Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus

Apparently I reviewed this as a graphic novel - but not as a single book, so hey, look review!   This is a Warzones/Battleworld mini-series, a bunch of short series - usually four to six comics - that took place between Secret Wars* and the rebooting of the All-New Marvel universe.   AKA Secret Wars was a chance to start with ones and try to bring people in from the movies without forcing them to reread seventy+ years of back issues, or making them feel it was necessary.

Battleworld and Warzones was a reason for Marvel to get funky.   Doom, who ended up calling himself Lord God Doom, gathered together what he could save from the multiverses when they were imploding due to all those fun romps through space/time.   Alternative universes and time travel were warping the basic matter of the world or something?   But like I'll say later, horrible things happen to Rocket and then I bailed, so I never fully understood SW, or cared to quite frankly.   

You have multiples of people - Tony Stark shows up in multitudes of Battleworld series, for examples, each from different parts of Battleworld.   Each Battleworld is ruled by a regent - in this case Medusa.   In the beginning of this, an insurrection is traced back to Medusa's domain of New Attilan.   Lord God Doom is, unsurprisingly, not pleased with Medusa, and calls on her to stop these insurgents.   

Which brings her to the G-Man, a spirit of ignition.   Yeah, a Ghost Rider.   This G-Man is helping those who would dare oppose Doom, and the G-Man is captured, giving Medusa only two words to help her during his interrogation: Quiet Room.   

The Quiet Room was introduced in Uncanny Inhumans, I believe.  Black Bolt sets it up as a place of peace: no fights at all allowed in, and seeing as he hosts supervillains, aliens, and other assorted super powers in the world who are frenemies or pure enemies of his other guests.  Still, I had known this and was excited to see Black Bolt. 

And then he spoke.   And my jaw dropped.   I remember the ending to this series, and I love how it all plays out and it has to do with the fact that Black Bolt can speak.   Love the ending.   I'm so excited that I get to read and review this mini series issue by issue!

*An event that killed The Punisher prematurely and shot Rocket in his adorable belly, murdering him as well.   This was my breaking point and I said 'no more!'   People pointed out that they were killing everyone, then bringing them back, but apparently shooting Rocket in his adorable little belly is my breaking point.   Who knew?