You see... I knew Jacques Duquesne. He was human. So human it killed him. But when he died -- he died an Avenger! And everything you will never be! You were no Jacques Duquesne, cotati. May that knowledge comfort you -- at the hour of your death! 
Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Fantastic Four
- Avengers
- Tony Stark
- Black Panther (T'Challa)
- Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)
- Mantis
- Hulk (Jen Walters) (Resurrection)
- Thor (Odinson)
- Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)
- Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes) (Possessed by an unidentified Spirit of Vengeance)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers)
Supporting Characters:
- The Alliance
- Super-Skrull (Kl'rt)
- Captain Glory (Gla-Ree)
- Emperor Hulkling (Teddy Altman)
- Mur-G'nn
- Numerous unnamed others
- Wiccan (Billy Kaplan)
- New Fantastic Four
- Jo-Venn
- N'Kalla
- Doctor Voodoo (Jericho Drumm)
- Wonder Man (Simon Williams)
- Blue Marvel (Adam Brashear)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
- Vision
- Spectrum (Monica Rambeau)
- Wasp (Nadia Van Dyne)
- Ant-Man (Scott Lang)
- Agents of Wakanda
Antagonists:
- Empyre
- Celestial Messiah (Quoi)
- Swordsman (Cotati) (Death)
- Hulk (Cotati) (Death)
- Numerous unnamed others
- Empress R'Klll (Impersonates Emperor Dorrek VIII)
- Priests of Pama
- Dark Harvest
- Oak
- Master Forest
- Bladed Leaf
- Sharpest Thorn
- Numerous unnamed others
- Dark Harvest
Other Characters:
- U.S. Army
- Ant-Man's Ants
- Gaea (Mentioned)
- Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne) (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- X-Men (Mentioned)
- Hatuz Zeraze
Races and Species:
- Celestials (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Humans
- Cotati-Human Hybrids
- Cotati
- Gods (Mentioned)
- Skrulls
- Human-Kree Hybrids
- Kree
- Skrull-Kree Hybrids
- Mutants
- Birds
- Asgardians
- Demons
- Synthezoids
- Ants
- Elephants
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe
- Milky Way
- Shapless Ridge (Mentioned)
- Green Door (Mentioned)
Items:
- Fantastic Four Uniforms
- Iron Man Armor Model 70
- Panther Habit
- Swordsman's Sword
- Excelsior
- Captain Marvel's Suit
- Universal Weapon
- Kree Militia Uniforms
- Wiccan's Suit
- Pyre
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters
- Wolverine's Suit
- Adamantium (On Wolverine's claws)
- Omni-Wave Projector
- Hulk's Vibranium Containment Suit
- Staff of Legba
- Cloak of Levitation
- Eye of Agamotto
- Blue Marvel's Suit
- Mjolnir
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
- Scarlet Witch's Suit
- Wasp's Suits
- Bio-Synthetic Wings
- Pym Particles (Behind the scenes)
- Ant-Man's Suit and Helmet
- Pyre (Mentioned)
Vehicles:
Events:
- Kree-Skrull War (Mentioned)
Synopsis for 1st story
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
Who will rule the EMPYRE?
• There can be only one King of Space—and it’s the last liege standing! But as combat rages on, the clock ticks down to catastrophe!
• Will the ultimate interstellar weapon fry planet Earth before or after all sentient life on the planet is wiped out?
• The Avengers and the Fantastic Four are tested as never before—as EMPYRE comes to a pulse-pounding finish!