Realm of Kings

Publication history

The series started with a Realm of Kings one-shot that establishes the setting and is followed by a number of separate series or storylines which focus on how the different characters, Imperial Guard, Inhumans, Guardians of the Galaxy and Nova, deal with this situation.

The storyline also includes the limited series Realm of Kings: Son of Hulk by Scott Reed, with art by Miguel Munera. This focuses on Hiro-Kala and his journey into the Microverse.

Plot summary

A giant time-space tear called the Fault had been created by Black Bolt's T-Bomb, killing both himself and the Shi'ar leader Vulcan. The Fault becomes an immediate concern for the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Nova Corps, who send Wendell Vaughn, the first Quasar, into the Fault to scout it. Quasar discovers that the Fault is a tunnel leading to another universe that is ruled by a corrupted Mar-Vell and his servants, evil organic masses who consumed their universe like a cancer. It is described as a Cancerverse, where "Life has won, Death has lost." He is captured by that universe's Avengers (called the Revengers), who plan on imposing their Earth on his, to enable their gods, the Many-Angled Ones, to continue to spread.

Titles

• Realm of Kings (one shot)
• Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard #1-5
• Realm of Kings: Inhumans #1-5
• Guardians of the Galaxy (vol. 2) #20-24
• Nova (vol. 4) #31-35
• Realm of Kings: Son of Hulk #1-4

Collected editions

Aftermath

Both the Nova and Guardians of the Galaxy series were put on hiatus following the conclusion of "Realm of Kings" and the events in the storyline lead directly into "The Thanos Imperative".

Also the conclusion of Son of Hulk intersects with the end of the back-to-back Hulk storylines "Fall of the Hulks" and "World War Hulks" in the story arc "Dark Son", partly written by Scott Reed.

References

References

1. Richards, Dave. (August 9, 2009). "CCC09: DnA's "Realm of Kings"". [[Comic Book Resources]].
2. McGloin. (August 19, 2009). "Interview with Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning and Bill Rosemann". Cosmic Book News.
3. Richards, Dave. (November 17, 2009). "DnA Map Out Their "Realm of Kings"". [[Comic Book Resources]].
4. Smith, Zack. (January 10, 2010). "The SON OF HULK Gets Puny in the Microverse". [[Newsarama]].
5. ''Realm of Kings'' one-shot
6. Curtis, N.. (2015). "Sovereignty and superheroes". Manchester University Press.
7. Beard, Jim. (February 12, 2010). "EXCLUSIVE: The Thanos Imperative". [[Marvel.com]].
8. (February 23, 2010). "DnA Crank Things Up: The Thanos Imperative: Ignition". Cosmic Book News.
9. Richards, Dave. (March 4, 2010). "DnA Issue "The Thanos Imperative"". [[Comic Book Resources]].
10. Beard, Jim. (June 11, 2010). "Incredible Hulks: Dark Son". [[Marvel.com]].
11. Pepose, David. (June 11, 2010). "DARK SON Rising As The Other Son of HULK Hits Earth". [[Newsarama]].
12. Phegley, Kiel. (June 11, 2010). "Pak Teams Up The "Incredible Hulks"". [[Comic Book Resources]].