The gallant household of cosmic crusaders often known as the Guardians of the Galaxy are hovering into the brand new yr with a burst of momentum.
The profitable reception for final fall’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” video game and Disney+’s joyous “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special” have been only a light warm-up, as 2023 won’t solely ship director James Gunn’s extremely anticipated “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” in theaters come Could, but in addition a brand new ongoing comedian guide sequence from Marvel Comics starting this spring.
Written by licensed superstars Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly (“Star Trek,” “Star Trek: 12 months 5”) with electrifying art work courtesy of Kev Walker (“Predator)” and accented with vibrant hues through veteran colorist Matt Hollingsworth, “Guardians of the Galaxy #1” arrives on April 12, 2023.
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This formidable challenge guarantees to launch Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Nebula, and Mantis on missions to unique new worlds inhabited by weird, never-seen alien species harboring myriad mysteries and historic galactic secrets and techniques as a sinister phenomenon referred to as Grootfall looms closely.
This is the official synopsis:
One yr in the past, the Guardians of the Galaxy have been destroyed. Their optimistic future shattered by the betrayal of considered one of their very own. Now they journey the space lanes of a lawless nook of the galaxy, attempting to outrun their tragedy. Can they rediscover their heroism and humanity on the bleakest frontier? Can they forgive the failures of their previous? Or will they fade into the darkish, eternally unforgiven?
“Welcome to a complete new period for the Guardians of the Galaxy, driving like mad via an limitless alien dust storm of sun-soaked tragedy, intense violence, and deeply dysfunctional heroes,” Lanzing mentioned in a Marvel press release (opens in new tab). “The optimistic peacekeepers that defeated the reborn Olympian Gods and overcame ‘The Final Annihilation’ have fallen about so far as they probably may – and now Peter Quill and what stays of his discovered household should struggle like hell in a brand new western-fueled frontier to discover a scrap of forgiveness. In any case, the Guardians are a fireplace – and a fireplace solely ends a method.”
Co-writer Collin Kelly reminds followers that sequence artist Kev Walker is again on their inventive staff after his collaboration on “Captain America & The Winter Soldier Particular #1.” Walker’s distinctive fusion of realism and limitless creativeness ought to ship a vivid portrait of the alien frontier often known as the Manifold Territories.Â
“I truthfully can’t imagine I am lastly getting an opportunity to work on Guardians,” Walker added. “I have been wanting to attract these characters for a very long time, (I’ve a few of the first “Guardians of the Galaxy” comics in my assortment). I got here shut after I did “Annihilation: Nova” years in the past, however by no means envisaged I might be doing this sort of all-encompassing relaunch. Pushing present characters in a brand new course is all the time a frightening problem, however working with Jackson, Colin and Matt has been loads of enjoyable and I believe we’re producing one thing a really totally different to what’s has gone earlier than.”
Marvel Comics’ “Guardians of the Galaxy #1” launches on April 12, 2022.
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