Guardians of the Galaxy Writer Bendis: “As Good a Franchise as Marvel Has”

Incoming Guardians of the Galaxy writer Brian Michael Bendis surprised fans with a Marvel’s Next Big Thing press conference this afternoon to discuss the cosmic superteam that everyone is wondering about.What did he have to say? That the team is “The Cosmic Avengers” and will team up with The All-New X-Men, Bendis’s other team book. What else?Quite a lot, actually:”This will be the most surprising chapter of Marvel NOW! This is a brand new #1 that starts these characters off in a place for new readers but doesn’t rob them of what made them great in the first place. It’s also a great place for you to hop on and see why we’re excited for these characters to be in a movie and why it’s as good a franchise as Marvel has.””This ties into a lot of things already happening in the Marvel Universe. The things that have happened on Earth in the past few events have had a butterfly effect through the galaxy. The abuse of time travel, the use of the Infinity Gems…these things have costs.””The Guardians are the first line of defense for Earth.””If you’re looking at Earth in the Marvel Universe from a distant, it looks like an insane asylum! It’s a place where the Phoenix Force doesn’t destroy the world, where Galactus doesn’t feed. It’s the scariest place anywhere to the rest of the galaxy! Wait until Earth joins the cosmic community…”