Star-Lord, the leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy, received a new look from artist Kris Anka for an all-new solo series.

Anka is known for character redesigns, including many members of the X-Men and X-Force following the original Marvel NOW! Era. Chip Zdarsky, writer for Star-Lord, says that having Anka to redesign Star-Lord was a great opportunity.

“I’ve said it before that if you have Kris Anka on your book and DON’T get him to re-design something? You’re a monster,” says Zdarsky. “So I’m eternally grateful that our bosses Jordan D. White, Kathleen Wisneski, Darren Shan, Axel Alonso, Joe Quesada, Stan Lee and Walt Disney are NOT monsters so we could get this gorgeous new outfit. It’s fresh and fun with some really nice ties to previous outfits. Kris is a genius.”

Meanwhile Anka says his goal was to combine various fashion phases of Star-Lord’s into one design.

“My basic approach with this new Star-Lord design was I wanted one that encompassed all his previous designs,” says the artist.

He added:

“I think it’s safe to say Peter has had a lot of different costumes over time, so I wanted to bring them all together into one cohesive look.”

The first thing I knew I wanted was to make the undershirt a throwback to Peter’s original costume; it seemed like the perfect opportunity.” He continued by saying, “everything else was forged out of creating a combination between his movie costumes, which he has been rolling around in, with his [Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Guardians of the Galaxy] military-looking costume. The helmet is iconic now, so that didn’t change.”

Here’s the new costume on Anka’s cover for Star-Lord #2, which launches as a part of Marvel NOW! this fall.

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Source: CB