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And now, it seems, all part of Watcher lore. Shogun Warriors, 1978 While in the Fantastic Four: The Reckoning War Alpha One Shot we got a flashback to the sixties' origin of The Watchers, interfering with the lives of lesser, more primitive races, handing them the knowledge of nuclear power. Tales Of Suspense #53 (1964) Although it is "gifts"[...]

Looking at aspects of The Reckoning War which were set up by Dan Slott almost fifteen years ago are coming to fruition, as the character co-created by Dan back then, Gauntlet gets involved. The Badoon want his… well… Gauntlet, and it seems that this and other technological marvels possessed by superheroes, such as the Southpaw's gauntlet… …and[...]

The solicit for August's Fantastic Four #46 shows a flamed off Human Torch – but is that too soon, given how long six months actually takes to play out in the Marvel universe? Bog Spoiler image Currently, the Fantastic Four is seeing a number of other changes as part of the Reckoning War A heavily injured Thing[...]

And no one mentioning the whole zombie scenario. It may be noted that Jack Of Hearts is also appearing alongside She-Hulk in the Reckoning War storyline in Fantastic Four A series which recently saw Mister Fantastic deal with something called The Zero Force. "The source of pre-primordial power An energy that predates our very existence." It ends a[...]

In Fantastic Four's Reckoning War, She-Hulk, fighting alongside Jack Of Hearts, is looking at her own history and why, as prophesied back in 2005, she is responsible for the entire Reckoning War from happening. She Hulk #3 (2005) That this was a bad thing That this was all She-Hulk's fault, and emanated from something she had done[...]

As the Baxter building falls in this preview of Fantastic Four #42, Reed gives the order to initiate Protocol Zero. Oh no! Not Protocol Zero! What's Protocol Zero?

And from then on The Watcher and his ilk were a firm part of Marvel Universe continuity. The Reckoning War: The Trial Of The Watcher Today's The Reckoning War: The Trial Of The Watcher has Dan Slott working with Javier Rodriguez Both have recently worked with Al Ewing, one on Empyre, the other on Defenders, and it[...]

Marvel has released a lettered preview of Reckoning War: The Trial of the Watcher #1, but how does it compare to the one we lettered last month? Unfavorably Check out the preview below. Reckoning War: The Trial of the Watcher #1 by Dan Slott & Javier Rodriguez, cover by Javier Rodriguez In all of the Multiverse, there is[...]

In Fantastic Four #28, Ben Grimm, The Thing, felt the manner and purpose of his own death, at the hands of a creature called Rapture, given a glimpse of the future by great powers of the universe. Fantastic Four #28 Experiencing it not just once, but many, many times. Fantastic Four #28 Something that clearly made an impression on[...]

Things look grim for The Thing in this preview of Fantastic Four #41, part of the Reckoning War super-mega-crossover event Will Ben Grimm shockingly die to ensure this event "means something?" And if so, how long before he shockingly returns in a follow-up super-mega-crossover event? Check out the preview below. Fantastic Four #41 by Dan Slott &[...]

But when you claim that nothing will ever be the same again roughly every two weeks, how can you expect anyone to actually take that claim seriously? It's a problem Marvel apparently recognizes, as the solicitation for May's oversized Fantastic Four #44, featuring the final battle in the Reckoning War, notes: "This is the final battle[...]

In the first Fantastic Four The Reckoning War Alpha One Shot we got a flashback to the origin of The Watchers Which predated the origin of the Time Lords in Doctor Who, and was probably nicked by Bob Baker for Doctor Who: The Underworld in 1978. Fantastic Four: The Reckoning War Alpha A modern retelling of the[...]

In this Improbable Preview of Reckoning War: Trial of the Watcher #1, The Watcher must be punished for his terrible, naughty crimes But how do you punish that bald-headed pervert if he enjoys what you're doing to him?! Meanwhile, how can Galactus help The Thing out with a big problem with his little Ben? Read[...]

Today sees the official launch of the Reckoning War, with Fantastic Four: The Reckoning War Alpha which Dan Slott has been teasing for over a decade-and-a-half Initially seen as some future-set main event, he tried to get it going at She-Hulk, and a few times since At one point, he seemed to have given up[...]

As was teased in Marvel's Timeless #1 before the New Year, in The Reckoning War Fantastic Four event, the moon gets blown up This is how it was teased… as just a cracking… Timeless #1 …and this is how it looks in Fantastic Four: Reckoning War: Alpha, out today. Fantastic Four: Reckoning War: Alpha And this is how Mister[...]

The Badoon have blown up the moon in this preview of Fantastic Four: Reckoning War Alpha #1 Can the FF, X-Men, and Avengers save the day? Check out the preview below. Fantastic Four: Reckoning War Alpha #1 by Dan Slott & Carlos Pacheco & Carlos Magno, cover by Carlos Pacheco FIFTEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING – AND IT[...]

Two of which were the moon getting blown up for the Reckoning War… And the return of Jack of Hearts But could there be a connection? The Reckoning War has been solicited as part of The Fantastic Four going forward, with one-shot spinoffs But what about Jack of Hearts? The character first appeared in The Deadly Hands of[...]

And indeed, as teased in yesterday's Timeless #1… …it looks like that the upcoming Reckoning War storyline teased by Dan Slott for fifteen years and finally kicking off in the Fantastic Four, will begin by someone blowing up the moon "The moon, cracked in a great reckoning…" And now we have the teaser video which confirms it. n[...]

Could this be the Eternals blowing up the Summers house to kick off the Judgement War?  More likely with the wording that this is the upcoming Reckoning War crossover event from Dan Slott, that he has been impatiently waiting to get Marvel Comics to publish for a couple of decades Which is small change compared[...]

You might think that goes without saying, but it is the comics industry, so it's worth saying it out loud. All of that changes (well, hopefully not the molesting part) in March when The Watcher gets his own one-shot tie-in to the Reckoning War super-mega-crossover event: Reckoning War: Trial of the Watcher A press release from[...]

And that includes a Fantastic Four: Reckoning War Alpha one-shot courtesy of  Dan Slott, Carlos Pacheco, and Rachael Stott. Already teased for January, this underlines that this is a Fantastic Four event rather than a line-wide crossover as it might have been if Slott had been allowed to do this back in the day. Guardians Of The Galaxy[...]

Reckoning War time is upon us! As part of Marvel Comics December 2021 solicitations, they added a number of books for the first week of January 2022 that will have to be ordered a little earlier than usual due to the Christmas holiday period Stating that they will be included in full in the January[...]

And reference from the TVA to something else as well… The Reckoning War Teased In Fantastic Four #35 (Spoilers) As part of Marvel Comics' Timeless announcements the other month, they included mention of The Reckoning War, sometime in January 2022 A storyline in upcoming Fantastic Four issues written by Dan Slott, drawn by Carlos Pacheco and Rachael[...]

As part of today's big Marvel Comics Timeless announcements, Marvel included mention of The Reckoning War, sometime in January 2022 A storyline in upcoming Fantastic Four issues written by Dan Slott, drawn by Carlos Pacheco and Rachael Stott, Marvel stating "Dan Slott is joined by Carlos Pacheco and Rachael Stott for Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four: Reckoning[...]

As Bleeding Cool may have mentioned before, twenty-or-so-years ago, Dan Slott used to drop something into a number of his comic books at Marvel about something he would call The Reckoning War A storyline that would upend the future of the Marvel Universe, centred on She-Hulk but involving The Watcher, the Fantastic Four, Gauntlet, Iron Man, Southpaw and[...]

Will Dan Slott's Reckoning War begin with Fantastic Four #25? Yesterday, Bleeding Cool asked if Dan Slott was bringing back his Reckoning War storyline that he was proposing around twenty years ago, got teased in a number of books, most prominently She-Hulk, but never came to fruition? And how his writing on Fantastic Four, Empyre[...]

Twenty-or-so-years ago, Dan Slott used to drop something into a number of his comic books at Marvel about something he would call The Reckoning War A storyline that would upend the future of the Marvel Universe, centred on She-Hulk but involving The Watcher, the Fantastic Four, Gauntlet, Iron Man, Southpaw and many more. Art from She Hulk[...]

Ultron War? Reckoning War? Whatever it is, folks, with Wolverine, Thor, Cap and Iron Man, it's going to be War War! Ultron War? Reckoning War? Whatever it is, folks, with Wolverine, Thor, Cap and Iron Man, it's going to be War War! Ultron War? Reckoning War? Whatever it is, folks, with Wolverine,[...]

But what if, as he suggests, it's The Reckoning War? For the last seven years or so, in almost every Marvel comic book he can, Dan Slott has been dropping references to something in the future of the Marvel Universe called The Reckoning War, that seems to involve The Watcher, the Fantastic Four, Gauntlet, Iron Man,[...]