LEGEDARY STAR-LORD By SAM HUMPHRIES

Legendary Star-Lord #1 by Steve McNiven courtesy Marvel
Legendary Star-Lord #1 by Steve McNiven courtesy Marvel

Peter Quill blasts off in his own solo series this July. Legendary Star-Lord #1 by Sam Humphries (Uncanny X-Force) and Paco Medina (Nova, X-Men.)

 

Humphries, Executive Editor Mike Marts and Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso answered fan questions about the the leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy and his solo adventures in a Marvel liveblog. Here are the highlights:

 

Who is Star-Lord: Continue reading LEGEDARY STAR-LORD By SAM HUMPHRIES

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #14 Review

Guardians of the Galaxy #14 courtesy Marvel
Guardians of the Galaxy #14 courtesy Marvel

Guardians of the Galaxy #14 features three stories that might make you wish for three Guardians books and inspire sequel dreams for the movie that isn’t even out yet.
The double-sized anniversary issue marks the 100th issue starring the cosmic Avengers. In the marquee story by writer Brian Michael Bendis and new artist Nick Bradshaw (Wolverine and the X-Men) with Jason Masters and Todd Nauck, three arcs act like a spiral star converging into a big cliffhanger.

 

Flash Thompson aka Agent Venom is the new envoy from the Avengers. Drax takes Flash on a rite of passage in a seedy galactic underbelly that Greedo or Han Solo would feel right at home in. I’m intrigued at how the aliens react to seeing the earth man bonded to the infamous symbiote. Continue reading GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #14 Review

Before He Was A Guardian of the Galaxy

Guardians of the Galaxy #0.1 courtesy Marvel
Guardians of the Galaxy #0.1 courtesy Marvel

Boy falls from stars.

Meets girl.

Boy goes back to stars.

Girl has their kid.

Cue evil aliens.

Peter Quill is a hero Marvel hopes you will learn to love as much as Tony Stark or Steve Rogers. In this week’s Guardians of the Galaxy #0.1 Brian Michael Bendis and Steve McNiven introduce us the young man who will become Star-Lord in a prelude story I loved.

Guardians of the Galaxy and Star-Lord are old concepts that have been reworked with some degrees of success over the years. Bendis and McNiven inject the Star-Lord mythos with excitement, fresh energy and feeling. This is not a Star-Lord story. This is the story of Continue reading Before He Was A Guardian of the Galaxy