10 Marvel Comics You Must Read Before Phase 3

10. The Korvac Saga

Film: Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (May 5, 2017)

This one is definitely a shot in the dark. If anyone was going to wildly deviate from the source material, it was likely to be James Gunn, and he himself said that the movie will follow an original story. One still has to wonder if Jim Shooter’s The Korvac Saga could be offer up some modicum of inspiration.

The story follows Korvac, a cyborg from the future who comes back through time and becomes imbued with cosmic power, seeking to use it to reshape the Earth. The Guardians of the Galaxy hunt him down as The Collector makes his own moves to stop him. In the end, the Guardians and Avengers band together to stop him and his super-powered lover, The Collector’s daughter.

The massive event Annihilation would be amazing, if overstuffed, and the iconic Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning run will likely continue help shape the characters, but The Korvac Saga offers the seeds of a bigger and bolder conflict, with a villain who’s just trying to help, and a race across space and time that could bring the Guardians to Earth.