Silent War gets the axe (apparently)

[Trey]

Seems that Hine has confirmed (on other MB, don't recall or have link) that there will not be a conclusion to his story about the Inhumans and the terrigen crystals.

It appears that with the Skrull Black Bolt, they couldn"t figure out how to handle the story.

Also it seems both writers were using BB, and editorial didn't bother to coordinate. Steve Wacker (who is no longer with Marvel) was on SW and Tom Brevoort and Molly Lazer on Illuminati. Although Brevoort was the overseeing editor on Silent War.

The last ish of Silent War is dated August of 2007
Illuminati January 2008.

SO maybe Bendis didn't want to change his story? Of course he gets his way, and we have the SKRULL BOLT.

Reminds me of how Loeb and Mcguinness wanted to work on Hulk, so they
didn't let Pak finish his trilogy.

Yeah, Yeah, wE know, Pak has said, that Son of Hulk is the 3rd part. Maybe. But I think that's his 3rd part only after they told him Loeb is now doing your book.

It will be interesting to see if Silent War will eventually be followed up on, maybe in Secret Invasion? or afterwards in another book. I know Millar will not do it in FF, so we'll have to wait and see. Many of us really enjoyed the mini, and that was one of the best jaw-dropping cliffhangers in awhile.

[Berkey]

Can't figure out what to do why don't they just retcon the whole deal. I'm sure it wouldn't be as bad as BND, but there's got to be someway to fix the story.

[Shadow ES]

Reminds me of how Loeb and Mcguinness wanted to work on Hulk, so they
didn't let Pak finish his trilogy.

I hadn't heard that his plan was disrupted. Link?

[chrismileslord]

POSSIBLE SPOILERS HERE IF YOU HAVENT READ SILENT WAR.....







Okay, you have me confused. At the end of Silent War, Black Bolt was in prison. If you put Silent War before WWH, then Skrull Black Bolt was easily defeated by Hulk, and all the Inhumans are under mind control. This is easy if Maximus makes a deal with the Skrulls to kill the Humans, he will keep BB in prison, and Skrull Black Bolt is there. Then, Medusa under mind control of Maximus is there with BB when he fights the Hulk. That's why the Inhumans didn't attack during WWH. That explains where Black Bolt is, why he was so weak in WWH, and why the Inhumans had to interaction during WWH while there king is in danger. Very unlike the Inhumans. It all makes sense, what needs to be explained?

Or scenario two is WWH is before Silent War, and Black Bolt is in prison. This is why Skrull Black Bolt isn't a big deal, because the real Black Bolt is in Prison and the rest of the Inhumans are under the control of Maximus.

After the skrull invasion it could be explained, but why explain it now and let stories conflict. This sets up for a large Mass Crossover that Marvel seems to be planning. Think about it.

Namor and The Atlanteans. The army and Namor is with Doom. The citizens are hidden in the world, waiting to retake there home and get revenge. Both Hate The US and Shield. The Inhumans want to destory The earth so they can reclaim, and may strike a deal with Doom. Loki is back and is making deals with Doom. Red skull is destroying the US economy, and Captain America, the only one all heroes really ever united under is gone. Skrull invasion and no trust between heroes...This has to be a goal of marvel and it has been well played out.

So what needs to be explained so soon. Let Marvel work its Magic I say.

[Zero Hunter]

When did Wacker leave Marvel? I thought he was the the editor on Spider Man or something.

Slient War was just a mess from the start anyway so it doesn't surprise me that they want to just go away.

[Sentinel K]

Seems that Hine has confirmed (on other MB, don't recall or have link) that there will not be a conclusion to his story about the Inhumans and the terrigen crystals.

It appears that with the Skrull Black Bolt, they couldn"t figure out how to handle the story.

Also it seems both writers were using BB, and editorial didn't bother to coordinate. Steve Wacker (who is no longer with Marvel) was on SW and Tom Brevoort and Molly Lazer on Illuminati. Although Brevoort was the overseeing editor on Silent War.

The last ish of Silent War is dated August of 2007
Illuminati January 2008.

SO maybe Bendis didn't want to change his story? Of course he gets his way, and we have the SKRULL BOLT.

Reminds me of how Loeb and Mcguinness wanted to work on Hulk, so they
didn't let Pak finish his trilogy.

Yeah, Yeah, wE know, Pak has said, that Son of Hulk is the 3rd part. Maybe. But I think that's his 3rd part only after they told him Loeb is now doing your book.

It will be interesting to see if Silent War will eventually be followed up on, maybe in Secret Invasion? or afterwards in another book. I know Millar will not do it in FF, so we'll have to wait and see. Many of us really enjoyed the mini, and that was one of the best jaw-dropping cliffhangers in awhile.

Wacker has not left Marvel. He came over from DC to edit Spider-Man after his experience on the weekly 52. And that is exactly what he is doing.

As for Marvel 'giving Hulk to Loeb', you have no evidence of this at all. Why would Marvel remove the writer that has written, arguably, one of the best runs on the title?

I'm thinking they didn't. And as Pak said, 'Son of Hulk' is the 3rd part. Why would you think he was lying about that?

The Black Bolt issue IS confusing, but come the end of Secret Invasion, all will be a lot clearer. Hopefully!

Here is a quote from Hine about part 3.

Unfortunately there will be no follow up to Silent War.

I was aware of the Hulk/Black Bolt fight and we did consider having Black Bolt stagger in with sticking plaster all over his face, but thought better of it.

[Titanium]

It's not that hard to say the skrulls were able to replace Black Bolt because the Silent War was keeping him and the inhumans occupied. Thus you can say Black Bolt was always involved with the illuminati, but because of his own inhuman civil war going on he was able to be replaced because the Hulk grabbed the skrull bolt off the moon. Otherwise you'd think Medusa would have gone and gotten the rest of the inhumans to fight the Hulk, wouldn't you?

Skrull Bolt keeps Hulk from interfering with the inhuman conflict going on and goes on to help generate the skrull invasion. With inhumans fighting each other, the Skrulls already win there.

You could even tie Silent War into the skrull thing by saying a skrull gave Maximus his powers back.

[Trey]

I hadn't heard that his plan was disrupted. Link?

Pak says Son of Hulk is now part 3. I think its his back up plan. It would be out now. Its not even solicited yet IIRC.

No biggie, if Marvel wants to change plans. Just me speculating. Its not cool to interrupt writers plans if fans are liking it and sales are doing well.

[Sentinel K]

Okay, you have me confused. At the end of Silent War, Black Bolt was in prison. If you put Silent War before WWH, then Skrull Black Bolt was easily defeated by Hulk, and all the Inhumans are under mind control. This is easy if Maximus makes a deal with the Skrulls to kill the Humans, he will keep BB in prison, and Skrull Black Bolt is there. Then, Medusa under mind control of Maximus is there with BB when he fights the Hulk. That's why the Inhumans didn't attack during WWH. That explains where Black Bolt is, why he was so weak in WWH, and why the Inhumans had to interaction during WWH while there king is in danger. Very unlike the Inhumans. It all makes sense, what needs to be explained?

Or scenario two is WWH is before Silent War, and Black Bolt is in prison. This is why Skrull Black Bolt isn't a big deal, because the real Black Bolt is in Prison and the rest of the Inhumans are under the control of Maximus.

After the skrull invasion it could be explained, but why explain it now and let stories conflict. This sets up for a large Mass Crossover that Marvel seems to be planning. Think about it.

Namor and The Atlanteans. The army and Namor is with Doom. The citizens are hidden in the world, waiting to retake there home and get revenge. Both Hate The US and Shield. The Inhumans want to destory The earth so they can reclaim, and may strike a deal with Doom. Loki is back and is making deals with Doom. Red skull is destroying the US economy, and Captain America, the only one all heroes really ever united under is gone. Skrull invasion and no trust between heroes...This has to be a goal of marvel and it has been well played out.

So what needs to be explained so soon. Let Marvel work its Magic I say.

The attack by the Inhumans in the first (or is it 2nd?) issue of Silent War HAS to go before WWH. A woman comments on her husband being killed in the attack.

The question is, over how much time Silent War takes place. I'm sure Secret Invasion will help lock the timeline down.

[chrismileslord]

The attack by the Inhumans in the first (or is it 2nd?) issue of Silent War HAS to go before WWH. A woman comments on her husband being killed in the attack.

The question is, over how much time Silent War takes place. I'm sure Silent war will help lock the timeline down.

See I have to agree with that. Because it would explain to much. How was Black Bolt able to be defeated by Hulk so easy. I can see him losing, but that easy, no way. Answer: Skrull. Why Did the Inhumans not come during WWH? Answer: Black Bolt wasn't on Earth and the Inhumans are currently under Maximus control. It answers every question I have.

So yeah, I trust Marvel enough not to completely Botch this. I think they have it well planned out, they just can't give it away just yet,

[Trey]

Wacker has not left Marvel. He came over from DC to edit Spider-Man after his experience on the weekly 52. And that is exactly what he is doing.

As for Marvel 'giving Hulk to Loeb', you have no evidence of this at all. Why would Marvel remove the writer that has written, arguably, one of the best runs on the title?

I'm thinking they didn't. And as Pak said, 'Son of Hulk' is the 3rd part. Why would you think he was lying about that?

The Black Bolt issue IS confusing, but come the end of Secret Invasion, all will be a lot clearer. Hopefully!

Here is a quote from Hine about part 3.

Yeah, Hopefully all will be revealed. :cool:

And you do ask the question yourself! Why was Pak removed from writing Hulk? So Loeb and McG can.

If he had originally planned to follow up with part 3 it would be coming out soon. and its not. Has it been solicited?

[Trey]

The attack by the Inhumans in the first (or is it 2nd?) issue of Silent War HAS to go before WWH. A woman comments on her husband being killed in the attack.

The question is, over how much time Silent War takes place. I'm sure Silent war will help lock the timeline down.

Do you mean Secret Invasion will lock the timeline down?

[chrismileslord]

Do you mean Secret Invasion will lock the timeline down?

I think it will, but this is just my opinion.

[Sentinel K]

Yeah, Hopefully all will be revealed. :cool:

And you do ask the question yourself! Why was Pak removed from writing Hulk? So Loeb and McG can.

If he had originally planned to follow up with part 3 it would be coming out soon. and its not. Has it been solicited?

You're making a huge assumption and passing it off as fact when it isn't.

All we were told about 'Skaar Son of Hulk' was that it was coming in 2008.

It IS 2008 and will be for another 11 months. The fact that it hasn't been solicited yet means nothing.

[Trey]

The bottom line is Hine will not be writing the follow up.

And hopefully Secret Invasion will clear things up. Yu drawing the Inhumans would be awesome.

I have to know what Black Bolt said or did!!!! lol

[Sentinel K]

Do you mean Secret Invasion will lock the timeline down?

Yes. I did!

Ooops.

[Trey]

You're making a huge assumption and passing it off as fact when it isn't.

All we were told about 'Skaar Son of Hulk' was that it was coming in 2008.

It IS 2008 and will be for another 11 months. The fact that it hasn't been solicited yet means nothing.

It has to mean something, no? Look writers, esp. ones that are having long runs, work months and months ahead. Now Pak has to stop writing Hulk books and do this Son of HUlk mini. That's fishy to me. And I'm saying this is what I believe, or think happened, not as Fact. I'm suspicious.

[RonnieThunderbolts]

Books are written ahead of time all the time, and drawn ahead of time, a lot of artists need lead time to meet any kind of regular schedule. Skaar may very well not have been his original plan, but the same can be said of World War Hulk. Comicbook companies own their characters, not the writers (for the most part), Pak didn't have to continue to write Hulk-related stuff, or anything if he didn't want to go in the direction that editorial wanted him to go in. Also, Skaar is an ongoing, according to the official press release following the last issue of World War Hulk, coming in 2008. Pak had said in an interview that he was going for a March launch, and that it would probably come out in the first half of 2008. No, it wasn't in the March solicits, but it MAY be in the next set, and while it sucks that Silent War won't continue into another mini, as both it and Son of M were awesome, I'm not really sure what that has to do with the Hulk issue. In fact, saying it isn't his real story, is almost like saying that Greg Pak has been deceptive regarding whether or not this is his 'true' trilogy's conclusion. Speculation is one thing, but unlike some creators and comic professionals, Mr. Pak hasn't earned a reputation that warrants me assuming anything but truth from him, and if he says this is the final part of his Hulk trilogy, whether it 'really is' or not, whatever that means, I believe him.

Not a big deal, and no offense meant, I'm just also expressing my opinions.

[CMBMOOL]

Now we'll never know how the royal family of the blue side of the moon is going to get out of this one (one by being under the control of Crazy Maximus) ? :(

[XPac]

Seems that Hine has confirmed (on other MB, don't recall or have link) that there will not be a conclusion to his story about the Inhumans and the terrigen crystals.

It appears that with the Skrull Black Bolt, they couldn"t figure out how to handle the story.

Also it seems both writers were using BB, and editorial didn't bother to coordinate. Steve Wacker (who is no longer with Marvel) was on SW and Tom Brevoort and Molly Lazer on Illuminati. Although Brevoort was the overseeing editor on Silent War.

The last ish of Silent War is dated August of 2007
Illuminati January 2008.

SO maybe Bendis didn't want to change his story? Of course he gets his way, and we have the SKRULL BOLT.

Reminds me of how Loeb and Mcguinness wanted to work on Hulk, so they
didn't let Pak finish his trilogy.

Yeah, Yeah, wE know, Pak has said, that Son of Hulk is the 3rd part. Maybe. But I think that's his 3rd part only after they told him Loeb is now doing your book.

It will be interesting to see if Silent War will eventually be followed up on, maybe in Secret Invasion? or afterwards in another book. I know Millar will not do it in FF, so we'll have to wait and see. Many of us really enjoyed the mini, and that was one of the best jaw-dropping cliffhangers in awhile.

We shouldn't necessarily blame Bendis for this though... in all fairness he's been prepping this story for years. I don't think either writer can be faulted... it's clearly the fault of the editors.

The other major issue to work out of course is Black Bolts involvement in WWH. He and Medusa showed up together to meet Hulk.

Whether or not it's workable to have both stories take place I suppose depends largley on when the Skrull took BlackBolts place. And the other issue is how long is the third installment of Hines story suppossed to be. If it's short and can be resolved quickly, they might be able to squeese it right before WWH. Or they can save it for later and simply say the Black Bolt we saw in WWH were skrulls.

[Cayman]

Also it seems both writers were using BB, and editorial didn't bother to coordinate. Steve Wacker (who is no longer with Marvel) was on SW and Tom Brevoort and Molly Lazer on Illuminati. Although Brevoort was the overseeing editor on Silent War.


Whuh? When did that happen?

[marshal99]

That's okay , Joe Q can always go OMD/Onslaught/House of M on the entire marvel universe so that everything will go back to normal upon reality changes. The skrull invasion ? Never happened . Cap dead ? Never happened. Civil war ? never happened.

[Beast]

Silent War was awful. Which is sadly typical of most of Hine's work.

So I won't be shedding a tear over this storyline not be followed up.

Hopefully this also means we won't see any more appearances of Hine's bastard child, Johnny Dee.

[nj06]

Okay, you have me confused. At the end of Silent War, Black Bolt was in prison. If you put Silent War before WWH, then Skrull Black Bolt was easily defeated by Hulk, and all the Inhumans are under mind control. This is easy if Maximus makes a deal with the Skrulls to kill the Humans, he will keep BB in prison, and Skrull Black Bolt is there. Then, Medusa under mind control of Maximus is there with BB when he fights the Hulk. That's why the Inhumans didn't attack during WWH. That explains where Black Bolt is, why he was so weak in WWH, and why the Inhumans had to interaction during WWH while there king is in danger. Very unlike the Inhumans. It all makes sense, what needs to be explained?


After the skrull invasion it could be explained, but why explain it now and let stories conflict. This sets up for a large Mass Crossover that Marvel seems to be planning. Think about it.

Namor and The Atlanteans. The army and Namor is with Doom. The citizens are hidden in the world, waiting to retake there home and get revenge. Both Hate The US and Shield. The Inhumans want to destory The earth so they can reclaim, and may strike a deal with Doom. Loki is back and is making deals with Doom. Red skull is destroying the US economy, and Captain America, the only one all heroes really ever united under is gone. Skrull invasion and no trust between heroes...This has to be a goal of marvel and it has been well played out.

So what needs to be explained so soon. Let Marvel work its Magic I say.

Sounds like it could be possible.

[matthewaos]

Silent War was awful. Which is sadly typical of most of Hine's work.

So I won't be shedding a tear over this storyline not be followed up.

Hopefully this also means we won't see any more appearances of Hine's bastard child, Johnny Dee.

I liked his X-Men stuff, it seemed that he was trying to do something, especially with that Mr X guy. It is also sad for me at least) that we will not see the third part of the trilogy, at least until someone change his mind. It seems that this story have many supporters, and except if they drag an awful writer to continue, we will see something mentioned somewhere.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

That Whacker news made me do a double-take. Of course that was an error....so whew. Can you imagine how wild that would be to have the new Spidey editor quit within a month.:p

[HeckBoy]

I found Silent War to be very disappointing, and what with all the initial confusion on when it took place in relation to WWH, this doesn't really surprise me. Simply put, someone over at Marvel dropped the ball and it led to this continuity conundrum. However, assuming Marvel even bothers to follows up on what happened in SW (instead of just ignoring it altogether), they can do a swift and clean retcon of all of it using the Skrulls (like chrismileslord mentioned).

[Sentinel K]

I thought Silent War was excellent but am not that upset there won't be a part 3.

[Cayman]

They should just do the third part as a Marvel Knights book.

[Clea]

Seems that Hine has confirmed (on other MB, don't recall or have link) that there will not be a conclusion to his story about the Inhumans and the terrigen crystals.

It appears that with the Skrull Black Bolt, they couldn"t figure out how to handle the story.

Also it seems both writers were using BB, and editorial didn't bother to coordinate. Steve Wacker (who is no longer with Marvel) was on SW and Tom Brevoort and Molly Lazer on Illuminati. Although Brevoort was the overseeing editor on Silent War.

The last ish of Silent War is dated August of 2007
Illuminati January 2008.

SO maybe Bendis didn't want to change his story? Of course he gets his way, and we have the SKRULL BOLT.

Reminds me of how Loeb and Mcguinness wanted to work on Hulk, so they
didn't let Pak finish his trilogy.

Yeah, Yeah, wE know, Pak has said, that Son of Hulk is the 3rd part. Maybe. But I think that's his 3rd part only after they told him Loeb is now doing your book.

It will be interesting to see if Silent War will eventually be followed up on, maybe in Secret Invasion? or afterwards in another book. I know Millar will not do it in FF, so we'll have to wait and see. Many of us really enjoyed the mini, and that was one of the best jaw-dropping cliffhangers in awhile.


Hine did say that there would be no followup to Silent War, but I don't recall seeing anyone say that this was because they 'couldn't figure out' how to write a follow-up because of the Skrull storyline. There are a couple of very obvious ways to integrate both storylines, so I doubt very much that these writers couldn't figure it out. More likely, the sales weren't good enough to warrant a direct follow up, or else the followup will be contained in the Skrull invasion story (or both).

I really like the Inhumans. They are a weird bunch of characters. I would like to see more stories about them in the future, once this Skrull invasion storyline is sorted out and finished.

[XPac]

Hine did say that there would be no followup to Silent War, but I don't recall seeing anyone say that this was because they 'couldn't figure out' how to write a follow-up because of the Skrull storyline. There are a couple of very obvious ways to integrate both storylines, so I doubt very much that these writers couldn't figure it out. More likely, the sales weren't good enough to warrant a direct follow up, or else the followup will be contained in the Skrull invasion story (or both).

I really like the Inhumans. They are a weird bunch of characters. I would like to see more stories about them in the future, once this Skrull invasion storyline is sorted out and finished.

I think it might be a good idea to just wait until after the Skrull thing before they even consider continuing the Inhumans stuff anyways.

With a skrull invasion going on, an Inhuman Invasion would just get lost in the shuffle.

[Clea]

I think it might be a good idea to just wait until after the Skrull thing before they even consider continuing the Inhumans stuff anyways.

With a skrull invasion going on, an Inhuman Invasion would just get lost in the shuffle.

I agree. The Skrull invasion is the big, big story right now. Once it plays out, there will be breathing room to get back to the Inhumans.

[Bob-el]

I think it will, but this is just my opinion.

I wouldn't hold your breath. Marvel, especially under Quesada, has not been particularly tight about explaining how events in one place tie into events in another if they aren't part of the same overall story because that would require someone keeping track of continuity and some of the creators don't care about continuity because they think it gets in the way of telling good stories that they may want to tell. We may never know when the Black Bolt/ Skrull switch occurred or when the Elektra/ Skrull switch occurred and have to sort it out for ourselves to our own satisfaction.

[Greg Anderson]

Silent War was awful. Which is sadly typical of most of Hine's work.

So I won't be shedding a tear over this storyline not be followed up.

Hopefully this also means we won't see any more appearances of Hine's bastard child, Johnny Dee.

It seems when it comes to Hine, we're entirely opposite. I love a lot of Hine's work, almost all, and I thought Silent War was terrific. Everyone who I let read it absolutely loved it. And I'm still crying a tear over it not being followed up.

Any Johnny Dee has only been in three of his stories, two he was a "main character" and the other was his first appearance which was like a page. He was nowhere near Silent War. It feels like you're just bashing Hine for whatever now.

[Beast]

It seems when it comes to Hine, we're entirely opposite. I love a lot of Hine's work, almost all, and I thought Silent War was terrific. Everyone who I let read it absolutely loved it. And I'm still crying a tear over it not being followed up.

Any Johnny Dee has only been in three of his stories, two he was a "main character" and the other was his first appearance which was like a page. He was nowhere near Silent War. It feels like you're just bashing Hine for whatever now.
I was honestly surprised he wasn't in Silent War. Since Hine puts him in everything.

And then I started to wonder... why wasn't he? Was he left out cause of fan reaction?

It would have explained all the mind control and manipulation in Silent War.

They could have even revealed that Johnny Dee was really an Inhuman to make it even worse.

[Greg Anderson]

I was honestly surprised he wasn't in Silent War. Since Hine puts him in everything.

And then I started to wonder... why wasn't he? Was he left out cause of fan reaction?

It would have explained all the mind control and manipulation in Silent War.

They could have even revealed that Johnny Dee was really an Inhuman to make it even worse.

Haha, shut up, Beast! :D Even I hated Johnny Dee with a passion, but he wasn't in everything. :rolleyes: He was only in Son of M for like 3 pages, 198, and Civil War: X-Men. That's it.

[Beast]

Haha, shut up, Beast! :D Even I hated Johnny Dee with a passion, but he wasn't in everything. :rolleyes: He was only in Silent War for like 3 pages, 198, and Civil War: X-Men. That's it.
Yes, a horrible new character crammed down our throats. He's the D-List Wolverine.

[Sentinel K]

Yes, a horrible new character crammed down our throats. He's the D-List Wolverine.

Appearing in 2 minor mini series and 1 page of a 3rd is not exactly 'crammed down our throats'.

Your hatred of the character is clouding your perspective.

[Joe Acro]

I didn't read Silent War, although it did seem interesting to me at the time. I hope that the events therein are not retconned as being Skrull-related. Hopefully, all will be made clear. I don't have high hopes for such a thing given the state of Marvel, but I still have some hope.

Yes, a horrible new character crammed down our throats. He's the D-List Wolverine.I don't really see the difference between him dragging a character around and all the times other creators do it. Jeff Parker with the Agents of Atlas, Claremont with Psylocke and Sage, and Bendis with Luke Cage. There are any number of examples, but those stick out most readily in my mind.

[OoNebsoO]

About Hulk beating Black Bolt "that easily"...we don't know that. It might've been spectacular battle where all of the Warbound helped, while BB had only Medusa by his side. A shame really, I'd enjoy that way more than any of the other battles Hulk had.

Also, notice Black Bolt's power of the whisper there. And then check the power of the scream from that Skrull Black Bolt in New Avengers: Illuminati #5. WWH BB is way way way more powerful, so, that's why I trully feel he was true BB there. And hope that's the case.

[Enigmanaut]

Didn't Luna see some sort of darkness or evil in Black Bolt in SW? Could they use that to their advantage, storywise? Luna can see the true Skrulliness because the Skrulls had no way of knowing about her power or countering it? Will Luna be the Layla Miller of Secret Invasion, pointing out who is and who is not a Skrull?

[HepOne]

Hine actually confirmed this in the Bishop thread on the Xbook forums
Unfortunately there will be no follow up to Silent War.

I was aware of the Hulk/Black Bolt fight and we did consider having Black Bolt stagger in with sticking plaster all over his face, but thought better of it.

From his explanation it would seem that WWH took place during Silent War, but this could all be changed with Secret Invasion. It was a good mini but Black Bolt was painfully OOC (hopefully skrull-bolt took over before this). It couldn't measure up to Jenkin's Inhuman mini series.

This editorial decision shows the problem of finishing a mini series on a cliffhanger without another in the works. Perhaps the sales werent good enough to warrant a sequel (threequel after Son of M). Son of M was more important because it was about Quicksilver after 'blockbuster' House of M. Now Attilian is in ruins and being ruled by Maximus, it could be years before this is adressed again. Marvel could dig themselves in the same hole with the X-men in Emperor Vulcan.

[princesa]

I loved Silent Wars. I loved Son of M for that matter. I think there are ways to make things fit and I have to know whats going on with Medusa and BB's brother.

[prodigy]

I strongly doubt Marvel is gonna pick up the ball and explain everything all nice and tight.

They need to take a few notes from DC. Those guys have things locked down tight. Case in point : Countdown/One Year Later/52 and how they keep the countless tie-ins neatly under control.

[jackolover]

I still say whatever we got in WWH, was the real Black Bolt, who blasted Hulk with his voice. The Skrull Black Bolt in Illuminati could not do that, otherwise it would have blasted the Illuminati. The shock wave that happened underwater when Amadeus Cho visited Namor in IH was the result of Black Bolts blast and its effect on the Moons wobble on tides.

[xmanson]

I really liked SW, too bad we won't see th ending of it (at least anytime soon).

Hine's X-work is dreadful, though.