Secret Empire Hydra Takeover Event

Secret Empire is a Marvel hitting the shelves in June of 2017, the event will be broken down into different phases with each phase hitting during a month. The first phase is United We Stand and the 2nd phase is Hydra Takeover. The Hydra Takeover story is designed to coincide with the Agents of Hydra story line getting ready to be launched on Agents of SHIELD.  The event spin out of the revelation that Captain America has been a life long Hydra agent and is now prepared to release the full breadth of his sinister plan to take over the country.  Secret Empire is planned to be 9 issues including the Secret Empire #0.

Secret Empire #1 is due out on shelves May 3.

Marketing for the Event:
Marvel will be partnering with various websites and brick and mortar locations in the first week of June to roll out the Hydra Takeover phase of Secret Empire.  The Secret Empire issues #4 and #5 will hit during June. The websites and apps that will take part in the take over have not been listed. Additionally select retail locations will receive special promotional items to give away during the event. I have not found a list of participating comic stores but I would reach out to your local store to see if they are participating.

I will update with a list of sites and stores participating when its available.

Promotional Items for the Event
There will a variety of promotional items that will include post cards, pins and cake toppers here are some highlights.

Secret Empire Pins
Pins featuring both the Hydra SHIELD as well as Captain America's new SHIELD.  All Marvel fans will surely want these pins to remember what will no doubt be every Marvel fans most loved event ever.

Secret Empire Pins

Secret Empire Backer Board
The Coolest promotional Item is a Lenticular Backer Board they come in bundles of 25.