Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023

Story/Plot:

At their new headquarters on Knowhere, the Guardians of the Galaxy are attacked by Adam Warlock, a Sovereign warrior created by High Priestess Ayesha who seeks to destroy them for stealing from her.^[a] After critically wounding Rocket, Adam is stabbed by Nebula and flees. The Guardians’ med-packs are ineffective at healing Rocket’s wounds due to a kill switch embedded in him by the organization Orgocorp. The Guardians travel to Orgocorp’s headquarters to find the switch’s override code and save Rocket’s life.

As Rocket lies dying, he recalls his past. He was found and experimented on as a baby raccoon by the High Evolutionary, leader of Orgocorp, who aimed to enhance and anthropomorphize animal lifeforms into “Humanimals” for an ideal society, Counter-Earth. Rocket’s fellow Batch 89 test subjects included the otter Lylla, walrus Teefs, and rabbit Floor. Impressed by Rocket’s intelligence, the High Evolutionary used his insights to improve later batches of Humanimals. Angry that one of his creations could solve a problem that he could not, the High Evolutionary planned to harvest Rocket’s brain and incinerate all of Batch 89. Rocket tried to rescue his friends, but the High Evolutionary killed Lylla and mocked Rocket’s grief. Enraged, Rocket attacked the High Evolutionary while henchmen killed Teefs and Floor during the chaos. Rocket kills the henchmen and then escapes in a spaceship.