Appearing in "Annihilation Day"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Nova Corps (Destruction)
Antagonists:
- Annihilation Wave (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Thanos
- Skreet
- ⏴ Fallen One ⏵
- Death
- Omega Core
- ⏴ Super-Skrull ⏵
- Galactus (Mentioned)
- Paibok (Cameo)
- Xandarian Worldmind (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Titanians
- Chaos Sprites
- Abstract Entities
- Humans
- Rigellians
- Centaurians
- Skrulls
- Kree
- Zenn-Lavians
- Syllth (First appearance)
- Arthrosians
Locations:
- Verge System 026 (First appearance)
- Verge System 001 (First appearance)
- Xandar Cluster (Destroyed)
- Xandar Spaceport (Destroyed)
- Xandar Cluster (Destroyed)
- Kree/Skrull disputed territory
- Kree Starbase Yon-Rogg (First appearance)
Items:
Vehicles:
- Xandarian starships
- Dredge 02
Synopsis for "Annihilation Day"
At the edge of the universe, Thanos and his companion Skreet meet with Death in the form of a child to experience something "wonderful".
At the Kyln moons near the Crunch, new prisoners are being brought in by the Omega Core. Then an unknown fleet of ships emerge from the Crunch and destroy the Kyln.
On Xandar, news of Kyln's destruction reaches the Nova Corps, who go on high alert. Among the many Nova Centurions summoned is Richard Rider of Earth. As the Corps was getting prepared, the fleet ambushes the Corps. At the same time, Drax the Destroyer and Cammi escape from a Xandrian transport in an escape pod. In the midst of the fighting, a massive fireball is headed for Xandar's spaceport. Rider attempts to take one of his fellow Centurions, Samaya, to safety. Samaya tells him that if they survive, she will claim him as her mate. But as she says this, she is hit in the face by debris. Rider comes to and climbs up to find the spaceport destroyed.
Annihilation Day plus 15, on the fringes of Kree/Skrull space, Ronan the Accuser is taking two criminals into custody. However, a brigade of Kree soldiers surround him, declaring that he's under arrest.
Elsewhere, the Silver Surfer senses something amiss.
On a Kree starbase, there is chatter about two Skrull systems going missing. Unknown to everyone on the station, Kl'rt the Super-Skrull is eavesdropping on them while invisible.
Meanwhile, the unknown fleet, now called the Annihilation Wave, has stopped. Its leader is revealed to be Annihilus, lord of the Negative Zone.
Notes
- Nova, Drax, and Cammi next appear in Annihilation: Nova #1.
- Drax and Cammi where previously seen in Drax the Destroyer #4 where they both were picked up by Dredge 02.
- Nova was last seen in She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #3 where a likely past version of him was participating in She-Hulk's trial for meddling with the timeline by the Time Variance Authority.
- Ronan next appears in Annihilation: Ronan #1.
- Ronan was previously seen in JLA/Avengers #4 where he was, among other villains, fighting for Krona and received a punch from Captain Marvel.
- Silver Surfer next appears in Annihilation: Silver Surfer #1.
- Silver Surfer was last seen in She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #3 where a likely past version of him was participating She-Hulk's trial for meddling with the timeline by the Time Variance Authority.
- Super-Skrull next appears in Annihilation: Super-Skrull #1.
- Super-Skrull was last seen in Young Avengers #10 and seen in subsequent issues which chronologically take place prior to the Annihilation event. He was on a mission to retrieve Hulkling back to the Skrull Empire, for being the heir to the Throne.
Trivia
- Part of Annihilation: Chronicles Annihilation Day (AD), Minus 7, AD Plus 7, AD Plus 12 & AD Plus 15
- This issue contains Xandar Worldmind Database files on Nova Corps, Annihilus, Thanos, Annihilation Wave & The Kyln.