Annihilation: Conquest #4 Review

ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST #4
Written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
Art by Tom Raney

This issue ended up being exactly like I predicted. Abnett and Lanning have their pieces on the board and they are busy moving everyone into position. That doesn't make this a bad issue, but the tempo has been turned down quite a bit from the first three issues.

Starlord and his crew continue their suicide mission to take down the Babel Spire. Unfortunately, Starlord was captured last issue and is currently undergoing interrogation by none other than Ultron him(it?)self. Mantis is helping him endure the torture and mind probing, but I'm not sure how he's going to get out of this in one piece. I hope he doesn't become a casualty of war when this is all said and done.

On the Ronan side of things, Ronan's big mystery is revealed to be an army of robots. Robots versus the techno organic Phalanx and Ultron. Ravenous mirrors my incredulity and obvious futility of the situation, but A&L have a plan for this. Apparently, and I have no idea how this is possible, Wraith can exude his, uh, anti-Phalanx / techno-organic virus cells and Praxagora can interface with every single Kree Sentry drone and this will make them all immune to the Phalanx's attempt to take them over. Rigggghhhht. I'm going to pretend this makes sense and move along.

Finally, we get to Mr Warlock and company. They are travelling in a bubble to Hala. We get some pep talks for everyone involved and then Adam loses control of his powers and everyone falls down. Warlock saves Quasar, we get another pep talk and then they search for the High Evolutionary, who has managed to cut a deal with the Phalanx in the 10 mintues he's been separated from Adam and Quasar. Good times, indeed.

Verdict - Check It. Ya, a Check It for Conquest. It's not that the book was bad by any means. I actually loved it, but, all bias aside, it was a rather pedestrian outing that gets the disparate storylines all moving towards Hala for the big showdown. Add Ronan's big, secret plan and this issue slides down to Check It range. Just think of this as the calm before the storm.

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