Manikin
06-19-2007, 01:58 AM
I have been drawn in by this one. I have been enjoying the writings of Dan Abnett for a long while now, he is one of my favorite writers, and was happy to see him in the Annihilation Series. He has a punchy and gritty writing style that appeals to me quite a bit.
Dan Abnett's past includes the Punisher Euro Hit and other Marvel comics, and a multitude of WarHammer and WarHammer 40,000 books for Games Workshop's Black Library. All very good, and so far the dialog here is up to his usual standards. Ok, on to the comic itself...
The story picks right up from the last bits of the Annihilation Wave, the aftermath leaves Nova with a massive amount of Galactic Police work to do, and he is quickly overwhelmed by the task at hand. (** For any of you who may have missed the Annihilation series, I recommend it. The Nova Corps are quickly wiped out during the opening attacks, and Nova is the only one left. Literally. He is then imbued with all the power of the entire Nova Corps combined. The master AI of the Nova Corps is also downloaded into the humans head and becomes his constant companion. That should get ya pretty much up to speed. **) An accident sends the newly overpowered hero crash landing on Earth in the aftermath of the Civil War, and he is quick to find out that his friends, the New Warriors, are dead or hated by all. Including his once upon a time love interest Namorita. His whole world is upside down, and he even makes a few jokes to Tony Stark the make sure that this all just isn't some flipped universe. Lots of good story, dialog, characters, and plot twists.
The highpoint so far was the battle between Nova and the new roster of the Thunderbolts. Which includes Penance, who we find out is really Speedball!!! DuN DUN DUn!!!! But anyways, the fight is awesome. They are there because they think that Nova is an anti-regger, and he is wondering why a team of known villains are attacking him with the crowd cheering them on. The high point being when Nova is beginning to get sick of it all, and begins reading them their rights as per his authority as a Nova Corps Officer. Priceless.
Well, it should be obvious that I am enjoying this so far. I do recommend it to anyone who may or may not have liked Nova back in the old days.
Dan Abnett's past includes the Punisher Euro Hit and other Marvel comics, and a multitude of WarHammer and WarHammer 40,000 books for Games Workshop's Black Library. All very good, and so far the dialog here is up to his usual standards. Ok, on to the comic itself...
The story picks right up from the last bits of the Annihilation Wave, the aftermath leaves Nova with a massive amount of Galactic Police work to do, and he is quickly overwhelmed by the task at hand. (** For any of you who may have missed the Annihilation series, I recommend it. The Nova Corps are quickly wiped out during the opening attacks, and Nova is the only one left. Literally. He is then imbued with all the power of the entire Nova Corps combined. The master AI of the Nova Corps is also downloaded into the humans head and becomes his constant companion. That should get ya pretty much up to speed. **) An accident sends the newly overpowered hero crash landing on Earth in the aftermath of the Civil War, and he is quick to find out that his friends, the New Warriors, are dead or hated by all. Including his once upon a time love interest Namorita. His whole world is upside down, and he even makes a few jokes to Tony Stark the make sure that this all just isn't some flipped universe. Lots of good story, dialog, characters, and plot twists.
The highpoint so far was the battle between Nova and the new roster of the Thunderbolts. Which includes Penance, who we find out is really Speedball!!! DuN DUN DUn!!!! But anyways, the fight is awesome. They are there because they think that Nova is an anti-regger, and he is wondering why a team of known villains are attacking him with the crowd cheering them on. The high point being when Nova is beginning to get sick of it all, and begins reading them their rights as per his authority as a Nova Corps Officer. Priceless.
Well, it should be obvious that I am enjoying this so far. I do recommend it to anyone who may or may not have liked Nova back in the old days.