publication date: May 2021

pencil: Juann Frigeri

story: Al Ewing

colors: Federico Blee

New Hala is attacked by the Progenitors, higher-level aliens who created this race millions of years earlier.
Emperor Hulking and his Wiccan husband try to stop them, but only the intervention of the Guardians brings victory.
Meanwhile, a second team of Guardians went to the rescue of a team of inspectors whose signs have been lost.
They had gone to a newly discovered planet called "Cauldron"
The Guardians discover that the inspectors were killed by a fire-worshiping sect of Skrull origin.
After the victory, Doctor Doom appears on New Hala, stealing Hulking's sword, Ekz'el-zorr, the sword of space.
Significantly reduced the level of the narrative, compared to the previous chapters.
Perhaps only because it is the introduction of a new narrative.