Annihilation

With there being a thread to discuss the Civil War and a thread to argue about Infinite Crisis, I saw it fit that the cosmic event Annihilation should get its own thread as well. It especially deserves one because it began this week. And what a start it is. Annihilation: Prologue has been one of the best comics I've read in months. Good work, Marvel.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

For any who want to know about, but don't want to buy the Prologue, I'll provide a synopsis of that issue. The rest of you can report back after reading the issue.

Spoiler:

Thanos and Death watch the destruction caused by the presence of the Annihilation Wave, a massive, seemingly unstoppable army. The army wipes out the Kyln, a maximum-security space prison and multi-planet energy provider. Xandar's corps are gathered once this attack is known. During the gathering, in which units were being assigned duties in relation to this threat, Xandar is attacked... by the same threat. This leads to massive damage and Nova being seriously injured by a spaceport falling the the planet's surface. Upon regaining consciousness, Nova discovers that the entire corps has been destroyed, save him, and that the planet is in ruin. The comic shifts to brief focuses on the three other miniseries characters, showcasing Ronan being stripped of his title for sedition and the Silver Surfer taking notice of the cosmic shift. Then, the story shifts back to the Annihilation Wave, revealing that the person leading the troops is Annihilus, lord of the Negative Zone.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I rather like what MArvel is doing with the limited series, though I do not know exactly waht transpires in the Super Skrull issue. Nova allows us to monitor Nova on his recovery from seeing his friends, colleagues, and the planet that was his second home obliterated before him. This issue is a nice starting point because it give Nova a new mission and pulls Drax into the story. Silver Surfer's first issue is also preliminary, mianly introducing Surfer to the Annihilation Wave. This issue ends with a quite angry Surfer, understandable considering what transpires in the issue, and an angry Surfer always leads to nice space battles and results.

I will agree that the art within the Super Skrull issue was sub-par.

As for the comment about threats in space called Universal, what else would you call them? They can, at any given time, be anywhere in the universe. Hence, no matter how power they are, they should be classified as Universal.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

It isn't that they are anywhere, it's that they could be anywhere. There's a difference. These space people are constantly on the move, so it's hard to keep track of them. But I really think that in this case, the term "universal" is being used to describe something the entire universe should know/be cocerned about.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

The editor of the title, Andy Schmidt has expressed the want to not include Adam Warlock, Watchers, or any cosmic constructs, such as Eternity, other than Galactus. Indeed, Thanos does seem to have some plan, but whether it is for the good of the universe or his own desires is yet to be seen.

Andy has also stated that no guest stars will appear next issue. However, I feel this would be the ideal time for him to live up to his statement of the Spaceknights making an appearance. He even said they were going to be the calvary. The United Front really needs a calvary right now.

I was speaking idiomatically.