Marvel Comics Universe & June 2020 Solicitations Spoilers: Empyre Nears Finale With 16 Comic Books, Totalling Over 550 Pages At A Cost Of Almost $70 Before Tax!

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Marvel Comics Universe and June 2020 Solicitations Spoilers follows.

Empyre Nears Finale With 16 Comic Books, Totalling Over 550 Pages At A Cost Of Almost $70 Before Tax!

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Solicitation and covers below.

EMPYRE #4 (of 6)
AL EWING & DAN SLOTT (W) • VALERIO SCHITI (A) • Cover by JIM CHEUNG
Avengers Variant Cover by ALEXANDER LOZANO
Fantastic Four Variant Cover by MICHAEL CHO
Kree/Skrull Variant Cover by TONY DANIEL
2-PACK ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
VARIANT COVER BY LEE GARBETT

THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER…

• Tensions mount as the action heats up!
• As the attack on Wakanda intensifies, the heroes find themselves under attack from their enemies — and their allies!
• In a war where nobody can be fully trusted, betrayal cuts deep — as the alien invasion claims its first casualty!
• In this issue: The shock ending you never expected! You’ll want to frame it for your wall, True Believer!

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

EMPYRE #5 (of 6)
AL EWING & DAN SLOTT (W) • VALERIO SCHITI (A) • Cover by JIM CHEUNG
Avengers Variant Cover by ALEXANDER LOZANO
Fantastic Four Variant Cover by MICHAEL CHO
Kree/Skrull Variant Cover by TONY DANIEL
2-PACK ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• Love and war — in the midst of cosmic cataclysm!
• One fan-favorite Marvel hero reveals their secret — as another faces the ultimate showdown with a monstrous foe!
• Meanwhile, an outer-space jailbreak leads to a trial by combat you’ll have to see to believe…
•…but is it all too late to save Earth from two world-ending threats at once?

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

EMPYRE: CAPTAIN AMERICA #2 (OF 3)
PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON (W) • ARIEL OLIVETTI (A) • COVER BY Mike Henderson
Variant cover by Luke Ross

• Earth’s defenses are being overrun!
• With his back against the ropes, Captain America reaches out for aid…
• …but is there anyone left to hear the call?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

EMPYRE: THOR #2 (OF 3)
RAM V (W) • PASQUAL FERRY (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY ED MCGUINNESS
THE GOD OF THUNDER MEETS HIS MATCH!

Aliens are invading Midgard, longtime Asgardian ally and Agent of Wakanda Roz Solomon has gone missing, and Gaea, Thor’s mother and guardian of the Earth, is dying. Thor, the king of Asgard and the god of the storm, has one singular duty: Save. Everyone. So who is this new god standing in his way — and what does he know about Thor’s birthright?!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

EMPYRE: SPIDER–MAN #3 (of 3)
TARAN KILLAM (W) • DIEGO OLORTEGUI (A) • Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
Variant Cover by Marco Checchetto

• If there’s one thing you know about Peter Parker it’s that he will sacrifice his personal life for saving people as Spider-Man.
• This time, that sacrifice will change aspects of his relationship with his girlfriend, Mary Jane, but it may save MANY lives. This time from an interstellar invader.
• Maybe his burgeoning friendship with a new, strange, very small Spider-Man-obsessed super hero will help fix things?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

EMPYRE: X-MEN #3 & #4 (OF 4)
Issue #3 – ED BRISSON, VITA AYALA & ZEB WELLS (W)
Issue #4 – JONATHAN HICKMAN & TBA (W)
Issue #3 – TBA (A)
Issue #4 – JORGE MOLINA (A)
Issue #3 – cover by EDUARD PETROVICH
Issue #4 – cover by TBA
ISSUE #3 – VARIANT COVER BY TBA
ISSUE #4 – VARIANT COVER BY TBA
ALIENS! PLANT-MEN! MUTANTS! ZOMBIES! OLD WOMEN! DEMONS! EXPLOSIONS!

These issues have more than you ever dreamed to ask for. And then some.

40 PGS.(each)/Rated T+ …$4.99 (each)

THE UNION #2 (OF 5)
PAUL GRIST (W) • Andrea Di Vito (A) • Cover by Paco Medina
EMPYRE VARIANT COVER BY TBA
DESIGN VARIANT COVER BY R.B. SILVA

• The Union must battle for their lives (and each other) as the Empyre Invasion crescendos!
• Thrust unto the global stage, will they be able to prove themselves as a team or will they crumble as the world watches?
• Plus, a devastating blow to the fledgling team rocks them to their very core!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

EMPYRE: AVENGERS #3 (of 3)
Jim Zub (W) • Carlos Magno (A) • COVER BY Paul Renaud
Variant cover by Paco Medina

Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are caught in a conflict against nature itself as the soul of the Savage Land hangs in the balance.

Guest-starring Ka-Zar, Shanna the She-Devil and the macabre Man-Thing!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

EMPYRE: SQUADRON SUPREME #2 (OF 2)
MARK WAID (W) • Dio Neves (A) • Cover by PACO MEDINA
VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• The Squadron Supreme has discovered something that could turn the tide of the invasion!
• But overwhelmed by the invaders, will the Squadron be able to battle their way out in time to make a difference?
• Or will the Squadron Supreme meet their end in this shocking issue???

32 pages/Rated T+ …$3.99

LORDS OF EMPYRE: SWORDSMAN #1
ALEX PAKNADEL (W) • THOMAS NACHLIK (A) • Cover by Rod Reis
Variant cover by Jay Anacleto
The swordsman has been resurrected!

But there are more secrets than what lies beyond the grave… Join Swordsman and his son, Quoi, as they embark on a journey of discovery here on Earth – one they can’t walk back from!

40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99

EMPYRE: STORMRANGER #2 (OF 3)
SALADIN AHMED (W) • Danilo S. Beyruth (A)
Cover by Federico Vicentini
VARIANT COVER BY KIM JACINTO

• Stormranger finds herself trapped on a space pirate ship with an unlikely ally — the Guardian of the Galaxy known as GAMORA!
• Can Stormranger work with someone else long enough to stage a daring jailbreak, or will she leave this ship with a lethal new nemesis?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

EMPYRE: THE INVASION OF WAKANDA #2 (OF 3)
Jim Zub (W) • LAN MEDINA (A)
COVER BY Dustin Weaver
VARIANT COVER BY KIM JACINTO
WAKANDA UNDER SIEGE!

• Alien weapons, psychic spirits, ancient magic — T’Challa prepared for war, but not even he could have foreseen the forces now brought to bear against his homeland.
• If the Great Vibranium Mound is lost to these invaders, our planet will follow…
• Yibambe!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

STRIKEFORCE #10
TINI HOWARD (W)
GERMÁN PERALTA (A)
Cover by JUAN JOSÉ RYP
VARIANT COVER BY DAN MORA
THE SEEDS OF DISCORD!

Aliens are invading Earth, and after taking care of the exiled Vridai, this team is more than prepared to oust unwanted visitors. But their enemy is no delicate flower…and for Wiccan, the stakes are higher than anyone can guess. This is the single issue you’ll wish you’d read – so beat the regret and get on the Strikeforce train before it’s too late!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

CAPTAIN MARVEL #20
KELLY THOMPSON (W) • CORY SMITH (A) • Cover by JORGE MOLINA
EMPYRE VARIANT COVER BY JEFF DEKAL
THE ACCUSER CORPS!

Captain Marvel recruits some of her closest allies to unravel the mystery of the Universal Weapon — and the woman she’s meant to accuse. But is Carol splitting her power just when she’ll need it most? And how is the united Kree/Skrull Empire going to react to three more HUMAN Accusers?!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

FANTASTIC FOUR #23
DAN SLOTT (W) • SEAN IZAAKSE (A) • Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
EMPYRE VARIANT COVER BY KHOI PHAM
LIVING VAMPIRE VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• The ultimate Omni-Wave Projector — built by Valeria Richards, powered Franklin Richards. In their hands, it could lay waste to the Empyre…
• …but what if it fell into the hands of the Celestial Assassins? A tipping point in the Empyre saga! A fight that Spider-Man and Wolverine can’t afford to lose! And two lives that that will be forever changed!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

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