My 11yo son read this and loved every page. I can't ask for much more than that.

Strong Alien vibes. I'd watch it as a movie.

This isn't a start of an event. I'm rereading all my X-books beginning with House of X and Hickman and Howard have been dropping hints since House of X #1. No spoilers, but most of the X-Men and Excalibur runs are must reads. You might be lost otherwise.

Part 1 is a must read. I'm also rereading every X-book and a lot of confusing tidbits in past stories are beginning to make sense.

What can I say, it ended. For such a good start, the plot kept dragging and dragging and dragging out for four damn issues, so by the time the final issue comes up, everything has to be rushed to a conclusion. Off the bat, I could already tell Ewing/Slott just needed to wrap this shit up. The art is good although this finale had some rough moments, the writing is overall solid, but the pacing and direction, its just not going anywhere.

Events like this suffer from not making every issue of the main event count. So the finale has to be extra size to catch whatever is crashing down. It was interesting stuff Empyre was doing, but it made the critical mistake of not moving the plot in each issue we get. Only NOW does Reed and Stark do something, only NOW do we see Quoi since Issue #2, only NOW has all tie-in material come together, and Thor finally returns.

How the finale wraps everything up, while having great writing, was very cliche and rushed. From She-hulk and her plant fiasco to the FF segment, to even R'kill and her attempted coup, it ended with such bluntness. And even after the finale wraps everything up, I still have a shit ton of questions. Like what happened to BP, cause last time I saw him was in the lousy Avenger's tie in. How was he " dead " and came back with this random sword. WHERE THE FUCK WAS THOR this entire time. It hurt my brain how unorganized this event is. It gives me information of stuff where literally nothing important happens, but leaves out crucial info for another stupid tie-in AFTER the final issue.

Speaking of organization, the reading sequence was atrocious as well, for those reading the over-inflated tie-ins, the sequence schedule is completely fucked up. Issues are dropping out of order, things don't match up, hell we didn't even get the fucking Thor tie-in that explains where he was during this event. Marvel's schedule and organization went out the door with Empyre. I don't understand why this is such an issue. Cancelling over 20 tie-ins, why the fuck do you even have the much in the first place?!?!?!?!?

This was just a bad event. I am sorry, it seems only Cates and Hickman knew how to make events, because thats the only saving grace for Marvel in terms of events. No momentum, very inconsistent pacing, extremely unorganized, blown up into an event when it didn't need to be. Empyre is another dud for Marvel. Force Works and Outlawed were terrible as well, just leave it to the professionals because Marvel you suck at making events. more

What a good comic. I can't wait to reread the mini-series as a whole.

Ok , this comic was amazing in too many levels!

Fantastic. This tie-in series is reason enough for me to subscribe to Marvel Unlimited. I'm so glad I'm catching up on this character's back issues.

I liked this issue. I thought the wedding was nice. I thought everything with the Thing was written very well. I wasn't expecting the one death in the issue, although I have a feeling that will resolve itself. I'm interested in seeing where it leads. This definitely feels like an event built around its tie-ins. The whole Invasion of Wakanda, for instance, had its own miniseries. I feel like that's the biggest problem with the event is that now there are gaps that would've been filled by tie-ins that won't be now. I like the event for what it is though, and I do think it is overall well-written. The art continues to be great. more

Overall, I like the event. The art is fantastic. I like how well-written the tie-ins are. The weekly reading experience, however, is somewhat lacking. Large gaps of story are missing at times, resulting in my sometimes lack of understanding or lack of caring. I want to care and I want to feel suspense, but I'm often not there. Incoming, for example, just led me from one idea to the next, and Road to Empire was rather ho-hum... until I read Empyre #1 and Hulking, and then reread the issues. Then I cared and was interested. But little things keep getting in the way. This issue's twist is given away in issue #4, so there is little impact there. I would love to experience the pain and suffering a character went through so I could care more, but I have to infer it instead. And another example of how the wind is taken out of the this issue's sails is how the advertisements for future issues 1/2 way through the story remove any sense of dread the end of this issue might possibly had conjured up.

I'm sure I'll love this issue when I reread the series in its entirety, but reading it now is like watching a movie with a friend who tells you something awesome is about to happen right before every awesome thing happens. more

A fun story, but iirc Eddie Brock never makes an appearance in Savage Avengers. If that's the case, the premise is a bit off, but whatever. It is still a fun read.

I had no desire to read this book, but I'm really glad I did. This is the perfect Incoming accompanyment and deserves to be read by anyone following the series. I'm usually not a fan of tie-ins, but this one really worked for me.

It's quite good. We actually get to see characters are reacting to the trauma of Absolute Carnage and it's unsettling. I'd love to see more stories like this, and see them go even deeper in exploring how kids deal with the messed up stuff they see, and the adults we consider heroes simply abandoning them.