Guardians of the Galaxy Brings Back Abnett and Lanning for Movie Prelude and More

Ahead of this summer's release of Marvel's feature film adaptation of Guardians of the Galaxy, the comic books upon which the film is based will see the return of one of the most acclaimed and fan-favorite creative teams ever to work on the title. According to Marvel's solicitations for April product, there will be a pair of different projects to which Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning contribute: backup stories for Guardians of the Galaxy #14 which, depending on your count, could be the one-hundredth monthly issue of a Guardians of the Galaxy series (well, 101st, but who's counting?)--and a movie prelude setting the stage for the film and centering around Nebula. You can check out the cover to Guardians of the Galaxy #14 at right, and the solicitation text below.

MARVEL'S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY PRELUDE #1 (OF 2) DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING (W) • WELLINTON ALVES (A) GET READY FOR MARVEL'S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY WITH AN ALL-NEW COMIC BOOK PRELUDE—WRITTEN BY COSMIC LEGENDS DAN ABNETT AND ANDY LANNING! • Who is Nebula? What tragic events forged her unbreakable allegiance to her dark lord? Find out here! • Plus: Gamora! Korath! And more from the Marvel Cinematic Universe! 32 PGS./Rated T …$2.99 -

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #14 Brian Michael Bendis (W) • Nick Bradshaw (A/C) 100th issue ANIVERSARY CELEBRATION! • 45 years in the making! It's finally here!!! The 100th issue of Guardians of the Galaxy! (Okay it's actually the 101st, but we had an X- Men crossover to get through! Sheesh!) • It's an all-star celebration of the most popular super team of 2014 as cosmic captain Brian Michael Bendis welcomes Nick Bradshaw (WOLVERINE AND THE X- MEN) to the team! • As the GOTG gets ready for new members VENOM and CAPTAIN MARVEL, there are unexpected dangers that promise to tear the team to its core. • Plus in this special double sized anniversary issue…two special back up stories by former GOTG writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning!