Guardians of the Galaxy 4 ─ Original Sin

Original Sin tie-in! Remember when Star-Lord, Thanos, and Nova had been trapped in the horrific Cancerverse? When Star-Lord and Nova were going to sacrifice their lives to take out Thanos once and for all? And remember how Drax was supposed to have died? But Star-Lord, Drax and Thanos seem to be running around just fine nowadays. So what exactly happened to Richard Rider? You know you want to know! And finally, it's time to get some answers about the true ending of the Cancerverse saga! But the truth may just be stranger than fiction...or maybe Star-Lord's just not into the whole "no man left behind" thing.

COLLECTING: Guardians of the Galaxy 18-23, Annual 1

Brian Michael Bendis (born August 18, 1967) is an American comic book writer and former artist. He has won critical acclaim, including five Eisner Awards for both his creator-owned work and his work on various Marvel Comics books. Starting out with crime and noir comics, Bendis eventually moved to mainstream superhero work. With Bill Jemas and Mark Millar, Bendis was the primary architect of the Ultimate Marvel Universe, launchingUltimate Spider-Man in 2000, on which he continues as writer to the present day. He relaunched the Avengers franchise withNew Avengers in 2004, and has also written the Marvel "event" storylines "Secret War" (2004), "House of M" (2005), "Secret Invasion" (2008), "Siege" (2010) and "Age of Ultron" (2013).

In addition to writing comics, he has also worked in television, video games and film, and taught writing at Portland State University. He will begin teaching at University of Oregon starting in Fall 2013, and his bookWords for Pictures will be out in Spring 2014 from Random House.