Who'd guess that if someone managed to write a good Secret Wars crossover book, it'd be Sam Humphries!? But this is entirely charming. It's a great look at a Peter Quill and Kitty Pryde and their love, with a fun bit of caper and a good bit of fun along the way. 
 I think the book is helped by the fact that this is the real Peter Quill, giving us a strong basis to care for the character. Choosing the actual Kitty Pryde from the Age of Apocalypse was also an excellent choice. But mostly it's the writing that carries the book. 
 On the downside, this collection is horribly put together. A short three-issue mini-series is padded out with an entirely incoherent Black Vortex issue (why???) and the Age of Apocalypse Generation Next story that introduced AoA Kitty ... but which is still pretty superfluous. Marvel being up to their usual tricks of padding out their volumes, to waste our money and shelf space was almost enough for me to drop this book to three stars.