History ComicBook / WarOfKings

* {{Foil}}: Take a good look at Black Bolt and Vulcan. [[TheSpeechless Black Bolt]] and [[LargeHam Vulcan]]. [[RoyalBlood Black Bolt]] and [[GalacticConqueror Vulcan]]. [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Black Bolt]] and [[TheCaligula Vulcan]]. Got it?

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Inhuman attack on the Skrulls frees Talon from his interdimensional prison, which eventually causes the death of Lilandra.
** Also, the detonation of the T-bomb breaks the universe, and is retroactively responsible for the return of the Magus.

* TheVoiceless: Black Bolt, of course.
** Throughout the whole event he only utters two words: "[[spoiler:''Now'']]" and "[[spoiler:''Goodbye'']]"
*** [[spoiler:He yells '''''NO!''''' to attack Vulcan.]]

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

* ComesGreatInsanity: [[spoiler: Worldmind went mad because he was blocking the Nova Force from driving Richard crazy too much.]]
* CoolAunt: Lorna, for Luna's daughter Crystal.

* DiscardAndDraw: [[strike:Nova]] [[strike:Quasar]] Nova. Also, Phyla-Vell, who gives up the title of Quasar to become [[spoiler:the new Avatar of Death]].

* TheGwenStacy: [[spoiler:Lilandra]] for many characters. [[spoiler:Suki]] for Robbie Rider.

* RetCon: The origin of the amulet that gives Darkhawk his powers (along with parts of his history).

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler:Magus for Adam Warlock]].
* TheBusCameBack: The Shi'ar Death Commandoes reappear towards the end, defending the ludicrously corrupt Chancellor Araki.

* YourHeadAsplode: Rachel Grey makes Blackcloak's head explode, in revenge for killing her family years before.

'''Drax:''' ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Accessing fist.]]''

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

* AssimilationPlot: [[spoiler: Black Bolt plans to turn all living beings in the Universe into Inhumans. Eventually Crystal talks him out of it.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Vulcan and Black Bolt battle with Black Bolt coming out victorious. Crystal disables the T-Bomb from its original intent and seems to convince Black Bolt the plan was flawed. But before she, Lockjaw and Black Bolt can escape Vulcan revives and Black Bolt is forced to stay to battle him. During the fight the bomb is set off by Black Bolt's voice, leaving both kings lost and a [[OurWormholesAreDifferent gaping hole]] in the fabric of the universe which is a tunnel to something... [[EldritchAbomination bad]]. Not to mention [[AncientConspiracy the Fraternity of Raptors]] still lurking in the shadows.]]

--->'''Smasher''': ''Accessing hyper-strength upload from my exospecs.''
---> Drax punches Smasher in the face.
--->'''Drax:''' ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Accessing fist.]]''

* DistaffCounterpart: Strontian is to Gladiator what Supergirl is to Superman, only she's completely insane. [[spoiler: Phyla is one for Thanos.]]

---> [[spoiler:'''Vulcan''' to Black Bolt]]: ''You act so noble, but you're a genocidal monster! And I am not going to let you do this!''

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Adam Warlock, though not willingly on his part. Phyla, a little]]

* FusionDance: Richard and Wendell. Also [[spoiler: Worldmind and Ego]].

* GambitRoulette: Drax and Phylla's adventure and all its results were planned by [[spoiler: Oblivion]]

* TheGwenStacy: [[spoiler: Lilandra]] for many characters. [[spoiler: Suki]] for Robbie Rider.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:The Skrull possessed by Talon killed himself in order to get rid of him. Sadly, it doesn't stop him from coming back.]]

* HopeSpot: Lilandra returns to the Shi'ar and vows to overthrow Vulcan, gaining a large amount of support from her people! [[spoiler:Then Talon and Raptor kill her.]]

* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: Oblivion and Maelstrom]]

* DealWithTheDevil: Actually, with [[spoiler: [[GrimReaper Death]] ]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards:
---> [[spoiler: Vulcan to Black Bolt]]: ''You act so noble, but you're a genocidal monster! And I am not going to let you do this!''
** Keeping in mind who says it to who is why this trope can be so confusing.
*** Mostly because Vulcan is so batshit crazy that he genuinely believes he's in the right.

* EvilerThanThou: [[spoiler: Even Vulcan found Black Bolt's AssimilationPlot insane. Yes, Vulcan.]]

* {{Foil}}: Take a good look at Black Bolt and Vulcan. [[TheSpeechless Black Bolt]] and [[LargeHam Vulcan]]. [[RoyalBlood Black Bolt]] and [[GalacticConqueror Vulcan]]. [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Black Bolt]] and Vulcan. Got it?

* CassandraTruth: Peter Quill tries to warn the Inhumans about the damage the war is causing the universe. 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.

''War of Kings'' is a 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 [[TheVoiceless Black Bolt]] 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.

** A subtle theme that Vulcan eventually makes explicit is that [[spoiler:the war is making Black Blot much less of a Foil to Vulcan]].

* HumanAliens: Oh God, where to start. The Shi'Ar look like humans with weird hair; the Kree, and Strontians (Gladiator's species), look like humans but with different skin color. Phyla, Smasher, a few other members of the Imperial Guard and at least one Nova Corps member look like humans, or have very small differences.

* KryptoniteIsEverywhere: Subverted. The Guardians never had a weapon able to harm Gladiator, they only made him think they did.
** FridgeBrilliance: Gladiator's powers are directly related to his confidence. If he ''believes'' you can beat him, you ''can''.

* 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}}''. ]]

* {{Badass}}: Drax the Destroyer.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Shi'Ar Chancellor Araki, who helped Vulcan seize the throne and outsed Lilandra, as well being TheManBehindTheMan for the Shi'Ar death squad, is finally killed by Gladiator.

-->-- '''Starhawk''', ''GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' #10

''War of Kings'' is a 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}}'', ''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 [[TheVoiceless Black Bolt]] 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 GuardiansOfTheGalaxy, the Nova Corps and Blaastar's army from the Negative Zone are all brought into the conflict.

->''The king with no words has screamed in defiance, and his cry has split the universe in half. It's starting... The war that ends everything.''

Following this event, Marvel put out a series of comics under the title ''Realm of Kings'', which served as a bridge to their next event, ''TheThanosImperative''.

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''War of Kings'' is a MarvelComics BatFamilyCrossover of the year 2009. It follows events of the ''SecretInvasion: Inhumans'', ''[[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} 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}}'', ''GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' or ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}: Conquest''. ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}} gets involved as well.

After their home on the Moon was attacked by Skrulls during the ''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 [[TheVoiceless Black Bolt]] 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 GuardiansOfTheGalaxy, the Nova Corps and Blaastar's army from the Negative Zone are all brought into the conflict.

* 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. ]]

Follwing this event, Marvel put out a series of comics under the title ''Realm of Kings'', which served as a bridge to their next event, ''TheThanosImperative''.

After their home on the Moon was attacked by Skrulls during the ''SecretInvasion'' event, 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 [[TheVoiceless Black Bolt]] 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 GuardiansOfTheGalaxy, the Nova Corps and Blaastar's army from the Negative Zone are all brought into the conflict.

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Lilandra dies. Gladiator becomes Majestrix of the Shi'ar.]]

* CainAndAbel: Vulcan and Havok. Sort-of inverted as the good Havok is elder.

* CallingYourAttacks:

* DiscardAndDraw: [[strike:Nova]] [[strike:Quasar]] Nova. Also, Phyla-Vell.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Adam Warlock. Phyla, a little]]

* GiantMecha: The Inhuman Chorus Sentries, which are equipped with and powered by Black Bolt's voice. They're very effect.

* GrandTheftMe: What the Fraternity Of Raptors does with their hosts.

* TheGwenStacy: [[spoiler: Lilandra]] for many characters. [[spoiler: Suki]] for Robbie.

* MadScientist: Maximus, quite naturally. The Inhumans make good use of his inventions in the war.

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

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Gladiator, after [[spoiler:Lilandra is killed]].

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler: Magus for Adam Warlock]].

* LaserGuidedKarma: Shi'Ar Chancellor Araki, who helped Vulcan seize the throne and outsed Lilandra, as well being TheManBehindThMan for the Shi'Ar death squad, is finally killed by Gladiator.

* ClearMyName: Subverted. {{Darkhawk}} is first going to stop his new ArchEnemy, then clear his name.

* CosmicBeing: At last, one has a short appearance.

''War of Kings'' is a MarvelComics BatFamilyCrossover of the year 2009. It follows events of the ''SecretInvasion: Inhumans'', ''[[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} 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}}'', ''GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' or ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}: Conquest''.

* AssimilationPlot: [[spoiler: Black Bolt plans to turn all living beings in the Universe into Inhumans.]]

* BadFuture: It seems that this event caused at least one.

* DistaffCounterpart: Strontian is to Gladiator what Supergirl is to Superman. [[spoiler: Phyla is one for Thanos.]]

* SpacePolice: The Nova Corps.

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Lilandra, Black Bolt, Vulcan, a whole Nova cohort and a good [[strike: number of]] Guardians of the Galaxy regular.]]

* EvilMentor: Talon.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Warlock. Phyla, a little]]

* GalacticConqueror: Vulcan. Blastaar also fits.

* HeelFaceTurn: Gladiator.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:The Skrull possessed by Talon killed himself in order to get rid of him. Sadly, it doesn't appear to have stopped him.]]

* PsychoForHire: Strontian.

* TokenEvilTeammate: [[strike:Phyla]] Martyr.

* FiveManBand: Several.
** Guardians of the Galaxy:
*** TheHero: Adam Warlock, Star-Lord
*** TheLancer: Martyr, Jack Flag, Rocket Raccoon
*** BigGuy: Groot, Drax, Gamora
*** SmartGuy: Mantis, Cosmo, Adam Warlock
*** TheChick: Bug, Moondragon
*** TeamPet: Cosmo, Rocket Raccoon
** Inhumans Elite:
*** TheHero: Black Bolt
*** TheLancer: Medusa
*** BigGuy: Gorgon
*** SmartGuy: Maximus
*** TheChick: Crystal
*** SixthRanger: Ronan.
*** TeamPet: Lockjaw
** Nova Corps:
*** TheHero: Richard Rider
*** TheLancer: Robert Rider
*** BigGuy: Fraktur
*** SmartGuy: Quibit
*** TheChick: Irani Rael
*** TheMentor: [[HiveMind Worldmind]]
** Starjammers:
*** TheHero: Alex Summers
*** TheLancer: Rachel Grey
*** BigGuy: Krovus
*** SmartGuy: Cho'd (not neccesarily the smartest, but by the far the most competent with the ship's mechanics)
*** TheChick: Lorna Dane