…and after the epic shenanigans of the first part of this collection the second half comes as something of an anti-climax. The last few issues of Warlock’s own series are a disappointment, a one-part Pip story, a battle with an entity called the Star Thief in which Warlock ends up being a mere distraction and a hasty resolution to the Star Gem story. It’s followed by a non-Starlin one off with Spider-Man making an unlikely journey to the moon to team up with Warlock whose issues from his own series suddenly disappear for reasons of plot contrivance. And it all ends jammed into the pages of other comics – The Avengers is a fairly logical development but the subsequent involvement of Spider-Man and the Thing is contrived. Still, some touching moments appear along the way, such as Pip’s fate and the resolution of the story for both Warlock and Thanos. A reminder that these monthly comics worked better as month on month storylines where breathers were welcome rather than gathered together this way. ( )