Annihilation- The End

I finished the last two issues of the 6 part Annihilation limited series last night.

Echoing my thoughts of the 4 preludes - this has some good points,some bad bits and generally poor scripts throughout.

I didn't like that as the series started, the reader seemed to have missed out on a big chunk of story. How did some of these characters join forces to form an alliance against Annihilus?

I didn't like the fact that Drax killed Thanos so easily. Now I guess that Thanos will be back but he wouldn't have let himself get beaten like that.

I did like the general overall plot and Galactus cutting loose at the conclusion. Some good art throughout by Divito. (The series covers were cool too).

Overall, I pleased that I've read the series as I wanted to know what had been going on with Marvel's cosmic characters whilst the civil war was going on back on Earth. However, it's not a series I would want to read again in a hurry.

Annilation - The beginning

As I've said before - I've borrowed all the comics which feature the major Marvel Cosmic event of 2006 - Annihilation. Basically, Annihilus (a classic FF villain) has broken out of the negative zone and is rampaging across our universe. Marvel's cosmic characters including the Silver Surfer, Nova, The Kree, The Super-Skrull etc. are in the front line.

It's an exciting concept but unfortunately I don't think it's was delivered very well. The main creative force behind the story is Keith Giffen but I don't find his scripts very readable. In fact, they are hard work some of the time.

In the four mini-series' that precede the main comic, the best was Nova. This was for two reasons, one Nova is an old favourite of mine. Secondly, the new Drax is a good character. The script by Abnett and Lanning on the Nova was certainly the best.

The Silver Surfer (scripted by Giffen) was the worst and I couldn't really see why the Surfer has agreed to become Galactus' Herald once again. I also don't like what he's doing with Thanos. I can't put my finger on what I don't like just yet, but something is not gelling with me. It could be as simple as just not enjoying Giffen's scripting.

I hope the main event provides a big pay-off.