Posted By Dan Greenfield on Jun 13, 2019 | 1 comment

EXCLUSIVE: Plus, check out the reveal of Philip Tan’s cover…

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Writer Peter David has returned to the Marvel Universe in a significant way this year with Symbiote Spider-Man and Incredible Hulk: Last Call among his projects.

There’s also the trilogy The Prodigal Sun — with Francesco Manna on art — which begins in July with a one-shot starring the Silver Surfer and continues in August with an installment featuring the Fantastic Four.

Rounding out the cosmic epic in September is Chapter 3, headlined by Marvel’s premier spacefaring team, the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Here’s your EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK at the solicitation copy for Guardians of the Galaxy: The Prodigal Sun #1 — as well as the cover by Philip Tan:

Covers here and below do not include final trade dress.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: THE PRODIGAL SUN #1
PETER DAVID (W)
FRANCESCO MANNA (A)
COVER BY PHILIP TAN
CHAPTER 3 OF 3
PRODIGAL finally returns home, only to find the situation is far worse than he’s left it.  His father is dead, Prodigal is an outlaw, and the Guardians of the Galaxy are covering the back of Prodigal’s greatest enemy: his own brother. The conclusion to the Prodigal Sun trilogy.

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The issue is due Sept. 11. And in case you missed them, here are the solicitations for the first two chapters:

FANTASTIC FOUR: THE PRODIGAL SUN #1
PETER DAVID (W)
FRANCESCO MANNA (A)
COVER BY MICO SUAYAN
CHAPTER 1 OF 3! The first of three interconnected special issues featuring the FANTASTIC FOUR, the SILVER SURFER and the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY! Introducing PRODIGAL, a strange alien being who has crash-landed in the Savage Land. When he becomes worshipped by a race of swamp-dwelling barbarians, Ka-Zar and Shanna call upon the Fantastic Four to aid them in stopping the barbarians’ plans to conquer the entirety of their world. Join Prodigal on his lengthy journey to try to return home to settle old scores.

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SILVER SURFER: THE PRODIGAL SUN #1
PETER DAVID (W)
FRANCESCO MANNA (A)
COVER BY MICO SUAYAN
CHAPTER 2 OF 3! Continuing Prodigal’s journey home from FANTASTIC FOUR: THE PRODIGAL SUN #1, the one individual who can aid him in accomplishing it is the Silver Surfer. But Prodigal has a history with the Surfer. Witness that now as we see the Surfer, back when he was still the herald to Galactus, as Prodigal battles him to prevent Galactus from destroying an entire world because of his unending appetite.