The Road to Annihilation Scourge (2019 Marvel Comics Event!)

Marvel's bringing back the Annihilation event title for a mini-crossover this December 2019, Annihilation Scourge! I'm breaking down what comics set the stage for Annihilation, and what characters like Nova, Annihilus, Beta Ray Bill, Silver Surfer and the Fantastic Four have been up to setting the stage for this event. Towards the end of the video I throw in a surprising connection to Marvel history that *could* set the stage for a very interesting comics event to come.

For the full Comic Book Herald reading order:

Comics discussed include:
+ Annihilation
+ Guardians of the Galaxy (Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw)
+ Silver Surfer: Black
+ Many more!

Annihilation is one of the best Marvel events of all time, so I'm hoping Annihilation Scourge with bookend issues written by Matthew Rosenberg can capture some of the same Marvel cosmic energy. If not, there's always Al Ewing and Juann Cabal on Guardians of the Galaxy in 2020 to look forward to!

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My name's Dave, and Comic Book Herald is a labor of love designed to help new, lapsed, and curious comic book readers explore and enjoy the wonderful world of comics. I've been developing reading orders, chronology guides, and detailed comics recommendations since late 2011. Comics can be confusing and intimidating; I try to help.

[tremblingcolors]

Scourge (the Captain America villain) also just made a return in the most recent issue of Captain America.

[njoy]

I am still hoping that the Guardians of the Galaxy run bij Cates gets collected in HC (Trade 1 and upcoming part 2 in one book)

[danielbetancourt]

Great video. Kind of a bummer to see an event that doesn't look too stellar after getting used to the quality of War of the Realms/HOX/POX/Absolute Carnage. Hopefully 2020 continues that run of strong events.

[DW-nbzc]

Scourge deserves his own movie.Just not one where his identity is given.Like the first Halloween, before they fucked it up by giving too much away

[SuperSilver]

Great Video, also excited for Al's Guardians!!


Can you do a video for all the Wave 2 Dawn of X books? They announced so many of them recently, its only going to get more crazy!!

[nelsoncarvalho]

Great vid as usual. I plan on skipping this event and picking it up in trade if I hear good things.

I do have to disagree with your opinion that old man Hawkeye was a marvel event sequel money grab. It’s pretty good. I agree Civil war II was a disaster