Darkstar and the Winter Guard #1-3 (2010): Dire Wraiths return; Starlight, Fantasma, Darkstar 3 & Powersurge die; Darkstar resurrected)

Marvel no longer had the rights to ROM the Spaceknight in 2010 (at least I’m pretty sure they didn’t), but they did attempt a revival of the other spaceknights as well as the Dire Wraiths. If they were serious about it, though, wouldn’t they have used some vehicle other than a miniseries about Russia’s superteam with a basically unknown creative team? The Agents of Atlas are fighting to free Namora from the clutches of Krang, who for some reason is hiding in Russian territory. The Winter Guard show up to help, and together the teams rescue Namora and imprison Krang into another dimension. None of that matters. The Russian team go back to base to have what passes for a few character moments (including an armor upgrade for the 13th Crimson Dynamo, who is rechristened “Ultra Dynamo”). This allows the reader to engage with the extended Winter Guard family, including a couple former Crimson Dynamos. I have to say, I’m not a fan of the Winter Guard (who is, really?) but it’s cool to see them like this. It reminds me that they’ve been around a long time, and there’s a lot of potential with them. They’re then sent to investigate a tear in spacetime. Fantasma falls out of it, and the main s...