Writer of Amazing Spider-Man #1, winner of 2014's Diamond Gem Award for Top Dollar Comic of the Year Writer of Superior Spider-Man #1, winner of 2013's Diamond Gem Award for Comic of the Year (Over $ 3.00)
110-473: " Reckoning War " is an American comic book storyline written by Dan Slott with art by Rachael Stott, Carlos Pacheco and Andrea De Vito published from February to June 2022 by Marvel Comics . This story deals with the Fantastic Four clashing with the Reckoning, a group of aliens derived from a mysterious race called the Prosilicans, who orchestrate multiple alien invasions causing a catastrophic cosmic war, which also features Uatu , Nick Fury , Doctor Doom ,
220-815: A Carnage -bonded Green Goblin. After that, he finished his run with his final issue being #801. After finishing his run on The Amazing Spider-Man , Slott began writing Tony Stark: Iron Man and Fantastic Four . In January 2020, when Diamond Comics released its list of the Top 100 Best-Selling Comics of the Decade, nine of the titles were ones written by Slott: The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (2014), The Amazing Spider-Man #800, Fantastic Four #1 (2018), The Amazing Spider-Man #700, The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (2015), The Amazing Spider-Man #798, Superior Spider-Man #1, The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #1, and The Amazing Spider-Man #799. In May 2021, Slott publicly apologized for
330-513: A "superhuman lawyer" in the Marvel Universe . After relaunching in October 2005, the second series met with higher sales, and after tie-ins with crossover storylines " Civil War " and " World War Hulk ", reached its highest numbers yet. In 2007 Slott left the title with volume 2 #21, and became one of the writers on The Amazing Spider-Man . While She-Hulk was on hiatus in 2005, Slott penned
440-504: A good portion of the Shi'ar Empire. Inhabiting the body of her brother, Nova asserts control of Empress Lilandra and causes a Shi'ar civil war. Jean Grey is instrumental in ending this threat. Despite the aid she gave them by eliminating the threat of Cassandra Nova, the Shi'ar still held a grudge against Jean Grey for the destruction she caused as Dark Phoenix. In the Phoenix Endsong series,
550-753: A group of Shi'ar tried to eliminate both the Phoenix Force and Jean Grey. Jean, however, escaped their suicide bomb attack and returned to the White Hot Room to restore herself. In the "End of Greys" story arc, the Shi'ar wanted to wipe out the Grey genome and Quentin Quire with the purpose of eliminating the possibility of a new Omega-level mutant becoming a host for the Phoenix Force. The Shi'ar Death Commandos murdered Jean Grey's father , niece , nephew , and other relatives in an alien invasion on Earth, thus inciting
660-822: A human. Unlike Humans the Shi'ar do not dream, except for those born "defective" or "infected by dreams". Such Shi'ar include Warbird and the Shi'ar having survived the Fianden's weapons. There have also been Shi'ar who had developed superpowers such as Electron, Rook'shir, Deathcry, Dakari, White Noise and Black Light. This can be explained as most of them are members of the Imperial Family and because of Rook'shir, who had transmitted his Phoenix Force manipulation power to his descendants. Some Shi'ar have also telepathic abilities. The Shi'ar possess technologies common to most Marvel alien races, including: The Shi'ar also possess more unique technologies, including: According to
770-612: A member of the Galactic Council representing the Shi'ar Empire. When the Shi'ar found out that the reason for the decay of the universe was on Earth, they decided to destroy the planet. However, the Guardians of the Galaxy managed to warn the Avengers about the attack. When approaching Earth, the Shi'ar alerted humanity about their destruction of Earth. However Sunspot and A.I.M. used
880-453: A mistake". Slott stated that he was grateful that Robbie Thompson and Nick Lowe removed those elements when they took over the series. In July 2022, Marvel announced that Slott would return full time to the Spider-Man franchise in October as the writer on Spider-Man a series following the aftermath of the " Edge of Spider-Verse " storyline. Slott would be joined by artist Mark Bagley on
990-896: A new Watchtower for Fury and entrusts him to secure the Ultimate Nullifier as the Unseen and humanity's shield . Meanwhile, in Latveria , Doctor Doom secretly plans to build his own Forever Gate after scanning all the data recorded from his armor. While Uatu was imprisoned in Dar-kenda (the Watchers' prison), Ikor takes Uatu to "the Seat of All Knowledge" for interrogation. When he extracts Uatu's visions, Ikor suspects that Uatu has been hiding one What If vision he never wanted to show anyone: "What If Uatu The Watcher Had Never Interfered?" In this alternate universe,
1100-551: A new character, Grasshopper , and reviving an obscure one, Squirrel Girl . During this period, Slott signed an exclusive contract with Marvel. He has since returned to the GLA twice, first with the 2005 GLX-Mas Special , following a name change to the Great Lakes X-Men , and then again in the 2007 Deadpool /GLI Summer Fun Spectacular with co-writer Fabian Nicieza , to coincide with Marvel's Civil War: The Initiative branding. At
1210-732: A reunion. After learning about the Zero Energy containment, the Richards family decides to deactivate the gate, believing that it is too dangerous to leave it open. Meanwhile, on the rooftop of the Baxter building, Ben reunites with his family while meeting up with the Avengers following the Badoon's defeat. The Grimms were shockingly surprised to see Uatu rebuilding the Earth's Moon. With his homebase restored, Uatu rebuilds
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#17328545991891320-605: A single sentient being known as Destruction. Using the Ultimate Nullifier as a conduct, the Silver Surfer lures Destruction to confront the Reckoning as he departs Asgard to save Eternity. Johnny Storm arrives on the planet Spyre and successfully defeats Annihilus by taking his control rod and his ships while sparing him. Storm learns that Sky and Citadel are soulmates now and Sky has acknowledged Citadel as her hero, so he asks
1430-480: A small portion of the Phoenix Force's power. The sword could only be lifted by Rook'shir's descendants. Korvus is the only known surviving descendant of Rook'shir. D'Ken Neramani, a corrupt Shi'ar ruler, attempted to use the powerful M'Kraan Crystal to take over the universe. His younger sister Lilandra and her new allies, the X-Men, foiled his plans. He was rendered comatose by the crystal and Lilandra then took over as
1540-530: A small subset who already are able to dream recover after a brief delay. The Fianden were wiped out in a mass genocide. After they were used to destroy the Fianden, the Shi'ar executed all of the natural dreamers to purge the taint from their bloodlines. Nevertheless, the trait does still emerge periodically, to continued violent repression. After leaving their world, the Shi'ar started an intergalactic Empire and forced other cultures in order to become stronger and ruled for millions of years. Such cultures included
1650-540: A statement by Emma Frost in Astonishing X-Men #9, most if not all Shi'ar technology is sentient . A Shi'ar "Galaxian" has stated that they have learned nearly every spoken language. The Shi'ar have multiple forms, including the High Shi'ar, used for formal events, and Shi'ar Glorkon dialect. Mostly for tactical terms or insults, the Shi'ar insert words of their language into English sentences. Traditionally,
1760-582: A super weapon to retaliate against the Shi'ar, while S.H.I.E.L.D. 's Avengers used a Planetkiller to attack from behind. However, A.I.M.'s weapon exploded due to overheat, and the Planetkiller was destroyed by the Annihilation Wave . The Avengers were ready to meet their end, but the Illuminati intervened used the controller disk of a rogue planet that shared the same space with Earth, while Iron Man flew to
1870-686: A trap for Ruins and his soldiers in the Thought Space, a dimension where a person's every thought manifests into a reality, allowing Franklin to summon his reality-warping powers to subdue them. Meanwhile, in the Barrens, the side-effect of the Cyclopedia Universum causes Reed's brain to begin to expand, transforming him into a Watcher-like being which allows him to bestow the Watchers' power and increased intelligence, learning that he has less than 10 hours from dying. This side effect allows Reed to rebuild
1980-565: Is a gateway to multiple possibilities which the Watchers observed any What If worlds they can imagine. Uatu also revealed that the Watchers originated from Planet Lumina and Planet T-39X is "the Apex" ' s homeworld. After their homeworld of Lumina was destroyed by the First War and their encounter with "the Apex", the Watchers settled on T-37X as their new home and decided to safeguard it from outside threats. Susan deduces that Reed and Ikor both foresaw
2090-412: Is an American comic book writer, known for his work on Marvel Comics books such as The Amazing Spider-Man , as well as She-Hulk , Silver Surfer , The Superior Spider-Man , Tony Stark: Iron Man , The Mighty Avengers , and Fantastic Four . His work for DC Comics includes the books Arkham Asylum: Living Hell and Batman Adventures . Dan Slott's first published work for Marvel
2200-452: Is going on. Having been manifested by Uatu's Cyclopedia Universum , Reed's mind begins to deteriorate his emotions and personality into a cold and calculating person when he releases the universe at stake. Meanwhile, Wrath, the Reckoning's leader, devises a plan to incite a cosmic war to take down Watchers as he sends the Badoon to Earth. In Raj-Lek, Wrath slaughters all the Recluses, including
2310-570: Is its driving force. Not all races have the same rights in the Imperium, as the Shi'ar appear to have a disproportionate influence on its governance. It is nominally ruled over by a high council, which has representatives from a large majority of the alien races that exist within the Imperium. However, in practice, the head of the council (the Majestor or Majestrix) exercises strong executive control and can institute policy virtually by decree. The leader of
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#17328545991892420-541: Is meant as a failsafe to sabotage the Forever Gate, preventing Ruins from gaining access to it. Ruins reveals to them that the Prosicilans' plan is not to destroy the universe, but to gain control of three existing Nexuses of Reality, including the M'kraan Crystal. As Ruins departs with the remaining Badoon, Franklin and Valeria follow him right before the Forever Gate permanently shuts down, much to Alicia's concern. On Earth,
2530-443: Is welcomed by the Shi'ar Imperial Guard and decides to safeguard the crystal. Reed and Susan check on Valeria and Franklin and learned that they were inside the Thought Space. Valeria used her imagination to create the new Forever Gate. However, Franklin wanted to stay there for his cosmic powers. Reed and Susan convinced Franklin they loved him as their son and would not want anything else more than his powers and Franklin joins them for
2640-592: The Spider-Man / Human Torch miniseries, which chronicled the friendship of the two characters over the years, with each issue paying tribute to a different era of Marvel Comics. Slott gave the team the Great Lakes Avengers their first ever solo miniseries in GLA: Misassembled , which featured a character being killed in each issue. He made the first roster changes to the team since its inception by creating
2750-459: The Avengers celebrating the relocation of the Cotati when Uatu appears out of Nick Fury's eye socket as he investigates those ancient weapons, and tells him that "there shall be a reckoning". As Uatu rebuilds his homebase, he opens his mind to Nick Fury while exploring the visual archives known as the Cyclopedia Universum , where Uatu learns that his siblings bonded Nick Fury with him where Nick Fury
2860-638: The Silver Surfer , the She-Hulk , and the Jack of Hearts . The event overall received mixed reviews from critics, with criticism for the plot, art, action, and lack of interesting characters. Many critics deemed it an unsatisfactory conclusion to Dan Slott's run on Fantastic Four. The She-Hulk is taken by the Time Variance Authority due to her actions in the future. The Time Variance Authority take her to
2970-505: The Spartoi . The empire came under the threat of the "techno-organic" alien race known as the Phalanx after they infiltrated the Shi'ar Empire as the "Pure", killing tens of thousands before the X-Men fought them on the Shi'ar throneworld and separated the transmode virus from its hosts, killing most of those Phalanx. Professor X 's evil twin sister Cassandra Nova single-handedly destroys
3080-564: The Starjammers , to stop both Vulcan and the plot to return rulership of the empire to D'Ken. In the end, Vulcan kills his father, Corsair , and D'Ken, and assumes the throne of the Shi'ar Empire for himself, with Deathbird as his queen; Lilandra and the Starjammers now lead a resistance against Vulcan's rule. This occurs in a 12 issue arc entitled " The Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire ". The civil war between Vulcan's forces and those loyal to
3190-581: The aristocracy , have feathers sprouting in a triangular shape away from the face, one peak on the top of the head and one peak on each side slightly over the shoulder; the other commonly seen "hairstyle" is bushy on both sides and very flat on the top. Internally, they have lightweight and hollow bones, and on their forearms there are still some vestigial feathers left of wings that were lost over millions of years of evolution. The average Shi'ar can lift 1 ton in Earth-like gravity and has far greater stamina than
3300-716: The 2018 film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse . Slott and artist Mike Allred launched a new Silver Surfer series in May 2014. In 2016, Slott and Allred's Silver Surfer #11 won the Eisner Award for " Best Single Issue ". In 2018 ended Slott wrote four of the Top 10 selling issues for the entire industry, taking the #2, #4, #8, and #10 spots. That year Slott finished his ten year-plus run on The Amazing Spider-Man . He wrote his last major storyline, titled " Go Down Swinging ", from issue #797–800, which detailed Spider-Man fighting
3410-574: The 21st Century." Slott's run on Amazing included that book's portion of the 2014-15 " Spider-Verse " storyline, which crossed over all the titles starring that character, and featured Peter Parker and Miles Morales interacting with most of the other notable versions of the character interacting for the first time the comics, including Spider-Ham , Spider-Gwen , Spider-Man Noir , and Spider-Man 2099 , an idea Slott had used in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions , and later adapted into
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3520-532: The Chameloids, Lupaks, Stygians, Strontians, Hodinn, Saurids and many more. When the Shi'ar invaded the homeworld of the Mephitisoids, they declared to bring civilization to the primitive world. However this was a lie and the Mephitisoids had technology almost equal to the Shi'ar. The Shi'ar conquered the peaceful Mephistoids stealing their technology. However, the true history was lost to legend and propaganda. When
3630-628: The Eldest Scy'ar tries to stop them. Once Vulcan figures out how the Eldest is powered, he severs the connection Eldest has with his brothers, making him powerless. Once the connection is severed, the Scy'ar become disorganized, and the tide of the battle shifts to the Sh'ar. The Shi'ar then proceed to attack both the Scy'ar and the Starjammers. Meanwhile, Vulcan blasts Havok into a sun. Vulcan decides to use Finality to destroy
3740-547: The Emperor of the Shi'ar rebel's against their gods after their wanton display. In their final fit of mindless ire, the Shi'ar gods summoned the Phoenix Force to eviscerate the galaxy spiting everyone who defied them. Later after a sorrowing battle following the appeasement of the Phoenix, the former gods of the empire are taken away to the dungeons of Omnipotence City for their crimes and reckless actions. All while Kid Omega , holder of
3850-617: The Forever Gate and requires Zero Energy to activate it, while the Jack of Hearts has the power to summon Zero Energy. As Reed and Ben depart, the She-Hulk opposes this but Jack, however, chooses to remain stranded within the Barrens as he blasts her to the Forever Gate. On Planet T-37X, the Reckoning encounters the Watcher as Wrath tosses the shard, releasing the Barrens' toxic gas on them as a reminder of his people's suffering. While arriving on Planet T-37X,
3960-651: The Fraternity of Raptors and eventually they grew too powerful for the Empire to control. Therefore, they all were sealed in patches of dark matter throughout Shi'ar territory and their history almost completely forgotten. The story revolved around the Starjammers , the Shi'ar, the Inhumans , the Kree, the Guardians of the Galaxy , and the Nova Corps . The Shi'ar end up in conflict with
4070-709: The Griever at the End of All Things, discovers an agonized Eternity (the living embodiment of the Marvel Universe) who was on his deathbed poisoned by the catastrophic cosmic war the Prosilicans orchestrated. The Queen of Nevers (who is nursing Eternity) instructs the Surfer to venture off and find a mysterious remedy to save Eternity from dying. The Fantastic Four meet up with Nick Fury, and Reed Richards accesses Uatu's mind to understand what
4180-427: The Imperium has aggressively absorbed new cultures. Warren Ellis ' 1995 Starjammers miniseries described the story of the Shi'ar deities Sharra and K'ythri as a parable which guides the Shi'ar expansionist philosophy to other worlds: Sharra and K'ythri are the gods in marriage. The gods who didn't want to marry, but were forced into it. In marriage they found strength and in strength they found love. That's what
4290-452: The Inhumans and the Kree. After the death of Lilandra and the presumed deaths of Vulcan and Black Bolt , Gladiator assumes the throne and surrenders to the Inhumans and the Kree when the damage to the Shi'ar military is too much. During the " Infinity " storyline, it is revealed that at some point, the Shi'ar managed to take control of their own empire back from the Kree as Gladiator appears as
4400-426: The M'Kraan. Early in their history, the Shi'ar attacked them, killed a great number of their people, making the rest flee for their lives. Eventually, the Shi'ar settled on their planet, took the M'Kraan Crystal as their own, and passed down the legend of the M'Kraan Crystal as a sacred gift from their deities, Sharra & K'ythri. The M'Kraan then changed their name to Scy'ar Tal and devoted their culture and society to
4510-552: The M'Krann Crystal shards become unstable and begin their self-destruction along with the planet. The Human Torch and the Silver Surfer carry the shards to Destruction while the Invisible Woman activates her invisible force field to help the team escape Planet T-39X's destruction. Eternity, the Griever, and the Queen of Nevers congratulate Norrin Radd and Johnny Storm for their actions in saving
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4620-504: The Majestrix of the Shi'ar Empire. The X-Men, as well as most of Earth's other superheroes, have had cordial if not friendly relations with the Shi'ar Empire ever since. The Shi'ar put Reed Richards on trial for the crimes of genocide. He was guilty of reviving Galactus after he was defeated on Earth. Shortly after his revival, Galactus proceeded to consume the Skrull throneworld, resulting in
4730-610: The Moon. Spider-Man , the Avengers , the X-Men , the Champions , and the Fantastic Four help save civilians from the Moon rubble falling to Earth while dealing with the Badoon invasion. The She-Hulk sees two TVA agents, Justice Peace and Justice Love, observing the chaos before disappearing while the Jack of Hearts gets confused about someone she was talking to, and the Silver Surfer , along with
4840-513: The Prosilicans have done while the Fantastic Four go their separate ways: Johnny chooses to stay with the Unparalleled for the cure, Ben wishes to see his family from his departure, Reed and Susan return to the Forever Gate to check on their children, and Doom makes his farewell departure with Cormorant. Uatu restores the M'Krann Crystal with Emnu, Ruins, and Rapture encased inside it. Cormorant
4950-411: The Reckoning's plan on taking control of "the Apex", which they were trying to prevent. Uatu grew suspicious about the Watchers' secrecy as he looks into Emnu's mind and was shocked to learn that Emnu is responsible for obliterating nine-tenth of the universe. It is revealed that Emnu created the Ultimate Nullifier, which he used to help eradicate the Prosilicans and end the First War. Uatu confirmed that
5060-413: The Reckoning, in which Commorant tears Reject apart, Rapture disarms Doom, and Wrath subdues Commorant by reprogramming his armor. As Rapture is about to kill Doom, the Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer arrive to make their final stand against them, and Wrath informs Rapture to retrieve the Ultimate Nullifier while the Thing challenges her for a rematch, with Susan swapping Rapture's blade for good use. As
5170-475: The Scy'ar by using the weapon to place a star in the middle of their fleet. Alex returns and, having absorbed enough power to burn him, decides to end things with Vulcan. While they battle, Rachel and Korvus try, but fail to stop the beacon that will initiate the attack by the Shi'ar. The Shi'ar Imperial Guard end Alex's battle with Vulcan by appearing with the Starjammers in captivity, threatening to kill them. Before surrendering, Alex destroys Finality. With Alex and
5280-414: The Shi'ar Imperium does. It marries other cultures. Shotgun weddings. There are aggressive and violent ancient traditions, such as the Rite of Arin'nn Haelar, which is a battle to the death. This rite can be invoked to settle disagreements and their outcomes are accepted by the Imperium. Their philosophy also impacts their court, as they do not recognize insanity. X-Men writer Ed Brubaker compared
5390-443: The Shi'ar are slaughtered in these inane divinity games weights heavily on Thor/Jane's conscience. Until finally after the Genesis Round, where the Shi'ar gods use dust to create Shi'ar Giants who indiscriminately murder more of their worshipers causes the female Thor to fight them. As the female Thor failed to create life, the Shi'ar won the Genesis Round. Having had enough of the murderous spectacles, Thor chose to directly challenge
5500-464: The Shi'ar empire is protected by his or her own personal guard called the Imperial Guard , which is made up of the most powerful and elite soldiers from throughout the Empire with most of them being Shi'ar and others being from other alien races in the Shi'ar's jurisdiction. The Imperial Guard is led by a praetor . The military itself (outside of the Imperial Guard) has been depicted as consisting almost exclusively of Shi'ar personnel, at least in most of
5610-522: The Shi'ar fleet to Asgard whilst threatening Earth with their Super Destroyers. An event which had been secretly instigated by Loki behind closed doors. In the Natural Disasters Round, Sharra and K'ythri use their power to cause a tidal wave in order to ferment greater worship in the survivors. Thor impedes their efforts by saving lives instead of claiming them, the round going to her as the living Shi'ar people are thankful for her mercy; much to her displeasure. Round after round where countless denizens of
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#17328545991895720-435: The Shi'ar gods; later receiving some unexpected help from the Asgardian Gods themselves. It was this act that tilted the Challenge of the Gods in her favor as none had ever brought so many divine under their banner to fight at their side before, causing the new Thor to be crowned winner of the Challenge. Greatly angered at such a turn of events Sharra and K'ythri order their Majestor to eviscerate her homeworld in retribution; but
5830-416: The Shi'ar known as Rook'shir was bonded to the Phoenix Force, he became Dark Phoenix and wreaked havoc across Shi'ar Empire. In order to stop him, the first Imperial Guard sent Gladiator after him, who killed him. For years all his descendants were culled, out of fear that one of them might host the Phoenix Force like their ancestor. Rook'shir left behind a sword known as the Blade of the Phoenix which contained
5940-413: The Shi'ar to Star Trek ' s Romulans , saying they are "smart, aggressive, and mean". Though the empire has grown to include hundreds of thousands of different sentient species and worlds, the Shi'ar race controls and governs the empire. Its central base of power is located on the "throneworld" Chandilar, while the Shi'ar homeworld is called Aerie (it is unknown if the planet still exists). The leader of
6050-550: The Silver Surfer arrives on Earth and sends the message allowing Galactus to invade Earth without Uatu's warning of the upcoming threat, and the Fantastic Four were overwhelmed by Galactus's power without Uatu providing information, preparation, and support, in which they did not learn about the Ultimate Nullifier that could stop Galactus from destroying Earth. Their battle with Galactus and the Surfer left Susan suffering from blindness, Reed's body melting, Johnny's body burning, and Ben undergoing multiple cracks and scars. Instead of using
6160-413: The Sol's Hammer, and used it, successfully destroying the Shi'ar fleet, including the Imperial Guards. As part of the " All-New, All-Different Marvel ," it was revealed that some Shi'ar that are living on Earth have established a Shi'ar corporation called Shi'ar Solutions Consolidations. During "The Asgard/Shi'ar War" storyline, the Shi'ar Gods Sharra and K'ythri do a "Challenge of the Gods" by bringing
6270-438: The Starjammers in custody Vulcan declares that he will return the Shi'ar Empire to its former glory. Vulcan and the Shi'ar were featured prominently in the mini-series X-Men: Kingbreaker that revolved around Vulcan and the Starjammers following the conclusion of the mini-series Emperor Vulcan. This mini-series led to the War of Kings event and revealed that eons ago the Shi'ar, used dark sorcery to created and stored in Null Space
6380-448: The Starjammers. However, in the middle of the battle, his ship, the Hammer, is destroyed by the Scy'ar Tal (translates as "Death to the Shi'ar"). Vulcan and Gladiator (still the praetor of his Imperial Guard) attack the leader of the Scy'ar Tal and are easily defeated, whereupon they retreat deeper into Shi'ar space. Marvel Girl makes contact with the Eldest Scy'ar Tal and discovers their true origin. The Scy'ar Tal were originally called
6490-440: The Surfer reunites with Reed, the Thing, and the She-Hulk along with Sue Storm, Fury, and Uatu to help the Watchers as Reed confesses to the team that he is dying from the Watchers' knowledge and kept his secret from them. Uatu understood this as he tries to reconnect with his people by revealing the truth of Emnu's actions and the Watchers' responsibilities while Fury stays to protect him. Doom and Commorant arrive in time to confront
6600-401: The TVA agents arrive to ensure Galactus's resurrection. With Galactus now reborn from his fusion with the Destroyer, Galactus feels a hunger for knowledge and asks for the Silver Surfer's aid, and the Surfer addresses Galactus as his companion while escorting him to the Borderlands for new discoveries. With their tasks complete and the universe saved, Uatu sends everyone home to restore the damage
6710-458: The Tactigon, the weapon he stole from Camp Hammond, was the Watcher-level technology Helmsman sought to retrieve and that Cormorant was a soldier of the First War, much to Helmsman's underestimation of Doom's intelligence. Doom persuades Cormorant to aid him as his ally to fight against the Reckoning as he summons Helmsman and kills him in exchange for his freedom, and Cormorant accepts his offer with respect. Johnny Storm gathers everyone from across
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#17328545991896820-410: The Thing that him accessing Uatu's mind will cause him to die in three days. During the battle, Rapture gravely injures the Thing as she takes the crystal along with Reject, and the She-Hulk realizes why this is her fault after learning where they are heading. The Silver Surfer and Thor meet up in Asgard along with other former heralds of Galactus as they fuse the Destroyer and Galactus together into
6930-401: The Tree of Shadows which is the repository for all of the Darkhawk amulets used to empower the Fraternity of Raptors to whom the Shi'ar intended to use to maintain the Shi'ar Empire as it evolved over the centuries. The Fraternity of Raptors refer to their mission to protect the long term interests of the empire as "The Great Purpose." However, as the Shi'ar Empire aggressively expanded so to did
7040-438: The Ultimate Nullifier and send it to Reed before passing out. As Wrath approaches "the Apex of All Reality" to reclaim it, Reed Richards sacrifices himself by activating the Ultimate Nullifier, which erases Wrath from existence. As the Unparalleled evacuate the Watchers to Ego from Planet T-39X's destruction and Galactus's heralds occupy Destruction, Fury chooses to stay behind on protecting Uatu where he overwhelmingly absorbs all
7150-508: The Ultimate Nullifier, Reed built a device known as the Ultimate Nullification Ray that helps kill Galactus without knowing the consequence of Galactus's presence and the Surfer departs in relief without acknowledging the lessons of humanity, leaving the alternate version of Uatu's satisfaction of non-intervention. Realizing that the vision he saw is confoundedly false, Uatu pleads with Ikor to release him; however, Ikor ignores him as he had brainwashed him and falsely claimed that Uatu's intervention
7260-428: The Unparalleled for his help and they all agree. The Badoon, led by Ruin of the Reckoning, attack and storm the Baxter Building, in which Reed receives contact from Valeria and instructs her to initiate Protocol: Zero. After Reed Richards and Jack heal the Thing, he confesses to him that Reed's children ( Franklin Richards and Valeria Richards ), Alicia Masters , and their children (N'kalla and Jo-Venn) self-destructed
7370-664: The Watcher #1 received an average rating of 8.1 out of 10 based on eleven reviews. According to Comic Book Roundup, Fantastic Four (vol. 6) #42 received an average rating of 7.3 out of 10 based on five reviews. According to Comic Book Roundup, Fantastic Four (vol. 6) #43 received an average rating of 7 out of 10 based on five reviews. According to Comic Book Roundup, Fantastic Four (vol. 6) #44 received an average rating of 6.9 out of 10 based on four reviews. According to Comic Book Roundup, Fantastic Four (vol. 6) #45 received an average rating of 7.1 out of 10 based on five reviews. Dan Slott Dan Slott (born July 3, 1967)
7480-408: The Watcher Qyre as he taunts him for his eternal silence and non-interference while Reed Richards broadcasts a message to all the heroes on Earth to help them fight this invasion and contact the Silver Surfer. After gazing at Eternity, the Surfer informs Reed and the team that the Prosilicans gave Watcher-level technology to lesser-known warlike conquerors, causing multiple invasions and chaos throughout
7590-415: The Watchers were responsible for the destruction, which was also the main cause of their vow of non-inference. In outer space, the Surfer receives warning from the Never-Queen, the Griever, and the Eternity about the Reckoning's arrival for the Apex as he outpaces Destruction to the Watchers' homeworld for stalling the Reckoning while leaving his cosmic trace behind. Valeria hijacks the Forever Gate and sets up
7700-428: The Watchers' homebase of Planet T-37X, Reed Richards tells everyone to go help out the Watcher fight off the Prosilicans as best they can. Meanwhile, Doctor Doom arrives at Camp Hammond to retrieve a powerful weapon that can help him provide live bait. At the Watchers' homebase, Uatu arrives after surviving the explosion and tried to convince the other Watchers to take down the Prosilicans from rising again; however, he
7810-506: The Watchers' homebase to initiate the attack after killing the Watcher guard while Ikor (who is fully aware of the Prosilicans' invasion) refuses to delay the Cyclopedia Universum and sends Emnu to Dar-Kenda to check on "the Apex on All Reality". As Fury attempts to free Uatu from torture, the new vision appears and displays a shocking truth: after an alternate Reed killed Galactus, the Zero Energy which Galactus sustains began to grow unstable, resulting in Earth's catastrophic disaster as well as
7920-491: The Watchers, the remaining Prosilicans survived and established the group to spread chaos throughout the galaxy, renaming themselves "the Reckoning" as they swore revenge against the Watchers who imprisoned them. In the present day, the Reckoning are now supplying a group of aliens called the Badoon to invade Earth. Uatu sends out a call for the other Watchers. However, the Reckoning instruct the Badoon to blow up Uatu's headquarters on
8030-550: The adventures of Spider-Man, now inhabited by the mind of Doctor Octopus. The first issue won the 2013 Diamond Gem Award for Comic Book of the Year Over $ 3.00. The Superior Spider-Man ended with issue #31, with Peter Parker back as Spider-Man, and lead to a relaunch of The Amazing Spider-Man in April 2014. The first issue of this new version of The Amazing Spider-Man is, according to Diamond Comics Distributors, "The Best Selling Comic of
8140-534: The alien warrior known as Cormorant arrives to retrieve his armor under the instruction of his master, Helmsman. Along the way to locating those missing parts, he overpowers the Great Lakes Avengers , Gauntlet , and Southpaw as he brutally strips their gauntlets and the Grasshopper 's chausses before his encounter with Doctor Doom. While confronting Cormorant in the Florida Everglades, Doctor Doom realizes that
8250-658: The artifact to summon a mysterious being to take down the Proscilians. Johnny and the Unparalleled arrive at Anelle-vell, capital of the Kree-Skrull Empire, to provide aid for Wiccan and Emperor Hulking along with the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Starjammers to fend off against the Mekkan army. From the Baxter Building, it is revealed that Franklin, Valeria, Alicia, N'kalla, and Jo-Venn were unharmed and Protocol: Zero
8360-634: The assistance of the X-Men. In the 1992 crossover " Operation: Galactic Storm ," the Shi'ar annexed the Kree Empire at the end of the Kree-Shi'ar War and Deathbird was placed into a prominent position as viceroy of Hala, the Kree homeworld. However, Deathbird did not last long in this position and has since abandoned her responsibilities and it appears that the Kree Empire has, at least in some part, been re-established. The Shi'ar have had recent contact with
8470-483: The average human. Most Shi'ar have no other special abilities, though occasionally a genetic throwback appears possessing wings that allow for flight (an example of atavism ). The superhuman Shi'ar can at least lift one ton through exercise. The Wasp stated that the Shi'ar aren't stronger than humans. The Shi'ar conceive their offspring in eggs. They are nurtured in special chambers and the children are referred to as hatchlings . The Shi'ar have more chakras than
8580-497: The book, which would tie into Zeb Wells and John Romita Jr. 's The Amazing Spider-Man series. Shi%27ar The Shi'ar ( / ʃ iː ˈ ɑːr / SHEE -ar ) are a fictional species of aliens appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The Shi'ar Empire (or Imperium ) is a vast collection of alien species, cultures, and worlds situated close to the Skrull and Kree Empires. The Shi'ar are one of
8690-504: The building to help stall the Proscilians. Arriving at Raj-Lek, the She-Hulk reveals to the Jack of Hearts that she was a judge siding with a group of aliens called the Recluses to hide their privacy from the Watchers by removing Qyre's mouth to silence him, resulting in Raj-Lek's destruction. The She-Hulk and the Jack of Hearts encounter Wrath, but are quickly defeated. Enraged by Reed's confession, Ben nearly beats Reed to death until Reed shows
8800-554: The command positions. Though having warlike and militaristic ancestry, the Shi'ar Empire has largely occupied the role of peacekeepers in many interstellar affairs. Just to name a few, Empress Lilandra Neramani tried to broker peace between the Kree Empire and the Skrull Empire to help bring an end to their devastating war: she sought interstellar accord when deciding how to end the threat of Dark Phoenix , and attempted to avenge
8910-460: The comprehension stays. In the 1980s, Lilandra and D'Ken's unstable exiled elder sibling Deathbird made several attempts to overthrow her sister from power. Deathbird even resorted to attacking Lilandra's Earth-based allies to achieve her goals. She is also responsible for initially directing the alien parasites known as the Brood towards the Earth and its heroes. Deathbird was eventually deposed with
9020-714: The cosmos: the Badoon invading Earth, the Morani assaulting the Shi'ar Empire, the Mekkans laying waste to the Kree - Skrull Alliance, and the Annihilation Wave attacking the planet Spyre (home of the cosmic ray hosts known as the Unparalleled). With Johnny Storm flying off to help the Spyricans, Jack Hart volunteering for assistance, Susan Storm disappearing out of sight, and Nick Fury teleporting to
9130-459: The death of billions. Uatu the Watcher , acting as his lawyer and with the help of Odin and Galactus himself, convinced the gathered tribunal that Galactus is a necessary force of betterment of the universe and is not a villain. This was done by summoning Eternity . The truth as shown by Eternity however, is so grand and overpowering that none of the tribunal's members can remember it fully, although
9240-527: The destruction of Tarnax IV, the Skrull throneworld, by Galactus . The Shi'ar consider artistic creativity to be a sign of insanity and deviance, as they lack the ability to dream. Shi'ar who have the ability to dream and create do all they can to suppress their impulses. In the past, execution was a common remedy to such 'infections'. A race called the Fianden had the ability to cause any Shi'ar to dream; this caused mass catatonia and insanity in most Shi'ar, although
9350-461: The destruction of the Shi'ar Empire. With their first attack, they destroyed Feather's Edge by transporting a star to obliterate it. After which, Vulcan makes contact with the Starjammers to call a temporary ceasefire. Under the ceasefire, the Shi'ar and the Starjammers decide to take out the Finality, thus crippling the Scy'ar's biggest threat. Once Havok and Vulcan are in position to destroy Finality,
9460-435: The dethroned Lilandra rages on. Led by Havok and the Starjammers, Lilandra's forces gradually whittle away at Vulcan's forces, which are plagued by defections. The Shi'ar, contrary to Vulcan's expectations, are not happy to have an outsider as their ruler. Vulcan is discouraged by this, but Deathbird convinces him that they will come to accept him. Warned in advance of a rebel raid on Feather's Edge, Vulcan and his fleet ambush
9570-468: The empire is given the title Majestor (male) or Majestrix (female) and is a hereditary position, occupied by members of the royal family of the Shi'ar. Formerly, the Neramani family represented the royal bloodline. The Shi'ar Empire is one of the most advanced and expansive civilizations in the universe, spanning entire galaxies . It is mainly an economic co-operative, where trade with other galactic powers
9680-412: The empire, D'Ken killed Vulcan's mother Katherine Summers (also mother to longtime X-Men Scott and Alex Summers ) and made him a slave for most of his adolescent life. Bent on revenge against D'Ken, Vulcan attacks the Empire. Not only that, but within the empire, there is a coup to dethrone Lilandra and return D'Ken to power, with the aid of Deathbird. The X-Men once again team up with their space allies,
9790-538: The end of 2005, Slott was assigned to write The Thing 's first solo series in 20 years. It was not a sales success, and was canceled with issue #8, despite Slott's attempts to rally readers in a campaign he called "Pull My Thing." The eight issues have been released in a trade paperback entitled Idol of Millions, which sees the Thing and other heroes fighting deadly roller-coasters and other machines in Arcade 's Murderworld. Slott
9900-540: The enemy who supplied the Cotati during " Empyre ". One billion years ago, the Prosilicans were one of the first alien races the Watchers (originally known as the Luminous) provided technical support. As their civilization continually thrived due to their lack of ethics, the Prosilicans got greedy and sought to use the Watchers' technology to take over planets creating nuclear weapons and warfare, which caused an all-out war throughout
10010-475: The entire cosmos. The Luminous managed to defeat the Prosilicans but only by destroying nine-tenth of the universe resulting from the toxic fallout of the First War. After their defeat, the Prosilicans were decimated after the Watchers sealed them away from the universe following the creation of an isolated toxic wasteland known as the Barrens. As the Luminous made their vow of non-interference and changed their name to
10120-475: The entire universe. Uatu is finally confirmed that his interference inadvertently saved everyone's lives and Ikor's claims of non-interference are entirely false. Emnu arrives and attacks them until he is stunned by the Invisible Woman. Susan revealed that she has been following Fury this whole time as well as spying on the Watchers. During her mission, she overheard Ikor's instructions and follows Emnu to "the Apex". Uatu explains to them that "the Apex of All Reality"
10230-518: The future, where her actions will cause a war between Earth and mysterious beings which will cause the Watchers to break their non-intervention oath. During the trial, the She-Hulk is allowed to continue existing thanks to the Time Variance Authority seeing how much of an effect the She-Hulk has on different people. After the events of " Empyre ", Nick Fury is observing the Fantastic Four and
10340-451: The galaxy and confirm that the First War is finally over. As they watch Planet T-39X's destruction, Uatu emerges, now imbued with cosmic power from "the Apex", and addressing himself as the One and Only Watcher . Uatu acknowledges the cause of all the death and destruction from the Watchers' interference and decides to bring forth a reckoning by rectifying all of their actions. Uatu teleports them to
10450-568: The sexualization with which he wrote the relationship between Peter Parker and Cindy Moon /Silk, an Asian character he co-created. Slott stated that while he was proud to have introduced her into the Marvel Universe, he admitted that having their attraction be derived from their pheromones was a "bad idea and a mistake", and that after listening to criticism by Asian readers, he came to feel that his depiction of her had "unintentionally played into racial stereotypes" and that "those story choices were
10560-472: The story for the Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions video game which was released in September 2010. In November 2010, Slott took over The Amazing Spider-Man as the sole writer, marking the comic book's change to a twice–monthly schedule, beginning with Slott's "Big Time" storyline. The "Big Time" storyline ended with The Amazing Spider-Man #700, its final issue. While that issue's story, which involved
10670-610: The switching of Peter Parker's mind with that of Doctor Octopus , and ended with the death of Parker in Doctor Octopus' body and Octopus remaining in Parker's, generated controversy among fans, including death threats for Slott, it won the 2012 Diamond Gem Award for Top Dollar Comic of the Year. The comic book went through five printings, The next month saw the premiere of a new series, The Superior Spider-Man , written by Slott, and featuring
10780-404: The team try to prevent Wrath from reaching "the Apex", Reed sensed Destruction's arrival preparing the destroy the planet. Johnny Storm and the galactic alliances arrive on time to stall Destruction, allowing Johnny to rejoin his team. However, Wrath overwhelms them while Reed makes his confession to Sue about his realization and accepts his fate. After defeating Rapture, the Thing manages to recover
10890-512: The three main extraterrestrial empires depicted in the Marvel Universe , alongside the Kree and Skrulls . The Shi'ar first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #97 (Feb. 1976) and were created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Dave Cockrum . The Shi'ar are cold-blooded humanoids of avian descent; they resemble humans with feathered crests atop their heads in lieu of hair. Two different styles are common: most Shi'ar, particularly those of
11000-406: The toxic gas and the Cyclopedia Universum ' s knowledge as they fall into "the Apex". Despite his sacrifice, Reed Richards is miraculously cured, reverting to his former self because of the Ultimate Nullifier, which neutralized most of the Watchers' energy from him. Reed deduces that the Ultimate Nullifier only works on Watchers and Doom claims that it was a logical outcome. With Wrath nullified,
11110-487: The universe, including Ego the Living Planet , to unite against the Reckoning who orchestrated the war against them. After reuniting with the She-Hulk and the Jack of Hearts in the Barrens, Reed clarifies to Ben that there is no way out of the Barrens even though he has the Watchers' knowledge; the Watchers cannot teleport them from there. Now fully armed with M'krann Crystal shards for his armor, Wrath and his army arrive at
11220-570: The very edge of existence known as the Great Barriers, where they find the remnants of the First War covered by the Barrens. Uatu erases all the toxic Barrens from existence and invertedly recovers the destroyed nine-tenths of the universe, renaming it the Borderlands , which he describes as the Canvas of Infinite Possibility. Uatu's action allows the Jack of Hearts to reunite with the She-Hulk right when
11330-399: The video of Ben's family alive. As Ben is tearfully relieved, Reed explains that he never caused their children to self-destruct and only used a decoy to make sure the Thing was not distracted, as Reed notices that Ben is often unfocused when fighting the enemy. Wrath sets up a trap, leaving Reed and the Thing stranded within the Barrens with the She-Hulk and the Jack of Hearts. Doctor Doom uses
11440-406: The wrath of Rachel Summers , the daughter of Jean Grey and Scott Summers from an alternate future, who has since declared vengeance on the entire Shi'ar Empire. Recent events seem to indicate the Shi'ar Council was responsible for this, and that Lilandra is unaware of what has been done in her name. Another Shi'ar threat comes from an X-Men villain called Vulcan . During his tenure as majestor of
11550-849: Was "Survival of the Hippest" in Mighty Mouse #10 and "To Bounce or Not to Bounce", an eight-page backup story in New Warriors Annual #1 both cover dated July 1991. He became the regular writer for Marvel's Ren & Stimpy comic book series with that series debut issue (Dec. 1992) and first wrote Spider-Man in an issue of Ren and Stimpy that saw Spider-Man in battle against the Powdered Toast Man . Following this, Slott wrote other children's comics, including DC's Scooby-Doo , Looney Tunes , and Powerpuff Girls . After work on Batman Adventures and Justice League Adventures , Slott
11660-758: Was a mistake, forcing Uatu to submit in despair and regret. After hearing the conversation about the Great Gathering and Ikor's tolerance of Uatu's warning, Fury decides to free Uatu without any other Watchers detecting his presence. According to Comic Book Roundup, Fantastic Four: Reckoning War Alpha #1 received an average rating of 7.5 out of 10 based on six reviews. According to Comic Book Roundup, Fantastic Four (vol. 6) #40 received an average rating of 7.7 out of 10 based on six reviews. According to Comic Book Roundup, Fantastic Four (vol. 6) #41 received an average rating of 6.7 out of 10 based on three reviews. According to Comic Book Roundup, Reckoning War: Trial of
11770-618: Was given the chance to pitch a series for DC. The resulting miniseries was Arkham Asylum: Living Hell with artist Ryan Sook in 2003. In 2004 he wrote the "4th Parallel" storyline for the Justice League which introduced the Red King ; this story was published in 2007 in JLA Classified #32–36. Arkham Asylum ' s success led to Slott's return to Marvel in 2004 to launch a new She-Hulk series. The title focused on She-Hulk as
11880-538: Was imprisoned by his father, Ikor. Reed, the Thing, the She-hulk, and the Jack of Hearts arrive in Shi'ar space to protect the M'kraan Crystal, but they are too late when they discover the army of Morani under the leadership of Rapture and Reject of the Reckoning invertedly defeated the Imperial Guard . The Thing recognizes her from his future vision that she is the one who might kill him as he pleads to Reed and Reed tells
11990-564: Was silently watching the universe. Uatu explains that there is a Reckoning War coming, and everyone needs to prepare. While he cannot commute Fury's sentence, he does release him from his chains as Fury makes a new eyepatch. After helping the TVA deal with Kang the Conqueror 's multiple variants, Reed Richards overhears the TVA talk about the Reckoning War. The Prosilicans are revealed by Uatu to be
12100-539: Was the writer of Marvel's Avengers: The Initiative , which launched following the conclusion of the 2006–07 " Civil War " storyline. He was one of the four writers of the thrice-monthly The Amazing Spider-Man , a schedule which began in January 2008 following the controversial storyline " One More Day ". Slott took over writing duties on The Mighty Avengers after writer Brian Michael Bendis ' departure, starting with issue #21 and finishing with issue #36. Slott wrote
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