deathshead2 said:
This mini looks really neat I enjoy space things and sense I have money now I can pick it up. So could anyone fill me in on what happened in the other minis.
Nova: The Xandarian civilization is wiped out in the Annihilation Wave's opening attack. Richard Rider is the only surviving Nova Corps officer within range of the Worldmind, so it contacts him and downloads itself into his mind with the intent to have Rider keep it safe until Xandar can be rebuilt. The only problem is that the Worldmind is too powerful for one mind to contain safely, so Rich teeters on the brink of insanity. Despite that, Richard can't quit being the hero that he is, so he keeps courting danger to try and help others. Two of the first people he helps are Drax and Cammie, who become his traveling companions after Drax tells Richard that he can help him control the Worldmind. While traveling, they come upon a system beset by the Annihilation Wave and find Quasar trying to help the people of the system escape. Nova decides to help too, and he and Quasar soon find themselves in a standoff with thousands of Annihilation Wave ships. The power that Nova and the Worldmind are expending is so great that it draws Annihilus himself to the battle. He kills Quasar, but Nova, Drax, and Cammie manage to escape before Annihilus can get to them.
Silver Surfer: The Silver Surfer is minding his own business when the Annihilation Wave hits. Soon he finds himself hunted by Seekers, Annihilus' elite soldiers who wield the Negative Zone's counterpart to the Power Cosmic. The Surfer escapes Ravenous, the leader of the Seekers, and finds other ex-heralds who have also been hunted. Firelord tells the Surfer that Air-Walker, Morg, and Terrax have all been killed or captured, so Firelord, Red Shift, and the Surfer form an alliance. They help an alien get to safety and take on the Annihilation Wave, but eventually Red Shift is killed and Firelord and the Surfer find themselves hunted again. Galactus' current herald Stardust is also apparently killed by Annihilus' forces. Meanwhile, the Kyln, a space prison that Thanos was being held at, is destroyed. Thanos sends the Fallen One, the first herald, to investigate while he and Annihilus talk. The Fallen One finds that the destruction of the Kyln has released two powerful cosmic beings called Tenebrous and Aegis, who have some prior connection to Galactus. Galactus and the Surfer, both desperate thanks to Annihilus, decide to reforge their old bond and the Silver Surfer becomes Galactus' herald again. More powerful than before thanks to his renewed connection with Galactus, the Surfer defeats Ravenous after realizing that the currs, the dog-like creatures that all of the Seekers traveled with, were the actual source of the Seekers' cosmic powers.
Super-Skrull: Skrull space is attacked by the Annihilation Wave and Super-Skrull encounters the Harvester of Sorrows, a giant machine that converts planets into food for the enormous Annihilation Wave armies. He finds a young Skrull named R'kin who apparently worships him and they set off towards the planet where Super-Skrull's son lives to try and save him from the Harvester. Along the way, they liberate a bunch of the Annihilation Wave's prisoners and Super-Skrull fashions them into an army. When they finally reach the Harvester, Super-Skrull sets his plan to destroy it in motion, with R'kin set to deliver the final blow. But R'kin betrays Super-Skrull and reveals that he was working with the Annihilation Wave all along. Super-Skrull is captured and made to watch while the planet and his son are destroyed. Super-Skrull then frees himself, kills R'kin, and destroys the Harvester of Sorrows in a kamikaze attack. Praxagora, a female prisoner who joined Super-Skrull's army and later fell in love with him, is the only survivor left to recount Super-Skrull's heroic deeds in service to the Skrull Empire.
Ronan: Ronan is falsely accused of treason, stripped of his Accuser rank, and exiled. Not one to go quietly into the night, however, Ronan decides he must hunt down the witness who accused him, a Rigellian named Tana Nile, and force her to recant her testimony and clear his name. He finds himself on a backwater planet called Godthab Omega with ex-comrades of his, all of whom were also dishonored and/or exiled. While there, he encounters the Annihilation Wave and Gamora, who has apparently taken to the warlord lifestyle after leaving Adam Warlock's Infinity Watch. She has a group of loyal followers, including Cerise, a Shi'ar who used to be a member of Excalibur. Anyway, she finds herself drawn into battle with Ronan. They fight while the Annihilation Wave begins to tear through the planet's defenses, but soon they realize that they have no reason to fight. They return to their comrades and help them drive off the Annihilation Wave, then investigate. Soon they find Glorian, ex-apprentice to the cosmic cube the Shaper of Worlds, behind their manipulation. He wanted to refashion the planet they were on into a masterpiece beautiful enough to impress his former mentor, but after realizing that all he's done is destroy it, he goes crazy (he's supposed to be a creator). Ronan finally finds Tana Nile on her deathbed (she was nearly killed in the Annihilation Wave attack), who reveals that Fiyero House, a Kree political body, paid her to accuse Ronan. They wanted to take over the Kree rulership, and they knew Ronan, who was completely loyal to the old order, would create big problems for them. After all's said and done, Ronan and Gamora become allies and they set off to fight Annihilus, Ronan to redeem himself in the eyes of his fellow Kree and Gamora to avenge her followers who died at the Wave's hands while Glorian forced her to fight Ronan.
All of the stories (except, I guess, Super-Skrull's) will continue in the Annihilation mini-series.
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