History ComicBook / WarOfKings

* CassandraTruth: Peter Quill tries to warn the Inhumans about the damage the war is causing the universe. ComicBook/{{Medusa|MarvelComics}} tells him to get lost. Out of the entire royal family, only Crystal listens to the Guardians, and that's after Phyla holds her at sword-point.

''War of Kings'' is a Creator/MarvelComics BatFamilyCrossover of the year 2009. It follows events of the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion: Inhumans'', ''[[ComicBook/XMen X-Men: Rise And Fall of the Shi'Ar Empire]]'' and ''X-Men: Emperor Vulcan'' storylines, and plot elements in various other titles, like ''Comicbook/{{Nova}}'', ''Comicbook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' or ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}: Conquest''. ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}} gets involved as well.

After their home on the Moon was attacked by Skrulls during the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' event, ComicBook/TheInhumans chose to leave for space, where they not only had revenge on the green shapeshifters, but also attacked their own creators - the Kree Empire. With the Kree's defeat, the Kree leader, Ronan, gives up his position, announcing ComicBook/BlackBolt as the new king of the Empire. This doesn't escape the sight of another cosmic monarch - Vulcan, Emperor of the Shi'Ar - who quickly finds an excuse to start a war between the two space nations. So big a conflict cannot avoid involving third parties; the Comicbook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy, the Nova Corps and Blaastar's army from the Negative Zone are all brought into the conflict.

* ArtifactOfPower: The Quantum Bands.

* TheBrute: Blastaar.

* [[CoolUncle Cool Aunt]]: Lorna, for Luna's daughter Crystal.

* EvilCounterpart: Strontian to Gladiator
* EvilMentor: Talon, for Darkhawk.

* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Gamora. Female Kree are blue skinned.
* HappilyArrangedMarriage: Crystal and Ronan eventually become this, though Ronan already had a soft spot for Crystal in the first place.
* HeelFaceTurn: Gladiator, eventually.

* TreacherousAdvisor: Talon, for Darkhawk.

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Black Bolt and Vulcan, full stop.

* GreenLanternRing: The Quantum Bands.

* RevengeFeelsEmpty: Rachel finally gets a chance to pay Blackcloack back for killing her family, but doesn't feel it's worth it by now.

* RememberTheTimeYouBlewUpASun: Richard Rider manages to get Blastaar to stand down by whispering to him if he remembers what Rich did to the ''last'' guy from the Negative Zone he tussled with (namely, ripped his insides out via his mouth). Blastaar decides he'd like to keep his insides in, and surrenders.

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Lilandra, Black Bolt, Vulcan, a whole Nova cohort and a good chunk of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Black Bolt gets better, and the Guardians turn out okay in the end.]]

* CassandraTruth: Peter Quill tries to warn the Inhumans about the damage the war is causing the universe. ComicBook/{{Medusa}} tells him to get lost. Out of the entire royal family, only Crystal listens to the Guardians, and that's after Phyla holds her at sword-point.

After their home on the Moon was attacked by Skrulls during the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' event, ComicBook/TheInhumans chose to leave for space, where they not only had revenge on the green shapeshifters, but also attacked their own creators - the Kree Empire. With the Kree's defeat, the Kree leader, Ronan, gives up his position, announcing ComicBook/BlackBolt as the new king of the Empire. This doesn't escape the sight of another cosmic monarch - ComicBook/{{Vulcan}}, Emperor of the Shi'Ar - who quickly finds an excuse to start a war between the two space nations. So big a conflict cannot avoid involving third parties; the Comicbook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy, the Nova Corps and Blaastar's army from the Negative Zone are all brought into the conflict.

* AncientConspiracy: The Fraternity of Raptors. Black Bolt destroying the Skrull fleet reactivates them.

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Lilandra, Black Bolt, Vulcan, a whole Nova cohort and a good Guardians of the Galaxy regular. Black Bolt gets better, and the Guardians turn out okay in the end.]]

* BadassNormal: Star-Lord, Jack Flag, Major Victory.

* TheBusCameBack: The Shi'ar Death Commandoes reappear towards the end, defending the ludicrously corrupt Chancellor Araki.

-->'''Smasher:''' ''Accessing hyper-strength upload from my exospecs.''\\

'''Drax:''' ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Accessing fist.]]''

* CatchPhrase: ''I AM GROOT!''

* DontCreateAMartyr: General Ka'radum warns Vulcan against killing Lilandra because of this. It's enough to stay his hand.

* EarthShatteringKaboom: The Shi'Ar steal some Kree Nega Bombs, which cause these.

* FromBadToWorse: Things were already bad after the Annihilation War and the Phalanx Conquest. Then the Shi'ar and the Kree, the last two big empires left, go to war, endangering reality itself, which is on the brink of collapse. And then [[spoiler:Lilandra is killed, throwing the Shi'ar empire into turmoil. And then, in the last issue, Black Bolt causes the T-bomb to go off, opening the fault and quickly causing the creation of the Magus, who is the herald for a far worse threat.]]

{{Hypocrite}}: Medusa is perfectly fine with setting off a T-bomb to turn everyone into an Inhuman despite protests from Crystal and Ronan that such an action is too extreme and could also leave the Kree, who are incompatible with the Terrigen Mists, as an evolutionary dead end. However, [[spoiler:it never occurs to her that Black Bolt will have to sacrifice himself in order for this plan to work and when she realizes this, she is furious.]]

* MythologyGag: [[spoiler:Blackbolt's plan to transform people into Inhumans is the same one he used on a smaller scale in ''Comicbook/EarthX'' and would later be used again in ''Comicbook/{{Infinity}}''.]]

* RedshirtArmy: The revived Nova Corps get slaughtered en-masse by Shi'Ar forces. Needless to say, this gets Nova ''angry''.
* {{Retcon}}: The origin of the amulet that gives Darkhawk his powers (along with parts of his history).

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Starhawk's mission. [[spoiler: The Guardians who'd got transported to a BadFuture were trying to do this by sending a message into the past, but it didn't work]].
* SpacePolice: The Nova Corps would like to be this.

* TookALevelInBadass: Darkhawk
* TreacherousAdvisor: Talon

After their home on the Moon was attacked by Skrulls during the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' event, ComicBook/TheInhumans chose to leave for space, where they not only had revenge on the green shapeshifters, but also attacked their own creators - the Kree Empire. With the Kree's defeat, the Kree leader, Ronan, gives up his position, announcing ComicBook/BlackBolt as the new king of the Empire. This doesn't escape the sight of another cosmic monarch - Vulcan, Emperor of the Shi'Ar - who quickly finds an excuse to start a war between the two space nations. So big a conflict cannot avoid involving third parties; the Comicbook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy, the Nova Corps and Blaastar's army from the Negative Zone are all brought into the conflict.

{{Hypocrite}}: Medusa is perfectly fine with setting off a T-bomb to turn everyone into an Inhuman despite protests from Crystal and Ronan that such an action is too extreme and could also leave the Kree, who are incompatible with the the Terrigen Mists, as an evolutionary dead end. However, [[spoiler: it never occurs to her that Black Bolt will have to sacrifice himself in order for this plan to work and when she realizes this, she is furious.]]

* TitleDrop: Issue #5 is called "Rage and Blood and Fire". Lorna references the title in her dialogue when Alex tells her the AwfulTruth that the only that can quell the riot on Chandilar is Vulcan.

* PortalCut: This is how Ch'od [[AnArmAndALeg loses his right hand]]. He tries to grab Lilandra as she is taken through one of Voyager's portals but it closes around arm.

* RunningGag: Horrible things happening to Smasher of the Shi'Ar Imperial Guard.