CATALOG RECORD

Empyre #5

Marvel · Series began 2020 · October 2020

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Dates

Cover date: October 2020
On sale: August 12, 2020
In stores: August 12, 2020
Pages: 40

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Editions and covers (14)

Copies of #5 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Jim Cheung Cover

Barcode 75960609735700511 · shared with another edition
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Michael Cho 'Fantastic Four'
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Secret Cover - Dustin Weaver

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2nd printing

Second Printing

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

Barcode 75960609735700512
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Alexander Lozano 'Avengers' Variant (She-Hulk)

Barcode 75960609735700541
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Ryan Brown Cover

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John Tyler Christopher '2-Pack Action Figure' (Black Panther and Valeria Richards)

Barcode 75960609735700521
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Tony S. Daniel 'Kree / Skrull' Cover

Barcode 75960609735700531
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Story arc: Empyre

This is part 19 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 Gracia, Valerio Schitiscript: Dan Slott, Al Ewingletters: Joe Caramagna

Stories

Empyre [Part Five] · 20 pages
Quoi extends his dominance over the Hulk, forcing her to nearly kill the Thing Other Cotati overwhelm the Black Panther and his Wakandan forces. Wiccan confronts the false Hulkling, having freed the real one from his prison aboard the Kree/Skrull command ship, but the Pyre weapon which will explode the Earth's sun has already been activated.
In Memoriam: Denny O'Neil · 1 pages

Publisher’s description

Love and war — in the midst of cosmic cataclysm! One fan-favorite Marvel hero reveals their secret — as another faces the ultimate showdown with a monstrous foe! Meanwhile, an outer-space jailbreak leads to a trial by combat you’ll have to see to believe...but is it all too late to save Earth from two world-ending threats at once?

Characters

Ben GrimmThe ThingReed RichardsJohnny StormHuman TorchMister FantasticSusan Storm RichardsT'ChallaBlack PantherInvisible WomanJennifer WaltersShe-HulkValeria Richards

Reprinted in

Empyre (2020), Empyre Omnibus (2021)