10 MCU Storylines The Comics Did Better
1. Annihilation: Conquest Did Cosmic Scale Better Than Guardians Of The Galaxy
2014's Guardians of the Galaxy was a breath of fresh air for the MCU, a wacky yet heartfelt film that helped expand the MCU's scope into the cosmic realm and brought characters such as Groot and Rocket Raccoon to the forefront of the pop culture discourse.
It is a brilliant comic book film that deserved all its praise and success and this in turn makes Annihilation: Conquest's success all the more impressive. The 2007/2008 sequel to Annihilation took its predecessor's approach in deepening Marvel's cosmic lore by focusing on an unlikely group of heroes as they go up against an overwhelmingly powerful threat (Annihilus in the original, and the Phalanx in the sequel).
While the first Guardians film took inspiration from Conquest, the comic storyline does a few things better than the film. For starters, the Phalanx as a villain may not be that compellingly executed, but the techno-organic hive mind is leagues better than the forgettable Ronan the Accuser. Furthermore, the film's scale is impressive but does not come close to incredible moments such as Nova collapsing a dwarf star to escape a Phalanx field.
All in all, the gap in quality between these two pieces of Marvel media is not that wide, but Conquest ever so slightly takes the edge.