Originally Posted by
Sataniel
Ah yes, Empyre. Back on topic. Not sure if anyone else was talking about it here since I skipped most of the thread, but I need to talk about how this certainly is Nathaniel Richards fault.
Kang was obsessed with Mantis and that featured both in the original Celestial Madonna and in later stories.
Immortus officiated Mantis's wedding to Cotati Swordsman.
The series is supposed to be a sequel to the "origin of the Young Avengers", their origin wasn't about Teddy. It was about Iron Lad travelling into the past to avoid becoming Kang.
Last time when there was an attempt to create big event around Celestial Messiah, it was all retconned to be Immortus ploy.