The Return of Havok, Polaris, and Marvel Girl?

For more than a year now, X-Men fans have had one burning question, one that they would ask to editors and creators alike: what happened to Havok, Polaris, and Marvel Girl? The characters were participating in the events of War of Kings, filling the role of the new Starjammers. Once the clouds cleared, and the dust settled, they were nowhere to be found. However, that may soon change. Hit the jump to find out more.

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Nova #28 Review

NOVA #28
Written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
Art by Andrea Di Vito

+ Nova kicks ass and takes names.
+ Nova then verbally abuses King Blastaar before reminding him that he'll tear him inside out like he did the last person (Annihlus) to hold the Cosmic Rod.
+ Nova Corps has trimmed all the fat and is back down to the core group first introduced prior to Ego/Worldmind's mass recruiting.
+ Nova Corps ship from the Fault for the cliffhanger. Old Centurions returning? Rhoman Dey, who hasn't been seen since that lone appearance a few issues back? Lot's of interesting possiblities moving out of War of Kings.
- Di Vito is a solid artist with a style similar to Wellinton Alves, but it's a far cry from Alves's work. Also devoid of background details, typically opting for a washed out skyline or generic wall.

Verdict - Must Read. Probably the best issue of Nova this year, which is saying a lot considering how good this book typically is. Strong from start to finish. Highly recommended.

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War of Kings #6 Review

WAR OF KINGS #6
Written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
Art by Paul Pelletier

I've been singing War of Kings praises since it first began and have had little, if anything, bad to say about the main series (some tie-ins were a little weak though). Why do I bring this up now, in the final issue of the event? No, I don't think this issue was bad. However, I do think I'm being a little biased towards the series, in general and want to let that be known out front.

For instance, the whole T-Bomb final solution that Black Bolt has devised - that's retarded anyway you look at it, yet I'm more than willing to over look it because I've just been having fun with the book and story and it doesn't stand out too bad to me. But, seriously, let's give the entire universe Inhuman powers and everyone will magically play happy now? I'd probably bash the hell out of that in any other book. When Vulcan, the Superboy Prime of the Marvel Universe (I jokingly refer to the end of this issue as sending Vulcan and Black Bolt off to Earth-Prime for a bit), makes a valid case against someone's plans, as he did in this issue, there's something seriously wrong. But, as I said, as dumb as that final plan is, I just plain enjoyed this event from start to finish and don't seem to have the heart to fault the book for that. Your mileage may vary.

Another major problem I can see people having with this issue is that the aftermath of the fight between Black Bolt and Vulcan/the surrender of the Shi'ar is completely missing from the issue. It's like if Star Wars ended with some cheering just as the Death Star blew up. Sure, the movie (and this issue) would be great ending at the climax, but there's no epilogue to take us down off the high. I'm not sure if they started writing the book and decided there wasn't enough pages to do what they wanted, so Marvel commissioned the War of Kings: Who Will Rule? epilogue for September or if they weren't allowed to expand the issue count midway through or what, but that's the short and long of it - good, but abrupt ending. Personally, as with the other major problem (the T-Bomb), I have no problem with this. Marvel wants to give me more War of Kings? Sign me up. I don't mind it taking place in an epilogue issue a month later. Again, your mileage may vary in that regard.

Now, with my two major complaints about the issue out of the way, what did I really think about this issue? As you can tell from my reluctance to outright bash it, I loved it. Black Bolt is awesome throughout, kicks the crap out of Vulcan, there's some drama with Medusa and the other Inhumans, Crystal gets to continue to shine, as she has throughout this series (who the heck would think Crystal would be one of my favourite characters by the end of this series?) and the ending, while leaving things open ended, was definitive enough for me to be a good conclusion to the War of Kings.

Speaking of the ending, it looked like the Guardians of the Galaxy were right about the T-Bomb tearing a hole in space. I suspect this will lead to the Badoon coming back to the Marvel Universe to follow up on their future versions from the Guardians series (they were a threat in the old Guardians book in the future, too). I think the last time we've seen one was in a random She-Hulk issue and then they'd been missing for years. They hold a huge amount of territory in space and are quite powerful, for those wondering. Easily up there with the Shi'ar (pre-Vulcan), Skrulls (pre-SI) and Kree (pre-Annihilation).

Verdict - Must Read. Call me biased if you will, but any perceived faults with this issue are just washed away by how much I enjoyed everything. I do wish the aftermath was touched on more in this issue, but the epilogue has been scheduled for a while and I'm not going to complain any more about it until I read that, as I assume that will answer any lingering questions and transition us into the next year or two worth of cosmic goodness.

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War of Kings #5 Review

WAR OF KINGS #5
Written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
Art by Paul Pelletier

While I really enjoyed this issue, there were several nagging aspects of it that I can't seem to let go of for some reason. It's like I want to love this issue as much as every other in the series, and it was good, but I just can't.

But before jumping into some of the problems I had with this issue, I want to discuss what I enjoyed. First off, the opening page with Black Bolt playing with Lockjaw put a smile on my face. I just loved seeing Lockjaw rolled over, tongue hanging out, as Black Bolt is petting him. Juxtaposed with the somber news of Lilandra's death and, later, the realization that Black Bolt was going to sacrifice himself to save his people added a lot more weight to the quit moment than that scene had any right to have. Great moment that you don't see too often.

Another great scene dealt with Talon, of the Fraternity of Raptors and as seen in War of Kings: Ascension. I've really enjoyed everything with Talon and his putting Vulcan in his place here was an excellent moment.

Also, as with the earlier chapters in this series, Crystal, Gladiator and Ronan managed to steal every scene they were in. I can't believe how much each character has grown since the series began. Gladiator, in particular, is no longer just that guy with the mohawk who showed up in random X-Men space stories anymore.

Finally, there's the promise of the Black Bolt/Vulcan fight that we've seen on just about every cover and has been on everyone's mind since the whole War of Kings began. As a self professed Black Bolt fanboy, I'm looking forward to seeing him put that petulant brat in his place next month.

However, all the good aside, I want to discuss those nagging concerns I had mentioned earlier. One is the use of the T-Bomb, which is a weaponized Terrigen Mists that would turn everyone in the universe into Inhumans. Unless they expected everyone to die, similar to the Silent War miniseries where humans were exposed to the mists and all died within a few hours, I'm not sure how giving all of your enemies super powers would really help or make them fall into line. This doesn't even touch on the ridiculous nature of such a plot device that would sacrifice Black Bolt to "convert" everyone to their cause.

In fact, that suicide mission from Black Bolt felt, especially in light of how easily Vulcan stopped the T-Bomb and confronted Black Bolt, felt out of place with the rest of the war and how the story has gone. It's like they didn't have any room to finish the epic they were playing out, so opted for some crazy hail mary pass to end the event. Now, if this all turns out to be due to the manipulation of Black Bolt's insane brother, Maximus, who's been playing the content weaponeer for the Inhumans of late, I'll be willing to overlook this. Otherwise, it just seems wrong and out of character for anyone to think this was a good plan.

All in all, not really a huge complaint, as I actually want to see the fight that came about as a result of the actions, but, still, this was the first time I'd been disappointed by something in this event, so it felt like something that needed mentioning.

Verdict - Must Read. Great action, lots of character moments and, ignoring the odd way Abnett and Lanning moved us to the endgame with the T-Bomb, the promise of the final showdown next issue has me dying to find out what happens next.

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Guardians of the Galaxy #15 Review

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #15
Written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
Art by Brad Walker

War of Kings has been a real boon to the Guardians of the Galaxy series. A book that started off strong, it had been flagging for a few months before War of Kings gave it the shot in the arm it needed. This issue continues the trend of strong issues from this book thanks to the momentum of that event and, while mostly a wall to wall action story, there's still enough plot and character moments to make this more than just a standard event tie-in book.

The most interesting aspect of this issue, to me, has to be the Adam Warlock/Magus scenes. I'd wondered if Warlock was becoming or actually is Magus in past issues, but this issue all but confirms there's something wrong with him. During a fight with the Shi'ar Guardsman, Magique, Warlock again turns purple (last issue, he blamed his purple/pale complexion on being in space or some such), this time of his own accord, and lashes out at Magique with a powerful spell before moving on to literally tear the other Shi'ar troops to pieces in a brutal act of violence.

Is Warlock actually Magus or is he being influenced by his evil, alternate timeline self or does it have something to do with his being born prematurely during Conquest? Is the other coccoon the Church of Universal Truth has the actual Warlock? Lots of questions with no answers over this scene and I'm looking forward to seeing where Abnett and Lanning go with Warlock in the future.

While every member of the Guardians had their moments, from Rocket Raccoon clawing away at Mentor to Cosmo's, "Are you God?", moment with Lockjaw, the only character I absolutely cannot stand is Phyla-Vell. I know she died/was reborn as the avatar of death or some such in order to bring Moondragon back to life, but I really can't stand her new 90's extreme-like attitude and I barely liked her prior to this regression. I can't recall wishing for the death of a character as much as I have been with her as of late. The fewer pages she appears on, the better this book will be.

Verdict - Check It. Enjoyable read with many good character moments to go along with the action packed plot.

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Nova #26 Review

NOVA #26
Written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
Art by Andrea Di Vito

With Richard Rider back as the Nova Prime and that striking cover promising some pay back against the Shi'ar, I was expecting some high flying action from Nova this month. In that regard, I was disappointed, but that doesn't mean the issue was bad either. Far from it, in fact.

Abnett and Lanning took a much more logical approach to Nova's return by having him help with the extraction of the various Nova Centurions scattered about the numerous hot zones. There's a bit of clunky exposition during the opening of these scenes where they use several new recruits to verbally tell us what is going on, but otherwise it was a very well written sequence of events that culminated with Nova arriving on the planet where the former Nova Prime was captured and Richard discovers the platoon of troops were slaughtered by the Shi'ar - revealed by a rather large pile of empty and bloodied centurion helmets.

From there, we see the work of the Fraternity of Raptors (although they don't actually appear) with the Shi'ar waging war on the ceded territories of Ravenous. We find out Ravenous's forces have fought the Shi'ar to a standstill and this forced Vulcan to send Strontian, Gladiator's evil cousin, to assassinate Ravenous. Robbie Rider, Nova's brother and whom Richard was looking for, oddly enough shows up to save Ravenous, ending the issue with Strontian trapped in a forcefield of some kind. I doubt she's overly phased by this and we'll either see Robbie getting trounced next issue or Nova coming in for the save.

Verdict - Check It. While I quite enjoyed the issue, it was fairly laid back and straight forward in its execution and lacked any real tension or drama that would warrant a must read verdict. It's just sort of there and fans of the book will love it while those wondering what all the fuss is about the book will probably be left wondering, "that's it", if they jump in on this issue, so that's why it gets a check it from me.

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War of Kings: Ascension #3 Review

WAR OF KINGS: ASCENSION #3
Written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
Art by Wellinton Alves

While I think this was the best issue so far for War of Kings: Ascension, I still can't get past the idea that I hate the main character and almost every scene he is in is a negative to me. I'm not sure what it is about Chris Powell that grates on me, but I he's just not someone I want to read about for extended periods of time.

Now, that doesn't mean I don't like what Abnett and Lanning are doing in this issue or series. Far from it. I actually quite enjoy everything they've done with the Fraternity of Raptors and Talon and Razor, especially when combined with their dealings with Vulcan over in the main event book.

Both Talon and Razor are interesting variables that I would love to see explored more, but we've been treated to only the merest cameos of each in every issue so far in favour of showing what I consider to be a poor comic book trope - the inner mind struggle for dominance on the part of Darkhawk to wrest back control of his armour.

Speaking of which, he does just that in this issue. Shortly after Razor kills Lilandra (repeated from War of Kings), Darkhawk retakes control of his suit just in time to be faced with the grim reality that Gladiator is about to kill him for what Razor just did. It was a good spot to retake control from a storytelling standpoint, but the whole inner struggle trope practically screams out for these things and makes for predictable and a tad lazy storytelling in my opinion and is one of the reasons I really dislike this type of plot.

Verdict - Check It. Talon's and Razor's parts are still quite entertaining and worth checking out, but I'm not feeling anything that has to do with the actual main character of the book.

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War of Kings #4 Review

WAR OF KINGS #4
Written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
Art by Paul Pelletier

After a fantastic third issue, War of Kings #4 turns it down a notch to let us catch our breath before knocking the wind right out of us again with another shocking finish. The longer this event goes on, the more it shows that Abnett and Lanning learned from the mistakes of Annihilation: Conquest. While I enjoyed Conquest, it had its faults and War of Kings seems to address all of them. Let's hope the next few issues can keep up the pace.

As for this issue, it opens with some carry over from the War of Kings: Ascension miniseries by having Talon and Darkhawk show up. Talon establishes an alliance with Vulcan after saving him from a Kree/Inhuman sentry and explains to him who the Fraternity of Raptors are and what they've been up to in the Negative Zone with Blastarr. I'm not sure how seamless this is for anyone not reading the Ascension miniseries and, even as someone who is, I found it a little jarring since we haven't seen the so-called Ravenous vs Blastarr battles mentioned here. The sudden appearance of these new players in the event for those only reading the main event may be a negative for some, but I did enjoy the fact they're not just throw away characters like Wrath was in Conquest.

Meanwhile, we were treated to a very enjoyable bit of downtime between Crystal and Ronan, who's still recovering from the wounds he suffered in the sneak attack by the Shi'ar during their wedding in the first issue. The amount of ground covered, from the simple growth of their relationship to Crystal's revealing of the failure of the Inhumans' Kree uplift program, was staggering for so short a scene and continues the trend of Crystal being one of the best parts of this event. There's even a hint of some possible friction between the Kree and Inhumans with a Crystal/Ronan faction possibly developing in light of Black Bolt and the Inhumans recent actions.

Finally, picking up from last issues betrayal of Vulcan, Gladiator and the Starjammers escort Lilandra to the Shi'ar throneworld in an attempt to stage a coup. Through the actions of their rebel faction, they've started uprisings on many outlying and manufacturing worlds, which was shown to be having disasterous effects on the Shi'ar war machine, effectively grinding it to a halt on most fronts.

However, where Lilandra assumed she would be welcomed back as Empress by her people, it seems a large percentage of the population actually love what Vulcan is doing for the Imperium and pro-Vulcan riots started in the streets as Lilandra attempted to be sworn in. Using the chaos of the riots, which I think they helped engineer, the Fraternity of Raptors staged an assassination attempt on Lilandra in order to ingratiate themselves with Vulcan. In the insuing melee, Darkhawk, who had been masquerading as a random Shi'ar citizen, actually succeeds in killing Lilandra. A grieving Gladiator is shown holding her bloodied body to end the issue on another shocking cliffhanger.

I was a little disappointed that Black Bolt was on both covers, yet never showed up in the issue, but, with all options for peace wiped out with Lilandra dead, it looks like the foreshadowed bloody conclusion Crystal spoke of will have to be used, all but promising a showdown between Black Bolt and Vulcan in the next few issues.

Verdict - Must Read. This event just keeps getting better and better. A great middle chapter that most events fill with padding. No wasted pages and every scene felt important. Loving this event and this issue.

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War of Kings: Ascension #2 Review

WAR OF KINGS: ASCENSION #2
Written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
Art by Wellinton Alves

Much like last issue, the best parts of this one are when the main character isn't on screen. Chris Powell, formerly Darkhawk, is one of the least interesting characters I've ever had the misfortune of reading and he sucks the life out of every panel he's in. It's sad when I'm actually glad his armour and body were taken over by a member of an evil fraternity dedicated to sowing chaos and discontent throughout the universe just so I won't have to listen to his whining or put up with his crappy origin story and cliched internal battles with himself nonsense.

Annoyances over the main character aside, this issue is actually much better than the first one. With the reveal that the Fraternity of Raptors and Darkhawk suits are actually evil, Abnett and Lanning have added a nice twist to this storyline and it immediately started paying dividends with the duo of Talon and Darkhawk quickly taking out Catastrophus and claiming his Cosmic Control Rod for themselves.

Why didn't Catastrophus use the rod on the two Raptors? Well, he was actually using it to suppress Annihilus's growth and couldn't use it for himself without allowing Annihilus to awaken. That answers the question of whatever happened to Annihilus after he was reborn at the end of Annihilation. The two Raptors actually leave Annihilus alive as it will only further help their cause in the long run by having someone like Annihilus alive and in their debt.

Once the duo acquired the Cosmic Control Rod, they went on to request an audience with King Blastaar, who had taken up residence in Prison 42. Instead of using the rod themselves, they actually give it to Blastaar in good faith in hopes he'll aid their goals with regards to the War of Kings.

The remainder of the issue was devoted to Chris Powell, who was ousted from his Darkhawk armour and left in a limbo of sorts. DnA attempt to clear up his previous origin, which revolved around the Darkhawk armour being created by intergalactic mobsters and what not, by blaming it on Chris's mind not being able to handle the armour and datasong from the Fraternity and, thus, creating fake memories to help him cope.

I see what they attempted to do by going to the trouble of explaining his origin and retconning parts of it away, but I don't understand why they even bothered since the character is hardly well known or popular and barely qualifies as a Z-lister. For the amount of time they are spending on forcing the character into their storyline, they could have just as easily made a new one up and avoided the clutter and bullshit backstory and inner turmoil nonsense we've been subjected to so far.

Verdict - Check It. If I could gut the middle parts of this story dealing with Chris Powell's origin and innerself nonsense, I'd probably rate this issue an easy Must Read. Those parts are really dragging this miniseries down.

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War of Kings #3 Review

WAR OF KINGS #3
Written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
Art by Paul Pelletier

Great googily moogily, this issue was easily the best comic this week and just about every second page was a candidate for the Moments of the Week.

In fact, the only "bad", and I use the term loosely, part of the issue was the predictable copout opening pages. If you recall, last issue featured Lilandra captuerd and brought before Emperor Vulcan, who was ready to execute her on the spot while Gladiator watched on. This issue started off with the Fleet Admiral stopping Vulcan and explaining how he'd simply make her a martyr and other expected reasons for him not to actually kill her. It was still solid writing and logical, but cheapens the effect of the cliffhanger from last month and everyone saw it coming a mile away.

Thankfully, that was the only complaint I had with this issue. We've got quiet moments that further expanded Crystal's, of the Inhuman Royal Family, role in the politics of the Kree Empire and her relationship with Ronan has been wonderfully fleshed out. It also appears there's either going to be an eventual butting of heads between Ronan and Crystal with Black Bolt and the other Inhumans by the end of this event or possible seeds for an Inhumans miniseries or ongoing coming out of the event.

From these quiet moments on Hala, we jumped to the action packed reprisal of the Inhumans and Starjammers, who recently joined up with the Guardians of the Galaxy in the Guardians' tie-in issue. This fight sequence featured some amazing moments, such as Rocket Raccoon going one-on-one with Gladiator (and winning! Kind of...), Groot playing the role of the "big stick" against the magnetic based Imperial Guard, Electron, and, probably the biggest moment of all, Gladiator's betrayal of Vulcan, which left me with my mouth hanging opening in disbelief over what I just saw as Gladiator takes his former Imperial Guard member's head off with his heat vision, much to the utter shock and horror of the rest of the pro-Vulcan Shi'ar present, and declares his loyalty to Lilandra.

Sure, many will probably point to this as some predictable due to the fact they gave Gladiator a lot of face time and even some thought boxes throughout the storyarc, but even with all these supposedly obvious tells, it came down to a 50/50 chance as to whether he would betray Vulcan or kill Lilandra and I'm betting the same people scoffing it off as predictable storytelling would be saying the same thing if he had sided with Vulcan here. In the end, Gladiator has been built up like this before and always stuck with his Emperor du jour and, to me, true, this was something I could see happening, but no more or less than the other, easier option occuring, which we had years of other stories to support.

Verdict - Must Read. It's hard to believe how good War of Kings has been so far and we haven't even seen a Vulcan vs Black Bolt match up or Black Bolt vs Gladiator rematch or any kind of cutting loose between the actual "kings" of this event.

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Nova #24 Review

NOVA #24
Written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
Art by Andrea Di Vito

I predicted Nova would be my pick for book of the week in the previews, and it probably is, but it didn't deliver nearly as much as I was hoping for. Its claiming of the book of the week award says more for the quality, or lack thereof (well, there were good books, just nothing that screamed must read either), of the books that came out this week than it does about this issue of Nova.

That said, when this issue was good, it was damn good and my favourite parts involved the scenes dealing with our hero, Richard Rider, and his new Quasar powers. I loved the Nova/Worldmind dynamic Abnett and Lanning added to the Richard/Wendell Vaughn Quasar. It was just interesting seeing Wendell trying to fill space or rambling on or what have you as he tagged along inside Richard's head. Reminded me of how much I missed Worldmind inside Rich's head while still being unique and fun in its own right.

However, the treatment of the Nova Corps was where I had most of my problems in this issue. To start things off, I really disliked the old fashioned, overly wordy exposition used to fill in the reader on the current situation at the start of the issue. It never worked for me and felt like I had a recap page spread out over the course of three or four pages as Richard's brother painfully spelled out every little detail to the reader through his dialogue.

The biggest concern, though, was with the supposed Shi'ar Imperial Guard vs Nova Corps battle that previews, solicits and the cover all hint at. It does, technically, happen in this issue, but it's nowhere near as satisfying as I was expecting. It amounted to nothing more than the Nova Corps fighting some random Shi'ar soldiers, securing a random planet and then the Imperial Guard showing up. The Imperial Guard kill one or two Novas and then Nova Prime surrenders to Gladiator after one punch. I was expecting this bloodbath and an epic battle between the new Prime and Gladiator and was disappointed to see the sudden surrender.

The big reveal, if you can call it that, was that the Worldmind was, in fact, corrupted by Ego. I'm both relieved and disappointed with that development. On one hand, it means we can wash away the whole 'Worldmind's a dick' story and get Nova back into control once he frees him from Ego. But, on the other hand, it also feels like it was too obvious and the possession and reveal of Ego's control just comes on way too fast for it to have any impact and I get the feeling it was implemented just to get the Nova Corps into the War of Kings moreso than an actual story driven plot. We'll have to see how much control Ego had next month before I make a final judgement on this.

Verdict - Check It. While I talk a lot about the negatives of the issue, it was still quite entertaining. Just not perfect or up to the typical Nova standards. I'll still take a "bad" Nova issue over just about any other comic, so it's not a complete wash either.

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Guardians of the Galaxy #13 Review

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #13
Written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
Art by Brad Walker

Finally! Guardians of the Galaxy is back to its high quality self after a few months of what, honestly, felt like filler stories thrown together to fill the gap while waiting for the War of Kings tie-ins.

Everything about this issue was leaps and bounds above the past few months of output. The characters were vibrant and the book was littered with witty dialogue. Even the small things, like naming the bar on Knowhere Starlins, in honour of legendary cosmic writer, Jim Starlin, were perfect in this issue - something we haven't seen, literally, in months.

From the get go, you could just tell this issue was going to be good based on the aforementioned Starlin reference and casual way the team was introduced and reunited in the opening pages of this issue. The lack of a real team feel to this title was probably one of the major problems I had with the title over the past few months and it was great seeing everyone interacting and addressing past grievances, as seen with Adam Warlock's and Starlord's conversation over putting aside their trust issues to get things done or Bug's constant questioning of why he wasn't included in the original roster of the team or even Drax's casual "what's new?"-like conversation with Groot. These little things all add up to an enjoyable reading experience and are easy to overlook until they're gone, as was the case for the rocky past few issues.

The rest of the issue is devoted to explaining why the Guardians are getting involved with the War of Kings event and showing what they do about it. Warlock brings the reasoning and explains it as an extension of his need to fix the various rips in the fabric of space that he's been tracking down since the series began. He contests the Shi'ar's use of the Nega-Bombs on Kree worlds has aggrevated these tears and the war must stop or risk tearing the universe apart. It's as good as any reason to get the team involved and it's more an excuse to get them in the event moreso than something they'll be following up on outside of the brief closing of a rift in this issue.

Once the reasoning behind entering the fray was established, the real fun began. Starlord and Rocket Raccoon held a meeting where the two divvy up the various team members into two separate teams - one to confront Black Bolt and the other to speak with Vulcan in an attempt to negotiate peace between them. The meeting was hilarious and I loved how Rocket Raccoon called first dibs on all the heavy hitters for his team.

After the teams are picked, both set off to see their respective 'kings' with Peter's team off to see Black Bolt and Rocket and co off to confront Vulcan. Things obviously don't go as planned. Black Bolt outright dismisses any hope of peace in light of Starlord's pleas while Vulcan's ships are teleport shielded, which only allowed Warlock's magic based self-teleport in, resulting in Vulcan immediately attacking Adam. The rest of the team had to be saved by the Starjammers, who have past experience working with Rocket Raccoon (we need an miniseries off this asap!).

Verdict - Must Read. Personally, I couldn't find a single thing wrong with this issue outside of maybe some stretching behind the reasons for getting involved in the event. It's just good old fashioned fun and I just hope the title continues with this return to form and puts those last few substandard issues behind us.

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War of Kings: Ascension #1 Review

WAR OF KINGS: ASCENSION #1
Written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
Art by Paolo Pantalena & Harvey Tolibao

War of Kings: Ascension is an entertaining, yet flawed comic. Abnett and Lanning do an excellent job of filling us in on who these two characters are and try their best to make us care about them or their mission, but they never really reach their goal.

If I had to pick the biggest flaw of the issue, it is that I still don't have a clue what the miniseries is about, who or what the Fraternity of Raptors are (or if they actually exist), why they're in the Negative Zone or even why they bothered to tell this story, the latter of which is one of my bigger pet peeves. If a book can't even justify its own existence through the actions of the characters, either progressing an event or story or by giving new insight or growth to a character, I end up feeling disappointed with the purchase.

That said, this issue wasn't a complete waste either. Most of it was dedicated to bringing people up to speed on the recent Darkhawk miniseries, answering basic questions like who Darkhawk is and what's he doing with this new Talon character off in the Negative Zone. Of note was the "origin" of Talon, which amounted to showing a Skrull survivor of Black Bolt's attack from the Secret Invasion: War of Kings one-shot floating in space and coming across the blue Darkhawk gem that Talon has on his chest.

When not recounting who people were, the issue revolved around Talon "teaching" Darkhawk how to use his powers. This involved fighting back against Annihilus' remaining forces stationed in the Negative Zone, which brought the two to one of Annihilus' lieutenant's, Catastrophus, base of operations. It was shown that Catastrophus somehow had Annihilus' Cosmic Control Rod and Talon wanted Darkhawk to help him liberate it, which I assumed would be the core plot of this first issue or miniseries.

However, after entering Catastrophus' base, Talon quickly abandoned Darkhawk in an attempt to make him call on higher functions of his Darkhawk armour and further bond with it. After bonding with it, Darkhawk saw the truth from the suit's databases that the Fraternity of Raptors were actually the badguys, responsibe for kidnappings and murders throughout the ages, and Talon revealed his true colours by somehow banishing Darkhawk's mind from the armour, replacing it with someone called Razer.

What's interesting about this final reveal requires a little knowledge of Darkhawk, which we weren't given. Previously, it was revealed that his body physically swapped locations with the armour and he controlled it remotely from what I believe is the null space they reference here. It could be just that Darkhawk's mind has been shunted off into null space along with his human body and that this Razer persona actually existed there previously. Also, it looks like the Skrull that was inhabiting the Talon armour was more than likely taken over in much the same way as Darkhawk was when Razer replaced him here. The only question remaining at the end of the issue is if Razer and Talon will remain in control for the duration or if it'll end up being some form of cliched mental battle for control of the Darkhawk persona over the course of this mini.

Verdict - Check It. I wasn't blown away by it, but I'm willing to give Abnett and Lanning the benefit of the doubt here. Talon revealed as a bad guy was fairly predictable, but I'm curious enough about the Darkhawk / Razer dichotomy to stick with this miniseries.

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TMC Vol 2 - March Edition

Back in February, I released a digital magazine version of the Weekly Crisis, called TMC - The Monthly Comic Magazine, to celebrate my return to posting. While I simply do not have the time or man hours to put into designs and layouts to continue putting out monthly magazines, I thought it would be fun to do up a mock cover for the month of March.

To continue the illusion, I went about collecting the links to various posts by Matt, Eric and myself from the past month to create a sort of table of contents for content to go along with this mock cover. You can find these links after the jump.

Table of Contents

War of Kings Primer

• Introduction - by Kirk Warren
  
• Nova, Guardians of the Galaxy and Cosmic Basics - by Kirk Warren
  
• Vulcan & The Shi'ar Empire - by Matt Ampersand
  
• The Inhumans & The Kree Empire - by Kirk Warren
  
• Speculation & Predictions - by Matt Ampersand & Kirk Warren
  

OP/ED

• Matt & Eric Join the Weekly Crisis - by Kirk Warren
• International Women's Day - A Look At Female Super Heroes - by Matt Ampersand
• DC Makes the Jump to $3.99 - by Kirk Warren
  
• A Collection of Random Thoughts Vol 1 - by Eric Rupe
  
• Trades 101 - An Intro To Trade Buying - by Matt Ampersand
  
• Death of the Legacy Character - by Eric Rupe
  
• Top 10 Tuesdays - 10 Marvel What Ifs That Came True - by Kirk Warren
  
• Who Should the Next Sorceror Supreme be? - by Matt Ampersand
  
• A Collection of Random Thoughts Vol 2 - by Eric Rupe
  
• Thoughts on June Solicitations for June 2009 - by Matt Ampersand, Eric Rupe & Kirk Warren
  
• Top 10 Tuesdays - Top 10 Delayed Stories - by Matt Ampersand
  

Reviews

Weekly Crisis Comic Book Reviews for 03/04/09

• Dark Reign: Fantastic Four #1 - by Kirk Warren
  
• New Avengers: The Reunion #1 - by Kirk Warren
  
• Secret Warriors #2 - by Kirk Warren
  
• Superman: World of New Krypton #1 - by Kirk Warren
  
• War of Kings #1 - by Kirk Warren
  
• Watchmen Movie Review - by Kirk Warren
  

Weekly Crisis Comic Book Reviews for 03/11/09

• Action Comics #875 - by Kirk Warren
  
• Apparat TPB Vol 1 - by Eric Rupe
• Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1 - by Kirk Warren
  
• Captain Britain and MI13 #11 - by Kirk Warren
  
• Green Lantern Corps #34 - by Kirk Warren
  
• Guardians of the Galaxy #11 - by Kirk Warren
  
• The Nighty News TPB - by Eric Rupe
• Transhuman TPB - by Eric Rupe

Weekly Crisis Comic Book Reviews for 03/18/09

• Dark Avengers #3 - by Kirk Warren
  
• Proof Book 1: Goatsucker TPB - by Eric Rupe
• Supergirl #39 - by Kirk Warren
  
• Thunderbolts #130 - by Kirk Warren
  
• Wolverine #71 - by Kirk Warren
  
• X-Factor #41 - by Kirk Warren
  
• X-Force #13 - by Kirk Warren
  

Weekly Crisis Comic Book Reviews for 03/25/09

• Captain America #48 - by Kirk Warren
  
• Dark Reign: Elektra #1 - by Kirk Warren
  
• Guardians of the Galaxy #12 - by Kirk Warren
  
• Nova #23 - by Kirk Warren
  
• Proof #18 - by Eric Rupe
• Seaguy Vol 1 TPB - by Eric Rupe
• Star Wars: Legacy Vol 1 TPB - by Eric Rupe
• X-Force/Cable: Messiah War Prologue #1 - by Kirk Warren
  

Moments of the Week

• Moments of the Week for 03/04/09 - by Kirk Warren
  
• Moments of the Week for 03/11/09 - by Kirk Warren
  
• Moments of the Week for 03/18/09 - by Kirk Warren
  
• Moments of the Week for 03/25/09 - by Kirk Warren
  

Cover of the Week

• Cover of the Week for 03/11/09 - Immortal Iron Fist #23 - by Kirk Warren
  
• Cover of the Week for 03/18/09 - Spider-Man: Noir #4, Ultimatum #3 & Hotwire #2 - by Kirk Warren, Eric Rupe & Matt Ampersand
  
• Cover of the Week for 03/25/09 - Oracle: The Cure #1 & Nova #23 - by Kirk Warren, Eric Rupe & Matt Ampersand
  

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War of Kings Primer - Speculation and Predictions

After getting you up to speed with everything War of Kings related with our primer, we wanted to wrap up our coverage with something a little different. Instead of looking at what came before, we'll be looking at what could possibly happen in the future. In this post, we will offer speculation on what we think will happen over the course of this event and make our own predictions on what comes afterwards.

What was the best moment from the event so far?

Kirk: As good as Black Bolt's ascension to the Kree throne or the Imperial Guard's sneak attack at Ronan and Crystal's wedding were, I'm going to go with Crystal's development over the course of the first two issues, which saw her become the 'people's princess'. Just a completely believable and fluid bit of character development for a character I have never cared one iota about.

Matt: I liked that very much as well. I got the impression that DnA a trying to build a comparison between her and Princess Diana of Wales. Someone that is very liked by the people and a media-darling even though she wasn't originally from the empire she is now ruling over.


What are you looking forward to seeing most during this event?

Kirk: Can't wait for the Gladiator / Black Bolt rematch. Gladiator is one of the few characters Black Bolt can actually go full out with and it will be epic to see him finally cut loose.

Matt: I personally can't wait to see Vulcan being beaten to a pulp by Havok. Havok's been close to taking him down twice already! Hopefully third time is the charm.

Kirk: I'd actually like to see Vulcan win a fight. He's supposed to be insanely powerful and a huge threat, but had his ass handed to him by the Imperial Guard in Rise & Fall and Havok has beat him down in both X-Men miniseries (Emperor Vulcan and Kingbreaker). It's hard to see how he even got to the throne with the number of failures he's had. A solid win over someone big would go a long way to making me care about Havok kicking his ass for the third time.


Will any of the Earth teams get involved in this conflict?

Kirk: Going to go with a big no on this one. Can't see any reason for anyone from Earth to get involved here. I suppose if Blastaar does something with Prison 42, we may see the Fantastic Four cameo, but this will probably be a strictly cosmic-based event.

Matt: Probably not, although I could have sworn that I saw somewhere that Skaar was going to be involved somehow.

Kirk: There was a solicit for War of Kings: Savage World of Skaar that was supposed to feature Gorgon and Starbolt crash landing on Sakaar that would act as a tie-in, but I haven't heard any mention of it since it was first announced and it's not on the official checklist either.

Matt: After some searching, I found the solicit on this CBR article, but it is not anywhere on Marvel's site. I guess we are to assume it has been scratched.


Who will die?

Matt: Poor Nova Corps, they are destined to be the cannon fodder of the cosmic universe, along with the Skrulls. I wonder if Robbie (Nova's brother) is going to die or not, as that would cause even more conflict between Worldmind and Nova. And as I mentioned above, if DnA are going for the Lady Di comparisson with Crystal, she may possibly die as well and become a saint-like figure for the Inhumans and the Kree.

Kirk: A whole mess of Nova Corps members. For actual named people, I'm thinking Gladiator will finally betray Vulcan to save Lilandra at the end of this event and it will end up costing him his life. I'm sure some random Inhumans will kick the bucket as well, but can't really see any 'big names' dying.


Is Annihilus going to come back?

Kirk: He was listed, or, at least, his army was listed, in the solicits for War of Kings: Ascension. We haven't seen Ravenous or baby Annihilus since Annihilation (Rav cameoed in Conquest though), so doubt we'll see them involved anytime soon. I imagine the Ascension solicits were just references to his former armies in the Negative Zone.

Matt: I am thinking he isn't going to be directly involved in this one, but maybe he'll return at the end? I can't imagine Nova, the Guardians of the Galaxy or the Kree empire will be too happy to learn that he is still around after all they went through.



Will there be new players on the cosmic plane? Or old players coming back?

Kirk: Hmm, I think this event will be straight forward in its story. I can't see any major players or new threats showing up during this, but am open to suggestions. What do you think, Matt?

Matt: Well, I think Galactus is going to be pretty pissed when he finds out that Vulcan has been carelessly Nega-Bombing planets, so I wouldn't be surprised if he does make an appearance. The Watchers have been uncharacteristically quiet during this whole time of cosmic upheaval. I know they are supposed to only watch and not interact, but it would be interesting to see how they react to something of this magnitude. Also, after her apparent death (as seen in our recent MoTW), I would like to see Ms. Marvel back to her space-pirating days with the Starjammers. And we have yet to see what role will Darkhawk and Talon play in the War of Kings.


Who will win the War of Kings?

Matt: The Inhumans are generally thought to be the good guys in this cosmic war. I don't think anyone is rooting for Vulcan and the Shi'Ar to win. But the cosmic side of Marvel has been a place where anything can happen, so I wouldn't be surprised if the "bad guys" come out ahead at the end.

Kirk: I'm honestly not sure. I'd like to think both groups end up crippling each other to the point of a stalemate, but that would also make for a rather anticlimactic event. However, I think the Inhumans/Kree will come out on top just because I'm a huge Black Bolt fanboy.

Matt: It will end with Captain America Black Bolt surrendering after he realizes that they are just fighting and destroying New York City the Universe in the process.


Who will lead the surviving empires?

Kirk: Black Bolt will always lead the Inhumans, but I think Crystal and Ronan may assume a stewardship over the Kree post-War of Kings. As for the Shi'ar, I'll go with Vulcan returning to a civil war in the Shi'ar Empire that could be followed up in a Starjammers mini or ongoing to put Lilandra back on the throne.

Matt: A nice twist would be to have Gladiator take over the Shi'ar Empire. He mentioned how, no matter who was on power, he was always the one constant of the Shi'ar empire. I think that wasn't a throwaway line, but maybe some foreshadowing of what's in the future for Gladiator.


Will there be a new ongoing series after War of Kings is over?

Kirk: Hard to say with the economic times. It'll come down to how the event ends, but I think a Starjammers miniseries from Chris Yost, who did Emperor Vulcan and Kingbreaker already, is a lock. I'm also rooting for an Inhumans ongoing, but can't think of a single capable writer to handle it outside of Abnett and Lanning. The Inhumans title could follow the plans for reformation and rebuilding of the Kree Empire that the Royal Family mentioned in War of Kings #2 or deal with tracking down Vulcan or taking the fight to the Shi'ar post-war, depending on how War of Kings ends.

Matt: Yeah, a Starjammers series seems like the obvious choice, but the real challenge would be to make the title different enough from Guardians of the Galaxy to stand out on it's own. I do not know if the Inhumans can sustain an ongoing series, but it would be nice for them to get at least a mini series. I am a big fan of the series that Paul Jenkins did a couple years back, I would like to see him come back to write them. I guess we will also have to see how popular Darkhawk proves to be, he may get additional minis or even an ongoing.


Conclusion

That's it for our speculations and predictions. We always love to hear from our readers, so feel free to comment on what you think is going to happen with War of Kings. If we get a big enough response or some mind blowing predictions that make us think "Why didn't we come up with THAT?", then we may do a follow up post with what you, the readers, came up with.

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War of Kings Primer - The Inhumans & The Kree Empire

We kicked off this primer on Monday with an introduction post that answered basic questions about what the War of Kings event is about, who's involved and what we had planned for the rest of the week. We followed that up on Wednesday with the first official entry into the primer, which consisted of everything you needed to know about Nova, Guardians of the Galaxy and Cosmic Basics and the second part followed on Friday covering Vulcan & The Shi'ar Empire.

Today, we'll be covering The Inhumans & The Kree Empire, as well as the related events and characters associated with the current state of the Inhumans and how they came to be the new rulers of the battered Kree Empire.

However, please note that as so much has occurred in the cosmic universe at Marvel, we've tried our best to restrict the information contained here to basic summaries of events with a focus on those things most pertinent to War of Kings. Finally, be sure to check back on Monday for the final part of this primer where Matt and I will speculate and give predictions on what we think will happen in regards to this event.

The Inhumans & The Kree Empire

Reading Order: Decimation: Son of M -> Silent War -> Secret Invasion: Inhumans -> Secret Invasion: War of Kings -> War of Kings


Index

Summaries

• Decimation: Son of M
  
• Silent War
  
• Secret Invasion
  
• War of Kings Prologue
  

Character Profiles

• Black Bolt
  
• Medusa
  
• Maximus
  
• Inhuman Royal Family
  
• Crystal
• Ronan the Accuser
  

Summaries

Decimation: Son of M

To understand the current state of the Inhumans, you'll have to go back to the post-House of M series, Decimation: Son of M, which dealt with Quicksilver stealing the Terrigen Mists from his former in-laws and friends. The Mists are a natural mutagen the Inhumans use to alter their biology to grant them their unique powers and abilities, the theft of which was a major turning point in the Inhumans' history and was picked up in the follow-up miniseries, Silent War.


Silent War

In Silent War, the stolen Terrigen Mists were recovered by the US government and used in experiments on US marines to create temporary super soldiers. When the Inhumans politely requested their Mists back, the government refused, prompting an act of war by the Inhumans, who successfully attacked the US Pentagon and recovered their Mists. This battle saw the Iron Man led Mighty Avengers defeated by Black Bolt, leading to even more tension between the Inhumans and inhabitants of Earth. The US government retaliated by sending their Mist-modified marines on a suicide mission against the Inhumans home on the Moon. Amidst the confusion of this battle, Black Bolt's brother, Maximus, took the opportunity to seize control of the Inhumans, imprisoning Black Bolt and becoming the new king.


Secret Invasion

During the recent Skrull invasion, it was revealed that Black Bolt had been captured and replaced at some point going back as far as World War Hulk. The Inhumans discovered this fact and sought out their missing king. This led the rescue team into conflict with the Skrulls and caused them to seek out aid from the Kree. In the end, they recovered the missing Black Bolt, who then reclaimed the leadership of the Inhumans from Maximus and declared they would no longer sit idly by as their enemies push them to the brink of extinction.


War of Kings Prologue

With the conclusion of Secret Invasion: Inhumans, the Inhumans' story was picked up in Secret Invasion: War of Kings Prologue, where Black Bolt led his people away from their home on the Moon. Their first mission was to pursue and destroy the remaining Skrull armada for their kidnapping of Black Bolt and attack on Attila. This chase ended in Shi'ar space, where the Inhumans finished off the last of the Skrull fleet before being drawn into conflict with some Shi'ar patrol ships, who Black Bolt promptly destroyed.

After the successful destruction of the Skrulls, Black Bolt led his wayward people to the Kree homeworld of Hala where they proceeded to lay siege to and conquer the already weakened and broken Kree people (see the events of Annihilation: Conquest for more on this), forcing the steward of the Kree empire, Ronan, to bow down and acknowledge Black Bolt as the new soverign leader of the Imperial Kree Empire. This is where War of Kings picks up the story of the Inhumans.


Character Profiles

Black Bolt

Blackagar Boltagon, better known as Black Bolt, is the current ruler of the Inhuman people. As an Inhuman, Black Bolt is physically superior to regular humans due to years of eugenics. Furthermore, Inhumans are typically more intelligent, have faster reaction time, more stamina and, in general, are superior in just about every way.

Furthermore, all Inhumans undergo Terrigenesis when they come of age, a process which grants each Inhuman extraordinary powers beyond that of most mortals. However, unlike other Inhumans, Black Bolt underwent his Terrigenesis while still an embryo, a process which granted Black Bolt powers far beyond those of his kin and making him one of the most powerful beings in the universe. Simply put, Black Bolt is easily a match for the Sentry or the Hulk.

One common misconception about Black Bolt is the belief that his powers are sonic based. That is only partially true. Black Bolt's powers are actually based on electron manipulation. Through electron gathering and manipulation, Black Bolt can increase his strength, speed and stamina. It also allows him to fly, survive in space and, finally, project this power through controlled blasts of matter manipulation.

The reason most believe he's powers stem from his voice is because this electron manipulation power is tied to the speech center of his brain. This causes his power to flare out whenever he speaks, giving the impression that it is purely a sonic/vocal based power, which is not the case. This is why he never speaks. Further perpetuating the myth of his sonic powers is the tuning fork on his forehead, which is associated with sound. It is actually only used to help focus his powers in less destructive ways and has no connection to the origins of his power.

Over the past few years, Black Bolt and his people have suffered tragedy after tragedy, many of which were detailed in these summaries. The most personal for Black Bolt was his abduction and replacement by the Skrulls and the theft of his people's heritage - the Terrigen Mists. These hardships have led the typically pacifist Black Bolt into a more proactive state of mind and were the impetus behind his stewerding of his people to the Kree homeworld of Hala, where he then forcibly assumed leadership of the Kree people.

As Black Bolt cannot speak without activating his powers, his wife and queen, the Inhuman Medusa, acts as his speaker, perfectly relaying his commands through their unspoken, yet deeply intimate bond.


Medusa

Black Bolt's wife and Queen of the Inhumans, Medusa has loved Black Bolt since they were teens and the two share a bond so deep that they can communicate with one another through their body language without the need for words. This allows Medusa to act as Black Bolt's voice and mediator.

Powers-wise, thanks to the Terrigen Mists, Medusa's hair stronger than steel wire and she has complete psionic control over it. This allows her to use it as a whip, to bind enemies and any other general purpose or combat related purposes. Furthermore, she has the Inhuman's advanced physiology and intellect due to their generations of eugenics.

Finally, Medusa has far more experience with the outside world and combat, in general, than most other Inhumans. She has been a member of both the Fantastic and Frightful Four teams at various times in the past.


Maximus

Maximus is Black Bolt's insane brother who has typically been nicknamed, Maximus the Mad. Much like Black Bolt, he was subjected to Terrigenesis at an irregular age - in his case, as an infant. Maximus mysteriously showed no signs of actual powers from his Terrigen Mist exposure.

Eventually, his powers manifested themselves, psionic powers which allowed Maximus to control other people's minds. Combined with his geinus level intellect, Maximus routinely challenged his brother, Black Bolt, for leadership of the Inhumans and apparently succeeded in Silent War. It was later revealed the Black Bolt he defeated was a Skrull.

When the real Black Bolt returned, his new proactive outlook on life and the leadership of his people led to his forgiving of his brother. Maximus took accepted his brother's request for aid in the new direction of his people and Maximus now uses his intelligence to design weapons and technology for the betterment of his people. Whether he is actually happy with his new status and position has not been explored and, as with anyone nick named "the Mad", it is probably only a matter of time before Maximus returns to his previous ways.


Inhuman Royal Family

The Inhuman Royal Family is a typical monarchy based ruling body comprised of Black Bolt and Medusa as King and Queen, Gorgon, the minotaur-like super strong, psimic shockwave generating cousin to Black Bolt and Maximus, Karnak, one of the few Inhumans to have never undergone Terrigenesis, Triton, the amphibous looking brother of Karnak, Medusa's younger sister, Crystal, and Black Bolt's brother, Maximus.

The Inhuman people have absolute faith in the Royal Family and follow them unquestionably. Karnak typically serves as the spiritual and political advisor to Black Bolt and Medusa while Gorgon is their military advisor. Maximus was kept in isloation for years for his crimes against his people, but has recently been welcomed back into the fold and serves under his brother. Crystal was promised to Ronan in marriage prior to War of Kings - a move designed to bridge the gap between their two peoples.


Crystal

Crystal has been romantically linked to several prominant Marvel super heroes, most notably, the Human Torch and Quicksilver, the latter of which she was married to at one point and had a child, Luna, with.

More recently, her hand in marriage was offered to Ronan the Accuser, of the Kree, in a move designed to bring their people together. While, at first, she was opposed to the marriage, after Black Bolt usurped the Kree throne, Crystal has seemingly warmed to the idea of the marriage. After the sneak attack by the Shi'ar in War of Kings #1, Crystal took on a very proactive role in aiding those injured during the attacks and has taken on a 'people's princess' / Queen Diana type of role to the Kree people.


Ronan the Accuser

After the events of Annihilation, Ronan assumed leadership of the Kree Empire. He did not wish to rule and was only acting as a stewerd until a true king could be found. He believes with all his heart that Black Bolt and the Inhumans can lead his people back to glory after their numerous hardships at the hands of the Annihilation Wave and subsequent Phalanx occupation.

However, Ronan is a Kree first and foremost and will punish any and all who do not live up to his ideals and beliefs for the Kree people - even if it is his new lord and ruler, Black Bolt.

Of note, in his role as Supreme Accuser of the Kree, Ronan wields the Universal Weapon. It is a powerful weapon of near limitless power that harnesses cosmic energy to be used in accordance to the users will. These feats include the disintegration, rearrangement, and transmutation of matter, the projection of concussive energy blasts, the absorption of energy, control over gravity, the creation of force fields and "time-motion displacement fields" and interstellar teleportation along hyperspatial passages. Ronan does not use the Universal Weapon for personal gain or combat, typically opting to use only on those he has accused and judged.

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