Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord #2 Review

ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST - STARLORD #2
Written by Keith Giffen
Art by Timothy Green II

This book was amazing this week. Stop what you are doing, go out and buy this book now. Go on. I will wait. Back yet? Okay, let us continue.

Every single thing in this book is perfect. The dialogue, the pacing, the characterization and the plot. All of it. Perfect. We are immediately dropped into the action at the outset of this issue and it does not stop until the issue is over. I am not going to go into any major spoilers as I feel this book is too good to have spoiled. My favourite part of this issue though come from the general indifference of Mantis, the Celestial Madonna, while the team is engaged in combat and her eventual breaking out into full on ass-kicking mode. The artistic representation of her is perfect, as best expressed in her combat scenes. The random poses she is depicted in in every combat scene are both hilarious and awesome.

I cannot mention Starlord without mentioning Groot, the colossal tree seen on the cover. It is hard to imagine a tree with so much bad ass dialogue, but somehow Giffen manages to make it happen and it is awesome. Finally, the confrontation between Captain Planet, er, Universe and the Shi'ar, Deathcry, is probably the moment of the week for me. I could not believe it when I saw the outcome of that and you do yourself a disservice by not picking up this issue and seeing it for yourself. Must buy issue. Do not deprive yourself of such an incredible book.

Verdict - Must Read

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