Secret Invasion so Far

I make it no secret how much I disliked the past two Marvel universe major events, Biased Political Commentary (Civil War) and Marvel’s Hulk Hard-on (World War Hulk). But as they say, three times a charm. Well, at least so far. Yes, so far I am liking Secret Invasion.

Secret Invasion started off with a bang both literally and figuratively. We’ve already seen the death (maybe) of some well known characters like Dum Dum Dugan, Jarvis, and Hank Pym, and who knows else who. Bendis is keeping this story very interesting and you are left guessing at every turn.

For example we’ll take good old Tony Stark. Spider Woman (who is really the Skrull Queen) told Tony he was really a deep cover agent for the Skrull and that they had to erase his memory to do it. But is it true or not? Is Tony really a Skrull or is the queen merely trying to eliminate the director of Shield who would be one of if not the most rallying characters for Earth’s heroes and armed forces? There are many twists and turns like this but that is one example.

Plus personally I am loving trying to figure out who is a Skrull and not. In Mighty Avengers #13 and #13 end with Nick Fury standing next to a wall with pictures of heroes, some circled in blue, some circled in red but most have no circle. Presumably this is Fury singling out who is a Skrull and who isn’t.

As for the Skrulls gaining access to heroes powers, they seem to go through a process where some organic “sheet” is placed on them, then a green orb releases energy, they say a spiel and they are now in the shape of the hero/heroine they are replacing with their powers. If this can be done more than once than it would explain why a Skrull can have more than one heroes powers. Of course it could also be based on the process in which the original Super Skrull got the powers of the Fantastic Four.

During the third issue the Skrulls said it was a good thing that Thor wasn't around. During the first new issue of Thor it was said he would have a major part in a great conflict, so I definitely think it is Secret Invasion with those two bits of info. With the return of the green Hulk, its also possible that Hulk will play a major role in defeating the Skrulls.

I will say this: the future cover that shows Captain America, Iron and Thor to me is suggesting that we may see a return to a classic Avengers lineup. And with the recent Hulk movie and the upcoming Avengers movie, I think that only suggests that theory.

Again, one question leads to three more, and that’s what is great about it. Issue #4 comes out this week, so we’ll see what twists and turns Bendis has for us.