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ComicBook/{{Hulkling}} embraces his destiny as the King of Space, unifying the Skrull and Kree Empires in the ''ComicBook/{{Incoming}}'' one-shot. Now he's leading them to their next target: Earth. The only thing standing in the way of his armada? The Avengers and the Fantastic Four.

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ComicBook/{{Hulkling}} embraces Teddy Altman, AKA Prince Dorrek VIII, AKA 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 King Emperor of Space, unifying the Skrull and Kree Empires in the ''ComicBook/{{Incoming}}'' one-shot. ''ComicBook/{{Incoming}}''. Now he's leading them he leads the combined armada of these hated enemies to their next target: Earth. The only thing standing in the way of his armada? fleet? The Avengers and the Fantastic Four.
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* MotifMerger: The superhero logo associated with this event is the Avengers' "A" logo overlaid by the Fantastic Four's "4" logo.

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* MotifMerger: The superhero logo associated with this event is the Avengers' "A" logo overlaid by the Fantastic Four's "4" logo.logo.
** According to WordOfGod Teddy's royal cape combines the Kree and Skrulls designs for the same much like the pschent of the Egyptian Empire combined the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt. To a lesser extent the unified Kree-Skrull army has suits that have the appearance of Kree military uniforms with aesthetics modifications for Skrulls like space added for their pointed ears.
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* TheBusCameBack: Quicksilver will return after a year long absence in the Avengers tie-in.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Despite their strong ties to the Kree, it's been confirmed that Comicbook/TheInhumans will be 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]].
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Reprint, not an official part of Empyre.


* ''True Believers: Empyre - Hulkling'' #1
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* ''True Believers: Empyre - Hulkling'' #1
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* ''Lords of Empyre: Swordsman'' #1
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* ''Captain Marvel'' #18

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* ''Captain Marvel'' #18#18-21
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* GondorCallsForAid: In the Fantastic Four's main title, Franklin and Valeria call in Spider-Man and Wolverine to be part of their ''de facto'' Fantastic Four team, complete with black and blue-themed variations of their costumes.

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* GondorCallsForAid: In the Fantastic Four's main title, Franklin and Valeria call in Spider-Man and Wolverine to be part of their ''de facto'' Fantastic Four team, complete with black and blue-themed variations of their costumes. The following issue reveals that Ghost Rider (Danny Ketch) and the Immortal Hulk join them, reuniting the All-New Fantastic Four

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* CrisisCrossover: While most of the story seems confined to mini-series and not full titles outside of a handful, it does involve most of Marvel's mightiest. It's also quite notable for being the first crossover to feature both the Avengers and the Fantastic Four as the main cards

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* CrisisCrossover: While most of the story seems confined to mini-series and not full titles outside of a handful, it does involve most of Marvel's mightiest. It's also quite notable for being the first crossover to feature both the Avengers and the Fantastic Four as the main cardscards.
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* 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, but pulling from UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks, UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks, and UsefulNotes/TheModernAgeOfComicBooks.

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* 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, but pulling characters and themes from UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks, UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks, and UsefulNotes/TheModernAgeOfComicBooks.
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* 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, but pulling from UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks, UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks, and UsefulNotes/TheModernAgeOfComicBooks.
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* ''The Union'' #1-5
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* ''Empyre: X-Men'' #1-4

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* ''Epyre: [[Comicbook/MsMarvel2014 Stormranger]]'' #1-3

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* ''Epyre: ''Empyre: [[Comicbook/MsMarvel2014 Stormranger]]'' #1-3



* ''Captain Marvel'' #18
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* MechanicalLifeforms: The Stormranger Kree WarSuit takes on Kamala Khan's memories and fights against the invading Skrull armies.

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* MechanicalLifeforms: The Stormranger Kree WarSuit takes on warsuit ''Stormranger'' merges its programming with Kamala Khan's memories and fights against the invading Skrull armies.

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* ''Epyre: Stormranger'' #1-3

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* ''Epyre: Stormranger'' [[Comicbook/MsMarvel2014 Stormranger]]'' #1-3


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* ''Empyre: Captain America'' #1



* ''Empyre: Invasion of Wakanda'' #1-3



* ''Empyre: Invasion of Wakanda'' #1-3


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* BringHelpBack: Cap's mission in his Empyre miniseries: Gather every military force on Earth to help the Avengers defeat the Kree-Skrull Armada.

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* ''Empyre: Ghost Rider'' #1
* ''Epyre: Stormranger'' #1-3
* ''Empyre: [[ComicBook/SquadronSupreme2015 Squadron Supreme]]''
* ''Empyre: Invasion of Wakanda'' #1-3
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* ''Empyre: Thor'' #1-3



* ''Lords of Empyre: Celestial Messiah'' #1



* ''Empyre: Thor'' #1-3



* ''Empyre: Stormbringer'' #1-3
* ''Empyre: Invasion of Wakanda'' #1-3
* ''Empyre: Savage Avengers'' #1-3
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* ''Empyre: Invasion of Wakanda'' #1-3
* ''Empyre: Savage Avengers'' #1-3
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* FaceHeelTurn: It looks like Hulkling has done this. [[spoiler:Though ''Incoming!'' is careful to dance around the fact that he's leading the Kree/Skrull to defeat an enemy on Earth, not necessarily to ''conquer'' it...]]

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* FaceHeelTurn: It looks like Hulkling has done this. [[spoiler:Though ''Incoming!'' is careful to dance around the fact that he's leading the Kree/Skrull to defeat an enemy on ''on'' Earth, not necessarily to ''conquer'' it...Earth...]]

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'''Empyre''' is the 2020 Creator/MarvelComics event starring ComicBook/TheAvengers and ComicBook/FantasticFour, written by Creator/DanSlott and Creator/AlEwing. ComicBook/{{Hulkling}} embraces his destiny as the King of Space, unifying the Skrull and Kree Empires in the ''ComicBook/{{Incoming}}'' one-shot. Now he's leading them to their next target: Earth. The only thing standing in the way of his armada? The Avengers and the Fantastic Four.

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

ComicBook/{{Hulkling}} embraces his destiny as the King of Space, unifying the Skrull and Kree Empires in the ''ComicBook/{{Incoming}}'' one-shot. Now he's leading them to their next target: Earth. The only thing standing in the way of his armada? The Avengers and the Fantastic Four.

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'''Empyre''' is the 2020 Creator/MarvelComics event starring ComicBook/TheAvengers and ComicBook/FantasticFour. ComicBook/{{Hulkling}} embraces his destiny as the King of Space, unifying the Skrull and Kree Empires in the ''ComicBook/{{Incoming}}'' one-shot. Now he's leading them to their next target: Earth. The only thing standing in the way of his armada? The Avengers and the Fantastic Four.

The initial video trailer for this event, released before Incoming, revealed literally nothing but the name. The characters involved, creative team, past storylines it's a sequel to? All bleeped out. And the accompanying press release said '''[[REDACTED]]''' [[ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument a lot]]. But as 2019 ended, we learned those details... and can look forward to reading this story in April 2020. The main writers are Dan Slott and Al Ewing.

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'''Empyre''' is the 2020 Creator/MarvelComics event starring ComicBook/TheAvengers and ComicBook/FantasticFour.ComicBook/FantasticFour, written by Creator/DanSlott and Creator/AlEwing. ComicBook/{{Hulkling}} embraces his destiny as the King of Space, unifying the Skrull and Kree Empires in the ''ComicBook/{{Incoming}}'' one-shot. Now he's leading them to their next target: Earth. The only thing standing in the way of his armada? The Avengers and the Fantastic Four. \n\nThe initial video trailer for this event, released before Incoming, revealed literally nothing but the name. The characters involved, creative team, past storylines it's a sequel to? All bleeped out. And the accompanying press release said '''[[REDACTED]]''' [[ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument a lot]]. But as 2019 ended, we learned those details... and can look forward to reading this story in April 2020. The main writers are Dan Slott and Al Ewing.\n

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'''Empyre''' is the 2020 Creator/MarvelComics event starring ComicBook/TheAvengers and ComicBook/FantasticFour. ComicBook/{{Hulkling}} embraces his destiny as the King of Space, unifying the Skrull and Kree Empires in the ComicBook/{{Incoming}} one-shot. Now he's leading them to their next target: Earth. The only thing standing in the way of his armada? The Avengers and the Fantastic Four.

The initial video trailer for this event, released before Incoming, revealed literally nothing but the name. The characters involved, creative team, past storylines it's a sequel to? All bleeped out. And the accompanying press release said '''[[REDACTED]]''' [[RunningGag a lot]]. But as 2019 ended, we learned those details... and can look forward to reading this story in April 2020. The main writers are Dan Slott and Al Ewing.

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'''Empyre''' is the 2020 Creator/MarvelComics event starring ComicBook/TheAvengers and ComicBook/FantasticFour. ComicBook/{{Hulkling}} embraces his destiny as the King of Space, unifying the Skrull and Kree Empires in the ComicBook/{{Incoming}} ''ComicBook/{{Incoming}}'' one-shot. Now he's leading them to their next target: Earth. The only thing standing in the way of his armada? The Avengers and the Fantastic Four.

The initial video trailer for this event, released before Incoming, revealed literally nothing but the name. The characters involved, creative team, past storylines it's a sequel to? All bleeped out. And the accompanying press release said '''[[REDACTED]]''' [[RunningGag [[ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument a lot]]. But as 2019 ended, we learned those details... and can look forward to reading this story in April 2020. The main writers are Dan Slott and Al Ewing.



* ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument: The bleeps on the video trailer and [[REDACTED]] on the press release.



* FaceHeelTurn: It looks like Hulkling has done this. [[spoiler:Though Incoming is careful to dance around the fact that he's leading the Kree/Skrull to defeat an enemy on Earth, not necessarily to ''conquer'' it...]]

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* FaceHeelTurn: It looks like Hulkling has done this. [[spoiler:Though Incoming ''Incoming!'' is careful to dance around the fact that he's leading the Kree/Skrull to defeat an enemy on Earth, not necessarily to ''conquer'' it...]]



* RunningGag: The bleeps on the video trailer and [[REDACTED]] on the press release.

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* RunningGag: MotifMerger: The bleeps on superhero logo associated with this event is the video trailer and [[REDACTED]] on Avengers' "A" logo overlaid by the press release.Fantastic Four's "4" logo.
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* ''Avengers/Fantastic Four: Empyre'' #1-4

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* ''Avengers/Fantastic Four: Empyre'' #1-4#1-6



* ''Empyre: Avengers'' #1

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* ''Empyre: Avengers'' #1#1-3
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[[folder:Preludes]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Incoming}}'' #1
* ''Road to Empyre: ComicBook/TheKreeSkrullWar'' #1
* ''Empyre: Avengers'' #0
* ''Empyre: Fantastic Four'' #0
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* ''Empyre - Avengers'' #0
* ''Empyre - Fantastic Four'' #0



* ''Empyre: Avengers'' (possible one-shot)
* ''Empyre: Spider-Man'' #1-3



* ''Empyre: Avengers'' #1
* ''Empyre: Spider-Man'' #1-3



* ''X-Men'' (currently unknown issue)

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* ''Lords of Empyre: Emperor ComicBook/{{Hulkling}}'' #1
* ''X-Men'' (currently unknown issue)#10
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[[folder:Main Titles]]
* ''Empyre - Avengers'' #0
* ''Empyre - Fantastic Four'' #0
* ''Avengers/Fantastic Four: Empyre'' #1-4
* ''Empyre: Avengers'' (possible one-shot)
* ''Empyre: Spider-Man'' #1-3
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[[folder:Tie-Ins]]
* ''Fantastic Four'' #21
* ''X-Men'' (currently unknown issue)
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* GondorCallsForAid: In the Fantastic Four's main title, Franklin and Valeria call in Spider-Man and Wolverine to be part of their ''de facto'' Fantastic Four team, complete with black and blue-themed variations of their costumes.

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'''Empyre''' is the 2020 Creator/MarvelComics event starring ComicBook/TheAvengers and ComicBook/FantasticFour. ComicBook/{{Hulkling}} embraced his destiny as the King of Space, unifying the Skrull and Kree Empires in the ComicBook/{{Incoming}} one-shot. Now he's leading them to their next target: Earth. The initial video trailer for this event, released before Incoming, revealed literally nothing but the name. The characters involved, creative team, past storylines it's a sequel to? All bleeped out. And the accompanying press release said [[REDACTED]] [[RunningGag a lot]]. But as 2019 ended, we learned those details... and can look forward to reading this story in April 2020. The main writers are Dan Slott and Al Ewing.

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'''Empyre''' is the 2020 Creator/MarvelComics event starring ComicBook/TheAvengers and ComicBook/FantasticFour. ComicBook/{{Hulkling}} embraced embraces his destiny as the King of Space, unifying the Skrull and Kree Empires in the ComicBook/{{Incoming}} one-shot. Now he's leading them to their next target: Earth. The only thing standing in the way of his armada? The Avengers and the Fantastic Four.

The initial video trailer for this event, released before Incoming, revealed literally nothing but the name. The characters involved, creative team, past storylines it's a sequel to? All bleeped out. And the accompanying press release said [[REDACTED]] '''[[REDACTED]]''' [[RunningGag a lot]]. But as 2019 ended, we learned those details... and can look forward to reading this story in April 2020. The main writers are Dan Slott and Al Ewing.



* TheAlliance: The Kree and the Skrulls are this.

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* TheAlliance: The Kree and the Skrulls are this.this, putting aside their centuries long war to unite under their shared heir.



* FaceHeelTurn: It looks like Hulkling has done this.

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* FaceHeelTurn: It looks like Hulkling has done this. [[spoiler:Though Incoming is careful to dance around the fact that he's leading the Kree/Skrull to defeat an enemy on Earth, not necessarily to ''conquer'' it...]]
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'''Empyre''' is the 2020 Creator/MarvelComics event starring ComicBook/TheAvengers and ComicBook/FantasticFour. ComicBook/{{Hulkling}} embraced his destiny as the King of Space, unifying the Skrull and Kree Empires in the ComicBook/{{Incoming}} one-shot. Now he's leading them to their next target: Earth. The initial video trailer for this event, released before Incoming, revealed literally nothing but the name. The characters involved, creative team, past storylines it's a sequel to? All bleeped out. And the accompanying press release said [[REDACTED]] [[RunningGag a lot]]. But as 2019 ended, we learned those details... and can look forward to reading this story in April 2020. The main writers are Dan Slott and Al Ewing.

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* TheAlliance: The Kree and the Skrulls are this.
* ClusterBleepBomb: The video trailer, though it's hiding spoilers rather than swearing.
* FaceHeelTurn: It looks like Hulkling has done this.
* RunningGag: The bleeps on the video trailer and [[REDACTED]] on the press release.

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