Empyre — core and aftermath
Al Ewing · Dan Slott · Valerio Schiti
Story era 12 · King in Black and the Krakoan Age
Empyre develops Hulkling and Wiccan’s relationship while changing the Kree/Skrull order through Schiti’s expressive art.
Setup & reading order
- Before Empyre #1
Read Empyre: Avengers #0 and Empyre: Fantastic Four #0 first; finish #1–6 before the Aftermath and Fallout specials.
- After Empyre #6
Read the Immortal She-Hulk special from Immortal Hulk after the event. Captain Marvel #18–21 and Hickman’s X-Men #10–11 take place alongside it.
Optional context & path
Path: Empyre. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.
Useful background and earlier stops: Young Avengers — Heinberg/Cheung and Gillen/McKelvie.
Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.
About these books · 4 sources
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The books
Empyre
Book 1 of 1 · King in Black and the Krakoan Age
Hulkling unites the Kree and Skrulls in an Avengers/FF cosmic crisis during early Krakoa and before King in Black.
See reading checkpoints9781302924386Planned edition#0#0#1–6#1#1Edition sources
Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.
Duplication across this project
These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.
No shared contents are recorded with other books in the plan.
Things to know
- Reception is divided beyond the Hulkling and cosmic audience; select the core plus its bookends, without the sprawling tie-in omnibus.