Marvel Comics Universe and Empyre #2 Spoilers and Review follows.
Incoming #1 FINALLY Explained As Avengers and Fantastic Four Separately Vs. Cotati With Kree / Skrull Empire!
The issue also has seven variant covers, with the above, out today.
Plus the main cover.
The book opens with a dramatis personae and…
…storyline catch-up with creators’ credits page.
The Cotati are the villains of this event and…
…the first Avengers baby is their leaders!
That leads a betrayal by Swordsman, but due to their ties to Avengers a reprieve as well.
Elsewhere, the Celestial Messiah, the grown-up first Avengers baby, reveals the death toll…
…they have caused in Incoming #1 (full spoilers here) as well as…
…beyond that.
The Avengers escape due to the power of Thor’s mallet and they learn that…
…the Cotati have invaded Earth!
Elsewhere, in the Kree / Skrull armada that hovers over Earth, the alliance’s Emperor Hulkling saves the Thing from being consumed by the Cotati plants.
Turns out his Sword of Space is lethal against these plants and, using Captain Marvel as a conduit and amplified, they destroy all the plants.
The book ends with Captain Marvel being given the Accuser’s weapon…
…getting an upgrade as a result!
An ending spoiled by a few Empyre covers including Captain Marvel #18 out on July 29, 2020.
Next up is Empyre #3 on stands July 29, 2020.
Followed by Empyre #4 in stores on August 5, 2020.
Empyre #5 is out on August #12, 2020.
The event finale in Empyre #6 on stands September 2, 2020.
The Pulse:
Great, amazing and vibrant art from pencils to inks to lettering to colors; wow! Story is a bit plodding and word balloon heavy with an ending that was spoiled months ago. 5.5 out of 10.
