On-line Shopping Catalog Search Enter Keywords Use quotations for items with more than one word in the title. Annuals were once the focal point for special events and introductions of new characters. Accompanying the main story, were back-up features exploring the supporting cast of the title.
Today there is nothing special about an annual.
It is a 48-page story that is hardly different from the regular series. Originally the annual was a giant sized story that was followed by reprints of relevant tales. In the 70s and 80s the annuals became the places where slugfests and high attention events took place. The beginning of the 90s saw the annuals become tied to company wide crossovers, then smaller crossovers, until they became almost pointless books. Here is a history of the annual.