It feels like something is missing here. Possibly an explanation of how we got to the point where this collection starts. There are enough clues given that I can be fairly sure of when to place it in regards to the other Guardians trades I've read. But we start off with Star-lord off on his own, without any information given to us about why? I mean, the obvious answer is "well, duh. Solo title". But from what I can recall of the various issues of Wolverine I picked up back in the day, they usually gave a reason why he was off on his own for any particular story line (besides the obvious "solo title" and "he's kind of a loner if you haven't noticed" reasons).

What's here is pretty good. Of the five issues collected, three tie together into a storyline of sorts, with one issue in the middle of those that a bit of a random side quest, and one at the end that seems to just be set up for the next collection. They seem to be going for a one step ahead of his enemies style conman with Star-Lord's characterization. And I would like to see more of some of the side characters they introduced. So I'll probably give the series another chance at some point.