Searching for an unloved property to work on, Perlman picked Guardians of the Galaxy. She had never heard of the comic, but it seemed like the title in the slush pile closest to pure science fiction. She asked Marvel’s in-house librarian for every comic book the Guardians of the Galaxy had ever appeared in, expecting a handful of issues with guest appearances by this obscure interstellar team. Instead, the librarian showed up with a pushcart stacked high with Guardians comics dating back to 1969. “He brought out box after box after box,” she said. She could pick any incarnation of the team she
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