Imperial #4

This is the Marvel Cosmic event I've been waiting for! The twists and turns throughout the story kept me on the edge of my seat and this story restores the Cosmic side of the Marvel Universe to a status quo that is ripe for more stories going forward. I cannot wait to see what they have in store for us down the road. Read Full Review

Imperial #4 is a stellar finale that's more a springboard than a closure. It delivers explosive action, a killer reveal, and profound philosophical questions about power. It perfectly sets the stage for future galactic conflicts in series like Imperial Guardians and Exiles, promising that the fallout from this war is far from over. Read Full Review

Imperial #4 is a fantastic end to the series setting up what's to come and making an early case that the cosmic series to spin out of it, might be the most intriguing stuff Marvel is putting out right now. It hints at a grand, sweeping political drama with allies being made and agreements being broken. You never know who you can trust, as characters once thought of as heroes now have a much more sinister cloud hanging over them. It's an event that shook up and breathed life into dozens of characters and did it all in just four issues. Read Full Review

Imperial Issue 4 reenergizes a whole universe. The quest to return to the status quo has passed, and all that exists now is a fight for supremacy. Read Full Review

Imperial#4 manages to simultaneously be entertaining yet confounding in is obtuseness and rushed ending. The cosmic order reset doesn't really feel like a huge shift in status quo as promised but rather a shuffling of the deck: the cards are all the same, just in a different order. That said, it's been a wild ride, and one that readers should look forward to revisiting to parse out the ins and outs of Hickman's dense storytelling odyssey. Read Full Review

Imperial #4 does exactly what it needed to do to create an exciting future for Marvel's cosmic corner of characters. The fights are as epic as you expect from a finale with a galaxy spanning final battle. It leads the fallout being even more impactful that creates an investment in most of the characters involved in this event. Read Full Review

Imperial #4 closes out Marvel's latest cosmic event with explosive art and an ambitious setup, but it sacrifices emotional depth for future plotting. It's not so much a finale as it is a springboard: Gorgeous, grand, and just a bit hollow. Read Full Review

Imperial #4 is cosmic Marvel firing on all artistic cylinders but spinning frantically when it comes to plain storytelling. The art is breathtaking, but the narrative burns out, leaving fans stranded. If you like kinetic spectacle, show up for the visuals, but bring a map to keep track of who, what, where, why, and how. Even then, it doesn't help. Read Full Review

Un Cómic Más / Dave DSG

Oct 29, 2025

Plot Peter/Star Lord, Nova, and Shuri try to stop the war between the Skrulls caused by Maximus and Black Bolt, blaming the Skrulls for this "coup d'état." But politics are dirty, and Black Bolt succeeds, becoming the most important ruler in the galaxy, even though many know the truth, including T'challa. T'challa asks Shuri to take care of Nova so she'll abandon her desire to reveal the truth. Star Lord, on the other hand, assumed this new regime because it gave him a good political position. The galaxy has a new union of planets, which includes not only the Shi'ar and the Skrulls. Black Bolt now leads the galaxy as the supreme civilization, the Inhumans. Black Bolt even banishes Maximus after all the help he had given him. A powerful ending that changes the status quo of the galaxy thanks to a political conspiracy. Art FEDERICO VICENTINI and IBAN COELLO offer mesmerizing art, with brilliant textures and details, while creating a brilliant tone of suspense and terror around all these different versions of the empires and their technologies. Summary The Inhumans succeed, and political favors establish a new status quo in Marvel's galactic universe, filled with betrayals. more

Tempra16v2.0Turbo

Nov 03, 2025

The hate against this comic is so fake. Great series, great ending.

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ComicsGild - Nov 11, 2025

They might not understand the impact this series

ComicsGild

Nov 11, 2025

Jonathan H gets the impossible done. With just 4 issue he launches the foundation of multiple storylines with almost unlimited outcome and potential. But it all starts with Imperial, a strong bridge between old and futures tales. We all will be thankful of what a masterclass this Imperial series is. Time will tell. See you in the next series

Sollywoods

Nov 01, 2025

This was... okay. The first half has action that feels disconnected and random. Theres a lot of fights breaking out, that's okay, it just bleeds together in a boring way. I'm not a fan of the inhumane, so trying to keep that bias aside... it's not much of a status quo shift. The Shiar are on their own... as usual... kree and skrull hate each other... as usual... wakanda is there... nothing much was ever done with Hulkling ruling the kree skrull alliance so ending that wasn't a big deal. Marvel just made that happen a few years ago and didn't tell many stories. This is more of a status quo reset rather than something new and interesting I expected from Hickman. Its not bad. Its just mid. At least Jed Mackay is writing a Nova seri es coming out of this and he tends to have a good grasp on continuity so I look forward to that. Maybe Garthen Saal will finally return since his last cliff hanger in 2008 or 2009! That would be awesome! more

Chris Y

Nov 02, 2025

What? This was it? I wonder if it was always planned as a four-issue series, or if they shortened it because Hickman lost interest in a project again. However, this was bullshit.

gusresm

Oct 29, 2025

The narrative is very confusing and the story is just overcomplicated nonsense. I really don’t understand the black bolt’s behavior (or black panther’s, for that matter). I usually love Hickman’s work, but imperial is marvel’s worst summer event in recent memory.