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Podcast: Comic Book Herald
Episode: Best Comics Ever: The Road to Empyre – Marvel’s 2020 Cosmic Event!
Description: Beginning with Marvel Comics #1000, and more directly with the 2019 Incoming #1, Marvel Comics began building to a cosmic war event, with Empyre #1 launching in April 2020. The event promises to bring the Avengers and Fantastic Four together against a cosmic Kree and Skrull threat that connects back heavily to Marvel Cosmic stories told since the publisher’s earliest days.
Today I’ll answer:
+ What comics set the stage for understanding this event?
+ Why Marvel’s promotional strategy for Empyre is so refreshing
+ Expectations and theories for the event
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