
In the first half of the book, the Annihilators travel to Galador and save it from the Dire Wraiths by blocking the light of the Black Sun. I would note that After they've done this, there are several panels where it's visible in the background, which feels like a miscommunication between the writers and Tan Eng Huat. Ronan, still smarting from Ikon saying he's the weakest member of the team takes out Doctor Dredd single-handedly. Good on him. it seems that they're a little too late as the Wraith Queen is already pretty powerful considering how she tossed them about when she appeared. Oh, and Brandy Clark, Rom's beloved and Matriarch of Galador is featured prominently, and makes more than a couple references to the Greatest of the SpaceKnights. Not by name, of course, because of those same issues about licensing that always crop up with Rom.
In the second story, Rocket rescues Groot with the help of the disgruntled Undergrowth. Then all of them save the planet from a horde of robot killer clowns. We learn Rocket doesn't remember his past, which might explain why it hasn't been brought up since his reemergence on the scene in Conquest. He and Groot travel back to Halfworld, and are about to be blown up when the issue ends. I love Timothy Green II's artwork. It's very animated, more exaggerated than his other work, maybe because he doesn't draw anything really human. It's all talking animals (and plants, and fungi) and killer clown robots. That encourages a little loose style. He's very good with the expressiveness of the characters, especially chagrin or uncertainty

Nice to see Beechen is continuing to restock the rogue's gallery he depleted. I'm curious to see what Undercloud's plan is for Gotham (I almost typed it as Underclod). I like that Grayson's unwilling to let Bruce play his secret protecting games. Eduardo Pansica handles the art this month, and his style is the smoother sort I prefer, though Bruce looks too young. His faces isn't weathered enough. Pansica draws a couple of action scenes, and there's pretty good flow from one panel to the next, both in how the panels are situated, and in how the character's are placed and moving within the panels.

The question of who was behind the Puppet Master remains. I guess it's going to be the spine of the book, assuming the book survives long enough. I'm surprised at the idea of Paladin actually caring for Misty. He struck me as "no strings" kind of guy, but what the heck. Robert Atkins is still the penciler this month, and I feel like a lot of the perspectives are off. Characters don't seem to be looking in the right direction, or the angle they're shown at doesn't match the angle a bullet they fired comes from, things like that. The art isn't bad, but I have this nagging feeling the whole time that something isn't right about it.

Let's see. I like what drove Ragdoll to take the steps he did, though I don't know if I buy it. Maybe he was just going crazy in a different way than he was accustomed. I don't like Catman being able to kill a large, seemingly powerful demon as easily as he did. Then again, they're in Hell, so I'm sure a demon can pull itself together quickly. I like Bane's shock when he learns of his fate, and Deadshot's general indifference to the whole situation. I hope Calafiore's not going to be doing that backdrop of skulls for the remainder of the arc. It's kind of irritating more the more I look at it. Plus, when characters are drawn outside specific panels, they get this thicker black border around them which also bugs me. It gives the impression that image was pasted in there, like a kid's book where each page is a setting, and you place the stickers how you want to.
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hey, if you wanna see my take on Annihilators #2 go to this blog:
http://www.romspaceknightart.blogspot.com/
my review is a bit more "colorful" then your own. by the way, based on your review can i infer that you like The Annihilators thus far?
David H.: Yeah, Annihilators would be my book of the week, and it's probably the title I'm buying I'm most excited about each month (it's that or Batgirl).
They need to go brighter, simpler colors for the Annihilators section, so the art would pop off the page more, but other than that, it's been great. It is a shame Rom can't actually show up.
I enjoy the Rocket Raccoon story quite a bit more than it sounds like you do, which I can I understand if you don't like the character, so his presence is making you pay $5 for the story you do like. I don't mind his presence in the Marvel Universe as much as you. I think he helps emphasize how weird a place it is.
Outer space at Marvel isn't just galaxy-spanning empires ruled by aggressive alien races. It's also lunatic asylum worlds staffed by talking animals, a world run by talking trees, planets with facial hair that eat other planets, black suns which grant mystical energies, all kinds of strange stuff. I think that's pretty cool.
Personally, I prefer Rocket as he appeared in that '80s Mantlo/Mignola mini-series, where he was more of a swashbuckler, as opposed to his current "Bruce Willis in Die Hard" style, but I still like the character.
About the line the squirrel had being from Batman, I thought they'd just used it because it was a squirrel, so it made for an awful pun. Squirrel, nuts, so on.
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