Annihilation Prologue #1 (2006)

At the edge of the universe, Thanos and his companion Skreet meet with Death in the form of a child to experience something "wonderful". At the Kyln moons near the Crunch, new prisoners are being brought in by the Omega Core. Then an unknown fleet of ships emerge from the Crunch and destroy the Kyln. On Xandar, news of Kyln's destruction reaches the Nova Corps, who go on high alert. Among the many Nova Centurions summoned is Richard Rider of Earth. As the Corps was getting prepared, the fleet ambushes the Corps. At the same time, Drax the Destroyer and Cammi escape from a Xandrian transport in an escape pod. In the midst of the fighting, a massive fireball is headed for Xandar's spaceport. Rider attempts to take one of his fellow Centurions, Samaya, to safety. Samaya tells him that if they survive, she will claim him as her mate. But as she says this, she is hit in the face by debris. Rider comes to and climbs up to find the spaceport destroyed. Annihilation Day plus 15, on the fringes of Kree/Skrull space, Ronan the Accuser is taking two criminals into custody. However, a brigade of Kree soldiers surround him, declaring that he's under arrest. Elsewhere, the Silver Surfer senses something amiss. On a Kree starbase, there is chatter about two Skrull systems going missing. Unknown to everyone on the station, Kl'rt the Super-Skrull is eavesdropping on them while invisible. Meanwhile, the unknown fleet, now called the Annihilation Wave, has stopped. Its leader is revealed to be Annihilus, lord of the Negative Zone.