AVENGERS Revisited In GUARDIANS TEAM-UP

Guardians Team-Up #1 courtesy Marvel
Guardians Team-Up #1 courtesy Marvel

A brand new Guardians of the Galaxy book that may feel like blast from the past.

Guardians writer Brian Michael Bendis launches Guardians Team-Up with legendary artist Arthur Adams this week.

Bendis is acclaimed for his Avengers run. This is an opportunity to revisit a very different Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.

“Actually one of the reasons I made this choice was the [current] Avengers don’t resemble my era Avengers, if I’m going to refer to them that way, at all. I thought “that’s fun, let’s do that.” Continue reading AVENGERS Revisited In GUARDIANS TEAM-UP

THE BLACK VORTEX COSMICALLY ENHANCED Covers

The Black Vortex: Alpha variant courtesy Marvel
The Black Vortex: Alpha variant courtesy Marvel

The Black Vortex is a major event affecting Marvel’s mutants and cosmic characters this February.

Ahead of the live chat with writer Brian Bendis and Sam Humphries, Marvel revealed “cosmically enhanced” variant covers for chapters of the saga by Andrea Sorrentino.

The artist joined Bendis for a two-part story starring Tempus in last year’s Uncanny X-Men, All-New X-Men Annuals.

The upcoming story will blast off in The Black Vortex: Alpha then flow into Guardians of the Galaxy, All-New X-Men, Captain Marvel, Cyclops, Legendary Star-Lord, Nova.

Here are more haunting variants by Sorrentino: Continue reading THE BLACK VORTEX COSMICALLY ENHANCED Covers

GUARDIANS TEAM-UP by BENDIS

Guardians Team-Up #1 courtesy Marvel
Guardians Team-Up #1 courtesy Marvel

Guardians of the Galaxy conquered the global box-office now they’re dominating comic book shops. Guardians, Rocket Raccoon, Legendary Star-Lord will be followed by Gamora in 2015.

Marvel recruited Brian Michael Bendis to launch Guardians Team-Up in February 2015 with legendary artist Arthur Adams. The cosmic heroes will teaming up with Avengers for big adventures.

As Bendis explains – nostalgia for Marvel’s classic combo books was part of his inspiration for the book.

“When I was a young child, one of the first comic books that I read was MARVEL TEAM-UP. One of the first books I remember reading: Spider-Man was on the moon in [MARVEL TEAM-UP #55]. Continue reading GUARDIANS TEAM-UP by BENDIS