War of Kings
| "War of Kings" | |||
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Cover of War of Kings 1 (May 2009).
Art by Brandon Peterson. |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||
| Publication date | March – August 2009 | ||
| Genre | Science fiction, space opera, superhero crossover | ||
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| Main character(s) |
Shi'ar Inhumans Kree Guardians of the Galaxy Starjammers Nova Darkhawk |
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| Creative team | |||
| Writer(s) |
Dan Abnett (Guardians of the Galaxy, Nova, Secret Invasion: War of Kings, War of Kings) C. B. Cebulski (War of Kings: Darkhawk) Andy Lanning (Guardians of the Galaxy, Nova, Secret Invasion: War of Kings, War of Kings) Christopher Yost (X-Men: Kingbreaker) |
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| Penciller(s) |
Wellington Alves (Nova, War of Kings: Ascension) Wesley Craig (Guardians of the Galaxy) Bong Dazo (Guardians of the Galaxy) Andrea DiVito (Nova) Paul Pelletier (Guardians of the Galaxy, Secret Invasion: War of Kings, War of Kings) Harvey Tolibao (War of Kings: Darkhawk) Brad Walker (Guardians of the Galaxy) Dustin Weaver (X-Men: Kingbreaker) |
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| Road to War of Kings | |||
| Guardians of the Galaxy: Book 1 | |||
| Guardians of the Galaxy: Book 2 | |||
| War of Kings | |||
| Ascension | |||
| Nova | |||
"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 universe. The six issue limited series was published between March and August 2009.
The story is about a war between the Vulcan led Shi'ar empire and the Inhuman led Kree empire. The Guardians of the Galaxy, Nova Corps, Darkhawk, and the Starjammers become involved in various ways. The tag line was "When kings collide, the galaxy will tremble".
On July 18, 2008, Marvel.com posted a news article featuring a modified cover of Emperor Vulcan with the phrase "Who Will Rule?", accompanied by the text "Stay tuned to Marvel.com and get ready for the blockbuster answer at San Diego Comic-Con!" At the SDCC it was announced that this was part of the build-up to the War of Kings, an outer-space storyline but focusing on the X-Men family of characters, rather than the cosmic entities. The core series was written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning and edited by Bill Rosemann.
The event started in December 2008 with the mini-series X-Men: Kingbreaker, and continued in the Secret Invasion: War of Kings one-shot (Jan 2010) and War of Kings #1-6 (Mar - Aug 2010). Abnett and Lanning tied the main series into their other titles, Guardians of the Galaxy and Nova (vol 4). C. B. Cebulski wrote two other tie-in mini-series, War of Kings: Darkhawk and War of Kings: Ascension. A series on Marvel Digital Comics, War of the Kings: Warriors by Christos Gage and Jay Faerber, tied into the storyline, and featured different stories focusing on Gladiator, Blastaar, Lilandra and Crystal. These four stories were later collected and published as War of Kings: Warriors 1-2.
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