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Kyougu

So excited for Young Avengers today.

Maratastik

I saw a couple people mention Annihilation, and having just read the first couple issues of Guardians of the Galaxy, I seem to recall them mentioning Annihilation....are the two related? And if so, should I read Annihilation (what is it?).

Solar

Annihilation was the event before Annihilation: Conquest, which is what sparked off Guardians of the Galaxy

it's basically the beginning of that whole Marvel cosmic thing and is very good yes

you should read Annihilation

Centipede Damascus

Basically Marvel's Cosmic stuff had been sitting around unused for a while and the Annihilation event reintroduced guys like Drax and Thanos and Gamora and Star-Lord to the Marvel Universe. It's epic superhero space opera, and it's awesome.

Elderlycrawfish

Annihlation is great, highly recommend it if you enjoyed Guardians. Conquest is pretty good too.

The Nova series is also a great read, and touches on both events and more. And has more Cosmo in it.

Maratastik

That all sounds pretty awesome. So what are the books that I should buy?

Golden Yak

Annihilation is in 3 trades, the 3rd contains the main series, the first 2 are all the build-up side-stories. Drax and Nova in book 1, Silver Surfer, Ronan, and Super Skrull in book 2.

Centipede Damascus

Olorin wrote: »

That all sounds pretty awesome. So what are the books that I should buy?

Annihilation book 1
Annihilation book 2
Annihilation book 3
Nova vol. 1
Annihilation: Conquest book 1
Annihilation: Conquest book 2
Nova vol. 2

Unfortunately, some of those are out of print at the moment, though they can sometimes still be found cheaply.

Elderlycrawfish

Most of that is available digitally though, if you're a Comixology user.

Confession time, I actually skipped book 2 of Annihilation. Also some of the other Conquest books (Wraith, Quasar). And pretty much all of War/Realm of Kings aside from any crossovers in GotG and Nova.

I have every intention of picking'em up on sale someday. But it wasn't hard at all to get by with the stuff I did have. For Annihilation, definitely get books 1 & 3.

BlankZoe

Young Avengers was pretty dang rad but I didn't dig the ending all that much.

I was actually looking forward to Wiccan getting over his mopey bullshit and then OH HEY NOPE HE IS GONNA KEEP FUCKIN UP

UnbrokenEva

it's the start of the series he needs to start as a screwup to have room to improve! and the solicit totally said he was going to do something really dumb!

BlankZoe

Yes but he has been doing dumb thing since he was created.

UnbrokenEva

yeah but that's the previous writer's fault

Gillen can't just go "he's better now, happened off camera"

you start him off the way he was when readers last saw him, and then have the character grow from there

BlankZoe

.... Yes? That is what I said.

Gillen has Teddy explicitly explain to the reader that Billy has been a whiny idiot forever.

Which made me excited for him to not be one.

And then he goes and makes probably the dumbest decision he has yet to make.

I get where Gillen is going but Billy has been so dumb for so long I didn't need another YA FUCKED UP, KID.

UnbrokenEva

he's not going to turn it around in one issue!

A lifelong fuckup isn't going to suddenly improve on a dime, he'll fuck up an attempt or two to change as well

BlankZoe

Quentin Quire went from borderline super villain to sympathetic rebel in like an issue and a half of WatXM, duder.

UnbrokenEva

He's also a lot more secondary in WatXM than the character in question is in Young Avengers.

Billy learning not to be a whiny fuckup is probably going to be a major part of YA's first arc

if he pulled a complete 180 in the first issue it would be way too easy and remove a chance for him to have an interesting character arc

also something something feels

BlankZoe

I am not saying GILLEN THIS IS TERRIBLE YOU MONSTER AAARGH

just that I was happy that one character was finally moving in a more positive direction and then had the rug pulled away at the end of the first issue

didn't ruin the issue but left a bit of a sour taste in my mouth

TexiKen

Kind of glad I'm waiting to read Young Avengers after this arc since it's That's So Wiccan.

UnbrokenEva

I guess I just never got the impression he was moving in a positive direction

I read the part after Teddy yelled at him and thought "...shit. He took exactly the wrong thing away from that, he doesn't get it at all."

And he didn't!

BlankZoe

Balefuego

Annihilation book 2 is entirely skipable

Etchwarts

Man, She-Hulk with short hair is a...different look.

MetalMagus

So, with the

Wolverine and Sue Storm time travel

plot point spoiled in the upcoming solicits, can we start referring to Age of Ultron as

Days of Future Ultron

? Cause that's totally the vibe I'm getting.

Undead Scottsman

Modern Cosmic Marvel, as mentioned, was pretty much kicked off by Annihilation. (Though Annihilation builds off of some events of Thanos: Samaritan) If you're a completionist, the whole story is pretty much contained in the following trades (though you can defintely skip a few of 'em)

Annihilation Classic - Skippable
Thanos: Ephiphany - Skippable
Thanos: Samartian - Skippable, but I'd recommend it. Hard to find though
Annihilation Book 1 - Must Read
Annihilation Book 2 - Skippable, but I'd recommend it. Fun to watch Ronin and Super-Skrull be the protagonists
Annihilation Book 3 - Must Read
Nova Volume 1: Conquest - Skippable, as it's reproduced in Conquest Book 2, aside from a 3 issue stint on Earth
Annihilation: Conquest Book 1 - Must Read, as it has the event kick off and the formation of the team that would become the Guardians of the Galaxy.
Annihilation: Conquest Book 2 - Recommended, as it has the conclusion to the event.
Nova Volume 2: Knowhere - Must Read, not only sets up certain key events in Conquest, but also for Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 1: Legacy - Must Read
Nova Volume 3: Secret Invasion - Recommended
Secret Invasion: Inhumans - Skippable, but sets up the Inhumans half of War of Kings
Nova Volume 4: Nova Corps - Must Read
Emperor Vulcan - Haven't read it, but I'd imagine it's skippable, but sets up the Shi'ar's half of the War of Kings
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2: War of Kings Book 1 - Must Read
Road to the War of Kings - Skippable, but recommended if you care about the event
War of Kings: Warriors - Skippable, but recommended if you care about the event
Nova Volume 5: War of Kings - Recommended
War of Kings - Recommended
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3: War of Kings Book 2 - Must Read
Realm of Kings - Skippable, especially the Son of Hulk story. (So bad)
Nova Volume 6: Realm of Kings - Recommended
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 4: Realm of Kings - Must Read
Thanos Imperative - Must Read
Annihilators - Skippable, but Recommended
Annihilators: Earthfall - Skippable

And then the first Avengers Assemble collection by Bendis; but that isn't out in trade format yet.

Also, Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter doesn't really tie into anything directly, but I recommend it on principle.

King Riptor

Blankzilla wrote: »

Quentin Quire went from borderline super villain to sympathetic rebel in like an issue and a half of WatXM, duder.

It helps that Quentin is at heart a decent guy. He just sort of became a psychic god by accident and that can be confusing.

Tomanta

Nova Vol 1 is should be recommended because his return to Earth is awesome.

Undead Scottsman

While it is indeed cool; I'm not sure it's cool enough to be worth tracking down an out of print trade that'll probably cost twice as much as it originally did, and which has 4 out of it's 7 issues printed in another book. Also, as cool as the Earth story is, it doesn't really play too heavily into greater events for the most part. Hence why it's skippable. Certainly, if you wind up wanting more Nova, I'd recommend tracking it down; but for the overall cosmic story, it's not necassary. You get what you need out of it in Conquest 2.

UltimateInferno

Man, Uncanny Avengers #3 was amazing, the whole style / issue of it was something I've never really seen.

SightTDW

The little bit of Uncanny Avengers in the MOTW thread more or less sold me. I think I'll give it a shot. At least to see if they can turn Havok into a character I care about. Especially if it starts to seem like there could be some interesting confrontations with the brothers in the pipeline.

BlankZoe

Uncanny Avengers was better than 2 which was better than 1. Hopefully Remender keeps it up.

Havok is supposed to be the most important member of the cast so I expect great things.

Maratastik

Centipede Damascus wrote: »

Olorin wrote: »

That all sounds pretty awesome. So what are the books that I should buy?

Annihilation book 1
Annihilation book 2
Annihilation book 3
Nova vol. 1
Annihilation: Conquest book 1
Annihilation: Conquest book 2
Nova vol. 2

Unfortunately, some of those are out of print at the moment, though they can sometimes still be found cheaply.

Thank you very very much!

Undead Scottsman wrote: »

Modern Cosmic Marvel, as mentioned, was pretty much kicked off by Annihilation. (Though Annihilation builds off of some events of Thanos: Samaritan) If you're a completionist, the whole story is pretty much contained in the following trades (though you can defintely skip a few of 'em)

Annihilation Classic - Skippable
Thanos: Ephiphany - Skippable
Thanos: Samartian - Skippable, but I'd recommend it. Hard to find though
Annihilation Book 1 - Must Read
Annihilation Book 2 - Skippable, but I'd recommend it. Fun to watch Ronin and Super-Skrull be the protagonists
Annihilation Book 3 - Must Read
Nova Volume 1: Conquest - Skippable, as it's reproduced in Conquest Book 2, aside from a 3 issue stint on Earth
Annihilation: Conquest Book 1 - Must Read, as it has the event kick off and the formation of the team that would become the Guardians of the Galaxy.
Annihilation: Conquest Book 2 - Recommended, as it has the conclusion to the event.
Nova Volume 2: Knowhere - Must Read, not only sets up certain key events in Conquest, but also for Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 1: Legacy - Must Read
Nova Volume 3: Secret Invasion - Recommended
Secret Invasion: Inhumans - Skippable, but sets up the Inhumans half of War of Kings
Nova Volume 4: Nova Corps - Must Read
Emperor Vulcan - Haven't read it, but I'd imagine it's skippable, but sets up the Shi'ar's half of the War of Kings
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2: War of Kings Book 1 - Must Read
Road to the War of Kings - Skippable, but recommended if you care about the event
War of Kings: Warriors - Skippable, but recommended if you care about the event
Nova Volume 5: War of Kings - Recommended
War of Kings - Recommended
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3: War of Kings Book 2 - Must Read
Realm of Kings - Skippable, especially the Son of Hulk story. (So bad)
Nova Volume 6: Realm of Kings - Recommended
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 4: Realm of Kings - Must Read
Thanos Imperative - Must Read
Annihilators - Skippable, but Recommended
Annihilators: Earthfall - Skippable

And then the first Avengers Assemble collection by Bendis; but that isn't out in trade format yet.

Also, Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter doesn't really tie into anything directly, but I recommend it on principle.

And you too!

Crimsondude

Undead Scottsman wrote: »

Also, Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter doesn't really tie into anything directly, but I recommend it on principle.

Yes, the principle of AWESOME!

Undead Scottsman

Well, yes.

Crimsondude

Just so we're clear.

SightTDW

Whelp. Young Avengers is what I'm looking forward to the most next month.

Amigu

Young Avengers here I come.... weeeeee

(Btw this is the first comic I ever pre-ordered. An important moment)

Know nothing about these characters I really dug the first issues. The only thing that bugged me was the pacing. I'm used to issues being somewhat self contained, this felt like it was definitely more serialised than what I usually read. I'm thinking I might have to wait and get a few issues at once.

spookymuffin

Looks like Tony's going to pull this old trick again. Classic armor seems to solve everything.

Romero Zombie

Is that Iron Man or Spandex Man? It always bugged me seeing heroes drawn with their muscles bulging out. Especially those who should have said muscles covered up by a suit of iron

Munch

I think the older costumes actually had some gimmick, where the gold pieces were sort of a flimsy material, that became form-fitting and solid, when a current was run through them.