Rocket Raccoon and Groot #8 Review

Rocket Raccoon and Groot #8 Review

Rocket Raccoon and Groot #8 
Writer: Nick Kocher
Artist: Michael Walsh
Publisher: Marvel Comics

Okay, it's another Rocket and Groot book without Skottie Young, and it feels strange. It strange because I couldn't imagine sticking around on this book without hum, but surprisingly I am still enjoying the book. I can say that Kocher and Walsh are delivering the same type of vibe and yet make it their own. Let's jump on in and see how this issue holds up. 

As my regular reader know, I HATE TIE INS AND CROSSOVERS and I HATE CIVIL WAR II! With that being said we pick up with Rocket and Groot in a team meeting with the Avengers, Inhumans, and Alpha Flight. Rocket is not paying attention to Carol as she goes over information of an invasion. I like how we hear it from Rocket's point of view and get a lot of "Blah Blah Blah", since he is not paying attention. He keeps talking to Blue Marvel  and asking him about Puck and Wolverine. The dialogue between those two was pretty funny as Groot keeps trying to get them to shut up and pay attention to Carol. 

 It turns out there was a large shipment of talcum powder that was stolen, and Rocket wants to take on that assignment. Carol asks him what secret mission he would be taking on instead since she knows as well as we do that there has to be something in it for Rocket for him to request this mission.

It turns out there is another reason why he wants this job. It is to track down an old bounty that got away years back who runs his spaceship off BABY POWDER?! Yip, the guys ship is run on baby powder. So how do Rocket and Groot get to Georgia to stop this guy? They have to pay for coach airline tickets and get reimbursed when they get back. What did the avengers do with their budget?

Anyways our heroes are on their flight and Rocket is telling Groot about how he caught this guy back in the day and how he got away. This old man keeps interrupting the story and getting Rocket all bent out of shape. As Rocket yells at him, I can hear Bradley Cooper's voice in my head, "MIND YOUR BUSINESS ANYHOW!".

 So they make it to Georgia and they are doing a stakeout on the perp when...

...GwenPool snatches the guy and rides off into the sunset! Gwen stops the cops who were in pursuit and is almost free when she gets blocked off by our duo. 

 The perp got away and Rocket was upset and they got into a fight. Gwen slices Rocket's gun and thought she was handling the duo pretty well until Groot knocked her on her butt.

 We cut to the perp and it appears he is shacking up with a lady who has no idea that he is an alien who is trying to get off this planet. He has a communicator device in the restroom and he keeps running in there talking to someone who was trying to help him. In the meantime, Rocket destroys his communicator so that he does not have to report back to Carol or return to the base until he catches his old bounty. 

I love this part where Rocket asks, "Hey rednecks, where's this guy live?" One guy was offended and bent out of shape while the other guy recognized him and told them where to find him. So they are off to get him when they realize that Gwen is in the backseat of their station wagon. She pulls her guns out and makes them drive her back to her bike and ties up our duo. 

Groot breaks the ropes and they chase after her, and Rocket jumps out on to her shoulders and tries pulling off her mask. 

Meanwhile back at the Alien's house, he gets another message from his buddy on the communicator. The guys sends him coordinates and says he has someone to help him get off the planet. We see the guy was tied up the whole time and he was forced to tell him everything including the coordinates to meet at. The guy rips more info from his brain and it appears the guy is still alive, but they really don't show us what happens to the poor dude. I guess we will need to wait till next week to find out. The book ends here, so we don'r know what the situation is with Rocket, Groot, and Gwen other than they are fighting in the front yard of the bounty. 

For a book with not much really going on there was a lot going on! It was a fast read, and there was not much to the plot, but it was still a fun read. I prefer the previous issue from this new team, but I can forgive them since it is only their second issue on the book. The art is unusual to say the least, but it makes sense not to try to emulate Skottie Young since the writing is a bit different. 

There are a few books out there that are not your typical comic book and really shine like this book, Squirrel Girl, Spider-Gwen, and Gwen-Pool. They make reading comics fun and seem to give you a good break from the typical super hero books. I am really looking forward to issue #9, and hope we get over the Civil War II tie ins and get back to our duo blasting from planet to planet and getting into trouble. 

3.5/5 Beards