Annihilators: Earthfall Issue #4, Story B, Pg. 1 (ft Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Mojo, Domo)

I picked this page up thinking that it was another page to the B story from the Annihilators series since the page was not labeled. I noticed that the size of the page was different from my other Annihilators pages, but I assumed that it most likely came from a different issue in the series. The art style is almost spot on between the two series' due to the fact that Timothy Green II penciled the both of them.

However, I have never been more excited to be wrong. It wasn't until I returned home and skimmed through the Annihilators pages that I realized this page was not from the series. I then remembered an elusive series, which I had been looking for after originally picking up my Annihilators pages. Annihilators: Earthfall. Victor may have mentioned the comic name in passing the day before he brought the artwork, but my mind must not have put two and two together when I went to purchase the page.

I had been hoping for a page from this series, but had never seen a single page available. Additionally, I had never even seen a single page in someone else's CAF gallery. The reason this series was so important to me, was the fact that it was the last series for the Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (DnA) writing team of this era for both Rocket Raccoon and Groot. This page being the last issue of the series.

My main collection spans the Guardians of the Galaxy's early history as written by Keith Giffen and the DnA writing team. The start of the collection begins with Star-Lords first appearance in Earth-616 as Peter Quill. The collection includes the creation of the team with some of their most pivotal moments in comics. The collection now ends here with the DnA writing team's final issue for these characters, from this era. The subsequent series being Avengers Assemble, which was written by Brian Michael Bendis.

This page was even more unexpected since I had never seen any notation documenting that Victor Olazaba had inked this series. However, low and behold he happened to have pages from this series at San Diego Comic Con. This was a major win for my collection. After having purchased the Thanos pages recently, I was forced to rename my collection. However, I now find myself needing to change the title to conclude the collection with this series. The original intended span of Thanos to Annihilators: Earthfall is now complete.

This page has Rocket Raccoon and Groot in a perfect pose, in panel three. The two of them are going after Mojo and nothing can stop them.