Realm of Kings

The series started with a Realm of Kings one-shot that establishes the setting and is followed by a number of separate series or storylines which focus on how the different characters, Imperial Guard, Inhumans, Guardians of the Galaxy and Nova, deal with this situation.{{cite web |first=Dave |last=Richards |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22467 |title=CCC09: DnA's "Realm of Kings" |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=August 9, 2009 |access-date=August 9, 2009}}{{cite web |author=McGloin, Matt, Luoma, Mike and Meneese, Bill |url=http://www.cosmicbooknews.com/articles/dnabinterview |title=Interview with Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning and Bill Rosemann |publisher=Cosmic Book News |date=August 19, 2009 |access-date=October 31, 2009}}{{cite web |first=Dave |last=Richards |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=23755 |title=DnA Map Out Their "Realm of Kings" |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=November 17, 2009 |access-date=February 21, 2010}}

The storyline also includes the limited series Realm of Kings: Son of Hulk by Scott Reed, with art by Miguel Munera. This focuses on Hiro-Kala and his journey into the Microverse.{{cite web |first=Zack |last=Smith |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/Son-Hulk-Reed-Interview-100114.html |title=The SON OF HULK Gets Puny in the Microverse |publisher=Newsarama |date=January 10, 2010 |access-date=May 3, 2010}}

A giant time-space tear called the Fault had been created by Black Bolt's T-Bomb, killing both himself and the Shi'ar leader Vulcan. The Fault becomes an immediate concern for both the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Nova Corps. They sent Wendell Vaughn, the first Quasar, into the Fault to scout it, given that his energy form would be able to survive its treacherous storms. Quasar soon finds that the Fault is actually a tunnel, leading to another universe which reeked of corruption, ruled by evil organic masses that had consumed their universe like a cancer. It is described as a Cancerverse, where "Life has won, Death has lost." He is captured by that universe's Avengers (called the Revengers), who plan on imposing their Earth on his, to enable their gods, the Many-Angled Ones, to continue to spread.Realm of Kings one-shot{{cite book |last=Curtis |first=N. |title=Sovereignty and superheroes |publisher=Manchester University Press |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-78499-638-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0cFCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT219 |access-date=April 19, 2019 |page=219}}

• Realm of Kings (one shot)
• Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard #1-5
• Realm of Kings: Inhumans #1-5
• Guardians of the Galaxy (vol. 2) #20-24
• Nova (vol. 4) #31-35
• Realm of Kings: Son of Hulk #1-4

Both the Nova and Guardians of the Galaxy series were put on hiatus following the conclusion of "Realm of Kings" and the events in the storyline lead directly into "The Thanos Imperative".{{cite web |first=Jim |last=Beard |url=http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.11310.exclusive~colon~_the_thanos_imperative |title=EXCLUSIVE: The Thanos Imperative |publisher=Marvel.com |date=February 12, 2010 |access-date=February 24, 2010}}{{cite web |author1=McGloin, Matt |author2=Brewer, Byron |name-list-style=amp |url=http://cosmicbooknews.com/articles/dnat_int/ |title=DnA Crank Things Up: The Thanos Imperative: Ignition |publisher=Cosmic Book News |date=February 23, 2010 |access-date=February 24, 2010}}{{cite web |first=Dave |last=Richards |url=http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25088 |title=DnA Issue "The Thanos Imperative" |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=March 4, 2010 |access-date=March 19, 2010}}

Also the conclusion of Son of Hulk intersects with the end of the back-to-back Hulk storylines "Fall of the Hulks" and "World War Hulks" in the story arc "Dark Son", partly written by Scott Reed.{{cite web |first=Jim |last=Beard |url=http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.12830.incredible_hulks~colon~_dark_son |title=Incredible Hulks: Dark Son |publisher=Marvel.com |date=June 11, 2010 |access-date=June 11, 2010}}{{cite web |first=David |last=Pepose |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/Hulks-Dark-Son-100611.html |title=DARK SON Rising As The Other Son of HULK Hits Earth |publisher=Newsarama |date=June 11, 2010 |access-date=June 11, 2010}}{{cite web |first=Kiel |last=Phegley |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=26649 |title=Pak Teams Up The "Incredible Hulks" |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=June 11, 2010 |access-date=June 11, 2010}}

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