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The Hulkling thing was set up in Al Ewing's New Avengers run from 2015. The Fantastic Four part will probably be explained in the Empyre: Fantastic Four zero issue coming out on July 8th.
Tony Stark wakes from strange dreams - as old allies make a distress call to the Avengers. In the new Green Area of the Moon, the Cotati are waiting with news of a terrible enemy that could wipe out both them and humanity itself. The Celestial Messiah has returned... but are the Avengers ready to hear his message?
Rated T+
Empyre #0 does what you want a Marvel comic book to do. It makes sure you know where youre standing, story-wise, and who everyone is, and keeps all the characters in character and voice. Its accessible to new readers and attractively drawn, and handily sets up the story for the main miniseries to come. Now, on to The Fantastic Four and whatever other cosmic revelations await us. Read Full Review
Combined with Marte Garcia's strong, arresting color palette, Larraz's pencils are vibrant and full of energy. Every panel jumps right out of the page, always lively and keeping your eyes interested. The key battle scene manages to be exciting and easy to follow despite not necessarily being the centerpiece. The architecture on the Moon's blue area garden is definitely well thought out and, depending on how successful this event ends up being in the long run, should absolutely be featured in a Marvel Ultimate Alliance video game.Bottom Line: A smart script that gets you up to speed but doesn't feel like a study guide combined with gorgeous, kinetic artwork makes for a book well worth the price of admission. Read Full Review
With a foot in Marvel's past but portrayed with modernly cinematic art, Empyre is already off to a pretty good start. Opening with the continuity-laced poetry of Ewing and the intense artwork of Larraz and Gracia, Empyre: Avengers #0 is an overture well worth sitting through. Read Full Review
If they are bound and determined to do a big cosmic crossover, I'm at least glad that it's this well-written and interesting. Here's hoping they can keep it up all the way through. Read Full Review
When you put this book down, you'll either love it for its callbacks and rich visuals, or be put off by how it's more of a primer on the deeper story than any actual events occurring right now. Read Full Review
It's ambitious and epic - but the question is, will it merit such an investment of time and effort? Time will tell! Read Full Review
Empyre: Avengers #0 has a goal and it achieves that. New readers should be able to understand what's going on and longtime readers should be reminded as to what stories they should reflect upon. It sets up what's to come delivering entertaining moments while looking ahead. If you are at all interested in this event, this is a comic to absolutely get. Read Full Review
Empyre: Avengers #0 sets the stage for the big-budget conflict to come, while also doing some solid storytelling of its own. If you need a primer on the Cotati, this issue will get you up to speed with admirable efficiency. Here's hoping the upcoming Fantastic Four #0 delivers an equal measure of intrigue and appeal -- more groundwork of this calibre will make Empyre an event worth following. Read Full Review
Empyre: Avengers #0 might not be the best start to a comic book crossover event, but it's certainly an interesting one, warts and all. Read Full Review
"Empyre #0: Avengers" loses sight of being a good comic in order to give readers an in-depth recap of key "Avengers" stories. Read Full Review
Overall, I was left unimpressed with this issue. I expected to kick off this event with a bang! Ultimately, due to many missteps, it has fizzled out my excitement. It is the set up of a larger event, so perhaps this one was more of a plot setting exercise? If thats the case, I hope issue #1 comes back with a vengeance. Read Full Review
This issue killed the little enthusiasm I had for Empyre. I was bored the entire time reading it, and the Avengers seemed to be right there with me. The issue looked good, but instead of pumping my fist in excitement, I was yawning and continually checking the page count. I did learn why Tony has speakers in his Iron Man suit, though, so at least I got thattwice! Read Full Review
Pure masterpiece
what a suprisingly great issue !
Now THIS is an Avengers story. Action, a foreboding threat, a touching scene with the team at the end. Not to mention amazing art by Pepe Larraz and Marte Gracia. Good lord, why is Al Ewing not writing the main Avengers title?
After Iron Man dreams of the origins of the Kree/Skrull war, the team is called to the moon and introduced to the next evolution of the struggle. The enemies have united to attack the Cotati, and when the Celestial Messiah asks the Avengers for help, Tony takes the lead in agreeing. It's a decent chunk of groundwork, and it recaps one of Bronze-Age Marvel's trickiest stories with admirable clarity. Beautiful art also helps make this a surprisingly enjoyable read.
Well, Ewing did a decent job setting up the story but if it wasn't for Larraz/Gracia's outstanding art, this would be scored much lower. I'm still very meh about where we're going.
Solid issue. Really enjoyed Pepe Larraz's art.
I liked this. It is a prelude issue and is spent mostly catching readers up on the Cotati side of the conflict. I assume the FF zero issue will show the Kree/Skrull side of it. I can guarantee it's all important to know and remember, as this event is just swelling with continuity. But some people just want the event to start, and I get that maybe an issue like this, A primer like this, may turn some people off. They're wrong though.
Honestly the only thing I really liked in this were the art and I probably enjoyed it more than others because I didn't really know about the lore behind the Kree-Skrull War.
This was just fine. The art carried the issue for me, the story is very basic and doesn't really excite me. The last time the avengers fought a galactic threat was in Infinity by Hickman and that was adequately set up through his Avengers/New Avengers run and felt organic. This just feels kinda like out of left field. I know there was the marvel incoming issue that set up Hulkling ascending to the throne, but why now? What's the reasoning? Also I was confused how the fantastic four are with the Kree/Skrulls here. I'll give it a chance because of Ewing, but so far it's very meh. Larraz can draw though, I love him, RB Silva, and the marte Gracia trio. It makes for amazing art
Gave this a shot. So from what I heard, this is basically a set-up issue for those who don't understand the background of this event and what lead up to it. And does it serve its function?
Yeah, this was a good introduction for newbies like me to understand the bare minimum of what is going on. The Kree-Skrull War now is the Kree-Skrull Alliance? Okay cool. But other than that, thats it. There actual story hasn't even started yet, and this comic is just giving readers a set up so they don't get confused. Larraz's art is cool, Ewing writing is fine, but thats about it. Alot of explanation, so it was kind of a jog to get through. Its mainly due to the fact that I am not as tied or knowledgeable of Marvel's continuity than say DC, so tak more
Very explain-y and the coming twist feels almost so obvious that I don’t even want to call it a twist. But not a bad read. And the art was very nice.
Boring, it killed my interest in this event that I got hyped for just a weekend before this issue came out. The advertising for this got me sucked in but now I don’t even care what happens after this issue any more
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