Empyre was a 2020 Avengers/Kree/Skrull centric event which followed Incoming! It was an event which ran through the first wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic and as such, has several tie ins which were cancelled.
Written and directed by Al Ewing, Empyre was fairly well received but nothing outstanding. However, it did bring a lot of positive changes which helped shape many stories that came after it.
That being said, Empyre did manage to finish the run with the aftermath leading into King in Black.
Despite the impact of COVID, Empyre was a decent length and the story was coherent enough to enjoy now – Marvel have released an Empyre omnibus within a year of the run finishing and the issue by issue reading order is not marred by random one shots.
Let’s go!
Empyre Trade Reading Order Checklist
Contents
Empyre Omnibus
This is the only book you’ll need too enjoy it and save some money. It’s missing some issues from the issue reading order and even has some extras in their description but they ended up being cancelled.
Collects Empyre #1 to #6, Incoming #1, Road to Empyre: The Kree/Skrull War #1, Avengers: Empire #0, Fantastic Four: Empyre #1-#6, Empyre Aftermath: Avengers #1, Empyre Fallout: Fantastic Four #1, Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling #1, Lords of Empyre: Celestial Messiah #1, Lords of Empyre: Swordsman #1, Empyre: X-Men #1-#4, Empyre: Savage Avengers #1, Captain America #1-#3, Avengers #1-#3, X-Men #10-#11, Fantastic Four #21-#23, Captain Marvel #18-#21, Immortal She-Hulk #1, Web of Venom: Empyre’s End #1, Empyre Handbook #1.
This Omnibus contains 43 issues, reading order has 55 issues. Here are the missing 12 issues.
- Guardians of the Galaxy #6
- Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land #1
- Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land #2
- Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land #3
- Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land #4
- Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land #5
- Fantastic Four #24
- Captain Marvel: The End #1
- Captain Marvel #22
- Captain Marvel #23
- Guardians of the Galaxy #7
- Guardians of the Galaxy #8
It also has Black Panther: Agents of Wakanda #7 to #8 which was cancelled and Incoming! #1 which was added for some context.
Ka-Zar Lord of the Savage Land Vol. 1
Part of the aftermath and not essential. Collects #1 to #5.
- Thompson, Zac (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 112 Pages - 04/05/2022 (Publication Date) - Marvel Universe (Publisher)
Captain Marvel Vol. 5: The New World
Collects Captain Marvel #22-#26. Part of the aftermath, not essential.
- Thompson, Kelly (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 112 Pages - 05/04/2021 (Publication Date) - Marvel Enterprises (Publisher)
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2: Here We Make Our Stand
Same, collects #6 to #12.
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Ewing, Al (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
With the Empyre Omnibus and the three trades, you are only missing a single issue which is Fantastic Four #24.
Empyre Issue by Issue Reading Order
- Road to Empyre: The Kree/Skrull War #1
- Empyre Handbook #1
- Empyre: Avengers #0
- Empyre: Fantastic Four #0
- Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling #1
- Empyre #1
- Lords of Empyre: Swordsman #1
- Fantastic Four #21
- Fantastic Four #22
- Empyre #2
- Lords of Empyre: Celestial Messiah #1
- Captain Marvel #18
- Captain Marvel #19
- Captain Marvel #20
- Empyre: X-Men #1
- Empyre: X-Men #2
- Empyre: X-Men #3
- Empyre: X-Men #4
- Empyre: Avengers #1
- Empyre #3
- Empyre: Savage Avengers #1
- Empyre: Avengers #2
- Empyre: Captain America #1
- Empyre: Captain America #2
- Empyre: Captain America #3
- X-Men #10
- X-Men #11
- Empyre #4
- Empyre #5
- Empyre: Avengers #3
- Fantastic Four #23
- Empyre #6
- Captain Marvel #21
- Guardians of the Galaxy #6
- Empyre: Fallout Fantastic Four #1
- Empyre: Aftermath Avengers #1
- Savage Avengers #0
- Savage Avengers #12
- Savage Avengers #13
- Savage Avengers #14
- Savage Avengers #15
- Savage Avengers #16
- Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land #1
- Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land #2
- Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land #3
- Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land #4
- Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land #5
- Fantastic Four #24
- Captain Marvel: The End #1
- Captain Marvel #22
- Captain Marvel #23
- Guardians of the Galaxy #7
- Guardians of the Galaxy #8
- Immortal She-Hulk #1
- Web of Venom: Empyre’s End #1
Empyre Reading Order FAQs
The Road to Empyre: The Kree/Skrull War #1 was the first issue which was released March 25th, 2020. However, Empyre #1 if you count that as the real start was released July 15th, 2020.
Web of Venom: Empyre’s End #1 was the final issue which was released November 4th, 2020.
55 in total.
Empyre leads nicely into Al Ewing’s Venom/King in Black with Web of Empyre #1. There is a direct reference.
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