NOV 4, 2026
THE GALAXY’S DEADLIEST TYRANT STARTED AS A STARVING BUG
Five years of menace, zero backstory — then one 1973 flashback explained everything, and it explains too much.
Annihilus debuted in Fantastic Four Annual #6 (1968) with no origin at all. Fantastic Four #140 (1973) finally told it: a frail insect, a dead Tyannan seed ship, a knowledge helmet, and a Cosmic Control Rod built from salvage.
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