Annihilation #1

Dates

Cover date

October 2006

On sale

August 9, 2006

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Original edition

  Barcode 75960605937900111

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• Variant Edition

  Barcode 75960605937900121

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  Variant CoverMetron

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Story arc: Annihilation

This is part 9 of 12. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Drax the Destroyer #1
2. Annihilation: Super-Skrull #1
3. Annihilation: Ronan #1
4. Annihilation: Super-Skrull #2
5. Annihilation: Super-Skrull #3
6. Annihilation: The Nova Corps Files #1
7. Annihilation: Super-Skrull #4
8. Annihilation: Ronan #4
9. Annihilation #1
10. Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus #1
11. Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus #2
12. What If? Annihilation #1

Creators

Stories

• Blood and Thunder · 32 pages

  Nova and Starlord lead a multi-world army against the forces of Annihilus as they attack and destroy world after world. After surviving a particular attack and capturing one of Annihilus' generals, Nova learns that Galactus has been killed; Annihilus is working with Thanos.

Publisher’s description

It all comes together here! Individually, the Silver Surfer, Super-Skrull, Ronan and Nova have faced down the Annihilation Wave... and lost! Now, they must unite those who remain or die by Annihilus' hand! The Annihilation has only begun!

Characters

Reprinted in

Annihilation (2007), Annihilation Omnibus (2014), Annihilation: The Complete Collection (2018), Annihilation Modern Era Epic Collection (2025)