From ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ – Marvel Comics Launches ‘Legendary Star-Lord’ Solo Series!

The Guardians of the Galaxy travel across outer-space, encountering dangerous alien life-forms who want to invade Earth. Before the sci-fi summer blockbuster hits theaters, audiences will get to know the team leader of the Guardians in Legendry Star-Lord.

MTV got the scoop on the new Marvel Comics series starring the team leader of Guardians of the Galaxy. The Legendary Star-Lord comic comes from writer Sam Humphries and artist Paco Medina. The comic is close in tone to a Western as Humphries states, "It's about con jobs, chasing the gold, and settling old scores."

In the Marvel Universe, Peter Quill was just a baby when his alien father abandoned his earth mother. After his mother was murdered by extraterrestrials, Peter dedicated his life to travel into outer-space. While traveling from planet to planet, he adopted the name, "Star-Lord," to anger his father and formed the Guardians to protect Earth from danger.

In the MTV interview, Humphries explains how Quill perceives himself as a rebel and ladies' man, "Peter sees himself as a legend because he can fly fast, and shoot fast, and flirt fast. But what really makes someone a legend are things buried in yourself that you didn't know you had."

Check out the cover to Legendary Star-Lord #1:

Humphries discusses how his series will connect with what's going on in the current Guardians of the Galaxy comic, "The situation with Peter and Jason is about to come to a head in the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' book. Brian [Michael Bendis] is taking Peter right up to the ledge, with a really interesting and compelling character decision for him. What happens to Peter and his father reverberates in his solo book."

Check out the trailer to Guardians of the Galaxy:

Legendary Star-Lord #1 debuts in stores sometime in July. Guardians of the Galaxy hits theaters on August 1.