Forget Original Sin, The Death of Wolverine, and AXIS. All of those books pale in the face of what is clearly Marvel’s biggest and most important release of the summer – Rocket Raccoon. Finally, this gun-toting space rodent will have a comic to call his own. Even better, his best buddy Groot is joining him for the ride. Even better-er, master illustrator Skottie Young will be at the helm as both writer and artist.

To tide you over until the July 2 release of Rocket Raccoon #1, we have an exclusive preview of that issue. You may have seen some of the art before, but this is the first time Marvel is releasing these pages in their final, lettered form.

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