Annihilation: Conquest [SPOILERS]

[Ouchmaker]

Well, the Prologue appeared this week, and I must say, I liked it. Just as everything seems to be going nicely, it all gets blown to pieces.

And I must say that they managed to make an old threat look threatening again, and it ties nicely with the Marvel Universe. The next big punchline in the Marvel Universe will be Who Can You Trust, which will be all about focusing on one of the major players of Annihilation. By big players I mean the Nova Corps, Kree, Skrulls and Shi'ar. While the Shi'ar managed to fall in Uncanny X-Men alone, the others got their behinds beaten by Annihilus during Annihilation. Nova Corps got wiped out, and the only one standing of their law force is the Nova. The Skrulls have embarked on a journey towards Earth, so the only one left out are the Kree. And a nice way to close the circle, since the Skrulls are targeting Earth, a familiar Earth-related threat has targeted the Kree. The Phalanx Conquest is here!

For those who have read the Prologue, who do you think Phyla is supposed to find?

[t0xin_ven0m]

Hmm...I guessing she's supposed to find this new character Wraith...or maybe Apocolypse..., that'd be interesing. But considering we have no idea what this Wraith character is about, I'd say it's him. It was said that Wraith has some connection to a Marvel character that would be later revealed in the series.

I'll be honest, I have no idea who the Phalanx are....

[Ouchmaker]

Let's see: is techno-organic like the New Mutant Warlock and his father, Magus. When finally did it's move, it captured new future Gen-X team and tried to assimilate them. It took over everything in the Xavier mansion, forcing Banshee to destroy the entire database of knowledge stored there at the time. Notable humans to be assimilated so far have been Cameron Hodge and Candy Southern, both of them X-Factor, and specially Archangel related characters. Numerous others willingly joined the Phalanx as members, or "building materials". Basically it's a living techno-organic race that wants to conquer everything, and can assimilate almost anyone to work on it's behalf.

[comicfreak]

couldn't put it better myself ouchie. maybe phyla will find the original quasar, the one who died in annihilation: nova. do u think any of the other people will come back like nova or is it just gonna revolve around nova, star-lord, phyla, and wraith?

[Ouchmaker]

So, I've read the first issues of the character specific minis, and I'm pretty happy.

Phyla/Quasar has shown a lot of promise as a growing storyline. which will probably evolve Phyla more, which is always nice.

Wraith has been the "new kid" story, full of surprises and twists, and hasnt failed.

and now Starlord has a nice Dirty Dozen feel to it. Bug, Captain Universe, Deathcry, Mantis, Groot and Rocket Raccoon bring back a lot of old characters from the eighties and nineties, and is hilarious.

And while not exactly a mini series, the A:C issues of Nova have so far been surprising, so I must say, that even though I really enjoyed the first minis of Annihilation, these new Annihilation: Conquest minis have been more than equal, possibly even better than the first ones. Only time will tell, but the story so far has a lot to offer.