Can someone explain what the heck is Empyre, why the X-men are involved and when this all happens? I dont read or pay attention to stuff outside of this line
Okay, so maybe I missed something but exactly what is this event? X-centric, Avengers included, a marvel verse extravaganza? I thought it was reported awhile back the X-men wouldn't be involved but it seems now most the ideas are from X-properties only to be hamfisted into fitting everyone else.
Empyre is an Avengers-Fantastic Four centric event
It's basically all out war between three alien species who've chosen Earth as the staging ground so the human race is a fourth unwilling participant
A lot of different books are getting tie-ins.
The X-Men will have one issue of Hickman's X-Men tying in, and a miniseries tie-in with all of the current X-Books writers pitching in and collaborating on a round Robin type of story
One of the alien races involved is the Cotati, hyper evolved sentient plants that have seeded themselves all over the Earth. Krakoa doesn't seem to get along with other types of plant life, it's a bit of an invasive species.
It looks like the Cotati have decided to take over a couple key strategic locations for the war, Genosha seems to be one of them. And something (possibly unrelated to aliens) is bringing back the 16 million dead mutants on Genosha as zombies
And the zombies will fight the plants
Hordeculture VS X-Men VS Cotati VS Genoshan Zombies!!!!!!
Al Ewing and AiPT are doing a series of articles about EMPYRE and this is what he had to say about the mini:
”Is there anyone that isn’t an Immortal Hulk fan at this point? Jumping back to Twitter, @Jandr0G asked, “The actions of the united Kree/Skrulls will affect the humans of Earth and Cotati, but will we see how other alien races such as Shi’ar, Kymellian, or Badoon react to this new alliance?”
A: It’s mostly an Earth-centric production – but noted Shi’ar allies, the X-Men, do get a mini that’s one of the wildest and weirdest scripts I’ve read in some time. And the aftermath of Empyre will create ripples that reach out and touch all those races in one way or another.
I'm waiting for Warren to snap, pull out those metal wings and then murder someone's grandma