The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Release date: November 25, 2022
What it’s about: Bummed to be missing Christmas, Drax and Mantis travel to Earth to kidnap Kevin Bacon as a present for Star-Lord.
Major new characters introduced (but not killed): Kevin Bacon.
Major new concepts introduced: The Guardians now own Knowhere, the dog Cosmo is now sort of part of the team, the team has a new ship called the Bowie, Mantis and Star-Lord are siblings.
Analysis: After Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is the next film in Phase Five—so, oddly, the final piece of Phase Four will be the one to continue soonest, as everything here (minus Kevin Bacon) is likely to return.
Running Total: Just one which means…
