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A review by lunchlander
Nova, Volume 1: Annihilation: Conquest by Dan Abnett
4.0
Collecting the first twelve issues of the Nova series by Abnett and Lanning, this is about as good as superhero comics get without transcending the genre like All-Star Superman or [b:Watchmen|472331|Watchmen|Alan Moore|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175041710s/472331.jpg|4358649]. Richard Rider deals with his new powers and the increased responsibility of them, comes down to Civil War to point out just how petty it makes Earth's superheroes look, then heads back off into space to take part in Annihilation: Conquest.
The only downside is that this really is essential stuff for the Annihilation: Conquest story, and probably should have been Annihilation: Conquest Book 2, allowing the Conquest mini itself to be Book 3 (or some similar split). But that's a niggling format detail, and really, having 12 issues of Nova in the same format as the Conquest books is enough for a format whore like myself.
The only downside is that this really is essential stuff for the Annihilation: Conquest story, and probably should have been Annihilation: Conquest Book 2, allowing the Conquest mini itself to be Book 3 (or some similar split). But that's a niggling format detail, and really, having 12 issues of Nova in the same format as the Conquest books is enough for a format whore like myself.