Empyre: Road To Empyre: The Kree/Skrull War #1

Road To Empyre: The Kree/Skrull War has a tall task to achieve, but it manages to stick the landing and then some by issue's end. Read Full Review

I'm in awe of how good this book looks and how well it reads. I'm not much of a Skrull or Kree fan, nor am I a history buff on either, but after reading this book, I'm far more interested in their storied histories. Even if you plan to skip Empyre, I highly recommend every Marvel fan read this so they can bathe in the glory of comics visual storytelling at its peak. Read Full Review

Overall, Im really excited to have read this issue. Im astounded at how much story theyve been able to pack into these pages. Not only does it provide a solid history of Marvel comic events, but it finishes with such dramatic tension that will leave you gasping for the next tie in story! Read Full Review

Road to Empyre: The Kree/Skrull War sets up Empyre by getting the reader up to speed on the Kree and Skrull, but cleverly, it also sets the stakes for what's to come as well. What can make two bitter enemies join forces? We have to wait to find that out, but this Road to Empyre already makes it so much bigger. Read Full Review

A nice primer and recap that sets the stage for Marvels upcoming Empyre event. Theres quite a bit of exposition for that dumped, but its all rendered stylishly by Javier Rodriguez and Alvaro Lopez, making it a real treat to consume. Read Full Review

If this comic is a trailer for the movie, well, I'm pretty interested. Read Full Review

Road to Empyre: The Kree/Skrull War #1 delivers visually, but narratively focuses too much on set-up and not enough on character. Read Full Review

Ryan

Mar 25, 2020

Amazing prologue issue for Empyre. Thompson returns to his creation, the Warner family. By the way, the art by Iulis and Rodriguez is simply astounding. I don’t think there’s been better art in a comic all year. Thompson does a great job of simplifying the complex history of the Kree and Skrulls. My expectations were admittedly low for Empyre, but Marvel might be on to something here

the green death

Mar 25, 2020

Great summation of what is leading up to Empyre and also a good character based piece about the suffering that continual conflict brings. I haven’t read almost any other event lead-in’s that work this well. Writing, art, pacing - all pretty danged great. Also, it got me excited for what comes next.

Wolf Warner

Mar 25, 2020

Awesome recap..... I’m ready for War. Glad to see my namesake, the Warners back in effect

allbeardnoteeth

Mar 26, 2020

Very good setup issue for event and art is fantastic

Kalaoui

Apr 04, 2020

Great intro that's very well put together. I liked the Warners a lot and they deserve a bigger role. I really don't care about the Empyre event but I will check out the next issue....in ahhh June? The art was outstanding and worked so well. Rodriguez is great as usual but de Lulis is killing it here!

M1sf1r3

Jun 19, 2020

Prelude: Empyre is coming and as such, it's time for me to prepare myself. Especially as I have zero knowledge about any of the areas the event will be tackling. The Good: Even though I haven't read it, I like that they used the characters from Meet the Skrulls here. Really good way of catching up on past events for Empyre. I love the chaotic story, how we're never quite sure what is happening which leaves for the perfect cliffhanger to kick Empyre off with. The Bad: The art whiplash was a bit much for me. I understand why they did it, but it just messed with me too much. Conclusion: A very good introduction to Empyre. It lays the foundations well and drives the plot forward to prepare readers for the event.

W_himself

Apr 03, 2020

10 for the art, 6 for the story.

Gizmo

Apr 05, 2020

Do yourself a favor and read Meet the Skrulls before you read this because it is fantastic and it becomes very exciting to catch up with the Warner family again. I found the recap pages fit nicely into the narrative and they're useful as well since I'm not interested in digging up all of these other stories for context. As a result, this is one of the few 'Road to' books that I actually like.

Malitia

Mar 25, 2020

This is a recap issue summarizing the stories important for the Empyre event from all of Marvel history (Kree/Skrull war, Mar-Vell, Celestial Madonna stuff, Wiccan and Hulkling from Young Avengers etc.) for that it's awesome, don't expect much more though. But if you aren't particularly interested it's hell of a lot cheaper than getting the relevant trades.

Psycamorean

Apr 10, 2020

This was just a history lesson, but it works pretty well.

CrazyforRAMU

Nov 05, 2020

Even though the info-dumps were nicely written and beautifully illustrated, they still felt like unwanted interruptions to what would otherwise be a fantastic bonus issue of "Meet the Skrulls."

Spacey Medicine

May 11, 2020

I liked the framing story more than the exposition drops, but I do appreciate that they were necessary.

KesheR

Aug 28, 2020

Above-average exposition dump.