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Promotional cover art to Annihilation #1
Art by Gabriele Dell'Otto. Clockwise from top: Galactus, Moondragon, Nova, Annihilus, Ronan the Accuser, Silver Surfer, Drax the Destroyer |
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Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||
Publication date | November 2005 – May 2007 | ||
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Artist(s) | Gabriele Dell'Otto (all covers) | ||
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Editor(s) | Andy Schmidt | ||
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"Annihilation" was a 2006 crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics, highlighting several outer space-related characters in the Marvel Universe. The central miniseries was written by Keith Giffen, with editor Andy Schmidt.
A 48-page one-shot issue, Annihilation: Prologue, was released on March 15, 2006. It was followed by four concurrent 4-issue mini-series, Silver Surfer (April 1, 2006), Super-Skrull (April 12, 2006), Nova (April 19, 2006), and Ronan the Accuser (April 26, 2006). Annihilation was published as a six issue mini series beginning in August 2006. It was followed by two issues of Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus and a new volume of Nova.
While not published with the Annihilation banner, Drax the Destroyer: Earthfall #1-4 (Sept 2005) and Thanos #7-12 (2004) were preludes to the event.
Thanos visits the intergalactic prison, the Kyln. With the help of Star-Lord, he defeats the Beyonder. Thanos also befriends Skreet, a chaos mite, and enslaves a former herald of Galactus, the Fallen One.
Drax the Destroyer is on a prison transport ship that crashes in Alaska. He befriends a teenage girl named Cammi and protects the locals from the Blood Brothers, Lunatik, and Paibok. During the battle, Drax gains a new body. A second prison ship arrives and arrests both Drax and Cammi.