Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Uh, Gamora, when did we get shag carpeting?

It's not carpeting, Quill. It's Groot.

Oh, I hope we get him to his home world soon.

The dude's getting more bizarre by the minute.

Hey, give the sap-head a break. He's happy.

Now that Warlock zapped his World Pod,

he can hit the "reset" button on his own planet.

Yeah, but did he have to do it on my ship?

I am Groot!

Oh, what is that abominable stench?

I am Groot!

Uh, we better eat up,

or things could get ugly.

What were the chunks?

Aw, come on. The grass wasn't that bad.

Says the creature that eats trash.

I am Groot.

This planet seems familiar, like I've been here before.

Eh. You seen one scorched cinder, you seen 'em all.

I am Groot!

What Mr. Sensitive here means to say

is once he drops his World Pod into some sacred pool in the royal palace,

it'll give the planet an instant makeover.

I am Groot!

And his entire civilization will sprout up and live once more.

I was getting to that part.

This isn't right.

There's someone else here, or some thing.

Oh, come on, Gamora. What could possibly survive in a burned-out pit like this?

Symbiotes!

Not the answer I was hoping for.

You Symbiote snot-bags ain't taking over this body and brain!

Energy blasts won't stop them!

No, but cranking up the tunes will.

One sonic blaster coming up!

Eat sound waves, slimeball!

No, no, no, not that one. Cue track four.

No, no, six!

I am Groot!

Drax, quit slicing and dicing! You're just making more Symbiotes!

Yes, more enemies for Drax to destroy!

We can't keep this up for much longer.

I know. Rocket picked a really short song.

My tunes! I mean, Rocket!

Got bigger problems!

As in Rocket being taken over by a Symbiote!

Run for it!

Whoa!

Hmm?

Uhh...

We won't save Groot's people just to let 'em turn into goo zombies.

We have to get to the palace.

Groot, where is it? I am Groot.

What, behind the scorched rocks?

I am Groot!

Perhaps you could be a bit more specific.

Ohh...

Okay, okay, I get it now. The palace is underground.

Dude, I saw something up there. It saved my life.

What if some of your people survived? I am Groot?

Quill, you saw what's left of this planet's surface.

Nothing could survive that.

Giving Groot false hope is cruel and dishonorable.

But... I saw something!

What is all this stuff?

I mean, it doesn't look like Groot's style.

No. It's Thanos' style.

Now I know why this planet looks so familiar.

This was where Thanos first weaponized Symbiotes.

And I was one of his test subjects.

No!

Thanos liked what he saw... at first.

The feral rage,

mindless destruction...

I think it was the only time I ever saw my father smile.

Until he realized he couldn't control his...

weapon.

A Symbiote had to be mechanically de-bonded...

painfully.

Thanos infected you? On purpose?

He wanted a Symbiote weapon, so he turned a burned-out planet into a laboratory

and... experimented.

No wonder you knew so much about them.

When Thanos couldn't control the Symbiotes,

he abandoned the planet.

And I swore I'd never come back.

I am Groot.

Groot, I never knew that it was your home world.

I am Groot!

Whoa, whoa! Dude, don't point that thing at me!

I had even less to do with this than Gamora did.

That's not a weapon. That's... the de-bonding device.

I am Groot.

Uh...

I am Groot.

Oh, you want to fix it?

I am Groot.

The wrench.

I am Groot.

Huh?

Hmm! Show-off.

I am Groot.

You can't use this thing on Rocket.

I barely survived it.

I think Rocket would pick that over being a Symbiote puppet.

I am Groot.

I am Groot!

Clear!

Sorry, Rocket. This is for your own good.

Don't move. It'll hurt less.

I am Groot.

I am Groot?

Any of you krutackers

get the number of that freighter that just ran me over?

I am Groot!

Okay. Okay. I'm alive.

For now, anyway.

Why would you not be alive later?

You know how them Symbiotes are all connected to a hive mind?

Well, that hive is flargin' huge.

As in the size of the whole planet.

And they're all coming after Groot's World Pod!

You're saying the whole planet is infested with Symbiotes?

But how can there be so many?

Thanos chose this planet

because its soil was rich with life energy.

He hoped it would allow the Symbiotes to reproduce.

And now the d'ast things are multiplying just like he wanted.

All crowding around that door, trying to get in.

Fortunately, I still got weapons.

Ha-ha!

Ah, flarg!

This is why I don't lend my stuff to nobody,

Let alone slimy, krutackin' Symbiotes!

Actually, there is one weapon we can still use.

Thanos had a fail-safe

in case he couldn't remove the Symbiotes from his test subjects,

and they turned on him.

A doomsday device, powerful enough

to blow up the entire planet.

Are you out of your mind? This is Groot's home!

I am Groot! I know. I know.