Review by the Dork: Annihilation Book One TPB

Writer: Keith Giffen, Dan Abnett, and Andy Lanning
Artist: Mitch Breitweiser, Scott Kolins, Ariel Olivetti and Kev Walker
Publisher: Marvel Comics (October 17, 2007)
Price: $24.99 Softcover Hardcover (Out of Print-March 7, 2007)
Format: TPB
Includes: Drax the Destroyer #1-4, Annihilation Prologue and Annihilation: Nova #1-4.

I just finished reading the first volume in this epic storyline. For most crossovers I don't read them as single issues as they usually are too hard to follow and the trade will show whether or not the storyline holds up across the arc of titles. Most do not and become almost unreadable.

However, this first volume does hold up, so I tip my hat to both editor Andy Schmidt and collection editor Mark D. Beazley.

What I looked forward to reading in this Annihilation story is the corner of the Marvel Universe rarely explored, the worlds beyond Earth.

So far, so good.

The one thing I would have liked to see in this first volume and in the first couple of pages is an in depth What's What of the Universe. I do appreciate the Bio/History pages provided, but the surface material was not enough to answer questions that I had going into the series.

Like...I thought the Skulls lost their ability to shape shift? I thought the Kree civilizations had been destroyed? etc. etc.