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08 05 2008

Secret Invasion #2

Posted by Alan in Comics

Secret Invasion #2Has it been a month already?  Doesn’t feel like it.

Anyway, this week brought us both the second issue of Secret Invasion, and the new issue of The Mighty Avengers.  I’m really enjoying how both the Avengers titles are showing us different aspects of this invasion, with New Avengers giving us an interesting look at the Skrull side of things, showing the events prior to the invasion, while Mighty Avengers shows us what Nick Fury was up to after discovering the Invasion for himself, gathering together a team of new characters he knows he can trust, as only he knows about them.

Secret Invasion #2 lacked the big shocks of issue 1, but still delivered.   The issue focuses entirely on events in the Savage land, as the modern day Marvel heroes confront their retro selves, fresh from a Skrull ship.   It was interesting to see how some characters from the ship are quickly revealed as Skrulls.  Spider-Man and Hawkeye from the ship are revealed to be Skrulls in short order.  Of course, I suppose this doesn’t mean that the current versions aren’t Skrulls (double bluff), but it looks unlikely.  However, we’re also presented with the idea that this Mockingbird is the real deal, and she is reunited with our Hawkeye, finally giving the character a moment of happiness after the last couple of years (something he himself touches on at one point).

We’re also shown Tony flown to safety by Miss Marvel, and he promptly starts work on a new (presumably temporary) suit of armour (which suits me fine.  I’m not a fan of the Extremis suit - I far prefer the variation of it used in the movie).

Good second issue.  While lacking the gut-punch moments of the first, it keeps the story moving along nicely.  I’m looking forward to the next issue, which promises to widen the scope a bit, going back to the other Skrull attacks from the first issue.

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  1. Pie Man 70 says:
    May 12, 2008 at 15:25

    Liked it, while I wasn’t convinced by mockingbird’s “I’m real” thing (Lets face it, a good sleeper would have all her memories) I like the idea that anyone who was in the savage land now may be a Skrull, why, we know there were skrulls on that ship and everyone got scattered by the dinosaur. Also really liked Tony pretty much saying “Well my armour isn’t working, I’ll build a new suit” Kick donkey

  2. Alan says:
    May 12, 2008 at 18:55

    Yeah. It worked well by moving the story along, having left the big shock and reader-grabbing stuff to the first issue.

    There’s several outs to the Mockingbird thing (Ronin could still be a Skrull himself), but I hope she is genuine, as it does play up the fact that the ship is a mix of real and Skrull, which throws in a nice bit of discord.

    I still reckon Luke Cage is going to be a Skrull. Look at the way he instigated the fight with the heroes from the ship.

    My only complaint with the issue was at the end. Was I supposed to realise that was the Young Avengers without having to go online? I’d assumed they were some random bystanders.

  3. Pie Man 70 says:
    May 13, 2008 at 12:05

    I actually took some time to realise those were the Young avengers, and I read young avengers. So agree with that complaint totally.

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