Conquest: Prologue. DnA do a great job of giving the newest threat to the galaxy an epic feel, while steel keeping the story very human. An enthralling start! [8/10]. 
 Star-Lord. The Star-Lord miniseries nicely bridges Star-Lord's past through Annihilation and sets up the Star-Lord who'll become famous on the big screen. More notably, it gathers together a pretty cool group of space heroes ... who turn out to be the Guardians of the Galaxy! Woot! Yeah, there's a plot here about Phalanx viruses, but it's all these characters who make the story [7/10]. 
 Quasar. Phyla is a great character because she embodies the legacy of both Captain Marvel and Quasar, and this mini-series takes advantage of all of that, with a well-defined Moondragon only adding to the fun. On the downside, the whole story is a long macguffin quest meant to advance Conquest by a single plot point, and it also features endless battles against the Super Adaptoid (literally, one per issue). These unfortunately drag the story [6/10]. 
 Overall, a strong start to this new cosmic story.