In the latest fully-readable Marvel Comics Event, Empyre, the Avengers and the Fantastic Four gather their forces against a third party in the Kree/Skrull never-ending rivalry, the Cotati. In their origin story, they were peacefully living in Hala with the Kree until the Skrulls found their planet and offered for an alliance with the one who could bring them more in a short amount of time. The Kree built a techonological city with big towers while the Cotati grew a wonderful garden and won. Displeased, the Kree destroyed the peaceful Cotati and conquered Hala. The last remnants of the Cotati species grew with hatred in their hearts and found in their last son born from Mantis, a Cotati hybrid, and the Swordsman, a human once Avenger, the perfect Messiah. Gathering their strengths, they decide after the last peace treaty between the Kree et the Skrulls from the hand of their new emperor, Hulkling (born half-kree, half-skrull), to meet with the humans to avenge the death of their own and thus, start the Empyre storyline.

On paper it seems great, packed with action and a relevant storyline, but in the lines, the psychological side and the characters lose interest in profit of the background story. It felt like watching a great trailer while the movie lacks in depth and intensity. I was expecting a lot from this event, especially from Hulkling since he appeared in one of the first books I read from the Marvel Universe (Young Avengers #1 in 2005), but except for one moment (rushed and hesitant), he was poorly displayed. I may read some of the side-issues but it won't be a priority.