The first issue of Marvel Comics' Guardians of the Galaxy relaunch makes it a point to spotlight Gamora's badass, western-inspired redesign.
Guardians of the Galaxy #1 released on Wednesday, April 12 from writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, penciler/inker Kev Walker, colorist by Matt Hollingsworth and letterer Cory Petit. While the new series gives the entire Guardians lineup updated outfits to match the space western aesthetic, the official preview for issue #1 dedicates an entire splash page to Gamora's new look.
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1
- Collin Kelly & JACKSON LANZING (W) • Kev Walker (A)
- Cover by MARCO CHECCHETTO
- Variant Cover by DERRICK CHEW • Virgin Variant Cover by DERRICK CHEW
- Infinity Saga Phase 3 Variant Cover by AARON KUDER
- Variant Cover by KAEL NGU
- Variant Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG
- Timeless Doctor Doom Virgin Variant Cover by Alex Ross
- Timeless Doctor Doom Virgin Sketch Variant Cover by Alex Ross
- GROOTFALL VARIANT COVER BY TBA • MOVIE VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
- WHO ARE THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY?
- One year ago, the Guardians of the Galaxy were destroyed. Their optimistic future shattered by the betrayal of one of their own. Now they ride the space lanes of a lawless corner of the galaxy, trying to outrun their tragedy. Can they rediscover their heroism and humanity on the bleakest frontier? Can they forgive the failures of their past? Or will they fade into the dark, eternally unforgiven? Writers JACKSON LANZING and COLLIN KELLY (CAPTAIN AMERICA: SENTINEL OF LIBERTY) team up with artist KEV WALKER (PREDATOR) for a Guardians story like no other!
- 40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
Marvel's new Guardians of the Galaxy series centers on a cataclysmic event known as "Grootfall," which promises to push the Guardians to the very brink. "Welcome to a whole new era for the Guardians of the Galaxy, riding like mad through an endless alien dust storm of sun-soaked tragedy, intense violence and deeply dysfunctional heroes," Lanzing previously said of the relaunch . "The optimistic peacekeepers that defeated the reborn Olympian Gods and overcame 'The Last Annihilation' have fallen about as far as they possibly could -- and now Peter Quill and what remains of his found family will have to fight like hell in a new western-fueled frontier to find a scrap of forgiveness. After all, the Guardians are a fire -- and a fire only ends one way."
The Guardians of the Galaxy Have a New Comic - And a New Movie
The Guardians of the Galaxy comic book relaunch also comes just one month before the release of Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which is slated to bow in theaters on May 5 as part of Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The fast-approaching film serves to close out writer-director James Gunn's space-faring Marvel trilogy, which began with Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014 and continued with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 in 2017.
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, illustrated by Kev Walker, colored by Matt Hollingsworth and lettered by VC's Cory Petit, Guardians of the Galaxy #1 is on sale now from Marvel Comics.
Source: Marvel Comics