The MCU Guardians of the Galaxy surpassed the power of the Avengers in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3proving James Gunn's comments correct. The Avengers' first mission together at Joss Whedon The Avengers established the MCU as a cinematic universe and opened the doors to riskier projects like James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy. At the time, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy weren't as famous a team as the X-Men or the Fantastic Four. However, Gunn's Phase 2 film turned Guardians into a top-tier superhero property and put characters like Star-Lord, Drax, and Rocket Raccoon on the same level of popularity as icons like Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor.
The Guardians of the Galaxy were inherently different from the Avengers in their first two filmswhile facing cosmic threats like Ronan the Accuser and Ego the Living Planet far from Earth. It's only until Thanos begins his quest to gather the Infinity Stones alone in Avengers: Infinity War that the Guardians and the Avengers crossed paths. Still, although the Guardians possessed more knowledge about Thanos, they were not as strong as the ultra-powerful lineup of the Avengers, whose members included heroes like Thor, Captain Marvel, Hulk, Doctor Strange, Vision, and Scarlet Witch.
What James Gunn said about Guardians of the Galaxy vs. The Avengers
James Gunn believes the original Guardians of the Galaxy team has a unique advantage over the Avengers
In a June 2023 episode of Inside you with Michael Rosenbaum, James Gunn confessed, “I always thought the Guardians would defeat the Avengers easily.” According to Gunn, the Guardians of the Galaxy's high-tech extraterrestrial weaponry gives them a significant advantage over the Avengers: “They are (in) outer space. They have technology that... is, you know, quite advanced. So it would be difficult to beat them.” In fact, the MCU's Guardians of the Galaxy possessed advanced weapons like Peter Quill's gravity mines and Yondu's Yaka arrow before the Avengers developed nanotechnology and space travel.
Why the Guardians of the Galaxy are more powerful now than the Avengers
The News Guardians Of The Galaxy team includes at least three MCU powerhouses
Although the original Guardians of the Galaxy struggled to match the power of the original Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3The new team of Guardians definitely leaves Earth's Mightiest Heroes in the dust. The MCU's new Guardians team consists of Groot, Adam Warlock, Phyla-Vell, Rocket Raccoon, Cosmo, and Kraglin, as well as Adam Warlock's pet Blurp. Groot, Adam, and Phyla alone could defeat most of the MCU's currently active Avengers, especially now that the Avengers remain disbanded and members like Smart Hulk, White Vision, and Hawkeye have let their guard down.
At the end of Phase 5, the MCU has not yet assembled a new Avengers team. If, or when, a villain as powerful as Loki and Thanos arrives, Earth would be safer in the hands of a united team like the new Guardians of the Galaxy than individual heroes like Captain Marvel and Doctor Strange. While the Avengers lost their figureheads, Rocket Raccoon and Kraglin gained valuable experience both in terms of combat skills and leadership.
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