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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published May 2009
Frequency monthly except semi-monthly in May
Cover Price 2.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Michael Horwitz (Assistant Editor); Bill Rosemann (Editor); Joe Quesada (Editor-in-Chief)
Notes U.S. on sale date: 2009-03-25

Cover Details

Characters Quasar [Phyla-Vell]
Genre Superhero; Science Fiction
Pencils Paul Renaud (signed)
Inks Paul Renaud (signed)
Colors Paul Renaud (signed)

1 page Guardians of the Galaxy recap "Recap"

Characters Maelstrom
Genre Superhero; Science Fiction
Script Dan Abnett ?; Andy Lanning ?
Pencils Wes Craig
Inks Wes Craig
Colors Wil Quintana
Letters typeset
Notes Recap of story to date and character listing.

22 page Guardians of the Galaxy story "Sacrifice"

Characters Drax [Arthur Douglas]; Quasar [Phyla-Vell]; Quasar [Wendell Vaughn]; Mentor; Dragon of the Moon; Moondragon [Heather Douglas] (returns to life); Maelstrom (villain)
Synopsis "With War of Kings about to explode across the galaxy, two of the Guardians face death itself! Drax and Quasar journey beyond the veil of life in a desperate quest to find Moondragon. But what is waiting for them on the other side, and will it ever let them return? It's a double shot of cosmic horror - that plants the seeds for where GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY is heading next!" [per solicitation]
Genre Superhero; Science Fiction
Script Dan Abnett; Andy Lanning
Pencils Wes Craig
Inks Wes Craig
Colors Wil Quintana
Letters Joe Caramagna of Virtual Calligraphy [as VC's Joe Caramagna]