IMPERIAL GUARDIANS (2025)

Gamora, Captain Marvel, Amadeus Cho, Darkhawk, Cosmic Ghost Rider! Five unlikely operatives recruited by Maximus of the Inhumans. Their mission? Protect the delicate balance of new Galactic Union by ANY means necessary…and failure is NOT an option. Expendable, deniable and disavowed, they are the Imperial Guardians. But can they do Maximus' dirty work and keep their consciences clean? Why has a Kree Grand Admiral gone rogue and attacked Hala? What's going on with Darkhawk's mind? What deluded fool thought COSMIC GHOST RIDER was a team player? And, most importantly…what kind of game is Maximus REALLY playing?

The Galactic Union has brought peace to the galaxy. But who will keep that peace? It's another day and another dirty job for the IMPERIAL GUARDIANS as MAXIMUS of the Inhumans sends his black-ops team to handle a problem that nobody else wants to touch. Our heroes head for Xarth, a minor civilization with major ambitions. The Xarthians have got their hands on something that could make them major players on the galactic stage overnight - or bring down the Union ENTIRELY. And you know they're not going to give it up without a fight…

A Kymellian mathematician has just developed the ultimate decryption algorithm - but for reasons of Galactic Union security, that CAN'T be allowed to happen. Time for MAXIMUS of the Inhumans to send in his Imperial Guardians - GAMORA, CAPTAIN MARVEL, AMADEUS CHO, DARKHAWK and COSMIC GHOST RIDER - for a little cleanup operation. Trouble is, the Shi'ar Empire want the algorithm too, and they've tasked their Superguardians to retrieve it. Are things going to go well? You do the math.

WHAT IS THE NIGHTSHAPE? The Nightshape is everything and nothing. It is the darkness that existed before time and the darkness that will remain after time stops. The Nightshape will remake the cosmos. Worship the Nightshape! Yup, it's just another day at work for the covert Imperial Guardians - Gamora, Captain Marvel, Amadeus Cho, Darkhawk and the Cosmic Ghost Rider - or are they about to uncover the darkest and most malevolent secret threat in the Cosmos?

The covert Imperial Guardians - Gamora, Captain Marvel, Amadeus Cho, Darkhawk and Cosmic Ghost Rider - are a spec-ops team run by Maximus of the Inhumans to keep the new Galactic Union safe. Or are they? On a mission to Cinnabar, the Guardians discover just how DIRTY Maximus' dirty tricks can get...and face unexpected enemies eager to take them out! It's cosmic intrigue and danger, yes?