On the bright side, we get Abnett back writing his Guardians. And, we get the introduction of an entirely new Guardians 1000 team, and some of them are new classics. 
 The problem is that the actual plot is dull and overly long. I mean, you got a big cross-time cross-space structure, and the best you can do is stage an eight-issue fight against its denizens? What a waste of potential. 
 Some of the characters come off well and there's some funny in here too, but this is a couple of issues of plot in eight issues of story and none of it's that interesting.