| Secret Invasion |  | Author: Brian Michael Bendis
Creator: Leinil Francis Yu
Publisher: Marvel
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Edition: 1st Printing
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 248
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Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 6.6 x 0.4
ISBN: 078513297X
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9780785132974
ASIN: 078513297X
Publication Date: January 21, 2009
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SECRET INVASION IS HERE! The shape-shifting alien race known as the Skrulls has secretly infiltrated every super-powered organization on Earth with one goal - full-scale invasion! In this collected edition, page-after-page unveils reveal-after-reveal and shocking moment-after-shocking-moment! Brian Bendis and Leinil Francis Yu leap off the pages of mega-hit New Avengers and deliver a story that will change the Marvel Universe forever! Collects Secret Invasion #1-8.
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 fight scene after fight scene. August 18, 2010
Chris Dietz
When I was at my local book store and saw the book Secret Invasion: The Infiltration read it, and bought it because it was fairly interesting. So when I learned that the sequel to that book, Secret Invasion was out I decided to buy it. I was very disappointed.
Essentially a book that was years in the making is a twenty minute read. The first issue is actually really good and makes you wonder what's going to happen next. Then after that it's just a big fight scene. Sure we have the great character moment where Iron Man is tricked into thinking that he might be a skrull, but besides that the storyline isn't a story and ends on a "that's it?!" note.
The moment that really made me question the story telling was when Norman Osborn killed Veranke, the skrull queen and becomes head of national security. That would make sense, except for the fact that nearly every other "good guy" character in this book was about to kill her. Does that mean if Wolverine killed her he would have been the head of national security? Probably not.
The skrull's plan doesn't even make sense because essentially it's just sending in hordes and hordes of troopers to fight. There's no planning whatsoever, except for the main skrull, Veranke who does do some planning but she's the only person in an entire army to think thing's out, which if this was real life even with their power they would be easily defeated, far more easily then they were.
So overall a disappointing read with decent artwork, in fact the only reason why I give this book 2 stars is the art.
 What's All the Fuss About? May 17, 2010
Tyler S. (Brentwood, CA United States)
I liked Secret Invasion more than House of M and Avengers Disassembled. House of M was a little better written, but this crossover is equally as entertaining. Bendis does a great job at wielding these characters of the Marvel Universe in such a fashion that prevents favoring or narrowing. While the cover of the trade seems a little inappropriate, the artwork is awesome in compliment to the writing. Most complain that Secret Invasion is a letdown, but I'd say that with lower expectations you will be very satisfied.
You definately have to know a lot about the Marvel Universe in order to jump into this trade. It traces around groups such as the Thunderbolts and the Avengers Initiative, which may be a bore if you are unfamiliar with those groups. I'm impressed however that Bendis utilized all these groups in an effective fashion, and I expected things to get too clustered. Avengers Disassembled had that feeling, where everyone feels crowded on a small stage. Secret Invasion allows for a much larger scale involving dozens more characters. House of M involved a plot that became more and more tricky as time went on, where this one starts complicated and ends simple. Yeah, I ended up liking Secret Invasion more than I predicted I would.
For more definately check out Secret Invasion: Thor, and Secret Invasion: Black Panther. Both are awesome supplemental stories.
Inside Job April 17, 2010
Tomas (Banfield, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
This is a great comic... One of the best crossovers... The Skrulls infiltrating every super-human group and no one trusting no one. I was almost sad I finish reading it.
The end to crossover mania? Not yet, unfortunately. October 4, 2009
Joe Sixpack -- Slipcue.com (...in Middle America)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"Secret Invasion"
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Illustrated by Leinil Yu
(Marvel Comics, 2009)
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At last, the culmination of several years worth of relentless crossover, tie-in mega-"events" that have dominated Marvel's output for the last several years. It turns out that many of the reality-wrenching events -- "Civil War", etc. -- were the result of covert meddling by the alien Skrull empire, which has mounted a global invasion by infiltrating Earth's security forces and various superhero teams. This eight-part grand finale is intended to tie it all together. I picked up this volume after having first read several of the tie-in graphic novels (primarily the Avengers-related titles) so I felt I was fairly well-prepped for the big denouement that would explain it all. Unfortunately, I found the main event to be a bit garbled and rushed; it was more of a big slugfest than an explanation, the plot itself is a bit confusing.
I think we were all supposed to have read the fanzine articles and know where this was headed, rather than have the story itself explain things. Various characters were resurrected, but some were "real" and others were not. The real-deal Thor appears and helps tip the balance of power, after having been killed off a while ago when his own book came to an end. No explanation - he just appears, and is accepted as the genuine article. In a similar vein, Captain America also shows up to lead the charge, but I was never sure if he was the real Cap or not -- he showed up in the Savage Land, and might have been a Skrull replica, but turns out to be human, yet it's never made explicit in "Secret Invasion" if this Cap is really Steve Rogers, or Bucky, his replacement. Meanwhile, we get a LOT of two-page battle spreads with dozens of combatants zapping and smashing one another, the sort of thing that used to flood Marvel books, for a page or two, but which became thematically flat this time around.
Worse, still, is the way the series ends, with the abrupt set-up for -- groannnnnnn -- yet *another* continuity-changing crossover blah blah blah storyline, the "Dark Reign" series, where bad guys like Norman Osborne (aka The Green Goblin) are put in charge of the world's superheroes. Whatever. As a longtime Marvel fan I am really, really tired of these endless parades of crossover "special events." The last few have simply sucked the air out of most of their super books, particularly promising titles like the New Avengers, where the characters themselves have no room to breathe. There's no personality left in the books, only grand story arcs and mechanistic plot devices that often do not seem plausible or in keeping with the old Marvel realities. Maybe these things sell more copies of books, as "must-read" books, but enough is enough. In the final analysis, the Skrull invasion was a disappointment, and the coming Dark Reign story cycle seems tiresome and contrived. Please, make it stop! (Joe Sixpack, ReadThatAgain book reviews)
God-flippin-awful September 2, 2009
Owen Sloan (North America)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
After reading this series, I damn near gave up on comics all together and to be honest, I stopped reading this series 1 issue short of completion entirely because I just couldn't care less what happened.
The story was full of twists and turns that went nowhere. Oh boy that's the real Captain America on that ship! Oh...no turns out it wasn't...etc., repeat, repeat. Granted that is the point of the Skrulls, to trust no one, but it became something empty and useless. There eventually was little drama, why bother caring for this person its just a skrull, oh it isn't?!...oh nope, see just a skrull...huh. Furthermore the fight scenes were just cut and paste. Generic skrull punches hero in big city battle...yawn.
The only decent thing in this storyline is the artwork. Kudos to Yo.
Other than that, Secret Invasion was my first taste of Brian Michael Bendis and like a rotten piece of fruit, I threw it right into the trash and learned to never read anything else by him.
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