NOVA #12Written by Andy Lanning & Dan Abnett
Art by Paul Pelletier
I want to review this month's issue of Nova because it rocked, but I find myself at a loss for words (yes, I know, hard to believe). It's basically what you'd expect based on solicits and what you know from last issue.
Warlock uses his glow to save Nova, "dying" in the process, and Nova buys time for Tyro, Warlock's Technarch companion, to escape from the adult, who is there to battle the child to the death.
After a futile struggle and some fun interaction from Nova and the Worldmind, which has been lacking as of late with the whole Phalanx virus deal, Tyro returns to help battle the Technarch adult. Suffice to say, he gets ripped in half and eaten in about 10 seconds flat. However, the mutated transmode virus Warlock gave Tyro wipes the Technarch's programming or personality and leaves the consumed Tyro take over. Trust me, it makes some kind of sense in the book, but is almost impossible to explain.
With the faculties of an adult Technarch at his command, Tyro then embues the husk of Warlock with some lifeglow and brings him back to life, resulting in a pretty funny scene as he clues in that the Technarch holding him is actually Tyro.
Finally, Tyro frees Drax and Gamora from their Select-itude. It was great seeing Drax again and the 'destroying' comments he used to make all the time in the first Annihilation were sorely missed. I was confused with Gamora, though. She acts like her life is worthless and she has no purpose after being freed from the Phalanx. Doesn't sound like Gamora, one of the deadliest assassins in the universe, but I'll wait and see where this goes, seeing as she shows up in the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy series. With everyone free, they all agree to kick some Phalanx ass and make their way back to the Annihilaton: Conquest series.
Now, just going through the summary, it sounds dull. Maybe that's my fault, but don't be fooled, this was an excellent issue. Art was great, lots of fun moments and it wrapped up the whole "barely powered Nova infected with the TO virus" storyline that had been dragging on a bit too long for my tastes.
Verdict - Must Read. I probably should have saved this for a Quick Shot review, but I liked the issue so much, I felt like I had to write it today, despite a general inability to express in words how great this issue was.
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