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COSMOS FANTASTICA: Marvel Cosmic B.S. Thread
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VERBAL LOG. NOVA CORPS
OPERATIVE: 11249-44396/RICHARD RIDER--
LAST SURVIVOR OF THE NOVA CORPS
War is hell. No, it's worse. I'm Richard Rider, Nova, last member of the Nova Corps, with the entire power of the Hivemind in me. I've been fighting the Annihilation Wave for around six months now. I don't have enough time to give my whole story, If you want that check the earlier logs.
We're fighting the best we can, but it's not going well. For every member of the Wave we kill, five more pop up. The Skrull and Kree empires have been all but destroyed. The remnants still fight on, led by two of the greatest leaders we have in our cause. Ronan the Accuser and K'lrt, the recently revived Super-Skrull.
While the Wave is incredibly powerful, we have....well had, some heavy hitters too. We had the former Heralds of Galactus: Firelord, Red...dammit, I always for get his name. and Stardust. Firelord's status is currently unknown but I think he's alive, but Red....Raven? No. Guardian? Wonderful. I can't remeber the name of the man who saved my life, both died when we were forecd to evac. With the Heralds bieng rounded up, it makes me wonder....where is the Silver Surfer in all of this?
We're currently recouping our losses, finding the right times to strike, trying to talk the Shi'ar into joining us. All we can do is fight, for everyones' sakes.
OPERATIVE: 11249-44396/RICHARD RIDER--
LAST SURVIVOR OF THE NOVA CORPS
War is hell. No, it's worse. I'm Richard Rider, Nova, last member of the Nova Corps, with the entire power of the Hivemind in me. I've been fighting the Annihilation Wave for around six months now. I don't have enough time to give my whole story, If you want that check the earlier logs.
Annihilation: Nova wrote:
Anihlation: Nova 1-4, the cover is for #4. The series, which is the best out of the Annihilation set-ups, chronicles Nova's journey from the destruction of the Nova Corps, to his meeting with Drax the Destroyer to eventually leading the resistance against the Annihlation Wave.
We're fighting the best we can, but it's not going well. For every member of the Wave we kill, five more pop up. The Skrull and Kree empires have been all but destroyed. The remnants still fight on, led by two of the greatest leaders we have in our cause. Ronan the Accuser and K'lrt, the recently revived Super-Skrull.
Ronan plays a role in the Annihilation limited-series crossover event. In an attempt to clear his name after being accused of treason, Ronan travels to the planet of Godthab Omega to find the witness who testified against him. On the planet he encounters the assassin Gamora and her band of warriors known as the Graces, one of which is the witness in question (Tana Nile). Although Ronan eventually discovers that it was an individual in the Kree Fiyero House who planned his betrayal, Tana Nile dies (a victim of the Annihilation wave) before a specific name can be given. By the end of the miniseries, Ronan sets off for Hala to defend the Kree empire from the approaching wave of destruction. He joins Nova's United Front in an attempt to defend off the Annihilation Wave.
Annihilation: Super-Skrull wrote:
In the Annihilation: Super-Skrull mini-series, Kl'rt attempts to stop the destructive wave before it reaches the Skrull homeworld. After nearly being overwhelmed by the forces of Annihilus, he sacrifices himself by destroying the Harvester of Sorrows - the enormous organic warship that destroyed the Skrull homeworld and wreaked havoc throughout the universe. His body is later recovered, and in Annihilation #3, Kl'rt is mysteriously revived during a battle between Firelord and Ravenous.
While the Wave is incredibly powerful, we have....well had, some heavy hitters too. We had the former Heralds of Galactus: Firelord, Red...dammit, I always for get his name. and Stardust. Firelord's status is currently unknown but I think he's alive, but Red....Raven? No. Guardian? Wonderful. I can't remeber the name of the man who saved my life, both died when we were forecd to evac. With the Heralds bieng rounded up, it makes me wonder....where is the Silver Surfer in all of this?
Annihilation: Silver Surfer wrote:
This series focuses primarily on an attempt by Annihilus to capture the current and former Heralds of Galactus, as well as Galactus himself, presumably in order to study and harness their power cosmic. The Silver Surfer learns of the Annihilation Wave and of the attempt by Annihilus's "Seekers" to capture the various heralds, primarily through the use of "Currs," dog-like beasts on leashes made out of cosmic energy. During the course of the four issues, the Seekers succeed in killing former herald Air-Walker and in capturing Terrax and Morg. Although Terrax's fate is unrevealed, Annihilus kills Morg in an unsuccessful attempt to drain his power. Several of the other former heralds, Firelord, Red Shift, and Stardust, decide to fight a war against the Annihilation Wave, while the first herald, the Fallen One, carries out its own mission for Thanos, another of Marvel's "cosmic" characters.
Ultimately, the Surfer elects to return to Galactus in order to help protect Galactus from Annihilus's attacks and preserve Galactus's role as a necessary element in the balance of the universe. The Surfer returns to his role as Galactus's herald and easily defeats an entire attacking fleet, as well as the Seekers' leader, "Ravenous," despite Ravenous's claims to be equal to the Surfer due to empowerment with "the opposing force", which is apparently the Negative Zone's equivalent of the Power Cosmic. Despite Galactus's objections, the Surfer refuses to kill Ravenous.
We're currently recouping our losses, finding the right times to strike, trying to talk the Shi'ar into joining us. All we can do is fight, for everyones' sakes.
Annihilation 4 wrote:
Annihilation #4 (of 6) - Written by Keith Giffen, penciled by Andrea DiVito, cover by Gabrielle Dell'Otto.
Left behind, can Drax survive... Thanos takes action... and Nova sets course on a suicide mission. Bottom line, no Marvel Cosmic fan will forgive himself for missing THIS ISSUE!
32 PGS./Rated A ...$2.99
Info is courtesy of Marvel.
Annihilation 5 wrote:
Annihilation #5 (of 6) - Written by Keith Giffen, penciled by Andrea DiVito, cover by Gabrielle Dell'Otto.
With the war lost, Ronan and the very, very angry Super-Skrull kill their way to the heart of the Kree Empire. VIVE LA KREE!
32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99
Info is courtesy of Marvel.
Annihilation 6 wrote:
10/17/06 Annihilation #6 Solicitation!
Annihilation #6 (of 6) - Written by Keith Giffen, penciled by Andrea DiVito, cover by Gabrielle Dell'Otto.
Nova and Annihilus face off in a fight to the finish with the fates of two, count ‘em, two, universes at stake. You think that’s bad? Wait until you see what happens when Galactus decides to go to war. All this and Quasar! Need we add that after this issue, Marvel’s cosmic landscape will never be the same?
32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99
Info is courtesy of Marvel.
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It's one of the best things put out by Marvel right now, and as an event it beats Civil War shitless.
i dont want to call him a dropout...but...isnt he one FFs or avenger's lesser enemies? (i take my knowledge from Marvel Cards series 2)
Annihilus is practically a god in the negative zone.
I'd call him one of their major enemies.
And god damnit. Is any of this in trade yet?
Oh and no, no trades yet. I'd expect a House of M style format of trades, all of the prolouges get their own trade(Of which I'd suggest Super-Skrull and Nova, the best of the bunch) and the main series getting either a trade or a hardcover including the Annihilation Prolouge.
He's right, I picked up #1 the other day to see what I thought of it and I was really impressed, its a good read.
In saying that, I read the last three or so pages of number one. It was some hot shit.
The lead up minis were pretty good, and I thought the Silver Surfer one was fucking awesome.
Same thing happened with Seven Soldiers. And Planet Hulk.
The Prologue was why I didn't pick up the series.
Boy is my face red.
NOOOoooOOOOoooOOOOoooOOOO!!!1!1
Seriously, the super-skrull prologue was my favorite. I absolutely loved the way they illustrated his fight scenes. The overall story was pretty good as well. I'm a shamelessly biased Super-skrull lover though.
The Nova prologue was pretty damn good as well. The Silver Surfer and Ronan books were pretty dissapointing in my opinion.
You're on drugs.
Bad drugs.
I mean [spoiler:4374068092]Surfer going back to Galactus? Kicking ass and taking names? And Thanos being all sneaky and shit? It was awesome.[/spoiler:4374068092]
so that im not lost when i start reading it?
i didnt know that annihilus was so damn powerful
i didnt even know morg was still alive or back in teh hands of galactus.
i thought he was still in captivity [spoilers]galactus' son[/spoilers]
and why is annhilus coming after everyone now? where the hell is richards and the avengers to stop this?
i thought earth was on pretty okay terms with the other worlds?
can someone fill me in?
Also, it's not very reader friendly for all intents and purposes. There are dozens of characters and all have varied pasts that will leave you wondering just what is going on. They try to help by putting hte Nova Corps files at the end, but if you know nothing of the cosmic characters, I doubt you'll enjoy this series as much as you could.
Finally, the covers are complete bull shit. They are badass in eveyr conceivable way. The interiors are NOTHING like them. Especially Superskrull and Ronan which are so poorly drawn, the covers just make them look worse then they are.
All said, Nova and Surfer are probably the 2 big ones to pick up. Nothing major really happens in the other 2 series that adds a great deal to the story. Nova you see him get powered up and introduced to the new Dax (who may or may not have destroyed in teh past) and Surfer has Thanos and Galactus and the new Galactus type guys released by the wave.
I was incredibly surprised at how good the Nova one was. It was pretty funny at times too. Probably the best series out of the bunch.
Hopefully Thanos and Dax throw down like the cover shows, but for some reason I highly doubt it will happen based on the covers so far being just pretty pictures.
Ok, before saying that I should have said that I usually don't follow Silver Surfer's series. I imagine that if I followed the series, the plot developments in the silver surfer books would have been pretty darn awesome. Still, I don't think the STORY was that good. I just think the plot development of him doing what he did was a major one.
Picture this. You don't know anything about spider-man at all. Then you read the story about him unmasking. Now, to most spider-fans this was a HUGE development. Someone who DIDN'T follow spiderman closely, though, probably wouldn't see it as overly signifigant and would probably rather read a regular story about him kicking ass. Thats kinda how I felt when reading the silver surfer story.
EDIT: Took out spoilers.... sorry bout that!
[spoiler:0b2d114407]Annihilus is simply reclaiming what he thinks is his since the normal universe is expanding into the Negative Zone, he is amazingly powerful in the N-Zone and since the two universes are converging his power has spread to the normal as well.[/spoiler:0b2d114407]
Dunno about Morg, also Reed and the Avengers are a bit busy what with Civil War going on right now.
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I have to agree with this. I've always been a big fan of Marvel's cosmic characters, and looked into the Annihilation series when it started, but was really disappointed by the interior art in the Ronan book. In addition, the books assume you're up on things like the Nova Corps...I'd never so much as heard of them, despite having had a subscription to Silver Surfer and having read the Infinity Whatsit books back when. The stories are good reads, but they're not intended as a jumping-on point for these characters.
hell i thought nova was a guy from new warriors
He's a member of the corps.
The Nova Corps really never did much, they were a Green Lantern Corps except amazingly dumbed down.
so do they just zoom around space punching people?
I laughed way too hard at this.
It is pretty fantastic. I had tons of skepticism and tons of money that I didn't have, so I only got Nova and never regretted it.
the most notable thing the nova corps ever did was get annihilated
It's pretty bad ass in a large scale way. One thing that's weird to me is, if Reed Richards knows about the Annihilation wave, why the fuck is he wasting his time on this Civil War crap?