Annihilation: Conquest may not have the ‘oomph’ of the original Annihilation miniseries/event, but it’s still a rollicking good story.

This issue, what can go wrong does. Star-Lord is undergoing torture. Blastaar and the Spaceknight Daystar remind us what the Phalanx can do. Adam Warlock, the High Evolutionary and powerless Quasar show us how damned ineffectual great power can be when wielded by an amnesiac, a dick, or someone who just drained all of theirs. And Ultron shows us why he/she/it is a premiere villain in the Marvel Universe when not written by someone named Bendis.

This issue ends with every-damn-one of Our Heroes in deep shit.

I love it.