Though a very slight step down from the heights of its first issue,Imperial #2 is the kind of comic no fan of the medium should miss. Whether you're a Marvel newcomer or an old pro, this comic has something for everyone and is a can't miss! Read Full Review

Imperial #2 is an unmissable entry in Marvel's cosmic pantheon. It's a thrilling, visually stunning, and intelligently crafted comic that delivers on all fronts. Hickman and Coello are firing on all cylinders, proving that epic space opera can be both grand in scale and deeply engaging on a character level. This is what a true Marvel event should feel like. Read Full Review

Imperial #2 feels bound, urgent, and carries weight. It's cosmic design is immersive and vibrant and the issues rich world-building with multiple empires, factions, and potential alliances feels significant. However, multiple factions may feel crowded without strong narrative focus. Plus, the search for the assassin must stay central or readers might feel sidetracked. Imperial #2 blasts forward, lighting the fuse on interstellar war while maintaining narrative curiosity. Hickman and his art team keep the series visually expansive and intellectually provocative. If the mystery behind the imperial massacres remains grounded amid the growing chaos, this could be the premier cosmic event of 2025. Read Full Review

Imperial #2 is a solid issue that wastes no time at all. Two issues in and this event has lit a fire in Marvel's cosmic corner and if it keeps it up, this is a story that'll be up there with other modern Marvel cosmic stories like Annihilation. It's delivered in every way, storytelling and art, and has kept its promise to shake up this underused setting and underused characters. It's an event that delivers as promised. Read Full Review

Imperial #2 brings the heat with large-scale battles, bold character moments, and a major reveal that repositions Marvel's cosmic landscape. While its overarching mystery of the two game-players remains vague, the sheer scope and excitement of this issue solidify Imperial as a must-read event for fans of galactic Marvel mayhem. Read Full Review

Imperial #2 is a stellar continuation of a burgeoning cosmic epic, delivering a thrilling and visually magnificent chapter in the escalating war. Jonathan Hickman's strategic narrative coupled with the dynamic art of Coello, Vicentini, and Blee creates an immersive and impactful reading experience. While it doesn't hold your hand, it rewards those who dive headfirst into its high-stakes galactic drama. Read Full Review

Imperial #2 continues the hype established by the debut issue and increases it. Jonathan Hickman, Iban Coello, and Federico Vicentini go all out with delivering a true cosmic war as it was Wakanda vs the Marvel Universe. The chaos this battle brought made the fights, team-ups, and reveals even more exciting to see all play out. It all comes together for what really feels like the premiere Marvel event that will change the game for this universe. Read Full Review

Imperial #2 does its best to give readers some action, but there's just so much going on and the art doesn't really fit the issue's events. Hickman redefined what space battles could be in Infinity over a decade ago, but this issue shows sometimes that not every artist can make them work. This isn't a bad issue by any stretch of the imagination, but it never really finds its flow. The pacing is too fast, and that can keep the issue's events from really hitting readers like they should. Imperial was always going to be a tough sell, and the second issue puts into question whether this book can be everything it was promised to be. Read Full Review

No part of Imperial is compelling enough to warrant this comic existing. Read Full Review

Plot
Three days have passed since J'son's death, and the Shi'ar Gladiator is attacking Wakanda Prime space, taking Shuri prisoner.

Peter/Star-Lord and Nova interrogate Shuri, who denies that J'son's murder was Wakandan and asks them to review the evidence. She discovers it was fabricated to frame them.

Black Panther goes to rescue Shuri and confronts Hulk and Brawn, but the three are attacked by an army of SKRULLS!

M'Baku is leading the attacks on Wakanda's ships when he is killed by a Skrull on behalf of Dorrek VIII. Suddenly, all the ships fighting are taken over by Skrulls, especially the ship carrying Xandra and Deathbird, the Shi'ar monarchs.

The Skrulls reveal that this is a coup against the Shi'ar and the entire galactic empire. Their plan is being executed perfectly, with all armies falling to the Skrulls.

A spectacular story that continues to shake the status quo of the Marvel cosmic universe through a powerful conspiracy.

Art
FEDERICO VICENTINI and IBAN COELLO offer mesmerizing art, with brilliant textures and details, while creating a brilliant tone of suspense and terror around all these different versions of the empires and their technologies.

Summary
Those responsible for this war between galactic kingdoms are revealed. Shocking second episode more

Good event so far. Great writing and art, good plot. I'm never a big fan of the cosmic space stuff, but this has me interested so far. The skirmish between BP and the Hulks was especially fun.

Not exactly original but an exiting story with dynamic art and full of twists and turns.

Imperial 2 is not exactly mind-blowing, but I did enjoy this issue more than the first one, mostly because of the space action.

Space people are mad because someone posing as a Space Wakandan killed some space dude.

All those pissed off space people head to to Space Wakanda to yell at them or something.

Space Black Panther stops them because he's Space Black Panther.

Meanwhile, some mystery space guy is pulling space strings trapping all those space people in Space Wakanda space.

Worse than Hickman nonsense are those who believed that Phillip Kennedy Johnson's Hulk would have great prominence as Worldbreaker (don't worry, reality will hit without mercy for these people).