Marvel Comics has provided ComicBook.com with an exclusive preview of All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #1.

This is the first issue of a new twice-monthly series by writer Gerry Duggan and artist Aaron Kuder, beginning a new chapter in the lives of the Guardians of the Galaxy: Star-Lord, Drax, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot.

“They are back in space after ‘Grounded.’ I don't have to do a lot of legwork to introduce these characters because of not just the films but the great work that Brian Michael Bendis, DnA (Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning) and their collaborators have done,” Duggan told ComicBook.com when the series was announced.

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“We want to put these guys into new cosmic situations,” Duggan continued. “We're right in the middle of a heist in the first issue. I think, even though they're functioning well as a team, they're each looking forward to handling their own business, so they might be feeling gravity's pull apart. They have a lot going on individually and I'm really excited to explore that.

“Aaron and I have a really fun introduction to this team in the first issue cooked up, and we'll see that they are handling this heist as best they can, that it’s complicated, and it gets very cosmic.”

"I'm trying to lean more visually towards space opera, and tapping the elements of my brain that have always wanted to come out," Kuder said of the series' visual style. "Giant sweeping landscapes that you just would never see. The beauty of the comic book medium is that you don't have a special effects budget. That is never more crucial than when you're dealing with the space stuff. That's the thing that's really so fun for me.

See the preview pages from All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #1 in the gallery below.

All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #1 goes on sale May 3, 2017.

All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #1

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(W) Gerry Duggan (A/CA) Aaron Kuder

A NEW ERA OF COSMIC ADVENTURE BEGINS HERE!

Double ships every month!

The Guardians of the Galaxy have taken off into space once more, on their biggest and weirdest misadventures yet! Kicking things off with the biggest heist they've ever tried, we join Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon and company as they blast their way through the galaxy, the peacekeepers of the Nova Corps hot on their tails. And once they find themselves caught in a war between The Collector and The Grandmaster, there will hardly be time to explain why Groot can't grow any bigger, what Gamora is searching for or why Drax has sworn off violence! But don't worry, we will - with a new twice-monthly schedule, All-New Guardians of the Galaxy has space for ALL your Marvel Cosmic needs!

Rated T+

In Shops: May 03, 2017

SRP: $3.99

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