Marvel’sEmpyreevent was slat to be one of the troupe ’s biggest in recent years . With dozens of storylines all leading up to the event , and a slew of tie - ins , Empyre was bound to be massive for the Marvel Universe . Unfortunately , funny fan may end with significantly   lessEmpyrethan Marvel initially announced . According to a fresh checklist of issues and tie - ins toEmpyre , Marvel has cut   more than a   third of the event ’s planned issues .

Eighteen   issues all together have been cut from the checklist . cancel sleeper - indium includeEmpyre : Ghost Rider , Empyre : The Invasion of Wakanda , Empyre : Spider - Man , Empyre : Squadron Supreme , Empyre : Stormranger , Empyre : Thor , Strikeforce , andThe Union . Even with these cuts , Empyreis scheduled to stretch across a total of 31 issues . This think that the track issues were going to symbolize almost forty pct of the total event .

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Though Marvel has yet to make a formal announcement about the cancelations , it can be speculated that the ongoing pandemic is the culprit . Empyrewas originally scheduled for April but was delayed due to Coronavirus . It is unknown if the books were cancel because they did n’t correspond into the upshot ’s raw schedule or if there were other factor that forced Marvel to make the tough determination of cutting the issues . There is also no way of knowing at this time how many of the canceled issues were completed .

Empyreis the culmination of several storyline throughout the Marvel universe . The write up of Hulkling , in particular , has been lead up to this event since the character ’s creation . Largely focussing on the Avengers , Fantastic Four , and Marvel ’s cosmic origin of type , Empyreis about theKree - Skrull alliance invading Earthat the   order of the former Young Avenger , Hulkling . Though the independent history focussing on the encroachment will still be told it is unclear if or how the mass cancelations will bear on the event ’s overall plot .

see almost forty per centum of an case ’s planned matter canceled without an annunciation is certainly a C to the team spirit of laughable lover . Lockdown due to Covid-19 has had wide - reaching entailment   for the comic industry beyond uncomplicated delays andEmpyreis only the diligence ’s latest sacrifice . Marvel setEmpyreup to be one of their largest events of all time . With a well - regarded youtube trailer edifice fervor for the event , it is dissatisfactory to see it all scaled back so significantly . Empyrewas foretell with the tagline " The Earth - Shattering Event of 2020 " but with this announcement , it seems like the only thing shatter is outlook .

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