CBR: ALL THE KING'S MEN: The Kings & Queens

**CBR News** · 02-03-2009, 10:04 AM

CBR News talks with writers Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning about the cosmic chess
game that is "War of Kings." In this first installment of ALL THE KING'S MEN, we
identify the Kings and Queens on Marvel's cosmic chessboard.

Full article here.

**Expletive Deleted** · 02-03-2009, 10:07 AM

Cool idea, Dave. The chess conceit is a neat way to frame things, especially the way the storyline is evolving.

**Frodo-X** · 02-03-2009, 01:06 PM

I like when they do stuff like this. Like when they had the card-theme one for Secret Invasion.

This one was certainly a 'duh' one, but I look forward to the rest. Who are knights? Rooks? Bishops?..and so on.

**Pixie_Solanas** · 02-03-2009, 01:10 PM

Any way I can get a full wallsize "Fathead" of that Deathbird image?

**Scavenger** · 02-03-2009, 01:29 PM

Though as the cover of WoK and current issues of GotG tell us, there's a 3rd king on the playing field...King Blastaar!

**gorthon616** · 02-03-2009, 05:00 PM

Not entirely on topic, but wondering. Whatever happened to the Alpha Primatives?

**Assemble** · 02-03-2009, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by Agent_Torpor

Any way I can get a full wallsize "Fathead" of that Deathbird image?

Medusa Vs. Deathbird... that would awesome.

**contradictorybot** · 02-03-2009, 09:33 PM

I'm very interested in this series, but man, the cover art with Crystal and especially Lilandra is fast approaching the event horizon of Liefeldianess. Aside from the terribly drawn women it's a gorgous cover.

**firefly13** · 02-04-2009, 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by Scavenger

Though as the cover of WoK and current issues of GotG tell us, there's a 3rd king on the playing field...King Blastaar!

I was thinking the same but wasn't Blastarr appointed to look over the Negative Zone by Ronan? If that's correct then Black Bolt is his King not that Blastaar would even care.

**Expletive Deleted** · 02-04-2009, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by firefly13

I was thinking the same but wasn't Blastarr appointed to look over the Negative Zone by Ronan? If that's correct then Black Bolt is his King not that Blastaar would even care.

That's correct, but Blastaar refused to help Ronan when the Inhumans invaded and his assault on the Negative Zone prison is seemingly unsanctioned. Blastaar is nominally a Kree vassal, but his allegiance is suspect.

That said, for the purposes of something like this, I wouldn't be shocked to see Blastaar as one of Black Bolt's rooks.