Editorial Review:

A gathering of forces! The Annihilation Wave has scoured the galaxy for the one-time heralds of Galactus - forcing the Silver Surfer to seek out his former master and prepare for a cataclysmic battle with primordial foes! As the Annihilation Wave spreads into Kree and Skrull space, witness the Super-Skrull's personal quest to combat Annihilus from the Negative Zone for the life of his son! And the recently ousted Ronan the Accuser sets to clear his name, only to come face-to-face with an army of powerful women led by Gamora! Meanwhile, Thanos and Annihilus have forged an alliance - but what do they seek? Collecting Annihilation: Silver Surfer #1-4, Annihilation: Super-Skrull #1-4 and Annihilation: Ronan #1-4.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Annihilus is of power! Annihilus is of death!:

Annihilus is forever!
Continuing Marvel's epic in the stars, Book 2 tells the stories of three individuals within the larger context of the Annihilation Event. Beautifull, they're self-contained, but also have necessary plot points to know for Book 3.
The first story belongs to the Silver Surfer, which is centered on how the Annihilation Wave can be any different from when the Surfer served as a herald to Galactus. It's a well-told story with internal and external conflict, and pays respect to the... more info

Book 2 is more a sidebar than a continuation of Book 1:

Marvel's second "Annihilation" volume collects three 2006 mini-series: Annihilation: Silver Surfer #1-4, Annihilation: Super-Skrull #1-4 and Annihilation: Ronan #1-4. The first story arc features the Silver Surfer and other former Heralds of Galactus as they are pursued by and prepare to battle the impending Annihilation Wave. The second and third segments feature Silver Age cosmic villains (Super Skrull and Ronan the Accuser, respectively) who each seek public redemption from their mounting irrelevance.... more info

Must Have:

This series is classic space opera in its most enjoyable form. If you are recently returning to comics, this story will remind you why you loved them to begin with.

Uneven middle chapter:

Since Annihilation is told in a series of connected miniseries by different artists and writers the results are naturally uneven and in this book it really hurts.
This volume has 3 seperate stories, the Silver Surver miniseries, Superskrull and Ronan the Accuser. Each has very different art and stories that seem padded out. The forces of Annihilation Wave look drastically different in each series and if they didn't have the same name you'd never know it was the same foe.
Worse yet each book is... more info

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