Incoming (2019) #1 is the prologue that covers so many stories led by the Masked Raider and including the likes of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, the Avengers, Joe Fix-It, Spider-Men (plural) and more, and the ongoing mystery is good enough to make this a very good read. 8 out of 12The Empyre Handbook #1 is just Empyre linked updated parts of the Handbook of the Marvel Universe which reminded just how bad the Avengers have been since the departure (=sacking) of Brian Michael BendisBrian Michael Bendi...

This is actually more than just your typical Road to Marvel book. It's not just a bunch of reprints. It's all new content. Incoming is by all the creative teams working at Marvel. It's one of those jam books that is supposed to introduce you to 2020 stories at Marvel while being a subtle lead in to Empyre. The Road to Kree/Skrull War is surprisingly good. It does give you a recap of what you need to know about the Marvel universe headed into Empyre. It's done really well though through a framing...

A nice, little prologue to the impending 'Empyre' event which does a good job filling readers in on all that has come before with the Kree and the Skrulls. It has some really beautiful artwork, too, which is nice.

The first chunk of the book reprints Incoming #1, which is a murder mystery round-robin story told in 4-page segments by dozens of writers and artists. A dead body turns up and the story thread jumps through the perspectives of various Marvel superheroes as they tag team and segue around the 616 to figure out whodunnit and whydunnit. Ho-hum overall, but there is a big callback for very minor characters recognizable to longtime Marvel fans.The next chunk is a sequel to Meet the Skrulls that has s...

Collecting some one-shots that form the prelude to Empyre, Road To is a good little primer for the event that sets the scene very well.Incoming! was a one-shot that was meant to set in motion a load of plot threads for Marvel's stories going forward, but it's mostly about solving the mystery of the death of a Kree and a Skrull. When it initially came out, I never made the connection to Empyre at all, but looking back it's very cleverly done. There are contributions from all of Marvel's big name

Very episodic story, with constant changes of writing and art teams every few pages. I guess this tells me what I need to know to follow the Empyre event, but surely there's a more entertaining way to do it, rather than a big info dump?

I've never read a "Road To" book before, I don't know if they're all like this, but at least this one bores me like hell ...I find the concept of doing a full issue with many creative teams each in charge of 4 pages interesting, however the story is wildly boring, we just didn't click ... A murder occurs on earth, but it is something very mysterious, so mysterious that several of the most prominent characters in the Marvel universe break their heads to find out what is behind ... in the end e...

This collection explores the unthinkable in the Marvel Universe: peace between the Kree and the Skrulls. Not a temporary alliance or a cease-fire, but a true end to the war, brought together by a new ruler for both people, Emperor Hulkling, the half-Kree, half-Skrull hero of Earth. Exploring the origins of the war, how it’s come to end, and the threat that has brought them together, this is a deep dive into the Marvel Universe like never before. A truly-great lead up into the Empyre saga.

Much to my surprise, this is probably going to turn out to be required reading for most readers before they hit Empyre. Instead of reprinting several issues from other books, this volume includes two issues written specifically to get readers up to speed. The extra-large Incoming story puts some big events into motion and serves as a general state of the MU for readers who haven't been reading everything. It's functional, it works, but it isn't terribly good. Much better is the Kree/Skrull War i...

3.5 Stars.Empyre, being the new complete Marvel Universe crossover story, is long and spans a large part of the MU that I am not super knowledgeable about. Whenever this kind of crossover happens, I like to read something as a lead in to the event. "Road to Empyre" gave me a lot of information that I feel like I needed to really get something out of the main title. Consisting of three books...- "Road to Empyre: The Kree - Skrull War" is an issue that combines the aftermath of the title "Meet the...

COLLECTS INCOMING (2019) #1, ROAD TO EMPYRE: THE KREE/SKRULL WAR (2020) #1, EMPYRE HANDBOOK (2020) #1 Sometimes comic book issues that exist to prepare you for an upcoming event aren't very good, useful, or important overall. In the case of "Road to Empyre," I found the stories interesting, and helpful in preparing me for "Empyre."I read each of the issues in this collection individually as comic book issues, so here are my reviews:SPOILERS:Incoming:I read this issue about a year ago, but had fo...

I recall reading the first part of this, possibly from a Free Comic Book Day, but the event deals with Hulkling, and I have enjoyed his story since reading Young Avengers a long while ago. I like how these prelude stories bring together very different areas of the Marvel universe. I am generally fairly broadly read, but lag behind current events a bit, so this was my first introduction to this newer Agents of Atlas (though I have read a fair amount of the older one, and knew most of the characte...

I've been SO out of the Marvel comic universe over the last few years. Event after event, relaunch after relaunch, book after book happened until I didn't even recognize my favorite characters anymore. I didn't have the heart to keep up.But, I figure, why not try to come back with a combination of my two favorite things: Cosmic Marvel, and Young Avengers.Road to Empyre is a great jumping off point for new readers, or for old readers coming back. The art is gorgeous, both in the current time and

This was pretty well done, it just wasn’t super interesting for me. If you’re expecting a single narrative, don’t be surprised that this isn’t it. The first issue is a decent lead in to the Empyre event, though it focuses more on who is going to be involved it seems than what is going to happen. The second issue is about a family of Skrulls and filling them in on some of their history with the Kree. The rest of the volume is essentially portions of a Marvel universe handbook about various charac...

Read as individual issues: Incoming - Could have been half the length and just as effective. Some of the appearances felt forced with no apparent reason for being there (of course Marvel may prove me wrong).Each change of team/hero resulted in a change of artist, which to be honest I found off putting at first, but would certainly point me in the right direction for issues to pick up in the future.Some gorgeous Billy/Teddy panels. Loved the FF stuff. And Spider-man (both of them).In really glad

I'm usually skeptical of these one-shots created to kickoff a new crossover event, but I guess the intergalactic tradecraft angle to this story helped to hook me. We start with a classic locked-room mystery but someone it becomes an investigation that involves one hero after another until all roads lead back to the Kree and the Skrulls. Their conflict has been the subject of much drama over the years, especially on Earth, and this event is shaping up to be a good effort to make use of these deep...

The Incoming one shot has such a ridiculously thin plot. Really just there to introduce all the marvel stories and events for 2019/2020. Which is fine. But the conceit that every active person in the marvel universe needs to have some part in this locked room Murder mystery is a bit much. If you’re going to bother with a plot and not just have snippets from the different titles, at least out more effort into it.The actual Road to Empyre one shot was much better. Two very different but both beaut...

It takes time to build a universe, and also effort to tie something like 40 years' worth of continuity and happenings all together to make a cohesive narrative run-up to telling the current story. I had expected this to possibly be scattershot or boring (and indeed, to everyone but the faithful, the pages of recap text at the end will be exhausting) but this was pretty, smooth, engaging, and got me caught right up on any elements of the Marvel U that I have been ignoring. (You can't read EVERYTH...

This collection is a couple of stories followed by a bunch of handbook content that catches readers up on anything they would need to know going into the Empyre event. The original stories were well drawn, and provided great information at a good pace. The handbook content is a lot of reading. Some of it repeats based on the focus of the article. And if you have not read much of Marvel over the past several years, this is going to spoil a lot of the stories for you. Honestly, I did not mind. It

Me encantó este cómic corto porque demuestra lo unido que está el universo marvel en los cómics, todos los héroes y equipos interactuan entre ellos para resolver un misterio y te dan ganas de seguir sus propias historias y enterarte de lo que pasa en ellas, para tener incluso más contexto. Todos los dibujantes de la historia lo hacen genial, es increíble como va cambiando el arte en cada pedazo de la historia.