I appreciate Luke laying out the collected volumes there. I would only take issue with one thing he said, from a personal standpoint:
I agree that the second ANNIHILATION story, Conquest, is fantastic. One of my favorite Marvel stories ever--I own it in deluxe hardcover. It was written (as we're the NOVA and GUARDIANS series) by Abnett and Lanning. The first ANNIHILATION event, on the other hand, was written by Giffen, and... I know that many fans consider it terrific... But, honestly, I found it and the four or five ancillary minis (such as Silver Surfer and Ronan) to be as dull as dirt. Just awfully, woefully dull. The Surfer's series in particular was like watching cosmic grass grow. --Van On May 15, 7:03 am, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > Both Annihilation and Annihilation Conquest are great stories. They are > collected in several volumes apiece. > > Annihilation features the rise of Nova to the "top space hero" stance, and > features the Annihilation Wave and Annihilus as Van described. It is > collected in three volumes, which include the prologue minis, the main > story, and the epilogue. The main story itself is collected in Volume 3, > but I recommend the entire series. > > Annihilation Conquest features a lot of the characters who go on to form > the latest version of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and features a classic > Avengers badguy as the big bad. Conquest has been collected in two > volumes, again featuring the prologues and the main series. The actual > series is collected in Volume 2. > > After Annihilation, Nova got his own solo series, all of which is collected > I think. Following Conquest, the Guardians of the Galaxy got their own > series as well, which is also available in trades. > > After Conquest, there was an event called War of Kings, which continues the > story and spins it in new directions, which continues into the Realm of > Kings, the Thanos Imperative, and Annihilators series. It's one grand big > space opera. > > Personally, I would recommend getting the three volumes of Annihilation and > starting there. Kieth Giffen writes the majority of the event, with Dan > Abbnett & Andy Lanning, Simon Furman, and Javier Grillo-Marxuach > contributing as well. You really don't need to know anything going in to > that story and it's just a hell of a ride. It was published at the same > time as Marvel's Civil War, and it is vastly superior. > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 7:45:41 AM UTC-4, Jim wrote: > > Any tpbs you recommend? > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Van <[email protected]> > > Sender: [email protected] > > Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 04:34:51 > > To: The Unique Geek<[email protected]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Re: It's Official: 'The Avengers 2' in the > > Works > > > The most recent incarnation of the Guardians fought both Thanos and > > Annihilus and his "Annihilation Wave." > > > There's been some speculation that, officially or only in Joss's head, > > the aliens represented part of the Annihilation Wave, and the "Other" > > was Annihilus himself. Whether official or not, they definitely served > > that purpose. > > > The Guardians also have recently included both Drax the Destroyer and > > Adam Warlock as members, and they are two of Thanos's three main > > enemies. (The 3rd being Mar-Vell.) > > > --Van > > > On May 14, 3:56 pm, James Peluso <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey Van, > > > > " And the ending of Avengers set up a Guardians movie pretty darned > > > well, I'd say. " > > > > How does the ending setup Guardians? I've never read Guardians of the > > > Galaxy so I'm interested in any story lines you are thinking of. > > > > Jim > > > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > What are you talking about, Van? Ant-Man was in Avengers. Honest! > > He's > > > > there, you just have to reeeaally squint in order to see him. ;) > > > > > On Wednesday, May 9, 2012 11:30:16 AM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: > > > > >>http://tv.yahoo.com/news/**official-avengers-2-works-**213300736.html< > >http://tv.yahoo.com/news/official-avengers-2-works-213300736.html> > > > > >> Well, that didn't take long. Granted, Avengers was one of the best > > comics > > > >> movies I've ever seen, but I still thought we'd hear more about solo > > movies > > > >> before the next team pic. > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > "The Unique Geek" group. > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > >https://groups.google.com/d/msg/theuniquegeek/-/K-1aRPry81AJ. > > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Unique Geek" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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