The whole idea behind the positive and negative universes eating each other was fun. I don't read this for the science, after all. All these big players on a big scale story is so delicious.

The best of the 3 collected series, where the story line shines the most.

Super Skrull and Ronan The Accuser!

The highlight of this collection is probably the Silver Surfer limited series. But, probably just because I enjoyed learning about Galactus and his Heralds. Things in the Marvel Universe I never really knew about. Like I knew who Galactus was and I know who the Silver Surfer one - at least by name - and I knew Galactus ate planets. But that was about it. So learning, yay!

Silver SurferHe's as uninteresting - as personality-free -as ever. Throughout this book it's just a tour of destruction, a few skirmishes with "his match" (who never quite seem to keep him from beating them), some other Heralds I've never heard of, and a lot of dead space. At the end there's a few pages of power bolts and fists to break up the monotony, and an encounter with Galactus that changes SS, so it's a start.What's the deal with Thanos' little friend? She's like a cross between Tinkerbel...

There wasn't much to enjoy in this trade. All three miniseries were fairly boring, though I think the Super-Skrull mini was my favorite of the three. However, I could see how they were all building toward something bigger, so I'm looking forward to the next trade and the actual Annihilation crossover.

More cosmic warfare from Marvel Comics as the Annihilation war continues! This collects three of the mini-series.Ronan: one time accuser of the Kree Empire has been framed and exiled. Once there he tries to clear his name, fight the Annihilation War and deal with an army of amazons. Good story and great art.Super-Skrull: This one time hero is now considered a washed up relic and so he journey's into the Negative Zone to strike the heart of the Annihilation Swarm. Along the way he gathers a rag-t...

For those reading all three of my reviews only the middle part has new information.This isn't a book for a casual Marvel Universe reader. If you read it and aren't a pro you absolutely must read the historical information in between scenes.There are a lot of stories within but they blend well enough and are needed.In book two we get focuses upon the History of Super Skrull, Skrull society, the many heralds of Galactus, Elder Gods, Titans and the Kree people with a spotlight on Ronan (something o...

Fun read though the Ronan chapters were convoluted and mehh.

Supremely dissapointed in this series after Abnett passed the reigns. The artwork is shocking. No imagination whatsoever. Drax is the only likeable character.

One third if this collection was okay, while the other two-thirds was a huge let-down.I enjoyed the Silver Surfer section, but only a little. It provided me with what I was missing in volume one of this event: background info on the Negative Zone and Annihilus. As an added bonus, the Silver Surfer section united Galactus' heralds, and it was a great to see such mega-powers interacting.The Super Skrull section of the collection was my favourite even though it had the most coherent storyline, but

Annihilation grows more interesting in this second volume. Not exactly Starlin, but close…A lot of cosmic fun packed into this volume: The Surfer and other heralds of Galactus, first appearance of Tenebrous and Aegis, always nice to see Gamora, Ronan’s here, and Glorian, a face I haven’t seen since the ‘70s in the pages of The Incredible Hulk and The Defenders, although he ‘s not used very well in this storyline and he’s missing those fabulous golden locks of his.My favorite? The subplot with Kl...

The road to Annihilation is a long one, and I with this book I began to wonder when we were going to get to the fireworks factory. Well it turns out taking the scenic route there isn't all that bad.The Ronan- and Super-Skrull-stories are intriguing close-ups of classic villains, portrayed as outcasts who make an ultimate sacrifice. Scorned by their respective Kree and Skrull empires it's ironic how these two representatives of people that are supposed to loathe each other are alike. In the end i...

This volume continues the Annihilation storyline and shakes the dust off several little used Marvel characters with three miniseries, featuring The Silver Surfer, Ronan The Accuser and The Super Skrull. The fates of these characters all become intertwined with the Annihilation invasion. Some of the storytelling is uneven - we don't know the fate of Galactus' heralds, for instance - but this trade pb does contain plot points vital to understanding the series. The Super Skrull miniseries is by far...

This is made of 3 separate volumes, each 4 issues in length. I'll start with the bad: Super-Skrull: Dull, boring story. I really found it hard to care at all. Probably because I don't have much interest in the super Skrull unless he's fighting the Fantastic Four or the Avengers, and Skrulls are pretty much just canon fodder outside of Secret Invasion. There was a bit of betrayal, which I didn't see coming, but that was it. The art work was also poor (the Annilihation wave looked nothing like the...

I really enjoyed the first Annihilation trade but this collection almost seemed pointless. The three different stories all seemed like they didn't really fit into the overall story. If anything they were afterthoughts and shouldn't have been collected as "Part 2" of the whole when they really aren't. The art of the Super-Skrull story, while not bad, didn't fit with the story at all. Overall, this could have been skipped.

As stated in my review of Annihilation: Book One , it was my appreciation of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning's revival of Marvel's cosmic side in the pages of Nova and Guardians of the Galaxy that drew me here, to the even that served as their launch pad. However, the more I read of this, the more I come to appreciate the man who appears to be the architect of the event: Keith Giffen.This second volume collects Annihilation: Silver Surfer #1–4, written by Giffen and drawn by Renato Arlem (whose s...

3.5 StarsThis was a mixed bag. The Silver Surfer story was more confusing than anything, with the introduction of new characters who predated Galactus..or something like that. It was kinda cool to see the Surfer and Galactus reunited against the annihilation wave, but mostly this was all over the place.The Super Skrull story to me was the most enjoyable of the three included. The story was fairly straightforward and also had the most lasting ramifications of the stories in this volume.The Ronan

Like the first book of Annihilation, this one has its ups and downs, as it's the re-printing of three lead-in miniseries by three different creative teams. The standout of the bunch is the Silver Surfer, with a gritty art style that probably shouldn't work (but mostly does) and a story that puts Surfer back in Galactus's hands and re-establishes his moral ambiguity and his power level.Super-Skrull, by Javier Grillo-Marxuach (of Lost and Middleman fame), has its moments but can't seem to decide w...

A mixed bag, art and story. The Surfer part was my favorite. I appreciate how Marvel makes an attempt to tie together a lot of tiny disparate parts of their universe. I'm also eager to see how this all turns out!