Annihilation
Earth-616
30 issues
Ended
Crossover Event
A 2006 Marvel cosmic event by Keith Giffen with Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Annihilus leads the Annihilation Wave out of the Negative Zone, devastating the outer space territories of the Marvel Universe and forcing an unlikely coalition to resist.
Status
Ended
Type
Crossover Event
Series
Annihilation (2006), Annihilation: Nova (2006), Annihilation: Silver Surfer (2006), Annihilation: Ronan (2006), Annihilation: Super-Skrull (2006), Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus (2007), The Classic Marvel Figurine Mega Special (2007), Annihilation Omnibus (Omnibus, 2014), Annihilation: The Nova Corps Files (2006), Annihilation: Prologue (2006), Drax the Destroyer (2005), What If? Annihilation (2008)
Publishers
Published
2005–2014
Universe
Earth-616
Start Issue
Issues
30
About Earth-616
The primary continuity of Marvel Comics where most titles take place. The designation was first used in The Daredevils #7 (July 1983) by Alan Moore and Alan Davis, originating from Captain Britain comics. Earth-616 serves as the home universe for core versions of Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and virtually all mainstream Marvel characters.
Creators
60 total
Keith Giffen
Writer
Andy Lanning
Writer
Andrea Di Vito
Artist, Penciller, Inker
Scott Kolins
Artist, Penciller, Inker
Salvatore Pezone
Penciller, Inker
Jorge Lucas
Penciller, Inker
Laura Villari
Colorist
June Chung
Colorist
Brian Reber
Colorist
Chris Sotomayor
Colorist
Cory Petit
Letterer
Joe Caramagna
Letterer
Characters
124 total
Teams
38 total
Lists
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Items
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Issues
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