Guardians of the Galaxy #4

Initially put off by the overtly commercial, Star Wars copying nature of Marvel's new Guardians of the Galaxy title, which is paving the way for the Hollywood blockbuster of the same name to be released next year, I must say I enjoyed issue #4.

Bendis seems to be hitting his usual stride, and I've always admired Sara Pichelli's art. Her work with Bendis on Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man was superb.

Check out these three scans from Guardians of the Galaxy #4. Justin Ponsor's colors are rich. The beautiful Gamora gets between the sheets with an out-of-his-Iron-Man-armor playboy Tony Stark, and looks to have gotten the better of him -- before being gunned down from behind by a mystery assailant: