The Guest Star:
      The Guardians of the Galaxy: Vance Astro, Charlie-27, Yondu, and Martinex

The Villain:
      the Badoon

Guest Shots:
      Captain America; Sharon Carter, Tarin

The Set Up:
      After last issue, the unconscious trio of Ben Grimm, Captain America, and Sharon Carter are hauled before the Lord-sire of the Badoon. To find out who they are and where they came from, he orders a memory probe used on Cap, and it pretty much recaps last issue. As the flashback comes to an end, Ben wakes up and clobbers the Monster of Badoon into the memory probe, freeing Cap and frying the Monster. Cap, Ben, and Sharon make their escape.
     Elsewhere, Tarin is trying to convince the resistance to rise up and strike back. They're more than slightly skeptical of her story, until someone rushes in with reports and video of Captain America fighting. The rebels decide to take action, and also send out a call to the Guardians of the Galaxy, who kick in the Harkovian Hyperdrive and head back for earth..

Clobberin' Time?:
      Page 27, panel 5. Captain America: "Right now, our job is to formulate a plan of action!" Ben: "Plan schman! You formulate! Fer me -- It's Clobberin' Time!"
     Ben also gets to issue his patented battle cry on the front cover.

Petunia's Patch:
      No Petunia in this issue.

Things of Interest:
      The next issue blurb in the letters page identifies Thor as the next guest star, but Thor doesn't actually make it into MTIO until issue 9. The guest star in issue 6, as correctly identified in the blurb on the final page, is Dr. Strange.
     This issue includes Marvel Value Stamp #93: The Silver Surfer.
     This is only the second appearance of the Guardians of the Galaxy. They'd previously appeared in a one-shot story in Marvel Super Heroes #18, and would next appear in Giant-Size Defenders #5.
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