The fight that was promised to us at the end of the first issue is delivered in full here as the team of Annihilators (Gladiator, Quasar, Ronan the Accuser, Beta Ray Bill and Ikon the Space Knight) throw down with the Avengers (Iron Man, Captain America, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Ms. Marvel, Valkyrie, and the Thing) who have shown up to stop the alien invaders from leveling a Colorado town... by creating more violence and further leveling the Colorado town.On the plus side the huge amount of property damage eventually reveals the Universal Church of Truth's secret base. The teams come to a temporary ceasefire as they are attacked by the Church's zealots and warriors protecting a secret deep within their once hidden base.
It's a little cliche to see two groups of heroes get into a brawl over a misunderstanding but the action is pretty good here as the Avengers give it their all but still can't stop the cosmic guardians. There's also a humorous moment between Spidey and Quasar when the Web-Head meets Quasar's space girlfriend.
My only real complaint here is the Rocket Raccoon/Groot back-up story gets even more truncated than it did in the first issue. We only get five pages of the pair stuck in Mojo's TV studio fighting out battles for the alien's entertainment. I enjoyed the story, and I love how artist Timothy Green II draws Rocket Racoon. I just wanted a few more pages of this story. Worth a look.
[Marvel, $3.99]
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