CATALOG RECORD

Empyre #3

Marvel · Series began 2020 · September 2020

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Dates

Cover date: September 2020
On sale: July 29, 2020
In stores: July 29, 2020
Pages: 44

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Editions and covers (16)

Copies of #3 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Jim Cheung Cover

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Second Printing - John Tyler Christopher 'Propaganda' Cover

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

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Alexander Lozano 'Avengers' Variant (Black Panther)

Barcode 75960609735700331
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Michael Cho 'Fantastic Four' (Human Torch)

Barcode 75960609735700341
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Walmart Exclusive

Barcode 75960609735700381
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Tony S. Daniel 'Kree / Skrull' Cover

Barcode 75960609735700361
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John Tyler Christopher 'Action Figures' Cover (Quoi and Swordsman)

Barcode 75960609735700321
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Secret Cover - Dustin Weaver

Barcode 75960609735700371
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Ed McGuinness Cover

Barcode 75960609735700351
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Story arc: Empyre

This is part 10 of 32. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Jim Cheung, Valerio Schitiinks: Jim Cheung, Valerio Schiticolors: Guru eFX, Marte Graciascript: Dan Slott, Al Ewingletters: Joe Caramagna

Stories

Empyre [Part Three] · 20 pages
As the combined Kree/Skrull forces battle the Cotati on Earth, the Avengers and Fantastic Four have split into various teams to handle the crisis. Mantis arrives to see if she can convince her son to abandon the battle. Captain Glory deduces that his supposed Kree ally Tanalth is a Skrull in disguise, and she reveals to him that she is really the Empress R'kill, grandmother of Hulkling, who has her own plans.
In Memoriam: Denny O'Neil · 1 pages
Obituary for comics writer and editor Denny O'Neil (1939-2020).

Publisher’s description

The tag-team action comes home! Wakanda is the battleground – as the Avengers and the FF unite to prevent a Vibranium-powered threat to all life as we know it! A long-lost Avenger returns to active duty – but will that be enough to turn the tide? And in space, interstellar intrigue threatens the fragile Kree/Skrull alliance...and the repercussions might just doom planet Earth!

Characters

Ben GrimmThe ThingJohnny StormHuman TorchT'ChallaBlack PantherJanet Van DyneWaspKl'rtSuper-SkrullShuriSwordsmanJacques DuquesneKen HaleGorilla-ManBrooKono Sanada

Reprinted in

Empyre (2020), Empyre Omnibus (2021)