This primer into the events of Annihilation is very cleverly crafted. It's designed as a monitor hooked up to the central computer of the Nova Corps. Written in the voice of the Worldmind computer of Xandar, each entry includes information about planet of origin, level of intergalactic threat, recommended methods of capture and rehabilitation, and personal history.
Marvel usually has it's character histories published as supplements of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe. While they provide lots of information, their published with extremely small print and have an almost anal-retentive level of detail can make the personal histories very exhausting to read. This was a refreshing change of pace.
The only thing that I was not 100% happy with this book is the level of quality in some of the art. The handbooks are filled with lots of great art. Each entry boasts a portrait if the selection's topic and those pictures are clean, colorful, and all-new. That's not the case with this one-shot. Some portraits are just recycle covers or scenes from the various books covered in the omnibus. Some pics are from older titles and haven't been remastered at all. Maybe it's supposed to give it a more 'Wikipedia' type fell using different artworks but it's just not my cup of tea.
Worth Consuming
Rating: 9 out of 10 stars
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