I had just about given up on Marvel and their "Events".
Most of them boil down to interesting ideas with anti climactic resolutions and, more often than not, no resolution. The "Annihilation" and "Annihilation Conquest" sagas were the exception. These stories stood apart from the rest of the seemingly endless story arcs happening in the Marvel Universe. These stories made this jaded 40 something year old comic collector a believer in Marvel again. Characters that were minor, obscure and outright forgotten were brought back with new life breathed into them with some wonderfully creative, witty and ambitious writing by Keith Giffen, Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Classic Bronze Age characters like Warlock, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon and Starlord were brought back to tell one of the most entertaining stories that I've read in decades. Annihilation Conquest Book 2 delivers one spectacular finale.
The techno-organic race known as The Phalanx has infected the universe with a virus that has taken over all machine and all organic life. Fighting off the attack is the last of the Nova Centurions Richard Rider, a rag tag and rather eclectic group of "Guardians" made up of Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Mantis and Starlord. Also joining the fray is Ronan The Accuser, the Kree Empire, the Super Skrull, Quasar, a newly evolved Adam Warlock, Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, The High Evolutionary and a new character called Wraith who seems to have the ability to strike fear even into an emotionless race of machines. This is quite the line up of characters.
But what this united group of heroes and former villains discovers is that the Phalanx have a new leader...Ultron. Now more powerful and more of a threat than ever before. Annihilation Conquest Book Two does not disappoint. It has one heck of an action packed ending, smart, witty, exciting, surprising and just plain fun. Also, Annihilation Conquest Books One and Two give birth to one of the most entertaining ongoing series around today...The Guardians Of The Galaxy.
The Hardcover version is really nice and can still be had for roughly the same price as the paperback. It's larger than the trade paperback and that emphasizes the very attractive art by Sean Chen, Scott Hanna, Kyle Hotz, Tom Raney and Wellington Alves. The writing by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning is terrific.
Annihilation Conquest Book Two collects Wraith 1 thru 4, Nova issues 4 thru 7 and Annihilation Conquest issues 1 thru 6.
One bit of advice for those considering purchasing Annihilation Conquest Book Two. I would recommend purchasing
Nova, Vol. 1: Annihilation - Conquest
and
Nova Vol. 2: Knowhere (v. 2)
. Annihilation Conquest Book Two contains "some" of the relevant "Nova" issues pertaining to the Annihilation Conquest story and fills in the gaps with a page of text and it's just not the same thing. If you've already invested in the first "Annihilation" saga and are thinking of purchasing books one and two of the "Annihilation Conquest" saga, then you might as well have the entire story and get the first two volumes of Nova, it's definitely worth it.
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