Marvel’s Space Epic ‘Annihilation’ Available Once Again in New Omnibus Edition

The Annihilation Wave sweeps across comic shops once again in the reissued Annihilation Omnibus.

The new edition of the Annihilation Omnibus contains the same mini-series from 2005, 2006, and 2007 that comprise the entirety of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning’s brainchild, which features an Annihilation Wave unleashed from the Negative Zone, led by long-time Fantastic Four villain Annihilus. The cosmic threat brings together a desperate group of heroes (and villains) in the form of Nova, Drax, Silver Surfer, Super Skrull, Ronan the Accuser, Quasar, Blastaar, Gamora, and even Thanos, to combat overwhelming odds.

The 880 page omnibus contains Drax the Destroyer #1-4, Annihilation: Prologue, Annihilation: Nova #1-4, Annihilation: Silver Surfer #1-4, Annihilation: Super Skrull #1-4, Annihilation: Ronan #1-4, Annihilation #1-6, Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus #1-2, and the Annihilation: The Nova Corp Files one-shot.

In addition to Abnett and Lanning, the collection contains work by writers Keith Giffen, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Simon Furman, Christos Gage, and Stuart Moore, and artists Mitch Breitweiser, Scott Kolins, Ariel Olivetti, Kev Walker, Rick Magyar, Renato Arlem, Jorge Lucas, Greg Titus, Andrea Di Vito, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stefano Landini, and Mike Mckone.

Annihilation was originally collected as a series of thee hardcover editions in 2007, followed by the first Omnibus in 2014, the two volume Complete Collection in 2018, and 2019’s second Omnibus edition and 2022’s third version.

The latest omnibus edition retails for $125 and will be available on May 7.

The new edition is again available with a cover by Gabriele Dell’otto and a comic shop variant cover by Andrea Di Vito.

Check out both covers below and be sure to come back to Conskipper for all of your comic news.

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