History ComicBook / Empyre

* GenreThrowback: Dan Slott and Al Ewing pitched ''Empyre'' as a modern re-imagining of the cosmic alien invasion stories that laid the groundwork for much of the Marvel Universe from the 70s and 80s, pulling characters and themes from UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks, UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks, and UsefulNotes/TheModernAgeOfComicBooks.

** In issue 2, Tanalth mentions Ronan was a hero of the Imperial Kree. Except it was the Imperial Kree who brutally experimented on Ronan back in ''Death of the Inhumans''. Ronan was affiliated with the Utopian Kree, something Captain Glory notices. [[spoiler:When he confronts Tanalth about this, she reveals her true identity: Skrull Empress R'Klll.]]

** Speaking of another ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', Tony alludes to the SuperRegistrationAct as an offhand joke, which Cap still seems to be sore about.

* AliensAreBastards: There is an invading species that is involved in attacking Earth and its heroes but it's not the Skrulls or the Kree [[spoiler: it's the '''Cotati''' of all races.]]

* RetCanon: Carol finally dons the green and black outfit her [[Film/CaptainMarvel MCU version]] wore when in the Starforce, when she takes up Ronan's hammer.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: In ''Aftermath'', Abigail Brand manages to slap Carol Danvers, a FlyingBrick, super-hard. Then she follows it up by reading Carol the riot act.

Teddy Altman, a.k.a. Prince Dorrek VIII, a.k.a. ComicBook/{{Hulkling}}, is the son of Kree Captain Mar-vell and the Skrull Princess Annelle. Long foretold by the Skrulls to be the savior of their decimated Empire, the Kree have also proclaimed Hulkling to be a member of their Empire, inheriting citizenship and rank from his father. After being contacted by the Skrull sleeper agent Raksor about a dangerous and insidious threat to their people, Teddy Altman returns to the stars to embrace his destiny as the Emperor of Space, unifying the Skrull and Kree in the book ''ComicBook/{{Incoming}}''. Now he leads the combined armada to their next target: Earth.

* ''Lords of Empyre: Emperor ComicBook/{{Hulkling}}'' #1

* ChickenAndEggParadox: In Issue #1, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]] is working out whether ComicBook/{{Hulkling}} forged the alliance between the Kree and Skrulls, or if the alliance came first and they then made him their leader. He compares it to the chicken-and-egg question, then gets SidetrackedByTheAnalogy, pointing out that since reptiles lay eggs and birds evolved from reptiles, naturally the egg came first. Sue bemusedly tells him to get back on-topic.

* ''[[ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen X-Men (vol. 5)]]'' #10

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Despite their strong ties to the Kree, Comicbook/TheInhumans are entirely absent from the event. At the ''Empyre'' panel held at [=C2E2=], it was mentioned that Marvel was still giving the Inhumans "a rest" after their controversial [[Comicbook/{{Inhumanity}} push in recent years]].

* ''[[ComicBook/KellyThompsonsCaptainMarvel Captain Marvel (vol. 10)]]'' #18-21

* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' (vol. 6) #21

* ''[[ComicBook/KellyThompsonsCaptainMarvel Captain Marvel]]'' #18-21

* ''Fantastic Four'' #21

* ''[[ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen X-Men]]'' #10

* ''[[ComicBook/KellyThompsonsCaptainMarvel Captain Marvel]]''} #18-21

'''''Empyre''''' is the 2020 Creator/MarvelComics event starring ComicBook/TheAvengers and ComicBook/FantasticFour, written by Creator/AlEwing and Creator/DanSlott.

* ''Captain Marvel'' #18-21

* ''X-Men'' #10

!!Tropes

* SequelHook: [[spoiler: Two of these, first in ''Empyre Fallout: Fantastic Four'' it's discovered that some of the Cotati had golden guns and swords that are far more advanced than anything the Kree or Skrull had, Profiteer looks them over and tells the Alliance that the weapons are incredibly ancient. Nick Fury as the Unseen looks at them and discovers they were from the First Race - a species that predates the Elders of the Universe and Celestials, this leads to Uatu the Watcher emerging from one of Nick's eyes and Uatu promises a reckoning. Then there's the IronicEchoCut FlashForward mentioned above where Captain Glory is dead while a badly injured Teddy mutters that his grandma was right and then Abigail Brand with some heavily armed companions barge in to handle things.]]

* {{Aliens are Bastards}}: There is an invading species that is involved in attacking Earth and its heroes but it's not the Skrulls or the Kree [[spoiler: it's the '''Cotati''' of all races.]]
* BigBad: Hulkling as Emperor Dorrek VIII. [[spoiler:Actually the end of issue #1 reveals that the true BigBad is Quoi of the Cotati.]]

* ThatManIsDead: In the finale, [[spoiler:T'Challa notes this of the original Swordsman to the Cotati variation]].
-->'''Black Panther:''' [[spoiler:Strange. Now all I can see is the ''plant''. The ''poison vine'' that ''smothers'' the good oak... and ''destroys it''. You see... I ''knew'' Jacques Duquesne. He ''was'' human. So human it ''killed'' him. But when he ''died -- he died an Avenger!'']]

** For all his derision of humans, [[spoiler:Swordsman is all too willing to hold his own son hostage just to make the Avengers hesitant in attacking when it seems like the battle is lost. This is what ultimately makes T'Challa and the other Avengers decide that he is no longer the Avenger that once sacrificed his own life for everyone.]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: While blunt, Abigail Brand is dead right in the ''Aftermath'' special in that keeping Alpha Flight, the organization that knows more about alien life and encounters than Earth, out of the initial plans is a key reason things got so bad.
-->''''Brand''': We are not your backup plan. The program cannot function if we're only "in the loop" when the A-list can be bothered to talk to us! If we are constantly blindsided by---by the idle whims of a celebrity in-group! The second you knew about the Cotati, you should have brought me in. The very second. But, no, your buddies knew better. How many died, Colonel? How many died because seven people decided the fate of the world around a campfire?