Comments on: Quick and Dirty Single Issue Review

By: Kanedoras

Kanedoras — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:31:44 +0000

For what it means, the current Captain Marvel mini-series has had a few Skrulls tell Marvel that he is actually a Skrull sleeper agent who for some reason (I can't remember if it's intentional or if something happened and he got out too early) he doesn't know that he's a Skrull. The last issue is still a week or two away, so I figure we'll find out definitely in that. But since Marvel's killed a Skrull or two since he's been back, it hasn't worked out like they were planning.

By: SanctumSanctorumComix

SanctumSanctorumComix — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:27:51 +0000

Yup.
That's what a bunch of people (myself included) have been discussing on various boards.

I'm pretty sure even Bendis himself has alluded to this sort of thing in interviews.

It's truly the only way to have some of the reveals "work" without massive geek-aneurisms.

Sure, some skrulls Do know who and what they are, but others are sleepers sent into deep cover.

I don't doubt that there will be *some* continuity gaffs, but that's sadly to be expected these days and is up to the die-hards to grok how to make them work out.

~P~
P-TOR

By: brian

brian — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:32:59 +0000

Yeah, Secret Invasion 1 was good - and this is coming from someone who dropped Bendis' Avengers books about a year ago. One reviewer over at Savage Critics is talking about how the Skrulls are like Islamic Terrorists. And I kind of get that here. But on another level this is just a pure Marvel book. Yes, after 9/11 it has a difference subtext, but at the same time the Skrulls date back 40 years and have been pulling crap like this on a smaller scale for decades in Marvel books. And I'm honest to God intrigued by that crashed ship full of heroes. Who's who? Who's real? Who's not? SPOILERS: I have a theory. I recently read a run of John Byrne's Namor. In the book he revived Iron Fist and the story line included a suplot about how Danny Rand's death was actually at the hands of the Super Skrull, who had been brainwashed to thoroughly believe he was this kid Iron Fist befriended so he would not be discovered through a mind meld. I'm wondering if that's what's happening here. The Skrulls not only have infiltrated us, but they are "sleeper agents" convinced until just the right moment that they truly are the heroes and civilians they are replacing. And that's how Bendis and everyone else will be able to explain how we haven't been reading about the real Power Man or Vision or Ms. Marvel for about 30 years. And when readers balk, they can say - "Welllll, the Skrulls 'thought' they were the real characters so, technically, they were'." So Marvel and the readers now get to have their cake and eat it too. What do you think?

By: SanctumSanctorumComix

SanctumSanctorumComix — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:26:00 +0000

Agreement all around. Yu's art never looked better (for a mainstream superhero title). I'd love his sketchy work on some dark magical, or detective noir thing, but for a big "shiny" book like Avengers, it didn't work for me. (Yes, it's the "secret defenders" Avengers, so the scratchy work worked thematically, but not so much over the long run.) In Secret Invasion, the inker really polished it all up nice. As for the writing, there were as many Bendis-tics as usual in his work, and the entire issue read very much like an explosive film segment that it kicked some ass. Enough reveals to tantalize (but, sadly I knew each of them before hand - it wasn't too difficult to guess ANY of them way in advance), but enough red-herrings came popping out of that transport ship to really make one question; are they ALL the real deal, or only SOME (while others are skrulls placed among the escapees to fool the "70's heroes" while they were on the run)? I was hooked going in, and I'm still eager. I love a good conspiracy plot. Mix it with some 1950's horror/paranoia and I'm so there! ~P~ P-TOR

By: Tomer S

Tomer S — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:31:50 +0000

I agree with Dave. Yu's art is so good in SI #1, wish he'd keep this style when the book is over. Morales'' inks and Martin's colors are perfect for this cleen look. As for the story itself, I try not to be over excited. It was a great opening nad done very well. There are so many questions that I hope will be answered in the next 7 issues, and other questions regarding small things that may be just artistic mistakes.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:19:57 +0000

Personally, I didn't get much of a "scratchy" feeling from Yu's artwork on Secret Invasion #1, I actually thought it's the cleanest his art has looked since like Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk, especially in light of his recent run on New Avengers. Morales's inks made a world of difference as far as I'm concerned, and I greatly prefer this to anything else I've seen from him in at least the past year or so.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:56:12 +0000

Thanks for the review of Wolverine: First Class. I've been enjoying Van Lente's work on MA: Spider-Man, and I'm obviously a mark for both Shadowcat and Chris Giarusso, so I should have a great time. I avoided it because the "Untold Tales" model has been beaten to death by Marvel over the years, and after countless adventures, I'd rather wonder when heroes have downtime than wonder what other adventures they fit into their already convoluted schedules... especially Wolverine.