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Realm of Kings Paperback – December 2, 2014
COLLECTING: REALM OF KINGS, REALM OF KINGS: INHUMANS 1-5, REALM OF KINGS: SON OF HULK 1-4, REALM OF KINGS: IMPERIAL GUARD 1-5
- Print length368 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherMarvel Enterprises
- Publication dateDecember 2, 2014
- Dimensions6.75 x 0.75 x 10.25 inches
- ISBN-100785190627
- ISBN-13978-0785190622
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Product details
- Publisher : Marvel Enterprises; New edition (December 2, 2014)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 368 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0785190627
- ISBN-13 : 978-0785190622
- Item Weight : 1.41 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.75 x 0.75 x 10.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,779,381 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #7,913 in Marvel Comics & Graphic Novels (Books)
- #27,207 in Superhero Comics & Graphic Novels
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About the author
Dan Abnett is a novelsit and award-winnig comic book writer. He has written twenty-five novels for the Black Library, including the acclaimed Gaunt's Ghosts series and the Eisenhorn and Ravenor trilogies, and with Mike Lee, the Darkblade cycle. His Black Library novel Horus Rising and his Torchwood novel Border Princes (for the BBC) were both bestsellers. He lives and works in Maidstone, Kent.
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Realm of Kings is in a way a lull between the storms as the various sides of the War of Kings battle begin to pick up the pieces. Never before have I cared for the Inhumans and the Shiar Imperial Guard. I was truly engaged with learning the quirks, personalities and power sets of these characters that had previously been little more than cool designs in the background of other books.
The one-shot opens the book to a breadth of possibilities and perfectly sets the mood of the eerie possibilities to come. This one-shot is followed by the inhumnas miniseries which is easily the strongest collection of stories. The interactions between the characters is wonderful to follow and the developments that transpire were completely unexpected.
The imperial guard miniseries was strong but did not extend much beyond your average superhero comic. The emphasis in this miniseries was on the battles of the imperial guard as they attempt to maintain order within the Shiar empire and also against the threats of the fault. Small character moments and distinguishable personalities are the most engaging aspect of this story, and I still highly recommend reading through this.
However, the final story, the Son of Hulk storyline the only storyline not written by Abnett and Lanning is set not surprisingly on the outskirts of the larger cosmic events. I appreciate the effort to reach out and tell more stories with this, but as this story does not play into the larger occurences of the story Abnett and Lanning have laid out this story needed to stand on its own merit to be enjoyable, and unfortunately it does not. The intentions of the characters as well as the intentions of what the writer hoped to accomplish with these characters are unclear. Characters meander through plot points and character motivations are questionable. Perhaps this sets the stage for something down the line, but ultimately I found this story uninteresting and not worth the time.
Though I have spoken only of the stories, the artwork for all the stories is fantastic. As I said some of the best aspects of the issues are the individual character moments and these are due in no small part to the detail and expertise of the artists.
Overall a very enjoyable read. Somewhat quieter in terms of action than the last few events, but the energy is maintained through the strengths and personalities of the spotlighted characters.
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.