History YMMV / Empyre

** Due to [[WhatCouldHaveBeen his tie-in getting cut]], Thor disappears from the main story in its first issue and just shows up out of nowhere in the climax, coincidentally having gained the power to stop the Cotati from turning all plant-life on the planet on organic life off-panel.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** Hulkling and Wiccan finally gain focus after falling into limbo for years, while also following up on some of their past plotlines. Hulkling also gets more focus on his own stories, after years of being SatelliteLoveInterest and having Wiccan take over all his stories.
** After many tie-ins were cut due to the Coronavirus pandemic throwing a wrench into the entire industry, the Omnibus collection of the event will contain at least some of the more important ones that were cut.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Hulkling and Wiccan finally gain focus after falling into limbo for years, while also following up on some of their past plotlines. Hulkling also gets more focus on his own stories, after years of being SatelliteLoveInterest and having Wiccan take over all his stories.
** After many tie-ins were cut due to the pandemic throwing a wrench into the entire industry, the Omnibus collection of the event will contain at least some of the more important ones that were cut.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: The announcement of the Britain-centered miniseries ''The Union'' was greeted with lots of head-scratching from Marvel fans in the United Kingdom. A comic centered around a super-team from the UK's member nations coming out at a time when the fallout from both Brexit and the 2019 election brought renewed cries for Scottish independence and Irish reunification looked more like it was a slapdash publicity stunt or PropagandaPiece [[OccamsRazor and less like a story that was probably drafted months before any of these elections took place]] [[SunkCostFallacy with too much money already spent on development to scrap it.]] Ultimately, it ended up being rescheduled due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and rewritten as a tie in to ''ComicBook/KingInBlack''.

* CrazyAwesome: The Ghost Rider Quinjet.

* Let's give this story it's due. It ended a long war that was a staple in marvel for over 40 years real time and several hundred years in-universe time. It's quite nice to see these long warring people lay down their arms and become an alliance.

* AssPull: Due to [[WhatCouldHaveBeen his tie-in getting cut]], Thor disappears from the main story in its first issue and just shows up out of nowhere in the climax, coincidentally having gained the power to stop the Cotati from turning all plant-life on the planet on organic life off-panel.

* CriticalResearchFailure: In the first issue, Captain Glory somehow manages to resist the Ghost Quinjet’s penance stare and the reason given for this is because he is incapable of feeling guilt. However, as any fan of Ghost Rider will tell you, that is ''not'' how the penance stare works. The penance stare’s power draws upon the sins of the victim, not their guilt. Basically, it doesn’t matter if you feel guilt or not, because if you’ve commited sins, then the penance stare ''will'' hurt you no matter what.

* CriticalResearchFailure: In the first issue, a Kree soldier somehow manages to evade the Ghost Quinjet’s penance stare because he is incapable of feeling guilt. However, as any fan of Ghost Rider will tell you, that is ''not'' how the penance stare works. The penance stare’s power draws upon the sins of the victim, not their guilt. Basically, it doesn’t matter if you feel guilt or not, because if you’ve commited sins, then the penance stare ''will'' hurt you no matter what.

** A big twist in issue 4 is that She-Hulk [[spoiler:has been killed by a Cotati]]. Even if there weren't solicits for an ''Immortal She-Hulk'' tie-in coming up, nor ''Immortal Hulk'' having firmly established that Hulks and other Gamma-powered beings have RessurectiveImmortality, nobody was terribly convinced Jen was down for the count anyhow.

** No one believed for a second that [[spoiler: She-Hulk was going to stay dead, since she was already slated to have a one-shot.]] Also, ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' book firmly established that Hulks and other Gamma-powered beings cannot be killed conventionally.

** A big twist in issue 4 is that She-Hulk [[spoiler:has been killed by a Cotati]]. Even if there weren't solicits for an ''Immortal She-Hulk'' tie-in coming up, nobody'd be terribly convinced Jen is down for the count anyhow.

** No one believed for a second that [[spoiler: She-Hulk was going to stay dead, since she was already slated to have a one-shot.]] Also, ComicBook/ImmortalHulk book firmly established that Hulks and other Gamma-powered beings cannot be killed conventionally.

** No one was going to be surprised when [[spoiler: She-Hulk is somehow going to survive her possession, since she is going to have an upcoming one-shot.]] Also, ComicBook/ImmortalHulk book firmly established that Hulks and other Gamma-powered beings cannot be killed conventionally.

** In ''Lords of Empyre: Hulkling'', Teddy is break up with Billy. Seemingly ending the relationship of one of comics' most iconic and beloved gay couples only for it to be revealed in Empyre #4 they already got married before the whole event, and they get an official wedding in ''Aftermath''.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Fantastic Four's storyline in Empyre #0 was generally panned- except for the adoption of the Kree and Skrull children Jo-Venn and N'Kalla. The adolescents were born to be the living history of their peoples, with all their history and culture ingrained into their very DNA. Then they were thrown into an arena and forced to fight each other day after day. Even after they're freed/adopted by the Richards family, the two speak in veiled (or overt) threats of murder to one another like two siblings in the back of their parents' car. For some reason, the internet found these two to be a perfect addition to Marvel's First Family.

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: A big twist in issue 4 is that She-Hulk [[spoiler:has been killed by a Cotati]]. Even if there weren't solicits for an ''Immortal She-Hulk'' tie-in coming up, nobody'd be terribly convinced Jen is down for the count anyhow.
** In ''Lords of Empyre:Hulkling'' Teddy is forced to end his engagement to Billy. Seemingly ending the relationship of one of comics most iconic and beloved gay couples only for it to be revealed in Empyre #4 they already got before Teddy did that and they get a full wedding in the aftermath.

* AssPull: Due to [[WhatCouldHaveBeen his tie-in getting cut]], Thor disappears from the main story in its first issue and just shows up out of nowhere in the climax, coincidentally having gained the power to stop the Cotati from turning all plant-life on the planet from turning on organic life off-panel.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: The announcement of the Britain-centered miniseries ''The Union'' was greeted with lots of head-scratching from Marvel fans in the United Kingdom. A comic centered around a super-team from the UK's member nations coming out at a time when the fallout from both Brexit and the 2019 election brought renewed cries for Scottish independence and Irish reunification looked more like it was a slapdash publicity stunt or PropagandaPiece [[OccamsRazor and less like a story that was probably drafted months before any of these elections took place]] [[SunkCostFallacy with too much money already spent on development to scrap it.]] Ultimately, it ended up cancelled anyway due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and rescheduled as a tie in to ''ComicBook/KingInBlack''.

* AssPull: Due to [[WhatCouldHaveBeen his tie-in mini being cut]], Thor disappears from the main story in its first issue and just shows up out of nowhere in the climax, coincidentally having gained the power to stop the Cotati from turning all plant-life on the planet from turning on organic life off-panel.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: The announcement of the Britain-centered miniseries ''The Union'' was greeted with lots of head-scratching from Marvel fans in the United Kingdom. A comic centered around a super-team from the UK's member nations coming out at a time when the fallout from both Brexit and the 2019 election brought renewed cries for Scottish independence and Irish reunification looked more like it was a slapdash publicity stunt or PropagandaPiece [[OccamsRazor and less like a story that was probably drafted months before any of these elections took place]] [[SunkCostFallacy with too much money already spent on development to scrap it.]] Ultimately, it ended up cancelled anyway due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and rescheduled as a tie in to ''ComicBook/KingInBlack''

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: The announcement of the Britain-centered miniseries ''The Union'' was greeted with lots of head-scratching from Marvel fans in the United Kingdom. A comic centered around a super-team from the UK's member nations coming out at a time when the fallout from both Brexit and the 2019 election brought renewed cries for Scottish independence and Irish reunification looked more like it was a slapdash publicity stunt or PropagandaPiece [[OccamsRazor and less like a story that was probably drafted months before any of these elections took place]] [[SunkCostFallacy with too much money already spent on development to scrap it.]] Ultimately, it ended up cancelled anyway due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

* AssPull: Due to [[WhatCouldHaveBeen his tie-in mini being cut]], Thor disappears from the main story in its first issue and just shows up in the finale and just shows up out of nowhere in the climax while coincidentally having gained the power to stop the Cotati from turning all plant-life on the planet from turning on organic life.

* {{Squick}}: She-Hulk getting taken over from the inside, then [[VomitIndiscretionShot throws flora up]] that it becomes her [[FacialHorror new "face"]]. With the color of the plant, it even looks like blood.