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.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Annihilation War continues!,
By Elvis Zombie "Dustin" (Angola, Indiana USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Annihilation, Book 2 (Hardcover)
In Annihilation book 1 Nova and Quasar took on Annihilus, but things didn't turn out so well. Quasar fell in battle and Nova barely got away with his life. Book 2 focuses on Silver Surfer, Super-Skrull, and Ronan the Accuser.
The Heralds of Galactus are being hunted down to feed Annihilus's appetite for power. In book 1 Annihilus absorbed Quasar's energy and took the quantum bands and now he wants the cosmic energy contained in Silver Surfer and the other Heralds of Galactus. To make things worse, Thanos has entered into alliance with Annihilus, and the Annihilation wave's destruction of the Kyln at the begining of the war released two ancient evils, Tenebrous and Aegis. These two are sworn enemies of Galactus and are themselves devourer of worlds. Meanwhile, the Annihilation wave has entered Skrull space. However, the Skrull warlords are so busy bickering over power it seems the Skrull Empire is already doomed. The Super-Skrull embarks on a personal quest to combat Annihilus in order to save the life of his son. This involves stopping the doomsday weapon, "The Harvester of Sorrow," which is destorying whole worlds to feed the Annihilation wave. Also in book 2, we learn what happened to Ronan the Accuser. Stripped of his title and exiled from the Kree Empire, Ronan embarks on a quest to clear his name. However, driven by manipulating forces Ronan instead winds up fighting Gamora in a battle to the death. While engaged in this struggle the Annihilation wave stikes! One may think that a lack of A-list characters such as X-men or Avengers would be a weakness for these books. However, the major strength of Annihilation is its lack of A-list characters. All these B-listers are thrown together into one heck of a story and it keeps you on the edge of your seat. The story is great, the subplots are great, and the characters all end up cooler than they were before. Annihilation rocks! Annihilation is WAR!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Essential Reading, but not great unfortuantely,
By JBizzle "Da Fizzle Shizzle, Dizzle" (Under A Rock) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Annihilation, Book 2 (Hardcover)
When these originally came out as single issues I'd tried to skip these and only read the actual "Annihilation" books. Unfortuantely these are all essential to the story though & the actual book wound up confusing for me. I then went back when the series was reprinted in trade format and read the whole story. I'm glad I did because the "Annihilation" series were some of the best comic books I've read in a long time. Unfortuantely though the mini's collected in Book 2 while essential to the story, are over all pretty drab & boring. The art is also pretty minor league stuff & kinda tough (at least for me) to get into. Book 2 collects issues 1-4 of "Annihilation Super Skrull", Annihilation - Silver Surfer", "Annihilation - Ronin". Now these are by no means the worst stories you'll ever read, but just not on the same level as the Drax, & Nova books collected in Book 1. All in all though in the end Book 2 adds to the plot & you'll be glad you read them by the time you move on to Book 3. Definately read Book 2 if you're even slightly intersted in the Annihilation series, you'll be glad you did.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A better second half,
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This review is from: Annihilation, Book 2 (Hardcover)
Volume 1 of the Marvel "Annihilation" event was a very well done, if flawed, collection that seemed to suffer a tad in direction and art but still managed to present something on a truly epic, universal level. Volume 2 pics right up with its collection. While things are (VERY) slowly coming together, these three mini-arcs are quite superior to the previous volume, despite being less directly involved in the main plot. First off, I'll be frank and say I was never a fan of the Silver Surfer; that has changed. He really impressed me in this mini-series and came across as more than Hollywood Oscar's twin brother. Ronan the Accuser had an interesting presence as well. But both of those pale in comparison to the story of the Super Skrull. Until this book, I had no idea who he was, but he easily steals this entire collection. Few characters in comics come across as so well-developed as Super Skrull does. He is a villain and a hero both at once and every scene he's in makes one pay attention. His inclusion alone justifies the entire "Annihilation" event and really impressed me. The art, like before, is a mixed bag. None of it really blew me away, and I get the feeling that all the "big" artists were working on "Civil War", but what's here is good and gets the job done, albeit in a less detailed, more stylized, way. In the end, while this collection's not quite as plot heavy, it is definitely more character-driven, and that makes is superior to the first volume, if just barely. An easy recommendation for an event that keeps getting bigger and better.
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