Favorite DnA cosmic event?

[Joe Acro]

I liked War of Kings the best, simply because it did the best job of following up on cosmic stories to tell an event. Thanos Imperative was good, but I never really felt it followed seamlessly from stuff prior to it, nor did it really seem to be about Thanos.

Annihilation: Conquest was good but suffered from trying to be similar to Annihilation, and relied too heavily on other series for key plot points.

If I had to give it an order, it's probably War of Kings, Imperative, and Conquest.

[The Black Guardian]

I agree that Thanos Imperative didn't really feel like an event. So... Annihilation.

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Thanos Imperative wasn't really an event on its own, but you could look at it as the final mini-series of an Annihilation-style event, with Realm of Kings taking care of the kickoff one-shot and mini-series/tie-in storyline parts.

[Wellman]

You know the original was that damn good, when in the original post, they say this about the other three and people still keep bringing it up, when this is meant to be DnA helmed events. Giffen must be out there laughing.

1) How would you rank them in terms of most enjoyable to least?

2) Which event had the best tie-ins in terms of enjoyment and feeling the most complementary to the main event?

3) Which format appealed to you the most?

1.) Thanos Imperative, War of Kings and the Annihilation: Conquest.

Thanos Imperative was the closest of the three to matching the original Annihilation in terms of threat scope and action. War of Kings also had a huge scope in regards to including the two remaining cosmic empires but the action in the main books weren't great. Conquest was decent but outside of Nova and the Star Lord mini, the prelude minis fell off hard in comparison to the other events especially the original Annihilation from almost just a year earlier and the main book was uneven is the nicest way to describe it.

2.) War of Kings. While the Realm of Kings minis and the storylines in Guardians of the Galaxy were great and also help lead into the story, WoK tie ins in some ways were better then the main book. They gave us multiple perpesctives showing the war wasn't just being fought on one front which even the original Annihilation didn't have during the main series and it felt great to see so many different story threads explode out of the ending similar to the original Annihilation, even if at the end a number of them didn't get picked on like I wanted. I didn't realize that the Realm of Kings prologue, Imperial Guard and Inhumans minis, along with Guardians of the Galaxy severed the same function for Thanos Imperative, but even though I loved those, I still have to give it to WoK.

I also blame it for making me a fan of Darkhawk.

3.) This is a tough one. I love the original format of the prologue, 4 individual stories leading into the main event where everything connects, which sort of what Thanos Imperative did on a smaller scale as well.


Man, I wish cosmic was coming back, but all I hear is Bendis talk and unless he is taking over Fantastic Four, I am not interested in Bendis' take given his previous run in with classic cosmic elements like the Infinity Gauntlet, Beyonder and the movie tie in comic I refuse to believe takes place in 616.

[Whim]

This makes me miss cosmic stories again. It's been the only Marvel stuff I actually wanted to buy in some time.

I think Conquest. Brought back Adam, and had a good villain with Ultron. Also liked the Star Lord mini series.

War of Kings did some good things too like bringing Darkhawk back and making him interesting. Didn't really like Lilandra dying, or the focus on the Inhumans who I don't like much.

I can't say Thanos Imperative, if for no other reason than we lost Star Lord and Nova. I want them back already.

[AnonymousMC]

A) How would you rank them in terms of most enjoyable to least?

1)Thanos Imperative
2)Annihilation Conquest
3)Annihilation
4)War of Kings

I have two words: Galactus Engine

B) Which event had the best tie-ins in terms of enjoyment and feeling the most complementary to the main event?

I have to say Annihilation Conquest, The Wraith, Starlord was well written and entertaining and I loved the moment when Moon Dragon, well turned into a DRAGON!

3) Which format appealed to you the most?
Thanos Imperative for sure.

[AnonymousMC]

I can't say Thanos Imperative, if for no other reason than we lost Star Lord and Nova. I want them back already.

Starlord returns in Avengers Assemble along with the other Guardians Of The Galaxy. I assume Nova is not too far behind considering another has shown up warning the earth of the Phoenix.

[Will.S]

While I enjoyed Thanos Imperative for it's super dark and creepy Lovecraftian atmosphere, villains, and neat concepts, I had a few issues with it that detracted from the overall experience for me.

The evil doppelganger versions of the Avengers and Defenders looked really cool and evil looking but they seemed a bit at odds with the cosmic setting and scope. Also Miguel Sepulveda's art had some nice money shots here and there but for the most part it wasn't really my bag, sometimes it looked too dark and muddy and I didn't really like his ultra metallic rendition of Silver Surfer or Drax's redesign which kind of called back to his original Drax costume. I actually wished that Brad Walker did the whole thing given how great Thanos Imperative: Ignition looked.

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I think an artist with a more horror-friendly style might've been a better choice, although I didn't really have a problem with Sepulveda. I thought the best art for that event was either Leonardo Manco's stellar work on the Realm of Kings one-shot or Kev Walker's excellent Imperial Guard mini-series. They both emphasized the twisted organic creepiness of the Cancerverse.

[roundman]

The original Annihilation was the best. Even Conquest paled in comparison.

[XPac]

I think an artist with a more horror-friendly style might've been a better choice, although I didn't really have a problem with Sepulveda. I thought the best art for that event was either Leonardo Manco's stellar work on the Realm of Kings one-shot and Kev Walker's excellent Imperial Guard mini-series. They both emphasized the twisted organic creepiness of the Cancerverse.

Yeah, the one shot was creepy as heck. I wish the entire series was handled like that.

[Nomads1]

For me, War of Kings. Maybe it has the edge because I'm such a sucker for Paul Pelltier art, but I found it a well structured story, suberbly paced and full of great twists. Loved both the tie-ins in GotG and Nova, with the spliting of the Guardians to visit the two warring factions and the rescue operation conducted by Nova. True, the main series focussed very little, if at all, on the previous figure-heads of the Cosmic line, but I really enjoyed that story. Plus, I had really enjoyed Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar and this story was a follow-up to it, so it gets extra points for this.

Next comes Thanos Imperative. Unlike in the previous events, the art wasn't exactly my favorite, but it was good enough. The Revengers were great, and the focus was back on the Guardians, however it was set up to dismantle the team, and place the focus on the Cosmic Avengers, so, for me, it felt a little bit bittersweet.

Annihilation Conquest comes in third. For me the high point of this whole event was the Star Lord mini-series. The main book was okay, at best, but it left me wanting to see much more then they showed, such as more Gladorian space-kinights, while the focus was on people I didn't have much intrest in reading about, such as Phyla-Vell and her Dragon Moondragon. IMHO, DnA neuterd quite a lot the caustic Moondragon, before killing her, and the bitchy Heather was always a favorite. I also found the Wraith series and the character boring. The main book was okay, and it gave us the awsome GotG series, but that's it for me.

Peace

[HsssH]

Conquest, Imperative, WoK.

I can't place Imperative higher because it was the end and i think that Thanos character was rebooted for no reason. Ok, bring him back but why does he have to lose all his character development? Sure he went crazy but thats such a cheap plot device.

WoK i can't place higher because i didn't care for half of the cast, mainly x-men side.

And Conquest comes out as top since it doesn't really have things that i didn't like. Well it has, i think that Quasar mini was badly written but thats a minor gripe for me compared to my problems with other two events.

[Nomads1]

I actually wished that Brad Walker did the whole thing given how great Thanos Imperative: Ignition looked.

My thoughts exactly.

Peace

[Will.S]

I think an artist with a more horror-friendly style might've been a better choice, although I didn't really have a problem with Sepulveda. I thought the best art for that event was either Leonardo Manco's stellar work on the Realm of Kings one-shot or Kev Walker's excellent Imperial Guard mini-series. They both emphasized the twisted organic creepiness of the Cancerverse.

I definitely would ave preferred Manco or Walker, they're great at that dark creepy stuff.

The original Annihilation was the best. Even Conquest paled in comparison.

That sir, is cheating.

For me, War of Kings. Maybe it has the edge because I'm such a sucker for Paul Pelltier art, but I found it a well structured story, suberbly paced and full of great twists. Loved both the tie-ins in GotG and Nova, with the spliting of the Guardians to visit the two warring factions and the rescue operation conducted by Nova. True, the main series focussed very little, if at all, on the previous figure-heads of the Cosmic line, but I really enjoyed that story. Plus, I had really enjoyed Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar and this story was a follow-up to it, so it gets extra points for this.

At first I didn't like how, as you've stated, the figure heads of the cosmic line weren't the focus in the events following the first Annihilation but after thinking it over it does make things more interesting so that it won't feel like repeats of past events. I liked how Thanos Imperative put the focus back on Nova and Star Lord again though and War of Kings brought us awesome moments like this:

Conquest, Imperative, WoK.

I can't place Imperative higher because it was the end and i think that Thanos character was rebooted for no reason. Ok, bring him back but why does he have to lose all his character development? Sure he went crazy but thats such a cheap plot device.

Yeah I can't think of a better way for Thanos to have gone out than Annihilation.

However I liked how Thanos Imperative addressed that Thanos was angry for having been resurrected since he was probably living it up with Death in the afterlife (heheh).