The Guardians are back! But can Marvel's ragtag band of colourful cosmic heroes recapture the psychedelic magic of their first cinematic outing?

If you ever wondered how Rocket managed to become a grumpy badass or how Gamora earned the title of the most dangerous woman in the universe, wonder no more. We’ve got the cliff notes version of their comic book origins below, brief primers that tell you everything you need to know about the Guardians ahead of the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

Marvel has finally revealed who will be directing Captain Marvel, and chances are you haven't heard of them. So why pick these relative unknown for such a major film?

Announced late last year, Capcom’s newest brawler finally has a release date as well: September 18. And a sexy collector’s edition that Thanos would murder half the galaxy for in case you ever wanted to be an omnipotent god who rules all of time and space.

Fresh off of the events of The Clone Conspiracy, Peter Parker has a brand new headache to deal with. Two actually, as Doctor Octopus is once again walking around in a body comprised of Parker DNA and is ready to strike back as the Superior Doc Ock. He’s not the only threat on the horizon however, as Norman Osborn is also plotting his revenge. A revenge that has seen him purge the Goblin formula from his system entirely and becomes a far more cunning and dangerous adversary than ever before in the Osborn Identity.

Recently, Marvel’s core trinity has been anything but Heroic. Thor lost his hammer and charm, Captain America has staged a coup de grace on the United States and Tony Stark is currently enjoying a nice coma nap thanks to the events of Civil War II. Marvel Legacy looks set to rectify all of that, with a “bold new direction” this that will "embrace our roots and move enthusiastically forward".

Before 2016, Doctor Strange was either a fringe character that few people had heard of or the name of that family physician who really liked asking you to turn your head and “cough please”. It’s 2017 though, and everybody knows just who Earth’s sorcerer supreme really is. Or they wouldn’t be surprised to see Boilerdang Crimpysnitch Rinkydink Curdlesnoot Blubberwhale Cheddarcheese …

Telltale’s first stab at the Guardians of the Galaxy may have colourful visuals, a rock-solid voice cast and an even more rocking soundtrack to frame the game around, but poor pacing and hesitating to boldly go where other games have gone before hold it back from being as lovable as its cult classic cinematic source material.