Luckily Starlord Mini and Nova saved this collection.

So this is mostly all build up to a mind control plot that...to be honest isn't nearly as captivating as Annihilation. This is only in name, as none of the big plot points from the original happen, least not yet. But most of the stories in here can be read by themselves without any big connection. That, I assume, will mostly be in part 2.

The Starlord Mini is basically the build towards a guardians of the galaxy type team. Except they're so offbeat, it feels more like Suicide Squad in space at first. Which actually works and is pretty fun. Besides the plot itself not being all that original, the chemistry between the characters was really solid. The Nova storyline is good too, helps build up the threat really well.

The Quaser or whatever storyline is SO boring I almost fell asleep twice. I couldn't even bother after issue 3 not to skim over it.

But yeah, this is okay. While not nearly as good as the original event, but let's see how book 2 holds up.