Guardians of the Galaxy (1990) #36

[iamrman]

Written by Michael Gallagher, pencils by Kevin West.

Two teams of Guardians against the Dread Dormammu. ‘Nuff said!

Dormammu's old nemesis makes his presence known.

Comments

[dan_ingram]

Ah, the Galactic Guardians. I'm pretty sure that they were Marvel's first, deliberate super duper tough squad.

Naturally, with only one token female.

But I bet that changed in the decades since. Just look at the Annihilators!

...wait.

[cainofdreaming]

"I. AM. PHOENIX! Hotheadedness incarnate!"

[mazway_75]

Have to admit, having Dormammu actually kill Strange is a daring idea.

[scorntx]

*gasp* He killed Doctor Strange!
...
Oh, well.

(It's actually kind of interesting to see the Guardians fighting a magical enemy. They don't do that too often.
Modern Guardians has an astonishing lack of space wizards.
... no, Doom doesn't count. Doom is from Earth.)