The best news so far is that the new iteration of the team will feature Tony Stark aka Iron Man...
Here's what Bendis had to say about the inclusion of the armored Avenger...
"This is character motivated as well. With Tony being a futurist and an adventurer, I imagine he gets itchy that his surroundings aren't enough. I also witnessed artistic and creative people hit a ceiling in their work and struggle to get to that next level. Here's an Avenger who wants to get to the next level and he's just not going to get it where he is, but if he does a tour of duty with the Guardians he may find himself opening up his eyes to things that will help him with his inventions and the way he sees the world," Bendis explained. "He's going on a kind of working vacation with them. He's hoping to have different kinds of adventures, see different technologies and experience new things. Ultimately he's hoping this will give him new perspective and ideas on how to achieve his goals."
"Tony makes every story more interesting," Wacker added. "In this book, the smartest guy in every room is now a fish out of water and seeing his ego react to that is worth the price of admission. And Tony with alien women? Come on!"
Tony Stark doing a tour of duty with the Guardians of the Galaxy also makes sense with the role Kieron Gillen is establishing for the character in his upcoming new volume of "Iron Man," which finds the title character in search of truths about the Marvel Universe. "Me and Kieron have been hand in hand on this from the get go, I'm happy to say. When I got this job, I wanted there to be someone on the team from the Marvel Universe proper. It wasn't until Kieron acknowledged he would love to write a Tony Stark space book that I got my hopes up that I would get to use the character," Bendis said. "Tony is going to do a tour, then other characters are going to come in and out. Plus, we're saving a surprise announcement for the book itself so we don't give everything away."
Iron Man is a rather visually distinct Marvel character, and McNiven was delighted when he learned he'd have the chance to draw him again in "Guardians of the Galaxy." "I've designed a new set of armor for his outer space adventures -- it's a bit more rugged and durable," the artist said. "Hopefully readers will enjoy the new design. Like I said, I love redesigning stuff, and Iron Man's suit is one of the best things a Marvel artist can get his or her hands on design-wise."
Interestingly enough Bendis teases that the new book dubbed by Marvel editorial as "Cosmic Avengers" will also have very close ties to Bendis' other new book "All New X-Men".
Via [CBR]
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