Annihilation, Book 3 (Marvel Comics)

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The epic collection of the cosmic event concludes! One empire has fallen. Two heroes are dead. It all comes together here! Individually, the Silver Surfer, Super-Skrull, Ronan and Nova have faced down the Annihilation Wave...and lost! Now, they must unite those who remain or die by Annihilus' hand! The Annihilation has only begun! Plus: Get caught up on all the players in the Annihilation event - Annihilus, Nova, Ronan, the Silver Surfer, the Super-Skrull, Thanos and more - courtesy of the Xandarian Worldmind files of the Nova Corps! Collecting Annihilation #1-6, Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus #1-2, and the Annihilation: The Nova Corps Files handbook.

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4 out of 5 stars

The end? August 5, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

The annihilation wave has made it's impact, and in this third hardcover collection, the surviving intergalactic warriors prepare to make a last stand. Silver Surfer, Nova, the Super Skrull, and Ronan are about to face down Annihilus with the universe hanging in the balance, with the impact set to reach even greater heights. After two collections of what seemed like lead-up's to the main event, the full, main Annihilation mini-series is collected here, and it's worth the anticipation, mainly thanks to a universe shattering smackdown between Nova and Annihilus. In many ways, the whole Annihilation event is more enjoyable than Marvel's other high profile mega event, Civil War. Then again, when you've got a guy like Keith Giffen (the creator of DC's Lobo, so he knows a thing or two about intergalactic comic book operas) at the helm, you pretty much know you'll be in for something good at the very least. The art throughout is solid as well, including work from Teen Titans artist Mike McKone and Andrea DiVito among others. The only real downside is that when the end comes, it feels as if the story isn't over yet and that there's more on the horizon (and there is, naturally), so you'll be left wanting more regardless. That being said, this third hardcover Annihilation collection is an essential pickup if you've enjoyed the previous collections that led up to this, and in that case, you'll want to see how it all pans out anyway.

5 out of 5 stars

Annhilation ends; Conquest begins... August 19, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

All hell breaks loose! Nova leads a remnant of heroes in a losing battle against the unstoppable Annihilation wave. All hope seems lost as Galactus and Silver Surfer fall into Annihilus's hands. Thanos seems to be the only thing standing between Annihilus and the destruction of two universes. However, Drax will not be denied of his goal to kill Thanos even if it means the end of life for everyone and everything. Ronan confronts the corrupt House Fiyero as the resistance falls apart. If you haven't read book 1, do yourself a favor and pick it up. Annihilation is the best thing going on at Marvel right now. Forget Civil War and everything else. This is the must read event of 2006. Annhilation: Conquest is starting and is sure to be the must read event of 2007.

5 out of 5 stars

The Action-Packed Conclusion! September 9, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

The first two books of Annihaltion carried the mini series this one though it's got it all the main series the meat and potatoes of the story. Annihilation was slept on as far as big events overshadowed by Civil War but, far and away the better event. In this final book Nova and the rest of his Warriors prepare for the final battle against the Annihilation Wave if they fail Earth is directly in the waves path. Great read and awesome finish to the event.

4 out of 5 stars

Amazing August 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This book was better than Civil War... easily. As grand as Civil War was, this story takes place on such a larger scale. Do yourself a favor and buy this book

3 out of 5 stars

Big disappointment. November 21, 2007
1 out of 8 found this review helpful

I read a lot of positive reviews on Amazon about how cool this series was and how it blew Marvel's "Civil War" series out of the water. Maybe that comparison alone should have been enough to scare me off. Anyway, as a kid, I read pretty much every single comic Marvel put out between 1963-79, and I was well versed in their many attempts at ultra-cosmic, super-duper, mind-blowing meta-fiction from the 1970s. I dutifully consumed all the books with third-rate characters such as Drax the Destroyer, Moondragon, Star Lord, Nova, Darkseid (uh, I mean, Thanos), the Eternals, etc., and more sympathetic (but no less dreary) headliners such as Warlock and Captain Marvel... A youth well wasted.

Anyway, I was willing to give this series a shot and even got all tingly as I lined the big, thick books up on my shelf and got ready for a week or so of super-cosmic zip-zapping. The introductory book, showing the beginning of the "annihilation wave" invasion coming from the alternate-universe Negative Zone, had as an upside the wiping out of the cheesy Green Lantern-ripoff "Nova Corps," and set the stage for the rest of the series. Book Two had one relatively strong plotline, with the quest of the amoral, battle-hardened Super Skrull, as well as a Silver Surfer story that, while it was a chore to get through, was still relatively interesting. Book Three was just awful, though. The uber-cosmic war ground slowly to a plodding end. The invasion's leader, the buglike Annihillus, has never been that interesting, and he proved utterly boring and unimpressive here, although the entire series was supposed to hinge on his creepy, unhuman badness. And yet: yawn. It was a readable plotline, but just barely. The coda, a miniseries featuring the various surviving heralds of Galactus -- Firelord, Silver Surfer and a couple of other utterly forgettable losers -- was so, so, so, so, so very bad, as lame and paper-thin as anything ever published in the '70s. Books One and Two were okay, but it's really hard to say whether it's even worth it to pick up Volume 3, even to see how it all turns out. This was one of the most leaden, sluggish comics I've read in a long, long time. Oh, well. Live and learn. (Axton)

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