The Nova Corps has been busier than ever the past year. Strange armies have been overruning the farthest sectors of outerspace, causing havoc in the Kree and Shi'ar empires and taking entire planets. While continuing the search for Sam's father, he and Richard come upon one of the forces and follow them back. What they find is a massive rift in space, that leads into the Negative Zone. Annihilus, aware of the chaos that the approaching arrival of a great evil has caused, wants to take the opportunity to break free from it and cross into their universe. While trying to figure out a way to stop him, Sam and Richard also find a team of explorers, who have gotten stuck there.
