Collects Bug #1, "I Challenged Groot, the Monster from Planet X" from Tales to Astonish (1959) #13, Nova (1976) #1, Quasar #1, Rocket Raccoon (1985) #1-4, Marvel Spotlight (1979) #6, "The Final Flower" from Logan's Run #6, and Marvel Premiere #1.
*Space may be a vacuum, but Annihilation didn't pull its heroes out of nowhere! Journey through time, space and continuity with the sensational space saga's stars! The re-making of Adam Warlock and the first look at his nemesis Thanos! See the origin of Nova and the origin of Quasar, while Bug watches the origins of tik. EVERYBODY! Monsters, mammals and more! *Source: marvel.com
**Discover the origins of space's greatest heroes, before the guarded the galaxy from annihilation!
Gathered here for the first time are a selection of classic tales featuring the stars of the cosmic Annihilation sagas. Watch Bug battle Annihilus across the Marvel Universe! Witness one of the first battles between Thanos and Drax the Destroyer! Behold the artificial man Him become the hero Warlock! Quake in fear as Groot from Planet X attempts to conquer Earth! And learn the secret origins of Quasar, Nova, Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon!
Before they became famous...before Annihilation!
Today they are guardians of space, veterans of two major intergalactic conflicts. But who were these heroes before Annihilation brought them together?
•Bug would rather be a lover than fighter. Unfortunately, when Annihilus is plotting to destroy everything, and you're the only Insectivorid standing in his way, it's time to stand up and be counted. Even if you are only a few inches tall.
•Tremble as Groot, the Monster from Planet X, threatens to invade Earth. Will anyone dare challenge him?
•Richard Rider was a normal human teenager, until a dying alien from the planet Xandar bequeathed him incredible powers and his role as a Nova Centurion. But will he survive his first adventure, taking on the killer who slew his predecessor?
•S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Wendell Vaughn always wanted to be a hero. When A.I.M. invades the research facility Wendell is guarding, he dons the alien Quantum Bands being studied there, hoping to use their powers against the attackers, little realizing he has set himself on course to become the Protector of the Universe!
•Can Rocket Raccoon defend the Keystone Quadrant from the villainy of Judson Jakes and his Killer Clowns?
•Peter Quill was never a normal human, tied to the stars from before he was born. But though he dreamed all his life of going out among them, he could never imagine his true destiny: to become the Star-Lord!
•Once an ordinary man slain by Thanos, the mad Titan who worships Death, Arthur Douglas was reborn as Drax the Destroyer, his sole goal in life to destroy the being who took his life. Witness herein a rarely seen early encounter between the two implacable foes!
•The artificially born man known as Him has spent his short life seeking purpose. Now, the High Evolutionary offers him both that purpose, to save a new world, Counter-Earth, from the evil that has infected it, and a new name. Men shall call him... Warlock! **Source: Dust Jacket