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War of Kings Omnibus

War of Kings Omnibus

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  • Create Date：2022-03-25 10:51:41
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
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  • Author：Ed Brubaker
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A cosmic epic connecting the Inhumans， X-Men and Guardians of the Galaxy！ The Inhumans leave Earth and take their destined place as rulers of the Kree Empire！ Meanwhile， Cyclops and Havok’s power-mad brother， Vulcan， claims the Shi’ar Empire’s throne， bringing the galaxy to the brink of destruction！ With the Nova Corps， Starjammers and Guardians caught in the middle， two empires make cosmic war — and the fallout might just tear the galaxy in half！

COLLECTING: Uncanny X-Men （1981） 475-486， X-Men: Emperor Vulcan （2007） 1-5， Secret Invasion: War of Kings （2009） 1， X-Men: Kingbreaker （2009） 1-4， War of Kings: Darkhawk （2009） 1-2， War of Kings: Warriors （2009） 1-2， War of Kings （2009） 1-6， War of Kings: Ascension （2009） 1-4， War of Kings: Savage World of Sakaar （2009） 1， Nova （2007） 23-28， Guardians of the Galaxy （2008） 13-19， War of Kings: Who Will Rule？ （2009） 1， Marvel Spotlilght: War of Kings （2009） 1， material from X-Men: Divided We Stand （2008） 2

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Reviews

Matthew Quann ，

As I slowly work my way through the DnA run that laid the foundation for Marvel's cosmic corner， War of Kings presents my favourite event of the bunch。 A massive Sh'iar vs Kree war that rolls in， or maybe shoehorns， the third summers brother and the Inhumans。 For me， the heavies of the respective space empires are the least interesting thing about the whole story。 Instead， the established world of Guardians and Nova clash against a cosmic battle of kings。Good old fashioned space-based fun。 Oh， t As I slowly work my way through the DnA run that laid the foundation for Marvel's cosmic corner， War of Kings presents my favourite event of the bunch。 A massive Sh'iar vs Kree war that rolls in， or maybe shoehorns， the third summers brother and the Inhumans。 For me， the heavies of the respective space empires are the least interesting thing about the whole story。 Instead， the established world of Guardians and Nova clash against a cosmic battle of kings。Good old fashioned space-based fun。 Oh， the art is also choice！ A small cosmic hiatus， then I'll get along with Realm of Kings。 。。。more

James ，

The Marvel cosmic saga continues 4。25 stars。 I absolutely loved this！！！ This book was massive！ In short， most of it focuses on Vulcans rise to power as the Majestor of the Shi’ar and Black Bolt and the Inhumans rise to be the rulers of the Kree empire leading up to their big battle。 But on that journey there is so much to enjoy。 All the individual character arcs， all the side stories etc etc。 the opening story， X-men Rise and fall of the Shi’ar empire was amazing！ Helluva opener。 The actual titl The Marvel cosmic saga continues 4。25 stars。 I absolutely loved this！！！ This book was massive！ In short， most of it focuses on Vulcans rise to power as the Majestor of the Shi’ar and Black Bolt and the Inhumans rise to be the rulers of the Kree empire leading up to their big battle。 But on that journey there is so much to enjoy。 All the individual character arcs， all the side stories etc etc。 the opening story， X-men Rise and fall of the Shi’ar empire was amazing！ Helluva opener。 The actual title arc， War of Kings 1-6 also was F’ing dope as hell！！ I mean this book just kept giving me awesomeness。 Stakes were high， characters that you got attached to died and you never knew what crazy mission or tragedy awaited you through the next few pages。 I’m so glad I decided to track all of this cosmic saga down。 Well worth it and highly recommended！！！ Up next， Realm of Kings。 。。。more

Judith Groen ，

Annihilation is my favorite cosmic event。。。 Well， I think it was。 This book is amazing， the stories are compelling with great artwork。 Yes， there are some stories that are less than others， but overall it is amazing。 5/5 for me！

Blindzider ，

Like most compilations this large， collecting a variety of titles， it's generally filled with some pretty good stuff and then just some average stuff。 First， it definitely helps to read the other books instead of just the main series。 For me， the highlight of the crossover is that the Inhumans go from passive to proactive， which is an excellent move to get them out of their story rut of just trying to live in peace away from everyone。Brubaker's run on the X-Men， detailing Vulcan's rise to power Like most compilations this large， collecting a variety of titles， it's generally filled with some pretty good stuff and then just some average stuff。 First， it definitely helps to read the other books instead of just the main series。 For me， the highlight of the crossover is that the Inhumans go from passive to proactive， which is an excellent move to get them out of their story rut of just trying to live in peace away from everyone。Brubaker's run on the X-Men， detailing Vulcan's rise to power wasn't new to me， but I had never read what happened after that， so this filled in that gap of seeing just what happened next。 And he is definitely portrayed as this spoiled and hurt child who wants revenge against the universe so it isn't hard to hate him and you can't wait for him to be spanked。Darkhawk was interesting， and his "anger" issues were appealing to me， but this was short lived as the writers added some depth to his character by modifying the purpose of the Darkhawks to soldiers for psychohistory， from Asimov's Foundation series。The War of Kings: Warriors series was pretty much a waste of time as was War of Kings: Savage World of Skaar。The main War of Kings mini-series was a bombastic climax with a cinematic action movie feel。The Nova issues wrap up his storyline although the art fell a little short for my tastes。 It should be noted that these issues were after the main mini-series in the compilation， but some of the story takes place before and during the main mini-series。 If you read this volume straight through， you basically see what happens overall， then jump back in time to see a few things that were going on in parallel。 This is true for both Nova and the Guardians of the Galaxy。Guardians of the Galaxy deals with some immediate repercussions of the War of Kings mini-series。 For the most part it's fun， with one exception of the Inhumans' behavior seeming to be out of character， taking a stance simply to create conflict in the story。 The result of these issues sets up presumably the Aftermath omnibus。Afterwards many of the cosmic races are in different places than they were before。 It'll be interesting to see if Marvel capitalizes on this in the last part of this trilogy。 。。。more

Cameron H ，

Oh Marvel， when will you do right by Darkhawk？

guanaeps ，

This Omnibus isn't layed out correctly。 Don't get me wrong， there's some good comic-booking to be had here， but nearly all of it loses its power and luster in the confusing and baffling "reading order" they came up with for this omnibus。I've read their reasonings behind the layout。。。but after reading through the omnibus itself， I cannot agree with their choices。 They've stifled the magic of the run， ruined the gestalt nature of DnA's cosmic narrative。 And for what？ For convenience of the reader？ This Omnibus isn't layed out correctly。 Don't get me wrong， there's some good comic-booking to be had here， but nearly all of it loses its power and luster in the confusing and baffling "reading order" they came up with for this omnibus。I've read their reasonings behind the layout。。。but after reading through the omnibus itself， I cannot agree with their choices。 They've stifled the magic of the run， ruined the gestalt nature of DnA's cosmic narrative。 And for what？ For convenience of the reader？？？？？（？）？？？？？？The Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning run that re-sparked the fire of Cosmic marvel came from their Nova and Guardians of the Galaxy runs。 These are the main threads of the entire six year narrative， beginning in Annihilation。。。and yet here they are thrown at the very end of this omnibus， almost as an addendum。 The true long-play narrative that Abnett and Lanning were building gets lost in this huge book。 The real crime here is the lack of a chronological reading order。 What's the point of an event if it's not read piece by piece in successive order， seeing and feeling the size and scope of the Story？ A book read from front to end， chronologically， with all the pieces in their proper place。。。how is that such a radical idea， Marvel？I could and probably will write an essay on why these Prelude/War/Realm of Kings omni's should have been built around the GOTG and Nova Runs， as they're the double helix threads that weave DnA's entire story together。Still just entirely baffled by the layout， I can't get over it。 。。。more

Mohamed Ahmed ，

I Have to Admit that i Felt Stuck with this one and Was Struggling to Finish it Which is Never a Good SignI think the Event " War Of Kings " Doesn't really Deserve all that Preparations " a Whole Prelude Omnibus and Almost Half Of this One " 。Emperor Vulcan Didn't Deserve All that in My Opinion He is Really Overrated。I Can Even Say that I Enjoyed Some of the Prelude Stories MUch More than the Main Event。In this Omnibus I Liked the Guardians Of the Galaxy Story and Somehow Enjoyed the Uncanny X-m I Have to Admit that i Felt Stuck with this one and Was Struggling to Finish it Which is Never a Good SignI think the Event " War Of Kings " Doesn't really Deserve all that Preparations " a Whole Prelude Omnibus and Almost Half Of this One " 。Emperor Vulcan Didn't Deserve All that in My Opinion He is Really Overrated。I Can Even Say that I Enjoyed Some of the Prelude Stories MUch More than the Main Event。In this Omnibus I Liked the Guardians Of the Galaxy Story and Somehow Enjoyed the Uncanny X-men Story ， Nova Story Was mediocre As Was War Of Kings ， The Least Was Boooring。 。。。more

Bram Ryckaert ，

I'm reading the 05-11 Marvel Cosmic run in one long go and if I were to summarize War of Kings in one term it'd be 'bait and switch'。 All the fun aspects and heroes of Annihilation （Conquest） get pushed aside here for the X-Men， Inhumans and a very uninteresting arc involving Darkhawk。 This is my first exposure to that character and it definitely wasn't a good one。 His inclusion （and the other raptor） was just wasted space。 The 'Ascension' arc is the weakest of this omnibus。I actually love The I I'm reading the 05-11 Marvel Cosmic run in one long go and if I were to summarize War of Kings in one term it'd be 'bait and switch'。 All the fun aspects and heroes of Annihilation （Conquest） get pushed aside here for the X-Men， Inhumans and a very uninteresting arc involving Darkhawk。 This is my first exposure to that character and it definitely wasn't a good one。 His inclusion （and the other raptor） was just wasted space。 The 'Ascension' arc is the weakest of this omnibus。I actually love The Inhumans but I felt like their lead-up arcs in 'Road to WoK'， Silent War and Secret Invasion: Inhumans， were a lot better。 There's a one-shot here that focuses on them and also has one of the most satisfying moments in the story， but otherwise they serve more as chess/plot pieces and the character dynamics are not explored。 That was pretty disappointing。 That's a general problem for the WoK story: it's all bombast， chaos and moving pieces， wasting a lot of time in the issues。 It's a drawn-out conflict with a bunch of tie-ins that lacks a decent villain， since Vulcan's been terrible from his introduction til now。 He's a flat character， a petulant child whose only motive is to rule the world and destroy all that oppose him。 There's nothing even remotely interesting about him， so it boggles the mind why he was kept on for so long。 The heroes are not much better， I'd say the only character that grew on me over time was Gladiator。Do you like Richard Rider and the Guardians？ Well tough luck because they're operating mostly on the outskirts of this event， even though their arcs are once again the standouts compared to everything else。 The issue ordering of this omnibus stresses this even more。 This is such a problem that I'll have to expand on this。This omnibus does not follow the chronological order you can find online。 It's ordered more or less by series。 Yeph York， responsible for the ordering， made his argument for that hereHe says there that adding in tie-ins "ruins the pacing。 None of those tie-ins add any plot information that's necessary for understanding the main series。" Generally I'd agree with him。 I don't like tie-ins and one of my complaints of the Cosmic run is that there's too many of them。 However！ In this series more than the others， events happen that come out of nowhere because you haven't read the tie-ins yet。 There are 2 moments over the 6 part series where adding in the Guardians and Ascension series issues would've helped。 Another factor is that you read the WoK conclusion halfway through the omnibus， which makes the series afterwards almost feel redundant， because you've already read the main event。 Also it would give you some change of pace from the chaos of the main event with the Nova and GotG series。There's also a blatant ordering mistake because the 'cliffhanger' of this omnibus gets resolved in an issue placed just before that。 That's because the issue 'Who will rule' takes place before GotG 19， but it's placed after。 I guess this entire rant could be seen as an incentive to read this event digitally and follow the more chronological order。 I'm all for not mixing up series when it's not needed， but this order is just not helping the reading experience here。Luckily this war is now done and I can move on to the next big chapter。 Getting ready for it to end to be honest。 。。。more

Malum ，

Maybe 3。5。Do you like Nova？ Well， he isnt Nova for most of this omnibus。 Do you like Darkhawk？ Well， he isnt Darkhawk for some of this omnibus and， when he is， he is pretty insufferable and his backstory gets retconned。 Do you like the Inhumans？ Well， they aren't in this a ton （even though the entire story revolves around them）。 What does that leave us with？ Space X-Men， which I dont really care for （your mileage may vary）， Guardians of the Galaxy （which is EXCELLENT and easily the best part of Maybe 3。5。Do you like Nova？ Well， he isnt Nova for most of this omnibus。 Do you like Darkhawk？ Well， he isnt Darkhawk for some of this omnibus and， when he is， he is pretty insufferable and his backstory gets retconned。 Do you like the Inhumans？ Well， they aren't in this a ton （even though the entire story revolves around them）。 What does that leave us with？ Space X-Men， which I dont really care for （your mileage may vary）， Guardians of the Galaxy （which is EXCELLENT and easily the best part of this omnibus）， and Vulcan， who is one of the most one-dimensional modern-era villains ever。 He is mad at Professor X and so therefore wants to rule the galaxy （yeah， don't think about that too hard）。 His powers are flying and shooting fire out of his hands， and whatever the story requires from him at any given time。 All of his dialog is either "I will rule the galaxy！" or "Doubting me is treason！" and his entire personality is made up of threatening/killing people for no reason and being the dumbest ruler in the history of rulership。The other problem is that this story takes a long time to really get started。 There are a lot of moving pieces here and most of them have nothing to do with any of the others until the end。I will say， however， that when the Inhumans are on-screen they are always interesting and the ending is really good。 。。。more

Christian Zamora-Dahmen ，

I never expected to like Cosmic Marvel this much。 As I kept on following the adventures of The Inhumans， I jumped into this area of Marvel。 I had never explored it before and I couldn't be more excited。BTW， Marvel Unlimited is the best way to read Marvel books。 I never expected to like Cosmic Marvel this much。 As I kept on following the adventures of The Inhumans， I jumped into this area of Marvel。 I had never explored it before and I couldn't be more excited。BTW， Marvel Unlimited is the best way to read Marvel books。 。。。more

The Lion's Share ，

Another cosmic shit has gone foul in the Marvel Universe。 Who is it this time？ Thanos？ No？ Who you may ask？ Well the best thing about this crappy wannabe stars wars/infinity wars was genuinely the end， not because I was bored shitless and glad it was over， there was that， but mainly because of the reveal of the main man， no not that main man， another man。 Actually one of my favourite Marvel big hitters。 The problem again with these shitty cosmic epics， are that they all have two things in common Another cosmic shit has gone foul in the Marvel Universe。 Who is it this time？ Thanos？ No？ Who you may ask？ Well the best thing about this crappy wannabe stars wars/infinity wars was genuinely the end， not because I was bored shitless and glad it was over， there was that， but mainly because of the reveal of the main man， no not that main man， another man。 Actually one of my favourite Marvel big hitters。 The problem again with these shitty cosmic epics， are that they all have two things in common:1。 Crowded artwork， not depicting battles or characters in any good shape or form， so in other words， they used cheap artists and change them often。 2。 Too fuckin complicated。 Keep it simple！ Why does there have to be a million people in it， and fuckin time travel， fucking travel back to when comics were good！ Christ！ Wake up Marvel。 I've still got the third volume to read， aftermath， FML！ 。。。more

Relstuart ，

Very solid story telling。 This is a must read for fans of Cosmic Marvel。 This storyline helps set the foundation for things still happening in the cosmic Marvel universe。 This features The Guardians of the Galaxy， Nova， The X-Men， The Inhumans， and many others。

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