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WAR OF KINGS #1 (OF 6)


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  1. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    March 2, 2009 at 5:55 pm

    I’m hoping for great things from this book.  I love the cover, it has both Lilandra and Crystal farting in Vulcan’s face

  2. Avatar photo Fvckstick says:
    March 2, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    I’ve never read Inhumans, or guardians of the galaxy, but i do LOVE nova. Will i be completely lost on this one?

  3. Avatar photo miyamotofreak says:
    March 2, 2009 at 6:25 pm

    Ah, another event book. Hear nothing but good things about Nova and Guardians but this puts me off.

  4. Avatar photo Aquaman says:
    March 2, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    @Fvckstick   I only read Guardians and Nova and i was lost until i read that free War Of Kings saga issue and the one shot and even with no knowledge of the inhumans i think i understand whats going on.

  5. Avatar photo eagle6002 says:
    March 2, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    If this is even close to as good as the secret invasion one shot, then this will be amazing

  6. Avatar photo cutty says:
    March 2, 2009 at 6:41 pm

    The Secret Invasion one-shot was a prologue I think

  7. Avatar photo ShowMeYourWits says:
    March 2, 2009 at 7:56 pm

    These guys know their epic space battles and if the Inhumans 1 shot was a taste of what we can expect then I’m on board.

  8. Avatar photo rayclark says:
    March 2, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    oh man i cant freakin wait!! i totally forgot this was coming out!!

  9. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    March 2, 2009 at 8:32 pm

    @Fvckstick-Second what Aquaman said.  Pick up the War of Kings Saga if you can (Its free and came out like 2 months ago.  Your store might still have copies or maybe marvel.com has it for free) and then the prologue issue.  Thats all you should need to know.  I picked up the saga issue, and then was just blown away by the prologue.

  10. Avatar photo TommyBrownell says:
    March 2, 2009 at 9:07 pm

    FINALLY…an event I can sink my teeth into.

  11. Avatar photo bowser says:
    March 2, 2009 at 9:10 pm

    The War of Kings Saga CAN be found for free on marvel.com

     http://www.marvel.com/digitalcomics/titles/WAR_OF_KINGS_SAGA.2008.1

  12. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    March 2, 2009 at 9:42 pm

    Thanks Bowser!!!  And I hope you get Peach one day.  You deserve some happiness in your life 😛

  13. Avatar photo TopGun says:
    March 3, 2009 at 2:31 am

    This is my POTW right here. I’ll be shocked if something else beats this out.

  14. Avatar photo Diabhol says:
    March 3, 2009 at 3:11 am

    I’m totally breaking my rule about mini-series for this.

  15. Avatar photo evil09 says:
    March 3, 2009 at 6:55 am

    The InHumans and their monarch Black Bolt is an awesome group of Super Freaks from the World of the Marvel Universe. I beginning to think this comic book is a awesome addition to my comic book collection.

  16. Avatar photo ActualButt says:
    March 3, 2009 at 9:31 am

    Secret Warriors is a contender for my POTW, and we’ll see if Ult. Wolvie v. Hulk delivers, but this is the frontrunner for sure.

  17. Avatar photo RevolutionarySounds says:
    March 3, 2009 at 9:51 am

    For those who have seen the various variants at the Marvel website, I ask.  Which cover do you prefer, main cover, Yu variant, or Lim variant?

  18. Avatar photo JonSamuelson says:
    March 3, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    I prefer the Lim variant.  But I’m a sucker for his stuff from back in the day on the Silver Surfer, and Infinity Gauntlet.

  19. Avatar photo Fvckstick says:
    March 3, 2009 at 5:23 pm

    yeah i got the freebie mag, i just never got around to reading it. What is the prologue issue called ?

  20. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    March 3, 2009 at 5:26 pm

    @Fvckstick-Secret Invasion: War of Kings if I recall correctly

  21. Avatar photo Aquaman says:
    March 3, 2009 at 7:47 pm

    Lockjaw is a skrull!

  22. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    March 4, 2009 at 10:21 pm

    This was awesome.  Would have easily been POTW if not for Locke & Key.  But damn, I am so excited for this book

  23. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    March 4, 2009 at 11:42 pm

    Great issue. Look forward to this event. Though, two odd things… 1) I thought they had decided to drop the whole "Lorna is a Maximoff" thing now. Guess plot expediency overrules logic sometimes! 2) Even if she is Magneto’s daughter… how the hell could she know Crystal’s daughter do well? Sure she was a on a time with Pietro, but I don’t think Lorna ever met Crystal more than once! 

    Anyway, those minor quibbles aside. Great issue. But more HAVOK!  

  24. Avatar photo ActualButt says:
    March 5, 2009 at 8:17 am

    This was freakin great. I really felt like there were some serious stakes here, with the dismemberment of a certain Starjammer, and the death’s of some other characters. S#!+ got effed up! And it’s nice to see cosmic stuff as far back as Brubaker’s Uncanny and Son of M, and Silent War all mixed up with the repercussions of Secret Invasion and Annihilation. Yaaay continuity. And is Black Bolt left-handed or right-handed?

    @PraxJarvin – I’m sure one could say that Lorna and Luna had some quality time off the page. At least that’s my thought. And that wouldn’t be an absurd ret-con, especially compared to previous X-related ret-cons.

  25. Avatar photo AlexG says:
    March 5, 2009 at 9:26 am

    the ONLY thing about this that was unfortunate is that it seems to pretty much render the end of X-Men Kingbreaker pointless, but that in no way detracted from what I thought was a Kick ass book. So…Ronan…doesn’t look good for him does it?

  26. Avatar photo CaptianJack says:
    March 5, 2009 at 12:16 pm

    @Alex i think Ronan is going to come back and kick some butt.  this was a great issue and i was sad that it ended now i have to wait a month for the next issue.

  27. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    March 5, 2009 at 12:41 pm

    @AlexG-yeah, I’m not reading Kingbreaker, but doesn’t it deal with the Starjammers escaping?  So yeah, it would make it pretty pointless to read what happens.

     

    @Praz-indeed, more Havok!!  I saw him dressed up for the wedding and didn’t realize it was him unti lhe mentioned how he couldn’t believe that he and Vulcan are brothers.  Step it up Summers!

  28. Avatar photo Diabhol says:
    March 5, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    Loved it!

  29. Avatar photo TommyBrownell says:
    March 5, 2009 at 5:52 pm

    I only liked it…probably because my internal hype meter was set TOO high…that said, very good first part, and I figure it only goes up from here.

     So long as it ends with Vulcan getting absolutely spanked…

  30. Avatar photo ScorpionMasada says:
    March 5, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    I thought it was great as well, but I think I’m going to drop it and wait for the oversized hardcover that they are bound to release with the Nova/Guardians/War of Kings issues.

  31. Avatar photo TommyBrownell says:
    March 5, 2009 at 8:32 pm

    Well, I am already buying Nova and Guardians, so it wouldn’t make any sense for me not to buy it monthly…=)

  32. Avatar photo TopGun says:
    March 5, 2009 at 9:01 pm

    I kinda felt like Ronan and Black Bolt got taken out too easily. I had a total fist pumping moment when they sprang into action and i know they couldn’t have won(otherwise what would we have done in the other 5 issues) but they honestly got rocked as soon as they started fighting. The only person you see holding his own is Karnak.

    I know it seems small and petty of me to complain about that but i feel like they built up Ronan in annihilation(he takes out guy who was hunting Heralds for cripes sakes) and Black Bolt in everything else for them to be beaten in 2 or 3 panels.

     okay my rant is over. the rest of the issue was really good

  33. Avatar photo warlock says:
    March 6, 2009 at 12:44 pm

    This was complete, unfettered cosmic awesomeness! The art alone was worth the money. Regarding the writing, there were more HOLY CRAP moments than I could count. These guys haven’t let me down yet on an event, Marvel should sh*tcan the rest of their entire line, clone A&L and put out more of this stuff.

  34. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    March 6, 2009 at 1:05 pm

    @TopGun I was a bit mystified as to why it seemed some of the guests weren’t doing anything. Sure not everyone is superpowered, but I didn’t see Havok use his plasma blasts or Lorna do anything remotely interesting. I realize they only had so much room, but when you put that many powered people in a room together… you have certain expectations.

  35. Avatar photo TopGun says:
    March 6, 2009 at 9:30 pm

    @PraxJarvin – My thoughts exactly. I would’ve liked to see all the heroes fighting the good fight but just not being able to win. On the last page when Black Bolt was standing there i kinda thought, "oh now you’re standing. thanks"

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