GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY News Roundup: 4/13/14

Greetings, Galaxians! We've got a few bits of Guardians of the Galaxy news for you, so we decided to compile them into one "roundup" post (just to make things easier on all of us). Well...what are we waiting for? Let's get to it!

This Tuesday night, at 9pm EST, tune into Marvel'sAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC, for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Guardians of the Galaxy film. It is currently unknown how much new footage will be revealed, but we can probably expect something similar to the exclusive MTV segment that aired last week. Check back here after the segment airs, as we will be posting a video of the clip as soon as it is made available (as well as screencaps).

For those of you who live under a rock, Free Comic Book Day is a holiday where local comic book stores give away exclusive (you guessed it) free comic books to customers. This year, the holiday falls on Saturday, May 3rd, and there will be two free Guardians-related offerings. One is a Rocket Raccoon one-shot comic, written by Joe Caramagna (who we recently conducted an interview with), and the other is a Guardians of the Galaxy comic, written by Brian Michael Bendis. 

Thanks to blog, The Spinner Rack, we now have our first look at the latter comic, illustrated beautifully by Nick Bradshaw and Scott Hana. The comic features Starlord with his updated "movie look," featuring his mask, and signature red jacket. Click the image to the right to enlarge.

New Guardians T-Shirt Featuring Artwork By Steve McNiven
Comics Infinity are currently accepting pre-orders for this eye-popping Guardians of the Galaxy shirt, with artwork by former Guardians artist, Steve McNiven. The t-shirt features artwork from the cover of last year's comic, Guardians of the Galaxy #1 by Brian Michael Bendis. The shirt will be released to stores in June. Check it out below!


New Guardians Holiday Kids Book In December
On December 16th of this year, Marvel will be releasing a kids book called 'Starlord: Knowhere To Run'. Here is the description:

"Star-Lord, aka, Peter Quill, is having an amazing time on Planet Knowhere hanging out with the other Guardians of the Galaxy, until his birthday comes along. Peter is suddenly homesick and longs to be with his family . . . or at least other humans. His friends try to cheer him up but nothing is working. That is until he gets a message from Captain Marvel. She is on a mission searching for a Super Skrull who holds the key to a device that could destroy Earth! The Super Skrull is on Knowhere and she asks Peter to help her find the villain and save Earth. But Captain Marvel informs Peter that since the Skrull is a shape-shifter, they cannot trust anyone, including the Guardians. Can Star-Lord save his family on Earth, without losing the family he has created on Knowhere?"

It seems like Marvel is really pushing the connection between Captain Marvel and the Guardians lately. Could we possibly see Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel) make an appearance in the Guardians film? Probably not, but we can dream, can't we?

Thanks for reading and keep on guarding this awesome galaxy of ours, Galaxians (And drop us a comment below, as usual)!