Guardians of the Galaxy #15 (2013)

WOW DEPRESSING. This is well done, but let's be clear: This is 22 pages of watching people you care about be tortured. The clean work by Nick Bradshaw makes things go down easier (with an assist by Sea Guy's Cameron Stewart), but that's the only easy thing here. Bendis is in minor Eli Roth mode having taken the level of crazy by Star Lord's dad to new lows. It's not Kirkman level abuse, but its competing. Side note: The cover features Captain Marvel. She's not in the issue. If you can find her in the issue, come to Dekalb and we'll give you fifty cents.