— A comiXologist Recommends Star-Lord #6 Written by...

We are never, ever, ever getting back together… Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead… Breaking up is hard to do… You get the idea. Somewhere off-page in Star-Lord #6, Peter Quill definitely made himself an “Awesome Mix” tape of breakup songs. But he’s fine. Really. At least, he spends a good deal of effort trying to convince Gamora of this. And she’s not buying it because, let’s face it, he’s moping around in a stained bathrobe and underpants with baby Groots on them and he’s not okay.

Neither is Kitty Pryde. She’s trying to bury her feelings in busywork so unnecessary it just magnifies her sadness. Rocket possesses about as much sensitivity as his namesake, so if he notices you’re having a hard time, you know you’re really having a hard time.

The side-by-side horizontal panels depicting the parallel conversations Peter and Kitty are having with Gamora and Rocket – insisting that the other is a jerk but it’s fine because they’re moving on – are pretty funny but also painfully familiar to anyone who ever experienced a bad breakup. And we’ve all been there, right? You stare at your phone, think back on all the memories, and then you’re texting. With smiley emoji. Uh-oh. Next thing you know you’re back looking for comfort and finding instead only the strife that drove you apart in the first place.

Sometimes a couple is better off apart, but I can’t believe that’s true for Peter and Kitty. (Come on, you guys, Star-Lord Squared! It writes itself!) Sometimes it takes a crisis to remind you why you’re better off together, and if there’s one thing you can count on in Marvel’s cosmic universe, it’s a crisis. Thanks, Tony Stark. Wait, what? Plot twist! I won’t say any more because spoilers are definitely grounds for breaking up with someone. You’re just going to have to read it and find out!

Tia Vasiliou is a Digital Editor at comiXology. Her breakup song of choice is Hilary Duff’s “So Yesterday.”