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"War of Kings" is a comic book crossover storyline written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, published by Marvel Comics, and set in Marvel's main shared ... WarofKings FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch 2009comicbookstorylinebyMarvelComics Thisarticleisaboutthecomics.FortheconflictdescribedinGenesis,seeBattleofSiddim.Forthe2015albumbyEurope,seeWarofKings(album). "WarofKings"CoverofWarofKings1 (May2009)ArtbyBrandonPeterson.PublisherMarvelComicsPublicationdateMarch –August2009GenreSciencefiction,spaceopera,superherocrossover Title(s)GuardiansoftheGalaxyVol.2,#8–17NovaVol.4,#23–28SecretInvasion:WarofKings#1WarofKings#1–6WarofKings:Ascension#1–4WarofKings:Darkhawk#1–2X-Men:Kingbreaker#1–4WarofKings:Warriors#1–2WarofKings:TheSavageWorldofSkaar#1WarofKings:WhoWillRule?#1 Maincharacter(s)Shi'arInhumansKreeGuardiansoftheGalaxyStarjammersNovaDarkhawkCreativeteamWriter(s)DanAbnett(GuardiansoftheGalaxy,Nova,SecretInvasion:WarofKings,WarofKings)C.B.Cebulski(WarofKings:Darkhawk)AndyLanning(GuardiansoftheGalaxy,Nova,SecretInvasion:WarofKings,WarofKings)ChristopherYost(X-Men:Kingbreaker)Penciller(s)WellingtonAlves(artist)(Nova,WarofKings:Ascension)WesleyCraig(GuardiansoftheGalaxy)BongDazo(GuardiansoftheGalaxy)AndreaDiVito(Nova)PaulPelletier[1](GuardiansoftheGalaxy,SecretInvasion:WarofKings,WarofKings)HarveyTolibao(WarofKings:Darkhawk)BradWalker(GuardiansoftheGalaxy)DustinWeaver(X-Men:Kingbreaker)RoadtoWarofKingsISBN 0-7851-3967-2GuardiansoftheGalaxy:Book1ISBN 0-7851-3339-9GuardiansoftheGalaxy:Book2ISBN 0-7851-4127-8WarofKingsISBN 0-7851-3542-1AscensionISBN 0-7851-4170-7NovaISBN 0-7851-4066-2 "WarofKings"isacomicbookcrossoverstorylinewrittenbyDanAbnettandAndyLanning,publishedbyMarvelComics,andsetinMarvel'smainshareduniverse.Thesix-issuelimitedserieswaspublishedbetweenMarch[2][3]andAugust2009. ThestoryisaboutawarbetweentheVulcan-ledShi'arempireandtheInhuman-ledKreeempire.TheGuardiansoftheGalaxy,NovaCorps,Darkhawk,andtheStarjammersbecomeinvolvedinvariousways.Itstaglineis"Whenkingscollide,thegalaxywilltremble". Contents 1Publicationhistory 2Plotsummary 2.1OpeningShots 2.2WarofKingsmainseries 2.3TheFraternityofRaptors 2.4TheNovaCorps 2.5TheGuardiansoftheGalaxy 3Tie-ins 4Aftermath:RealmofKings 5Collectededitions 6Seealso 7References 8Externallinks 8.1Reviews Publicationhistory[edit] OnJuly18,2008,Marvel.compostedanewsarticlefeaturingamodifiedcoverofEmperorVulcanwiththephrase"WhoWillRule?",accompaniedbythetext"StaytunedtoMarvel.comandgetreadyfortheblockbusteransweratSanDiegoComic-Con!"[4]AttheSDCCitwasannouncedthatthiswaspartofthebuild-uptotheWarofKings,[5]anouter-spacestorylinebutfocusingontheX-Menfamilyofcharacters,ratherthanthecosmicentities.ThecoreserieswaswrittenbyDanAbnettandAndyLanningandeditedbyBillRosemann.[2][6][7] TheeventstartedinDecember2008[8][9]withthemini-seriesX-Men:Kingbreaker,andcontinuedintheSecretInvasion:WarofKingsone-shot(Jan2009)andWarofKings#1-6(Mar-Aug2009).AbnettandLanningtiedthemainseriesintotheirothertitles,GuardiansoftheGalaxyandNova(vol4).C.B.Cebulskiwrotetwoothertie-inmini-series,WarofKings:DarkhawkandWarofKings:Ascension.[10][11][12]AseriesonMarvelDigitalComics,WaroftheKings:WarriorsbyChristosGageandJayFaerber,tiedintothestoryline,andfeatureddifferentstoriesfocusingonGladiator,Blastaar,LilandraandCrystal.[13][14]ThesefourstorieswerelatercollectedandpublishedasWarofKings:Warriors1-2. Plotsummary[edit] Seealso:X-Men:Kingbreaker OpeningShots[edit] IntheaftermathoftheSecretInvasionstoryline,BlackBoltandtheInhumansreturntotheKreefortheirrighttolineageasrulers.TheycomeintodirectconflictwithEmperorVulcanandhiscampaignofexpansionfortheShi'ar.ThefirstissuesetsupthisconflictandshowsanattackattheweddingofRonantheAccuserandCrystal-abetrothalarrangedbytheInhumanking,BlackBolt,tounitethetworaces,resolveancienthostilitiesandforcommondefenseagainstmutualenemies.TheInhumansandKreereplyinkind,attackingtheShi'arinthefollowingissue. WarofKingsmainseries[edit] Vulcanthenembarksonanambitiousplantoconquertherestoftheuniverse.[15] GladiatoroftheShi'arImperialGuardleadstheassaultagainsttheInhumans.AsCrystaloftheInhumanRoyalFamilyandRonantheAccuserareabouttobemarriedtounitetheInhumanswiththeKree,theyareattackedbyGladiatorandtheGuard.GladiatortakesonBlackBoltandisabletodefeathimwithsomehelpfromWhiteNoise.TheGuardalsocapturesPrincessLilandrawhoiswiththeKreeandInhumans.RonanalsofallsashetriestohelpCrystal.Gladiatorsaysthattheyhavemadetheirstatement,andtheImperialGuardleave.MedusashoutsthattheShi'arwillpaywiththeirbloodforwhattheyhavedone. GladiatorandtheGuardfaceoffagainstthenewbatchofNovaCenturionswhomtheyquicklydefeat.Gladiator'scousin,Xenith,showsupinforminghimthattheEmperorhasorderedGladiatortopresentLilandratohim.Gladiatorquicklyleaves,thoughheclearlyshowshisdislikeforhiscousinandherpresence.GladiatorwalksafinelineindoinghisdutyforanemperorhepersonallydislikeswhilestillprotectingLilandrafromhiswrath.Later,theStarjammers,accompaniedbyafactionoftheGuardiansoftheGalaxy,attackGladiator'sshiptoextractLilandra.HeistakenoutofthefightbyRocketRaccoon,aidedbyMarvelGirl,untilheseesthroughtheirtrick.HequicklydefeatstherestoftheirteamandrecapturesLilandrabeforeshecanescape.ShepleadswithhimagainbutanotherGuardinterruptsheranddemandsthatGladiatordoastheEmperororderedandkillLilandraandtheothers. AfterbattlingtheStarjammersandtheGuardiansoftheGalaxy,GladiatorisswayedbyLilandra'sargumentagainstVulcanandkillsamemberoftheImperialGuardloyaltotheEmperor,sayingthatheisloyaltoLilandra.Inthenextissue,LilandraiskilledbyDarkhawk-Razor.Gladiatorgoescrazyandbeginstoattackallofhisenemies.VulcanandBlackBoltbattleonaship/bomb.BlackBolthasthefinalstrikeandseeminglykillsVulcan.AsCrystalandLockjawareabouttotakeBlackBoltaway,VulcangetsupandpushesBlackBolttotheground.JustasLockjawandCrystalescape,theirshipblowsupandbothkingsareseeminglykilled.BackontheShi'arhomeplanet,Gladiatorbecomesthenewemperor.Also,theexplosionfromtheshiphasliterallymadeaholeinthefabricofspaceandtime.ThisriftisactuallytheeventthatStarhawk(inGuardiansoftheGalaxy)wastryingtoprevent.It'sdubbed"TheFault."TheShi'arfleet,sufferingfromtheexplosion,surrenderstotheInhumans,butthepriceistoohigh.[16] TheFraternityofRaptors[edit] AsecondwearerofDarkhawkarmorcallinghimselfTalonarrivesonEarthandtellsChrisPowell(theoriginalwearerofthearmor)heispartofanancientorganizationknownas"TheFraternityofRaptors,"whowerecreatedtoprotecttheuniverse.Aftermillenniaofdormancy,onlyDarkhawkandTalonareleft,andtheirjobnowistoreturnthebalancetotheuniverse.UnfortunatelyforChris,Talonhaslied—whenChrisaccessesthememoriesinhisarmor,heconcludesthattheFraternityofRaptorsarethebadguys...justasTalonapparentlypurgesChris'sconsciousnessfromthearmor.Anewidentityforthearmor,"Razor,"emergesandtakescontrol. TalonandRazorthenrecovertheCosmicControlRodfromCatastrophus,stoppingbrieflyforTalontoimplantasuggestioninthegestatingAnnihilus.Chris'spersonalitywasnotwhollydestroyedyet,andavisionofhisfathertellshimthatmuchofwhathebelievedaboutthearmorwasfalse:thepriorhistory,evenEvilhawkhimself,wasaliemadeupbyChris'smind,andtheotherarmorisasecondconfigurationthattookcontroltocoverearlierangerissues.Horrified,Chris'psychebreaksfreeoftheprisoninwhichitwaslocked,onlyforChristofindhimselfonagreattreeadornedwiththousandsofamuletslikehisown,whereheencountersgargoyle-likecreaturesthaturgehimtoreturntotheonefromwhichhehasjustemerged.Meanwhile,intheNegativeZone,TalonandRazorofferBlastaartheCosmicControlRodinexchangeforhisassistanceinfluencingtheoutcomeoftheWarofKings.TalonthenappearstoVulcan,tellinghimthattheFraternitywascreatedinordertokeeptheImperiumstrong.Talonalsotellshim,throughtheDatasong,thatBlastaarishelpingtheShi'ar,andalsotellshimofLilandra'scouponChandilar.RazorislaterseenonChandilar,disguisedasaShi'ar.AlthoughRachelGreymanagestoseehistrueform,heshootsseveralShi'arbeforehekillsLilandra.[17] TheNovaCorps[edit] Thenewlyreformedandunder-trainedNovaCorpssuffergreatcasualtiesfacingtheShi'arImperialGuard.WhenNova'sbrother,Robbie,attemptstorescueafellowcorpsmanhehadbefriended,hefindshimselfneedingrescue.NovaandsomemoreexperiencedcenturionsrescueRobbieandtakeStrontianandRavenousintocustody.TheKreeterritorythathadbeenunderRavenous'controlisleftto"King"Blastarr.[18] TheGuardiansoftheGalaxy[edit] Inanattempttoprevent,andthenstop,thewar,theGuardiansoftheGalaxysplitintotwogroups.TheteamledbyRocketRaccoontriestocommunicatewithVulcan,andStar-Lord'steamappealstotheInhumans.Neithergrouphasanysuccess. Tie-ins[edit] December2008:[19] X-Men:Kingbreaker#1 GuardiansoftheGalaxy#8 January2009:[20] SecretInvasion:WarofKings WarofKingsSaga GuardiansoftheGalaxy#9 X-Men:Kingbreaker#2 February2009:[21] WarofKings:Darkhawk#1 GuardiansoftheGalaxy#10 X-Men:Kingbreaker#3 March2009:[22] WarofKings#1 WarofKings:Darkhawk#2 X-Men:Kingbreaker#4 GuardiansoftheGalaxy#11 GuardiansoftheGalaxy#12 Nova#23 April2009:[23] WarofKings#2 WarofKings:Ascension#1 GuardiansoftheGalaxy#13 Nova#24 May2009: WarofKings#3 WarofKings:Ascension#2 GuardiansoftheGalaxy#14 Nova#25 June2009: WarofKings#4 WarofKings:Ascension#3 WarofKings:TheSavageWorldofSkaar GuardiansoftheGalaxy#15 Nova#26 July2009: WarofKings#5 WarofKings:Ascension#4 WarofKings:Warriors#1 GuardiansoftheGalaxy#16 Nova#27 August2009: WarofKings#6 WarofKings:Warriors#2 GuardiansoftheGalaxy#17 Nova#28 September2009: WarofKings:WhoWillRule? Aftermath:RealmofKings[edit] Mainarticle:RealmofKings FollowingtheconclusionofWarofKingsinAugust2009theone-shotWarofKings:WhoWillRule?waspublished,whichservedasanepiloguetoWarofKingsaswellassettingthestageforRealmofKings. RealmofKingsbeganwithaneponymousone-shotinNovember2009andcontinuedwiththreemini-seriesRealmofKings:Inhumans,RealmofKings:ImperialGuardandRealmofKings:SonofHulk.AswithWarofKingsbothNovaandGuardiansoftheGalaxyalsotiedintotheeventwithNova#31-35andGuardiansoftheGalaxy#20-24.[24][25] Collectededitions[edit] Thevariousstorieswerecollectedintothefollowingtradepaperbacks: WarofKings:RoadtoWarofKings(collectsX-Men:Kingbreaker#1-4,"SecretInvasion:WarofKings"and"WarofKingsSaga",176pages,softcover,June2009,ISBN 0-7851-3967-2) GuardiansoftheGalaxy: Volume2:WarofKings-Book1(collectsGuardiansoftheGalaxy#7-12,144pages,hardcover,June2009,ISBN 0-7851-3982-6,softcover,October2009,ISBN 0-7851-3339-9) Volume3:WarofKings-Book2(collectsGuardiansoftheGalaxy#13-17,andMarvelSpotlight:WarofKings,168pages,hardcover,November2009,ISBN 0-7851-4127-8,softcover,April2010,ISBN 0-7851-4048-4) WarofKings(collectsSecretInvasion:WarofKings,WarofKings#1-6,WarofKings:Ascension#1-4,WarofKings:Darkhawk#1-2,WarofKings:Warriors#1-2,WarofKings:WhoWillRule?,WarofKings:SavageWorldofSakaarandMarvelSpotlight:WarofKings,504pages,hardcover,November2009,ISBN 978-0-7851-4293-5Softcover,August2014,ISBN 978-0785190660) WarofKings(collectsSecretInvasion:WarofKings,WarofKings#1-6,WarofKings:WhoWillRule?,andMarvelSpotlight:WarofKings,256pages,softcover,May2010(reprintJuly2014),ISBN 978-0-7851-3542-5) WarofKings:Warriors(collectsWarofKings:Darkhawk#1-2,WarofKings:Ascension#1-4,WarofKings:SavageWorldofSakaar,andWarofKings:Warriors#1-2,248pages,softcover,June2010,ISBN 0-7851-4368-8) Nova,Volume5:WarofKings(collectsNova#23-29,144pages,December2009,ISBN 0-7851-4066-2) Seealso[edit] MajoreventsoftheMarvelUniverse References[edit] ^TalkingtoWarofKings'PaulPelletier,Newsarama,April6,2009 ^abCCI:DnAandRosemannon“WarofKings”,ComicBookResources,July27,2008 ^AbnettandLannig:ReadyingforWarofKings,Newsarama,December18,2008 ^Morse,Ben(2008-07-26)."SDCC'08:WarofKings".Marvel.Retrieved2007-07-18. ^SDCC'08-Abnett&LanningonMarvel's'WarofKings',Newsarama,July27,2008 ^BillRosemann:TheBigPicture-WarofKingsandMore,Newsarama,November6,2008 ^X-POSITION:DanAbnett&AndyLanning,ComicBookResources,January13,2009 ^"X-MenKingbreaker#1,MarvelCatalog".Marvel.com.Retrieved2010-12-26. ^"GuardiansoftheGalaxy#8,MarvelCatalog".Marvel.com.Retrieved2010-12-26. ^FIRSTLOOK:DarkhawkSwoopsintoFebruary,Marvel.com,November14,2008 ^C.B.CebulskiTalks“WarofKings:Darkhawk”,ComicBookResources,January15,2009 ^WarofKings:Darkhawk-CBCebulski,Newsarama ^NYCC'09:MarvelTakesthe'War'Online,Newsarama.February6,2009 ^NYCC:GageandFaerberTalk“WoK:Warriors”,ComicBookResources,February8,2009 ^X-Men:Kingbreaker#1-4(Feb.-May2009) ^WarofKings#1-6(May.-July2009) ^WarofKings#4-5 ^Nova#23-29 ^"BrowseComicBooksOnSaleBetweenDec1,2008andJan1,2009|ComicBooks|Comics".Marvel.com.Retrieved2010-12-26. ^"BrowseComicBooksOnSaleBetweenJan1,2009andFeb1,2009|ComicBooks|Comics".Marvel.com.Retrieved2010-12-26. ^"BrowseComicBooksOnSaleBetweenFeb1,2009andMar1,2009|ComicBooks|Comics".Marvel.com.Retrieved2010-12-26. ^"BrowseComicBooksOnSaleBetweenMar1,2009andApr1,2009|ComicBooks|Comics".Marvel.com.Retrieved2010-12-26. ^"BrowseComicBooksOnSaleBetweenApr1,2009andMay1,2009|ComicBooks|Comics".Marvel.com.Retrieved2010-12-26. ^Richards,Dave(August9,2009)."CCC09:DnA's"RealmofKings"".ComicBookResources.RetrievedAugust9,2009. ^McGloin,Matt,Luoma,MikeandMeneese,Bill(August19,2009)."InterviewwithDanAbnett,AndyLanningandBillRosemann".CosmicBookNews.RetrievedOctober31,2009.{{citeweb}}:CS1maint:multiplenames:authorslist(link) Externallinks[edit] OfficialwebsiteatMarvel.com WarofKingsattheComicBookDB(archivedfromtheoriginal) NYCC:Marvel'sWarofKingsPanel,ComicBookResources,February6,2009 NYCC'09-Marvel's'WarofKings'FULLReport,Newsarama,February6,2009 ReadWarOfKings#1Free(pressrelease),ComicsBulletin 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