srsanderson's review
3.0
some parts i loved, some were boring AF. full review to come:
the thing about annihilation vol. 1 is that there is so much stuff going on across the four main comics/ characters of this bound up edition. and then, each of these characters are tied up into their own story line that i assume will all converge at some point, but you also have this enormous cast of secondary characters, and basically i just found myself very quickly deciding whether i was interested or not.
for example: totally confused at drax's story line. had to reread several parts twice. i would have liked his annoying, sassy sidekick, cammie, if she wasnt *12?!* why ?! i also hated the art work of this one. it was just too gritty and not bright enough to hold my attention very long. (i get it, its what works for the story, but STILL)
i actually really enjoyed the nova plot line. it was fun to see the nova corps, how they work, and the world mind as its own character was cool. and the silver surfer comics were fantastic. he is such an intriguing character and i loved learning about galactus (whom i had heard about but admittingly did not know much other than his name)
but then we arrive at the super skrull comics and i just don't care. i didn't care about the plot line, about the characters, or the twists. ironically though, the art style in these ones were my fave, so there's that.
overall all, annihilation has its ups and downs. i think its ambitious and intriguing the scope of the plot, but i still don't know much about annihilus or his motivations so that's kinda lame. i need more history though, more development! killing off characters i know nothing about does not mean the story is edgy or tragic etc etc.
the thing about annihilation vol. 1 is that there is so much stuff going on across the four main comics/ characters of this bound up edition. and then, each of these characters are tied up into their own story line that i assume will all converge at some point, but you also have this enormous cast of secondary characters, and basically i just found myself very quickly deciding whether i was interested or not.
for example: totally confused at drax's story line. had to reread several parts twice. i would have liked his annoying, sassy sidekick, cammie, if she wasnt *12?!* why ?! i also hated the art work of this one. it was just too gritty and not bright enough to hold my attention very long. (i get it, its what works for the story, but STILL)
i actually really enjoyed the nova plot line. it was fun to see the nova corps, how they work, and the world mind as its own character was cool. and the silver surfer comics were fantastic. he is such an intriguing character and i loved learning about galactus (whom i had heard about but admittingly did not know much other than his name)
but then we arrive at the super skrull comics and i just don't care. i didn't care about the plot line, about the characters, or the twists. ironically though, the art style in these ones were my fave, so there's that.
overall all, annihilation has its ups and downs. i think its ambitious and intriguing the scope of the plot, but i still don't know much about annihilus or his motivations so that's kinda lame. i need more history though, more development! killing off characters i know nothing about does not mean the story is edgy or tragic etc etc.
dkmode's review
3.0
Hey, remember how funny Drax was in Guardians of the Galaxy? It'd be pretty good to see more of that character right?
Well you won't get it here, because apparently in the comics, Drax is just another beefy gritty dude who can't be killed. Space Wolverine basically. Also he has an annoying teenage sidekick with "attitude".
Otherwise - the prologue is fine but not great, while the Nova stuff is enjoyable if not particularly interesting.
Well you won't get it here, because apparently in the comics, Drax is just another beefy gritty dude who can't be killed. Space Wolverine basically. Also he has an annoying teenage sidekick with "attitude".
Otherwise - the prologue is fine but not great, while the Nova stuff is enjoyable if not particularly interesting.
dsbookie's review
4.0
So this was my first time being introduced to some of these characters, others, such as Drax, Ronan, Thanos and Gamora I was a bit more familiar with, but only their basic story lines from Guardians of the Galaxy.
My dad gave me these three books to borrow and read because I had told him I wanted to read more graphic novels. I quite enjoyed this series! I loved getting to know the lesser known characters, well, lesser known to me.
The overarching plot wasn't clear at the beginning, but I was okay with that. It kept me guessing what the hell was happening, which I am almost always happy with!
In this book, we get three different comics in the bound book.
The first comic we get is with Drax. We get to see part of his origin story, and his new beginning in this universe. He meets a girl, Cassie, who is honestly one of my favorite (if not my top) character in this series. She is so great! As a combination of sass, bravery, kick-ass-ness, and just an all around badass, she is what more girls need to see in what they are reading. This girl is about eleven years old or so and she is strong. She wears beanies and skirts, but has to deal with problems at home and, spoiler alert, being introduced to an alien race and not batting an eyelash! I just loved this girl.
As for the Drax story, it was mainly setting up the issue of the series and giving a background on why it matters. But that is a good thing. Without this introduction, there would have been no reason to care about the story or the characters in it.
Now, onto the next story: following Richard Rider, a member of the Nova Corps! Now, here is another character/set of characters we are briefly introduced to in the Guardians of the Galaxy movie, but I loved getting to know more about it and their role in the universe and a little into their culture and relationships to the rest of the universe. I think Richard is a compelling character and I I enjoyed getting to see him have to deal with adversity from the beginning.
We are also introduced to Super Skrull. I have to be honest, I had no idea who this guy was when I picked up these comics, but I really like this character. His whole culture he comes from is cool to get to explore, but I just loved seeing him do his thing. I am stoked to see what else he has to bring to the table!
Getting the cut ins from the Nova Corps intelligence bank on each of the new characters was both a brilliant way to give new readers like me a brief introduction as to why these characters matter as well as a great way to refresh the memories of those who have known about these characters, but do not necessarily remember their significance to this story. This aspect was expertly done!
Overall, this was a really good beginning to what I think will be a pretty cool set of comics! I can't wait to read the next one!
My dad gave me these three books to borrow and read because I had told him I wanted to read more graphic novels. I quite enjoyed this series! I loved getting to know the lesser known characters, well, lesser known to me.
The overarching plot wasn't clear at the beginning, but I was okay with that. It kept me guessing what the hell was happening, which I am almost always happy with!
In this book, we get three different comics in the bound book.
The first comic we get is with Drax. We get to see part of his origin story, and his new beginning in this universe. He meets a girl, Cassie, who is honestly one of my favorite (if not my top) character in this series. She is so great! As a combination of sass, bravery, kick-ass-ness, and just an all around badass, she is what more girls need to see in what they are reading. This girl is about eleven years old or so and she is strong. She wears beanies and skirts, but has to deal with problems at home and, spoiler alert, being introduced to an alien race and not batting an eyelash! I just loved this girl.
As for the Drax story, it was mainly setting up the issue of the series and giving a background on why it matters. But that is a good thing. Without this introduction, there would have been no reason to care about the story or the characters in it.
Now, onto the next story: following Richard Rider, a member of the Nova Corps! Now, here is another character/set of characters we are briefly introduced to in the Guardians of the Galaxy movie, but I loved getting to know more about it and their role in the universe and a little into their culture and relationships to the rest of the universe. I think Richard is a compelling character and I I enjoyed getting to see him have to deal with adversity from the beginning.
We are also introduced to Super Skrull. I have to be honest, I had no idea who this guy was when I picked up these comics, but I really like this character. His whole culture he comes from is cool to get to explore, but I just loved seeing him do his thing. I am stoked to see what else he has to bring to the table!
Getting the cut ins from the Nova Corps intelligence bank on each of the new characters was both a brilliant way to give new readers like me a brief introduction as to why these characters matter as well as a great way to refresh the memories of those who have known about these characters, but do not necessarily remember their significance to this story. This aspect was expertly done!
Overall, this was a really good beginning to what I think will be a pretty cool set of comics! I can't wait to read the next one!
evione's review
5.0
Kellemes meglepetés volt ez a kötet. Bár a Marvel-univerzum egyik legnagyobb eventjének kezdetével ismerkedhetünk meg az Annihilationben, én nem igazán számítottam semmi extrára. Pláne, hogy elsősorban a Dan Abnett-féle Guardians of the Galaxy képregénysorozatba akartam belekezdeni, viszont elvileg az Annihilation Event szükséges az említett képregény teljes körű élvezetéhez. Kicsit morgolódtam ugyan, mert ez azt jelenti, hogy összesen 5 képregénykötetet kell elolvasnom csak azért, hogy nyugodt szívvel kezdhessek bele egy másik sorozatba. De végül azt tudom mondani, hogy jól döntöttem, ugyanis az Annihilation első kötete kifejezetten jó olvasmánynak bizonyult.
A kötet a Drax the Destroyer 4 számával indít, amit kicsit in medias resnek éreztem, de a lényeg simán érthető volt így is. Az Annihilation Prologue-nál is pislogtam egy sort, hogy most mi a hell történik, de végül a kérdéseimre választ kaptam az Annihilaton: Nova egyes részei közé ékelt Nova Corps Database-nek köszönhetően.
Maga a sztori egyébként annyi, hogy rengeteg bogárszerű lény szabályos inváziót indít Annihilius vezetésével (a miért egyelőre nem derült ki), melynek során mindent elpusztítanak, ami az Annihilation Wave útjába kerül. Első áldozat a Nova Corps.-nak is otthont adó Xandar nevű bolygó, mely igen súlyos csapást szenved. Magának a Nova Corps.-nak is csak egyetlen túlélője marad, Richard Rider (ez amúgy nem spoiler, mert rögtön az Annihilation Prologue-ban megtörténik). Az események azonban még csak ezután kezdenek érdekes fordulatot venni.
A rajzolás szerintem kifejezetten szép, talán a Drax the Destroyerben kevésbé, viszont a másik kettő nekem nagyon tetszett. Elég sok a látványos és grandiózus panel, melyek ugyancsak gyönyörűen vannak megrajzolva.
A kötet a Drax the Destroyer 4 számával indít, amit kicsit in medias resnek éreztem, de a lényeg simán érthető volt így is. Az Annihilation Prologue-nál is pislogtam egy sort, hogy most mi a hell történik, de végül a kérdéseimre választ kaptam az Annihilaton: Nova egyes részei közé ékelt Nova Corps Database-nek köszönhetően.
Maga a sztori egyébként annyi, hogy rengeteg bogárszerű lény szabályos inváziót indít Annihilius vezetésével (a miért egyelőre nem derült ki), melynek során mindent elpusztítanak, ami az Annihilation Wave útjába kerül. Első áldozat a Nova Corps.-nak is otthont adó Xandar nevű bolygó, mely igen súlyos csapást szenved. Magának a Nova Corps.-nak is csak egyetlen túlélője marad, Richard Rider (ez amúgy nem spoiler, mert rögtön az Annihilation Prologue-ban megtörténik). Az események azonban még csak ezután kezdenek érdekes fordulatot venni.
A rajzolás szerintem kifejezetten szép, talán a Drax the Destroyerben kevésbé, viszont a másik kettő nekem nagyon tetszett. Elég sok a látványos és grandiózus panel, melyek ugyancsak gyönyörűen vannak megrajzolva.
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