War Of Kings Quickly Sells Out

Marvel is pleased to announce that Secret Invasion: War of Kings has sold out at Diamond (though copies may be available at the retail level) and will return with Secret Invasion: War of Kings Second Printing Variant. From the fan favorite creative team of writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (better known as DnA) and artist Paul Pelletier, this is the one-shot kicking off the biggest cosmic super hero event of the century! In the aftermath of Secret Invasion, the Inhumans must return to the Kree world—but first it’s time to exact revenge on the remaining Skrulls! Meanwhile, how will Vulcan and his Shi’Ar Empire respond? This new printing features Pelletier’s powerful interior art on a new cover!

“From its explosive opening salvo, Secret Invasion: War of Kings immediately engages the reader… Pelletier does a fantastic job of capturing each scene”—Richard Rentaria, Newsarama.Com

“A Must Read… it's easy to call [Pelletier’s] work a success here.”—Bryan Joel, IGN.Com

“Secret Invasion: War of Kings works as an entertaining, action-packed prologue to the War of Kings event.”—WeeklyComicBookReview.Com

“Spectacularly exciting and fun..Buy It.”—Nick Budd, ComicPants.Com

Marvel urges retailers to check their orders on all War of Kings tie-ins, as the cosmic epic continues to garner buzz and the new War of Kings: Darkhawk #1 debuts in February!

I thought it was a little bit of a disappointment. However, I will probably skip Dark Reign and follow this instead for purely financial reasons.

I do like Darkhawk.  But I'm not too keen on Vulcan.  I'll get them but they won't be the first comics I read unless someone convinces me otherwise.

I thought it was pretty well done, although the characterization of the Inhumans seems to have been immediately sacrificed, which is a shame as I'm a huge fan. I'll just say that I love Maximus's dialogue in this issue, it really gives you a sense that he might not be as crazy as people thought he was. Or maybe he is. The Inhuman/Kree interaction also surprised me. Good read, IMO.

Maximus is good, but...
Korg said:

"...the characterization of the Inhumans seems to have been immediately sacrificed..."

I thought that was only a One Shot...Either way I loved it

Kingbreaker was great too

I'm really looking forward to War of Kings and Kingbreaker, they involve a lot of characters I like but havn;t really been in the spotlight lately. I thought Kingbreaker got off to a nice start, I have yet to read War of Kings though. Hopefully it will be better than some of the recent story arcs.

I cannot wait for War of Kings!!!!  This one-shot was beast!

i was mad, i love the inhumans and thought i was gonna get new info on them but it just talked about what happened in comics i already read, but i guess they have to do that so others can catch on

Djinn, what did you think of the way the Inhumans were portrayed? Did you feel they were incongruously characterized? Maximus's role in particular seemed at odds with the other Inhumans material put out over the past decade or two, IMO.

I thought it was good characterization.  I liked their response to the whole thing.  As for Maximus, isn't he at least trying to be good yet he's still crazy?  

"I thought it was good characterization.  I liked their response to the whole thing.  As for Maximus, isn't he at least trying to be good yet he's still crazy?  "