Annihilation Conquests continues after the destruction of the annihilation horde. The highlight of the stories included in this book is Starlord’s arc. First half was boring.

This volume collects an Annihilation: Conquest prologue one-shot and two A:C prelude mini-series: Quasar and Star-Lord. The prologue issue was just a set-up issue and pretty forgettable (the galaxy is still reeling from Annihilus' invasion when, who should turn up but the Phalanx! Remember them from the X-Men books?), but to take the two mini-series one at a time:Quasar:This isn't the original (and current) Quasar, Wendell Vaughan, but rather Phyla-Vell, the original Captain Mar-Vell's daughter,...

Collections like these are almost always jarring - rarely are the creators of disparate stories on equal footing, making the better suffer and the lesser look even lesser next to the master.Even worse, the mini-intro done by Abnett & Lanning just further embarrasses the lesser here.AC: StarlordThis is one of the best Giffen books I've read lately - just as self-aware, self-deprecating and snarky as ever, and contains one of the best catch-the-reader-up intro sequences (and "getting a gang togeth...

Comic books like these is reason I mostly stick to Image comics and Dark horse. DC and Marvel at this point can get worse than soap operas (honor to exceptions as both have so really great comics). There is so much character recycling and no one really dies. Everybody can just pop out no meter what happened previously. While first annihilation had crappy storyline with some genuinely good parts, Annihilation conquest has story so far up it's ass it consists entirely of stuff that turned to shit

Annihilation: Conquest is an event from 2007 that follows the Annihilation event, showing the aftermath of the Kree war with Annihilus and the sneak attack of the techno-organic race known as the Phalanx. The Phalanx seals off Kree space and it's up to various heroes to try to put a dent in the Phalanx's goal of assimilating all life into their collective. One miniseries follows Quasar and Moondragon as they dodge the Super-Adaptoid and attempt to find the "savior" who Quasar is being directed t...

Luckily Starlord Mini and Nova saved this collection. So this is mostly all build up to a mind control plot that...to be honest isn't nearly as captivating as Annihilation. This is only in name, as none of the big plot points from the original happen, least not yet. But most of the stories in here can be read by themselves without any big connection. That, I assume, will mostly be in part 2. The Starlord Mini is basically the build towards a guardians of the galaxy type team. Except they're so o...

So now that the Annihilation wave is over, people are trying to repair their worlds and try to get back to how things were. Ronan has tasked Starlord with fixing their defenses. Unfortunately, he is bamboozled and a new enemy has injected a virus in the tech and it has taken over. This virus has also infected all of the Kree, making them blindly follow this enemy who’s goal is to do the same with the rest of the universe. Here we get to see the Guardians of the Galaxy the world has come to love

So no sooner is the Annihilation Wave ended then the universe is attacked by an even greater threat: The sentient technovirus known as the Phalanx.This volume shows how it all begins and then focuses on the story of Starlord and the new Quasar, who is the daughter of the original Captain Marvel.The Starlord story is very interesting as this is basically where the current Guardians of the Galaxy started. We have Starlord along with Groot, Mantis and Rocket Raccoon all teaming up to battle the pha...

Really enjoyed Star Lord #1-#4... great stuff, great character (PETER QUILL FTW) & I really like the art (clean lines just do it for me - lel). Also... Rocket Racoon is GREAT! And Groot is... verbose! Different from their GotG movie versions (Star Lord too)... but definitely no less terrific! Cannot wait to get to the first volume of GotG. Lel. The Quasar books were okay... didn't enjoy them as much as the Star Lord books though. Haha.

Starlord was the jewel of this pack. It actually set in motion what would become the Guardians of the Galaxy. They definitely had a winner there. Quasar's story was a bit irrelevant. And the whole Phalanx seems like a rehashed Annihilation.

Picking up where Annihilation left off, this starts off with miniseries, just as Annihilation did. However, Conquest is in every way an improvement upon the original Annihilation, and these miniseries are no exception.This book features the one-shot where the Phalanx (a surprisingly good foe, given that they're crap '90s X-Men villains) take over the Kree Empire, and some heroes rise to battle them. Those heroes include the new Quasar and her lover Moondragon, in a story that is a bit by-the-num...

After being let down by Marvel's Annihilation series, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this book. (If you haven't read the previous Annihilation storyline, I would recommend skipping it and just taking a look at the recap at the back of this book. It covers pretty much everything and will save you a lot of time.) There are two main storylines included in this book, and I liked both. The artwork and layouts in the second mini-series stood out to me. (view spoiler)[It was great to se...

Sequel to Annihilation, takes place after the Annihilus war, the wave has devastated planets and "the dirty dozen" has to stop it from happening again. Star Lord is back with Bug, Mantis, Rocket Racoon and Groot ....working together proves interesting and humorous too. Quasar, daughter of Captain Marvel is learning to harness her powers and use the bands to their best capacity. She and Moondragon are on a mission to find the savior throughout the journey. Bringing back some great characters with...

Fast paced, intriguing cast of characters. Not as riveting as the previous annihilation saga but I still find it enjoyable.

The birth of the Guardians of the Galaxy as we know them today! The transition from the gruff, hardened intergalactic war vet and genocidal savior of the universe Peter Quill into the fun and goofy frontman we love isn’t perfect, but it’s enough of a bridge to be satisfying enough. Also, it’s weird seeing Groot actually speak. The Quasar story is fun, too, if a good two issues longer than the story needed.

Really had a lot of fun with this series. Having Bug included was definitely a bonus. I'm a huge Micronauts fan. The art was great and I loved reading about all these characters I had either not read much about or only barely heard of.

These are good, fun comics. I very much enjoyed the Quasar series, with shows a nice, mature lesbian relationship, and the Starlord comics are the very earliest appearance of what would become the Guardians of Galaxy that we see in the movies.

To be honest not Abnett's best work. The story was okay. Better than Infinity as an event but pales next to Reign of Kings.

A worthy sequel to Annihilation, thus far. The assimilation is a great science fiction trope to borrow.

Only read this for the Star-lord content tbh. The prologue felt Weird. Still kore enjoyable then most of the Annihilation content tho