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A review by lunchlander
Annihilation: Conquest, Book Two by Kyle Hotz, Dan Abnett, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Scott Hanna, Tom Raney, Andy Lanning, Sean Chen
4.0
Introducing Wraith, a dark new space hero who is based on the "Man With No Name" concept. Beautiful art by Kyle Hotz, although the character's strong introduction unfortunately drifts off into a forgettable tale, and rumors that he might actually be a new version of ROM, Spaceknight were much more interesting than the origin we actually got.
That said, the Wraith miniseries is really just an appetizer for the rest of the book, which contains the whole Annihilation: Conquest miniseries. Like the Annihilation story, this features a bunch of heroes ganging up against a seemingly unbeatable foe, but Abnett & Lanning are stronger writers than Keith Giffen, and both the character and story beats of Conquest are stronger than Annihilation itself. In addition, Tom Raney's artwork is pretty strong. And while I won't give it away, the choice of villain behind the Phalanx was a great one, elevating a solid Avengers villain to the level of galactic threat very effectively.
That said, the Wraith miniseries is really just an appetizer for the rest of the book, which contains the whole Annihilation: Conquest miniseries. Like the Annihilation story, this features a bunch of heroes ganging up against a seemingly unbeatable foe, but Abnett & Lanning are stronger writers than Keith Giffen, and both the character and story beats of Conquest are stronger than Annihilation itself. In addition, Tom Raney's artwork is pretty strong. And while I won't give it away, the choice of villain behind the Phalanx was a great one, elevating a solid Avengers villain to the level of galactic threat very effectively.