Marvel will launch a new ongoing series, Imperial Guardians, that follows up on the events of Jonathan Hickman’s Imperial with a new team replacing the Guardians of the Galaxy: the Imperial Guardians, whose members include Captain Marvel, Gamora, Amaceus Cho, Cosmic Ghost Rider, and Darkhawk. The new series, by writer Dan Abnett and artist Marcelo Ferreira, starts with the team getting the call from Maximus for a secret meeting to learn their role in the new Galactic Union. The first issue will be released on March 11, 2026, with a main cover by Sean Izaakse and a variant by Netho Diaz.
“The Marvel Cosmic landscape after Imperial has got a very different feel, and it’s rewarding to play around with the aftermath of an event where ‘the good guys won.’ Or did they? No victory comes without back-room compromise, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the new Guardians remit,” Abnett said in a statement accompanying the announcement. “I chose the roster to reflect that – the clashing, mismatched spirit of Star-Lord’s original team mixed with a professional hard focus. An iconic hero in Captain Marvel, an anti-hero in the troubled Darkhawk, brains and brawn in the mercurial Amadeus Cho (yes, that’s a Hulk in Hulkbuster armor!), and the downright psychopathic Cosmic Ghost Rider as enigmatic ramrod and drill sergeant. Only Gamora, the Deadliest Woman in the Galaxy, has a chance of keeping them in line as team leader.
“It’s a dirty job (it’s a whole string of dirty jobs, one after another), and these are the somebodies I picked to do it,” he continued. “Will there be glorious victories? No. But will they learn to bond as a team? Also no. But will they keep it together long enough to guard the Galaxy and save trillions of lives? Again… let’s just hope so, okay?”
Abnett was the co-creator, with Andy Lanning, of the modern Guardians of the Galaxy (see “Original Guardians Return”) and later panned Guardians of Infinity (see “New ‘Guardians’ Ongoing Series”) and Groot (see “New Miniseries Reveals Groot’s Origin Story”).
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