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A review by dkmode
Annihilation, Book Three by Mike McKone, Andrea Di Vito, Christos Gage, Keith Giffen, Scott Kolins, Stuart Moore, Giuseppe Camuncoli
3.0
Call this a 3.5. The rest of Annihilation is a joyless slog, but this - the event proper - is a huge, fun story in the vein of the original Secret Wars. Cosmic war between heady gods. Characters with motivations that warp and conflict. Keith Giffen is great at writing cosmic beings who speak purely in operatic monologues, which gives Annihilation the necessary weight.
The flip side of this is that he's awful at writing the standard human characters, who happen to be our main protagonists. Nova is a poe-faced, basically useless sourpuss who seems to have become the leader of the good guys simply because he's a nondescript white dude. Meanwhile, Peter Quill is written with a middle-aged comic book writer's approximation of wit, rather than the actual goofy charm of, say, Chris Pratt's portrayal of him. It's pretty unbearable.
That being said, a very solid taste of Cosmic Marvel overall.
The flip side of this is that he's awful at writing the standard human characters, who happen to be our main protagonists. Nova is a poe-faced, basically useless sourpuss who seems to have become the leader of the good guys simply because he's a nondescript white dude. Meanwhile, Peter Quill is written with a middle-aged comic book writer's approximation of wit, rather than the actual goofy charm of, say, Chris Pratt's portrayal of him. It's pretty unbearable.
That being said, a very solid taste of Cosmic Marvel overall.