Inhumans: Attilan Rising

Inhumans: Attilan Rising #1-5

by Charles Soule (Writer), John Timms (Illustrator)

There is a rebellion brewing on Battleworld and it stretches far and wide into every domain. Medusa, ruler of Attilan, is tasked with uncovering the leader of this uprising, and scuttling it with extreme prejudice. When she discovers the leader of this rebellion is Black Bolt, however, things get complicated.Collecting: Attilan Rising 1-5

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, Fantasy, Comic Book

112 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2016

About the author

Charles Soule is a #1 New York Times-bestselling novelist, comics author, screenwriter, musician, and lapsed attorney. He has written some of the most prominent stories of the last decade for Marvel, DC and Lucasfilm in addition to his own work, such as his comics Curse Words, Letter 44 and Undiscovered Country, and his original novels Light of the Jedi, The Endless Vessel, The Oracle Year and Anyone. He lives in New York.

Reviews

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

For what it was, it wasn't bad.
However, part of the problem (a large part) with the Secret Wars tie-in stuff is that nothing that happens here will ultimately matter. And we all know it.



I think I enjoyed this one as much as I did, because I looked at it strictly from a What If standpoint, and didn't try to make it anything more. If you can do that, I think you'll have a more enjoyable reading experience.



Set during the time that Doom was (basically) a god, this deals with his version of the Inhumans. Which means that there are some interesting adjustments not only to the regular cast, but from the cameos characters, as well.
For example: Star-Lord, the lounge singer!



Ok. The other problem with this is that there aren't a ton of fans salivating to get their hands on the X-men's ugly cousins.
Sadly, since Fox still owns the film rights to Marvel's mutants, and Marvel wants/needs to have something that feels sort of mutantesque in their movie lineup, we're gong to have to keep swallowing the Inhuman pill in our comics for quite some time.
Try not to get too depressed.
We're all in this together, True Believers!



Still. Coulda been worse. I'm not a huge fan of Charles Soule, because his writing always feels sort of bland to me. Almost every time I read something by him lately, I feel like I would really like it if...something. And I'm never quite sure what that something is, you know? Frustrating.
Having said that, I had more fun reading this one than I thought I would.



If you love the Inhumans, or you're a Secret Wars completionist, then check this one out. Otherwise, it won't hurt to give it a pass.

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Most of these Battleworld / Warzones books have the same plot and I'm getting tired of it. Some of the characters are rebels working to overthrow Doom's government. Insert variation of the plot here. The characters are written very generically and are pretty much interchangeable. They have none of the personalities of their characters before Secret Wars. Consequently, it makes it extremely hard to care for any of them. The only memorable thing about this book was the nice little twist at the end.

[Terence · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dissension to the point of rebellion is brewing in the Battleworld governed by New Attilan. Doom commands Medusa, Queen of New Attilan, to annihilate the rebellion quickly.


Attilan Rising was an interesting Secret Wars miniseries. It reinvisions many of the Inhumans personalities most notably Black Bolt, who has never gone through terrigenesis instead of being exposed to the terrigen mist in the womb.

Instead of the Inhumans being a fledgling group, they are the power and hands of Doom in that Battleworld.

One oddity in the story is that it's never clearly stated why anyone would want to rebel against Doom. The reasons listed were mild at best. Anyone who read Secret Wars or other Battleworld miniseries would undoubtedly understand why people would rebel against Doom, but little reason is provided in the series.

I enjoyed Attilan Rising overall, but I was disappointed about some of the characters excluded. It features most of the Inhuman Royal Family and most of the NuHumans, but some notable characters are left out such as Maximus and Crystal. Crystal often is excluded so that isn't surprising, but it's rare for Maximus not to make an appearance. It would have been interesting seeing him in a total different way and perhaps working with Black Bolt. I also was disappointed that Inferno, Reader, and Iso weren't featured. Most notably Inferno because he is my favorite NuHuman.

Attilan Rising was a good miniseries that allowed the author to freely mess with establish pieces of the Inhumans story.

[Sesana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not the best Secret Wars miniseries, by a long shot, but probably not the worst, either. In all honesty, it was mostly kind of dull. It felt like a lot of running around to no good purpose. I actually found the ending to be really interesting, though I imagine a lot of people are going to absolutely hate it. For me, that ending was the only real redeeming characteristic of a book that's otherwise dull at best.

[Sud666 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Part of the execrable modern Secret Wars story arc we get this: Battleworld. Battleworld is where stupid heroes and villains try to battle an omnipotent being. In the first one it was the Beyonder and in this rendition we have Dr. Doom.

Ok so Doom creates these separate battle worlds..this one focuses on Attilan. Queen Medusa is regent for Doom. She rules Manhattan. Black Bolt can talk and he runs a bar. (Don't ask). Black Bolt is also leading a rebellion. During the process of this mess he gets his voice back. Then he's powerful again and no longer wants to run a bar. He goes off to fight his wife. Oh and in the meanwhile some Ghost Rider type from the 1940's is running arounding battling hulks on hulkworld..oh and there is the Thor patrol too...

After that abortion of a review you might wonder why I even gave this drivel two stars. Three reasons:
(1) The actions bits with the Medusa/Black Bolt were not too bad.
(2) The artwork is actually good
(3) I'm in a generous mood and don't really want to admit I bought a 1 star book :)

There you have it! Battleworld! Dr. Doom-God! Black Bolts Speaks! Medusa is Regent! That's about it.

[Sonic · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sorry, the art just did not do it for me.

It is possible that the art kept the writing from doing it for me too, ...

[Subham · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was really good!

I have fond memories of reading it and man those memories came back. The story is about Medusa being asked to be in control of the Atillan domain under Dr Doom but when she meets an opposing force in the resistance and the Quiet Room led by Black Bolt, its an interesting experiment and its Medusa and her forces like Auran and Ms Marvel vs this resistance and its a great story, we see the battle, then the reunity and then the loves unite and destroying this mind controlled realm of doom until this experiment commences again but with new variables?

Its a solid volume and has like so many great twists with Ghost Rider and Daredevil also being here and like does such a great job at portraying Black Bolt as this resistance figure who will do anything to fight against Doom and believes in the cause and at the same time showing Medusa's evolution as a character and what she has went through. Plus the ending is epic and the art so good, consistent. One of the better secret wars tie ins.

[Jordan Lahn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm still getting to know the Inhumans, but I quite enjoyed this book. More than I was expecting to. Bad ass grown up Kamala Kahn was a nice surprise, as was the twist ending. Worth checking out, especially if you enjoyed the latest Inhuman series.

[Joana · Rating 5 out of 5]

First of all, this was a bit confusing for someone who's a casual comics reader and hasn't read anything else from the Secret Wars. So yeah... I'm still a bit confused about all the backstory and background of everything. But actually, being a bit confused in the middle of this wasn't such a turn off as it normally is, asnd I still had a lot of fun with this :)
First plus thing, my favorite superhero appeared on this and I didn't even know it, so yeah, seeing this version of Daredevil was really fun and different from any other comic I've read with him :) Also awhile ago I read Ms Marvel and it was also interesting to see this version of her. Also Auran is so different from the show... I'm wondering if Auran is alwyas so different or if it's a particular thing from this universe... And it was just fun to see all this familiar characters (and some not so familiar characters)...
It was really interesting to see Medusa and Black Bolt's relationship in this - I really liked them!! They are the reason I'm reading Inhuman comics :)
After that ending, I really want to keep reading this series/storyline, and I'm pretty sure there's something big that happens in the Quiet Room - there's something in there that is always on the "Medusa x Black Bolt" tag on tumblr... So definitely curious to read more :D

[Adam Stone · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of the most actualized concepts from the entire Secret Wars experiment. Soule had been working on the Inhumans titles for a while, so it's not a surprise that he has a strong sense of these characters, even when presenting alternative versions of them.

This reads like a Prohibition-era rebellion story with a real fun hook.

If you're going to read any of the Marvel Secret Wars books, this would be one of my top three recommendations.

[Clarissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a 4- stars situation. I enjoyed this mini-series quite a lot.

[R. Archer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Definetly a comic that makes you wonder what goes through writers heads, but I am a Soule fan, so I'll take it. and also read this purely for 1602 Matt Murdoch. I need more of Bard Murdoch honestly

[ScottIsANerd (GrilledCheeseSamurai) · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ummm...

What?

So I just read the final issue in this series and I turn the last page and suddenly I am struck with the realization that...

Well...

None of it mattered.

Marvel promised to me over and over again before all this Secret Wars shit started that "These stories matter."

Their words. Not mine.

And then they hand me this big stinking pile of crap?

This story didn't matter. It was five issue of a Groundhog day story with Inhumans in it.

So many things that were just so shit.

So Medusa is tasked by Doom to take down a group of rebels that are trying to fuck his shit. Turns out Blackbolt (sans powers) is the leader of the rebels.

Both Medusa and Black Bolt have their little teams. Medusa doing Dooms work and Black Bolts team trying to take down Atillan (apparently Atillan is a transmitter for Dooms mind control across Battleworld).

Okay - cool.

Only not. Cuz when Black Bolt finally meets Medusa (after she has been trying to murder his team) he's all like "Yo, Medusa, Doom is bad. You better switch sides!" And then she's all like, "Really? Oh. My bad. I'ma be on your side now. Thanks, tips."

and now they are a team. Literally. Just like that. Then all of a sudden Black Bolt gets the shit kicked out of him and even though he has refused Terrigenesis in this version of Secret Wars reality (for some lame ass reason) he's all like, "Hey, Medusa, I've got a headache from that ass kicking I just got - give me some of that mist shit so I can feel better."

And boom. Black Bolt has powers.

Off he goes to kick Dooms ass.

Only Doom is all like... "oh wow! Just like last time!" He snaps his fingers and time reverts to the beginning of the series...only this time the roles are flipped and Medusa is the leader of the rebels and Black Bolt is the Regent of Atillan.

And off they go to do it all over again. The end. So none of it mattered.

Fuck you Marvel. You lied.

Despite this crapfest - I'm still looking forward to the Uncanny Inhumans when it launches after Secret Wars is over (Holy shit I cant wait until its over).

Hopefully, it will be better than this.

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've never followed the Inhumans much, and I know very little about the characters, but I thought this was one of the better Secret Wars titles. It's such a comic book. Know what I mean? I'm talking about bright colors, cool characters, and toenail-biting action. It's like doing cocaine and watching Saturday morning cartoons. Have I lost you? Maybe you can get down on this coolness. Or maybe you need to just go eat a cheese sandwich and stare at your Facebook. This book was a lot of fun, ya'll.

[Fizzgig76 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reprints Inhumans: Attilan Rising #1-5 (July 2015-November 2015). The Voice Unheard is a terrorist group meaning to overthrow the rule of Doom. Medusa and her Inhumans are out to infiltrate and stop the cell before it does irreparable damage to New Attilan. Blackagar is the leader of the Voice Unheard. He sees Doom for what he is…a tyrant. Blackagar and his freedom fighters are out to stop New Attilan before it is too late for Battleworld.

Written by Charles Soule, Battleworld: Inhumans: Attilan Rising is a Marvel Comics superhero comic book collection. The series spins out of the Secret Wars title and features art by John Timms.

I always liked the Inhumans growing up. They were weird and odd and when they appeared it was something special…then Marvel started pushing them. The rights to the X-Men were all tied up with FOX and the Inhumans could be the potential new X-Men…but they weren’t the X-Men. They got their maligned TV series and tons of titles that felt like they only ran for short stints. Battleworld: Inhumans: Attilan Rising rises from the attempts to raise the visibility of the Inhumans.

The story itself is rather interesting. Like most of the Secret Wars storylines, it has you rooting for terrorists. Doom is ruling Battleworld with an iron fist and it is only small factions that can fight against him. The story plays out as the terrorists trying to convince the sympathizers that Doom is the evil one…and once that fails, Doom steps in and reverse the roles with the implication that it has all played out before.

The problem is that in general, the story feels mired in the whole Secret Wars convoluted storyline. It was kind of hard to follow Secret Wars and with tons and tons of titles, few seemed to get a grasp on Secret Wars and any idea of what it was supposed to do. The highlighting of specific characters (like the Inhumans) wasn’t a bad thing, but since Secret Wars was always going to be temporary, it is hard to be invested in the story because it essentially is a “What If?” story that requires readers to buy five issues. It is a hard sell for a story that is slightly better than average.

Secret Wars is generally considered a mess. I like that it did give characters some “page time” that didn’t always get featured in comics, but besides that, it just felt rather gimmicky. Inhumans: Attilan Rising had moments (I particularly liked when the usually mute Black Bolt gained his powers…Medusa wasn’t quite ready), but for the most part, the series can be skipped except for hardcore fans.

[Krzysztof Grabowski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dobra historia, która osiąga szczyty epickości w ostatnim zeszycie, sprawiając, że wydusiłem z siebie takie "WOW", a jednocześnie droga do finały momentami dłuży się niemiłosiernie, ale i tak jestem w stanie przymknąć na to oko. Soule spisał się całkiem nieźle.

Meduza rządzi Attilanem w tym skrawku świata wykreowanego przez Boga Dooma, ale jednocześnie gdzieś na terenie jej dominium znajduje się ośrodek oporu Inhumans, którzy planują coś zrobić, aby stawić czoła tyranii samozwańczego bóstwa. Tyle, że złoczyńca zleca królowej wyplenienie tych zarodków rebelii, na której czele stoi sam Black Bolt. Tutaj o dziwo nie ma on swojego śmiercionośnego głosu, ale i tak w pewnym momencie da popis, że szczena opada...

Fabuła jest w gruncie rzeczy prosta. Medusa zleci komuś zadanie inwigilacji komórek terrorystycznych i zaraz potem zaczyna się wymiana ognia/mocy. Do tego mamy tu naprawdę ładne ilustracje John Timms, gdzie bardzo podobają mi się i twarze, i ekspresje i moce. Miałem tylko jeden mały zgryz. Mianowicie DOOM. Skoro on jest tu tak wszechpotężny, to czemu dał sobie spuścić wciry w Secret Wars. A tutaj wszystko ładnie rozegrał. Trochę mi się to gryzie.

[Alex E · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is another "alternate universe" type story from the whole "Secret Wars" event from Marvel in which the Inhumans are split in two. One side (led by Black Bolt) leads the rebellion again the society that Doom has setup for our characters. The other side is led by Medusa is employed by Doom to essentially keep the peace.

As always with these types of stories, its cool to see characters that we know and love in roles you wouldn't expect them in. Kamala Kahn as a bad ass assassin shapeshifter? Black Bolt as a smooth talking bar owner? Medusa working with Doom!?! Very cool. Unfortunately the story never really gets deeper than that other than the "twist" at the end, but still a good fun read.

I really enjoyed the art and the plot moved along very quickly.

Overall a good enjoyable read, with a bit of a confusing ending. If you want a quick, solid comic book, check this one out.

[Brandon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Medusa is the Queen under God Doom's rule, and Black Bolt is the leader of the rebel resistance trying to take down Doom's authority. The Inhumans, and a variety of other Marvel characters, guest as Black Bolt tries to stop Doom from being all evil and stuff. 5 issues later and the tie-in ends. There's a great moment with Black Bolt, now a regular person and not a monarch, speaking out against Inhuman society and the geneocracy. That doesn't happen often (in most Inhumans books it's Crystal being annoyed at the monarchy thing) so it happening for a few pages in a random Secret Wars AU tie-in that soon gets forgotten is neat but also disappointing. This book is just okay, I enjoyed it and thought it was neat but it aside from a few cute moments like that there's not much to recommend here.

[Hogfather]

If this is one of the best Battleworld stories, well, that doesn't speak very well of the other Battleworld stories. But it's not a bad story, and the way in which it probes the whole conceit of Battleworld is very interesting. Why would Doom allow all of these people to develop treasonous tendencies? Why does he always reset the world such that people can revolt against him again? It's very indirect, but it probes at who Doom is and what he is. Funny - an Inhumans story that says more about Doom than it does about the actual Inhumans.

[Villain E · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this to be the most readable Battleword book so far. Medusa is in charge of Attilan and New York. Black Bolt, who hasn't undergone terrigenesis, leads the resistence. With new and familiar faces on both sides of the fight. The story manages to be set in both the local region and the Battleworld itself. I think Black Bolt swayed Medusa to his way of thinking a little too easily. The ending was interesting, if vague.

[Sean · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Battleworld books are so completely random in terms of quality you never know what you'll get. Here, Charles Soule delivers an entertaining resistance tale with a pretty good hook. I loved seeing Black Bolt in a new way and actually loved how Doom dealt with the rebellion. There were interesting character choices and super fluid artwork from John Timms. Overall, one of the best Secret Wars tie-ins.

[Benja Calderon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Otro tie-in donde podemos entender la existencia del mismo
Porque en Battleworld no todos confían plenamente en Dios Doom, y en el dominio de New Attilan cosas están pasando, una insurrección se ha levantado y Medusa, la regenta del lugar, debe ponerle fin

Pero no todo es lo que parece con Doom... y aunque se niegue de su divinidad, su poder sigue siendo enorme

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was feeling a bit blah about the whole thing. But the ending was pretty great so that elevated the whole endeavor. Nice to finally see the whole Royal family finally again in an Inhumans title. It's been much, much too long since they've all been in one book.

[Roman Colombo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another cool corner of Battleworld. Auran got to return for a little bit, which was great. And we get to see Black Bolt in a much different way. Five issues was a bit much for this, but that ending...fascinating. Utterly fascinating.

[B · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was kind of fun actually.

I think it never really got over "It's Black Bolt, but he CAN TALK."

And it never really gave Daredevil much to do except to say that he was Irish over and over again.

But what the hey. I even liked the "twist" ending.

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is great, a tie-in that actually makes me want to read all of the other books and the main event. It’s a solid resistance story, which Marvel usually does well, and the many-worlds elements work well. Loved it.

[Ines · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good one from the battleworld. Queen Medusa is serving Doom and helping keeping order of His domain. All is well until she captures a prisoner that makes her doubt her faith. This series was pretty cool, but the end was a blast! I did not see it coming.

[sia · Rating 3 out of 5]

not boring, not amazing. like most of secret wars tie-ins the plot was there... idk what else to say

it was a fun read, i but confusing at first but ultimately not bad. i did enjoy the art, alright some character designs did disappoint

[Michael Powell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Read

Really enjoyed the New telling of Black Bolt and Attlian. Even this version of Ghost Rider was something unique and smart.

[Patrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars