Annihilation, Book One

I have read very little of the “cosmic” Marvel stuff, the Silver Surfer and things like that...

This probably wasn't an ideal introduction to them :).

While I didn't understand some of the references, this book was still a good read. I laughed out loud a couple of times in the Nova miniseries bits, and would like to get my hands on the rest of the series.

I really like this story. Generally, with cosmic SF stories, I prefer it when they really give the universe a sense of scope, as opposed to putting more of the focus on the heroes and letting the ancillary characters fade to the background - this is one of the things that has really worked with Green Lantern ever since Dave Gibbons run on the books.