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Realm of Kings |  | Authors: Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning
Creators: Scott Reed, Kev Walker
Publisher: Marvel
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 48097
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Ill
Pages: 368
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 11 x 7.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0785148094
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9780785148098
ASIN: 0785148094
Publication Date: August 4, 2010
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Collecting three Realm of Kings series in one power-packed hardcover. In Imperial Guard, one hazardous mission may be the solution that everyone is praying for, but are the opinionated and fractured Guard tough enough - and united enough - to accomplish it? And in Inhumans, now led by Queen Medusa, the battered and bruised royal family struggles to maintain their grip on the reigns of power. Courtly intrigues and external threats are beginning to erode their rule, but the biggest threat may lurk within the family itself! Then in Son of Hulk, meet a new monster for a new age, and a challenger to the warring Kings of the Cosmos...he is Hiro-Kala, Son of Hulk, and this young apocalyptic visionary has a destructive destiny: obliterate the Universe! Collects Realm of Kings: Inhumans #1-5, Realm of Kings: Son of Hulk #1-4, and Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard #1-5.
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most of it is great. July 29, 2010
Jonathan Soweidy (Denver, Colorado USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Realm of Kings Hardcover collection is a great read if you are into the cosmic aspects of the Marvel Universe. Its not that great though if you aren't familiar with the previous cosmic storylines especially War of Kings (which is highly recommended and worth every penny). The HC collection has a lot of story. 2 mini series and one shot. The one shot that starts it off is really quite good and Abnett & Lanning do a great job setting up the new status of the marvel cosmic universe. The next 2 mini written by Abnett & Lanning are great pieces on the inhumans and the Imperial guard. The art was great and the story telling hooked me but left me longing for more.
My biggest issue was the final story. Son of Hulk. I found extremely hard to understand what was going on and i very familiar with the marvel universe. The story was not that engaging and the art really didn't have great layouts. It was bummer to end this great collection on a down note.
the other problem is that the story is not resolved and you are left with a lot of questions when it ends.
More great cosmic stories from Abnett/Lanning, just skip the Son of Hulk story at the end August 23, 2010
Kurt Conner (South Hadley, MA USA)
This is another brilliant and engaging collection of cosmic Marvel stories from Abnett and Lanning. At the end of War of Kings, an explosion opened a Fault in space/time, and these four barely-connected stories take a quick tour of the galaxy to see how everyone responds to this new status quo.
In a one-shot to open the collection, Quasar ventures into a nightmarish world beyond the Fault, which I would like to see explored at greater length in the future.
In the Inhumans story, a lot of action comes from the Fault, but most of the fun comes from the internal political machinations as Medusa establishes her role as Queen of both the Inhumans and the Kree (and the Shi'Ar, although the Inhumans story doesn't really focus there). It's brilliant and emotionally honest and a gift to readers who have been following these writers since Annihilation, Book 1 (Bk. 1).
The next story is an Imperial Guard story, in which Gladiator settles uneasily into his role as an administrator while the underdeveloped Guard characters get to go on an adventure that fleshes out their personalities in a delightful way as they battle Lovecraftian monsters.
The final story, about a Son of Hulk with whom I was totally unfamiliar, is by a different author, and I found it to be miserable to the point that I couldn't finish (and I can finish almost anything). A character with a vaguely messianic personality and ill-defined powers wanders around for a few issues with other non-characters doing things that aren't clear as he is nearly crushed to death by the weight of the self-importance in his dialogue and the narrative captions. The last two issues of his four-issue miniseries may have been pure brilliance, but I will never know, as I gave up after two issues of pretentious nonsense.
In summary, I highly recommend this book to readers familiar with the last few years of Marvel's developing cosmic characters, although I hope most people don't feel obligated to read the Son of Hulk garbage at the end.
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