ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST - QUASAR #3Written by Christos Gage
Art by Mike Lilly
Quasar burst out of the gates in its first issue with all pistons firing. The last issue was a bit of a recap on Moondragon and her origin and, while good, nothing spectacular. This issue continues the downward spiral of this Annihilation: Conquest miniseries and I really hope Gage has something big planned for the final issue next month.
Most of the book deals with Moondragon's transformation into the physical manifestation of her name, the Dragon of the Moon. It is an interesting take on the character and the exploration of the telepathic bond and relationship Quasar and she has is done quite well.
Quasar and Moondragon quickly pick up the trail of the savior character they are searching for and try to catch up to the Super Adaptoid before he can assimilate him. Upon landing on the new planet, they fall into a trap where the Super Adaptoid shoots them out of the sky, which seemed rather generic and a bit contrived. They fall to the ground and eventually wake up in a village where the townspeople saved them after the fall. As they were only out a short a time, they quickly leave after giving their thanks. They enter the saviors tower only to find more monsters, which Moondragon quickly takes care of. Finally, they catch up to the Adaptoid, who has encased the savior in a techno cocoon like object in an attempt to convert him to the Phalanx cause. It reminded me of Adam Warlock to be honest, with the whole cocoon thing and his time as Him. Be interesting if it turned out to be him, as he has not been seen in a long time.
Before they can free him, the Adaptoid reveals that an army of Phalanx are ready to take out the town that saved the two heroes. It seemed like a generic plot twist and they had not built up that much of a emotional connection with the townsfolk to be so overly worried about saving them as to abandon the one hope for saving the universe. However, they quickly decide to leave and go save the village. In an awesome display of power, Quasar eradicates the entire army in one attack, using up the last of her Quantum energy as the last jewel turns black. I had though it would cause the evil entity or corruption in the bands to overtake her, but apparently they did not choose to go that route with it and she is merely powerless.
The Phalanx are suffering more and more from the ninja effect. It seems the more of them there are, the weaker they become. If a 100 ninjas come after one hero, you know he will beat them all back. If that one lone ninja shows up, you know it's a fight to the death. That's the way the Phalanx are becoming in my eyes and since the Annihilation: Conquest Prelude book, they have really lost any effectiveness they had at being any real threat to any of our heroes.
This issue was a very average outing to be honest. I'll stick with it, as Starlord and Nova have yet to disappoint, and the main Conquest story should be starting up very soon. This issue isn't nearly as weak as the Wraith series, but definitely a step or two below the other offerings in the Conquest line.
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