After taking time last issue to decide what to do with the mysterious Black Vortex, the Guardians of the Galaxy and the X-Men finally come to blows with their cosmically transformed teammates. But while Star-Lord and the other heroes debate their next course of action, another hero may just lead the charge in his place…
When we last saw our intrepid spacer, Peter Quill, he was in a middle of a holo-date with his (very) long-distance girlfriend, Kitty Pryde, when he was kidnapped by the villainous Mister Knife’s enforcers, the Slaughter Squad. Never one to let something like a traumatic history with outer space stop her, Kitty steals a spaceship from the Avengers and flies out to rescue Peter – but not before Mister Knife reveals his true identity to Peter – J’Son, the former king of Spartax and Peter’s father!