List of Guardians of the Galaxy members

The Guardians of the Galaxy are a fictional superhero team that has starred in the comic book series of the same name, published by Marvel Comics. The original team, based in an alternate universe within the Marvel Comics continuity, debuted in the comic book Marvel Super-Heroes #18 (January 1969). Another team, this time based in the mainstream Marvel Universe, debuted in the comic Guardians of the Galaxy (vol. 2) #1 (May 2008).

Original team

These are the members of the original, Earth-691 Guardians of the Galaxy team.

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Yondu	Yondu Udonta	Marvel Super-Heroes #18 (1969)	Centaurian
Major Victory	Vance Astro		Human from the 20th Century
Martinex	Martinex T'Naga		Pluvian
Charlie-27			Jovian
Starhawk	Stakar Ogord	Defenders #29 (1975)	Arcturian
Nikki	Nicholette Gold	Marvel Presents #4 (1976)	Mercurian
Aleta Ogord		Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Annual #1 (1991)	Arcturian
Replica		Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 1 #14 (1991)	Skrull
Talon		Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 1 #20 (1992)	Inhuman
Yellowjacket	Rita DeMara	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 1 #34 (1993)	Human from the 20th Century
Geena Drake		Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #14 (2014)	Human from the 31st Century

Galactic Guardians

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Martinex	Martinex T'Naga	Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #2 (1992)	Team Leader
Hollywood	Simon Williams
Mainframe
Replica
Firelord	Pyreus Kril
Phoenix	Giraud
Spirit of Vengeance	Wileaydus Autolycus

Modern team

These are the members of the mainstream Marvel Universe Guardians of the Galaxy team. They are separated by the period when they joined.

• Characters in bold are members of the team as of the present time.
• Characters listed are set in the Earth-616 continuity except when noted.

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Star-Lord	Peter Jason Quill	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #1 (2008)	Team leader
Gamora	Gamora Zen Whoberi Ben Titan
Drax the Destroyer	Arthur Sampson Douglas		Dies in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 5 Annual #1
Rocket Raccoon
Adam Warlock
Phyla-Vell			Changed name to Martyr in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #12 (May 2009). An alternate reality counterpart joins in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 5 #1 as Captain Marvel.
Groot		Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #7 (2009)	Appeared as a sapling beginning in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #1 (July 2008); joined active team after fully regrowing.
Mantis	Brandt, first name unknown		Served as an advisor beginning in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #1 (July 2008) before becoming an active member.
Major Victory	Vance Astro		Also member of the alternate reality Guardians of the Galaxy team.
Bug
Jack Flag	Jack Harrison	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #9 (2009)
Moondragon	Heather Douglas	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #12 (2009)	Resurrected by Drax and Phyla-Vell. An alternate reality counterpart joins in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 5 #1.
Cosmo the Spacedog	Cosmo		Assisted the team beginning in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #1 (July 2008) before officially joining team.

All New All Different Marvel

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Agent Venom	Eugene "Flash" Thompson	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #14 (2014)
Kitty Pryde	Katherine Anne Pryde	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #26 (2015)	Decided to stay in space in Legendary Star-Lord vol. 1 #8 (March 2015). Started travelling with the Guardians in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #26 (June 2015). Officially joined the team in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 4 #1 (December 2015). Took the Star-Lord codename from Peter Quill.
Thing	Benjamin Jacob Grimm	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 4 #1 (2015)
Ant-Man	Scott Lang	All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #12 (2017)
Beta Ray Bill		Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 5 #1 (2019)
Cosmic Ghost Rider	Frank Castle		A Frank Castle from an alternate reality.

Dark Guardians

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Starfox	Eros of Titan	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 5 #2 (2019)	Leader of the team
Nebula			Current member of the Guardians of the Galaxy
Gladiator	Kallark
Wraith	Zak-Del
Cosmic Ghost Rider	Frank Castle		A Frank Castle from an alternate reality.

Fresh Start

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Nova	Richard Rider	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 6 #1 (2020)	Member of the Nova Corps.
Marvel Boy	Noh-Varr		A Kree hero and former member of the Young Avengers.
Hercules			Olympian God
Super-Skrull	Kl'rt	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 6 #12 (2021)
Quasar	Wendell Vaughn		Both of them share the powers.
	Avril Kincaid	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 6 #13 (2021)
Hulkling	Theodore "Teddy" Altman-Kaplan/Emperor Dorrek VIII		Member of the Young Avengers.
Wiccan	William "Billy" Kaplan-Altman
Doctor Doom	Victor von Doom	Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 6 #14 (2021)

Marvel Cinematic Universe

• A version of the Guardians of the Galaxy exists in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
• Characters listed in bold are members of the team as of the present

Initial members
Character	Portrayed by	Joined in	Notes
Peter Quill / Star-Lord	Chris Pratt	Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)	Left the team to reunite with his family on earth.[a]
Gamora	Zoe Saldaña		Killed by Thanos.[b]
Drax the Destroyer	Dave Bautista		Left the team to run Knowhere with Nebula.[a]
Groot I	Vin Diesel		Sacrificed himself to save the rest of the Guardians.[c]
Rocket	Bradley Cooper
Groot II	Vin Diesel		Offspring of the original Groot.[1]
Yondu Udonta	Michael Rooker	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)	Sacrificed himself to save Peter Quill.[d]
Mantis	Pom Klementieff		Left to go on a journey of self-discovery.[a]
Nebula	Karen Gillan	Avengers: Endgame (2019)	Aided the Guardians to defeat Ego.[d] Left the Guardians to run Knowhere with Drax.[a]
Later members
Thor	Chris Hemsworth	Avengers: Endgame (2019)	Left the Guardians to stop Gorr.[e]
Kraglin Obfonteri	Sean Gunn	Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)	Remains as one of the four returnees, the other two being Rocket and Groot.
Cosmo	Maria Bakalova	The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
Gamora (2014 variant)	Zoe Saldaña	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)	A variant from an alternate 2014.[f] Left to rejoin the Ravagers.[a]
Adam Warlock	Will Poulter
Phyla	Kai Zen
Blurp	Dee Bradley Baker

Ravagers

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) also features a version of the original team, known as the Ravagers.

Character	Portrayed by	First appearance	Notes
Stakar Ogord	Sylvester Stallone	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Aleta Ogord	Michelle Yeoh
Martinex	Michael Rosenbaum
Charlie-27	Ving Rhames
Mainframe	Miley Cyrus (voice) Tara Strong (voice)
Krugarr	Jared Gore (motion capture)
Yondu Udonta	Michael Rooker	Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)	Sacrificed himself to save Peter Quill.[d]
Gamora (2014 variant)	Zoe Saldaña	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	A variant from an alternate 2014.[f]

Notes

1. As depicted in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2. As depicted in Avengers: Infinity War.
3. As depicted in Guardians of the Galaxy
4. As depicted in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
5. As depicted in Thor: Love and Thunder.
6. As depicted in Avengers: Endgame.