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03 04 2008

Secret Invasion #01

Posted by Alan in Comics

So, for a good while now, I’ve been a DC man.  I can’t really say when it happened.  Used to be big into Marvel when I first started getting into comics.  I bought Spider-Man during the Clone Saga (which I enjoyed - but I’ll agree it went on far longer than it should’ve), Iron Man, Deadpool, Heroes Reborn.   But at somepoint (well, for Spider-Man, it was when Aunt May was resurrected and Amazing #400 retconned) I slowly drifted over to DC.  But a good friend of mine is still a true believer and keeps me up-to-date with the goings on at Marvel (although I’ll admit to reading all Brubaker’s run on Captain America.  That’s comic book gold).

So, with the hype around Secret Invasion, and the artwork I enjoyed so much in Superman Birthright, I thought I’d check out the competition Final Crisis has.

Grant Morrison better have something special up his sleeves.   I’m a DC guy, but that was a phenomenal read.  Even as someone who hasn’t read much Marvel lately (albeit someone up-to-date on the current goings-on) even I was picking my jaw off the desk at some of the twists.

I’m definitely on board for the whole 8 issues (glad to see 8 issues and not 7 - recent events, *cough*Infinite Crisis*cough*, felt too rushed at 7 issues).

Of course, many recent events have proven that writing a killer first issue is only a fraction of the battle.   The afore-mentioned Infinite Crisis had a dynamite first issue as well (”This looks like a job for Superman!”), but fizzled out badly as it went on.   If Secret Invasion can maintain this level of quality though, DC should be a bit concerned.

My only concern: I looked at the checklist for tie in titles at the back and shook my head.   I’m intrigued to pick up some of them (both Avengers books at a minimum I’d have thought), but there’s no way I’m buying them all.  I fell into that trap with Infinite Crisis, and if the story can’t stand on its own 8 issues, then I’ll have a problem with it.

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  1. Pie Man 70 says:
    April 7, 2008 at 9:20

    Hells I have a kid on the way, so no buying the lot, checklist or no. I’ll probably stick to my usual pull list (WHich covers both Avengers titles and Ms Marvel) and may pick up the Captain Britain & MI13 title as well (It looks good and Paul Cornell is writiing) But I reckon yous houdl be ok with the core title. Guess time will tell but I’m not pikcing up another bloody X-Book to fill in story gaps, I already resent having to pick up X Factor or something to fill in a She Hulk story (Damn you peter David, you only get away with this because you’re a good writer)

    Still, Cracking first issue. And Bendis kept his staggerd dialogue into a more realistic pattern. His Mighty avengers issues were suffering form it and thought bubbles (Which were good but he went to town on it) but they have calmed down of late.

    For a marvel fan it was nice to see some questions answered. The corrupt force in SHIELD, was Skrull Duggan, The Skrull in the Initive’s Camp Hammond was Pym. And Jarvis, my gods.

  2. Alan says:
    April 7, 2008 at 9:47

    Yeah. The Skrull reveals were big “they’re screwed” moments. Brilliantly done. Jarvis especially was a big kick in the teeth. Although the Sue Storm thing did serve to underline that we don’t know how long they’ve been replaced for.

    The good thing about Civil War, was that the 7 issues alone read fine, so I’m optimistic the same will be true here (ok, so the main issues of Civil War had continuity conflicts with the tie ins, but on their own, they held up). I’m hoping that DC will be the same with Final Crisis. I think its pretty important to these things that the core titles should stand on their own.

    Saying that, I’m still going to be tempted to pick up the Avengers issues. I’d presume they’ll be the most important of the tie ins.

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