Annihilation
Keith Giffen · Dan Abnett · Andy Lanning
Story era 08 · Wars on Every Front
Annihilation brings Nova, Annihilus, Thanos, the Surfer, Ronan and Super-Skrull into a shared cosmic war.
Setup & reading order
- After Annihilation finale
Continue to Annihilation: Conquest.
Optional context & path
Path: Marvel Cosmic by Abnett & Lanning. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.
Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.
About these books · 4 sources
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The books
Annihilation Omnibus
Book 1 of 1 · Wars on Every Front
The Annihilation Wave tears the cosmic corner of the universe apart while Earth’s heroes look the other way.
See reading checkpoints9781302963576Planned edition9781302963569#1–4#1#1–4#1–4#1–4#1–4#1–6#1–2#1Annihilation: Nova #1–4 appears again in Nova: The Complete Collection Vol. 1. Read Richard Rider’s event chapters here and resume the Nova collection after that miniseries when following both books.
Edition sources
Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.
Duplication across this project
These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.
Show exact issues
Annihilation: Nova (2006) #1Annihilation: Nova (2006) #2Annihilation: Nova (2006) #3Annihilation: Nova (2006) #4Connected stories
Connected project: Annihilation: Conquest
Things to know
- It opens a larger cosmic sequence if continued into Conquest and War of Kings.