Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord Vol 1 1

Part of the Annihilation: Conquest event
Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord #1
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Art by: Nic Klein
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Art by: Nic Klein
Release Date	July 25, 2007
Cover Date	September, 2007
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Joe Quesada

1st story
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Keith Giffen
Penciler(s)	Timothy Green II
Inker(s)	Victor Olazaba
Colorist(s)	Nathan Fairbairn
Letterer(s)	Rus Wooton
Editor(s)	Bill Rosemann Alejandro Arbona

 We who...*tik*...are about to die salute you. 

—Bug

Appearing in 1st story

Featured Characters:

• Star-Lord (Peter Quill) (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

• Imperial Kree Army
  • Chan-Dar (First appearance)
  • Galen-Kor
  • Par-Van (Mentioned)
  • Yor-Bal (Mentioned)
• Bug
• Deathcry (Sharra Neramani)
• Mantis
• Captain Universe (Gabriel Vargas)
• Rocket Raccoon
• Groot (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Fallen One (Only in flashback)
• Phalanx (Mentioned)

Other Characters:

• Master of the Sun (Mentioned)
• Ronan (Mentioned)
• Spaceknights (Mentioned)
• Annihilation Wave (Mentioned)
• Annihilus (Mentioned)
• Nick Fury (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Human-Spartax Hybrids
• Kree
• Phalanx (Mentioned)
• Badoon (Mentioned)
• Insectivorids
• Shi'ar
• Humans
• Halfworlders
• Flora colossi

Locations:

• Avaleen-4 (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Aladon Prime (First appearance)
• Hala (Mentioned)
• Kaliklak (Mentioned)
• Planet X (Mentioned)

Items:

• Star-Lord's Uniform
• Translator Implant

Vehicles:

• Ship (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)

Synopsis for 1st story

Following the Phalanx invasion of Hala, Peter Quill is nursed back to health by the Kree on Aladon Prime. Due to the fact the Phalanx contaminate all technology they come in contact with, Quill has all his cybernetic implants removed.

After Quill recovers, he is brought before Kree Intelligence First-Tier Admiral Galen-Kor. Galen-Kor explains that Quill is to lead a group of expendable warriors into the Phalanx sphere if influence and destroy their facility which is manufacturing insertion packages to spread their contagion across the galaxy.

Trivia

• Groot is shown to speak normally throughout this mini-series, rather than using his iconic "I Am Groot" speech pattern. Despite Groot being shown to speak normally, Rocket Raccoon is notably the only member of the group to respond to anything Groot says, indicating that no one else understands him.
  • In Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord #3, Bug does comment on the exchange between Groot and Rocket after Rocket spits on him to provide him with water, but given Bug's response, it suggests he was likely picking up the tone of the exchange through Groot's upset body language and yelling.
  • Groot's iconic "I Am Groot" speech pattern officially begins in the main Annihilation: Conquest mini-series.

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