreus Kril	Guardians of the Galaxy #4 (Sept. 1990)	Also Protector of the Universe; former Herald of Galactus
Replica		Guardians of the Galaxy #14 (Jul. 1991)	Skrull
Talon		Guardians of the Galaxy #20 (Jan. 1992)	Inhuman
Yellowjacket	Rita DeMara	Guardians of the Galaxy #34 (Mar. 1993)	Human from the 20th Century
Geena Drake		Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #14 (2014)	Human from the 31st Century

Galactic Guardians

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Martinex	Martinex T'Naga	Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #2 (1992)	Team Leader
Firelord	Pyreus Kril
Hollywood	Simon Williams
Mainframe
Phoenix	Giraud
Replica
Spirit of Vengeance	Wileaydus Autolycus

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