Trivia / Empyre

• Release Date Change: Diamond Comics Distributors closed their doors due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, so all comic books scheduled for April 1, 2020 onwards were postponed until the last week of June.
• Schedule Slip: Unavoidable due to the Coronavirus. The event ended up running from July to September instead of April to July.
• What Could Have Been: The miniseries was originally much bigger, but due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the miniseries found itself condensed and the amount of tie-ins were forced to be scaled back, removing numerous tie-ins. Consequently, this left certain plot points (most damningly Thor returning in the final issue of the main title with control over plantlife and the embracement of his heritage with his birth mother Gaea) coming out of nowhere. The tie-ins removed:
  • Empyre: Thor, which would have seen the Odinson seeking to find out what has caused Gaia to fall ill during the invasion.
  • Empyre: Spider-Man, which would pit the webslinger against a Skrull warrior.
  • Empyre: Stormranger, which would have Kamala Khan's former nanotech Kree costume-turned-independent being fighting in the war.
  • Empyre: The Invasion of Wakanda, which would have Black Panther and the Agents of Wakanda defend the kingdom against the alien invaders.
  • Empyre: Ghost Rider, which would put two Spirits against the alien invasion.
  • Empyre: Squadron Supreme, which would have Coulson's hand-picked hero team protecting America from the invasion.
  • The Order, a mini-series featuring a group of United Kingdom-related heroes. It ended up becoming The Union, a tie-in mini-series to King in Black instead.
    • Relatedly, Strikeforce got cancelled one issue before it was supposed to tie-in with the event.

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