Storyline: Secret Invasion Tie-In
Date: June 25th, 2008
Price: $2.99
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artists: Khoi Pham

Synopsis: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO—–? Rewinding the clock to Avengers Disassembled we reveal how one of the main players in SECRET INVASION was replaced by a Skrull and what the fallout has been. A major SECRET INVASION chapter is here! Oh, but you want to know exactly who we’re talking about right? Spoilers, dude!

Opinion: As we continue through the Secret Invasion, we watch heroes and heroines revel themselves as actually being shape-shifting aliens who have come to take over the earth. This creates another story in of itself as many fans are left wondering just how the real people were switched with their alien counterpart in the first place.

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Storyline: The Empire part 3
Date: July 25, 2008
Price: $2.99
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artists: Jim Cheung

Synopsis: For 42 issues readers of New Avengers have wondered, who caused the breakout in New Avengers #1 and why? And how was this the real start of the SECRET INVASION? Find out right here!

Opinion: Well here we go again loyal readers and fellow comic nerds. It doesn’t appear that my lambasting of the issue 41 had much affect on Mr. Bendis, as he seemed fit to go ahead and give us the same thing he did last time.

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Storyline: War of the Symbiotes
Date: June 25, 2008
Price: $2.99
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Stuart Immonen, Wade von Grawbadger, Justin Ponsor, VC’s Cory Petit

Synopsis: Part one of “War of the Symbiotes” starts off rather slow. It’s mostly a catch up of where Eddie Brock Jr. has been since we saw him back in issue #39. Although I suppose if you count Ultimate Spiderman the video game as canon, then essentially you’re reading a skewed version of that great game. Anyway the entire issue is merely a recap, not really important yet. Might be down the line, though.

Opinion: This issue was dull. I mean, it was still good, but it was merely a recap. Not worth the 3 dollars and change to purchase it. It has a Forest Gump feel, but the endearing quality Tom Hanks had is completely lost when the “Gump” is a parasitic monster who feeds on human beings.

No, I was certainly hoping for more when I saw this on the stands. I love Venom to no end. Hell I even loved Venom in Spiderman 3 and that’s saying something.

However, this return of Venom just didn’t do it for me. I think it may be that this isn’t the Todd McFarlane Venom I grew up on. He isn’t some twisted muscle bound twit who dogs Spiderman to no end. No, this is a confused college student who nearly is a pig and only hates Spiderman due to the aforementioned confusion. We’ll see if he grows on me next month, but so far, I am not wowed.

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Story Line: Secret Invasion
Date: June 4th 2008
Price: $3.99
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artists: Leinil Francis Yu, Mark Morales, Laura Martin

Synopsis: Its Avenger versus Avenger.  Hero versus hero!  Norman Osborn versus Captain
Marvel??  The Initiative versus an army of Super-Skrulls?  Is Tony Stark really a- -?  And who’s that guy with an eye patch coming to save the day??  And, oh man, who did he bring with him?

Opinion: The @#!& has hit the proverbial fan in the Marvel Universe as we watch the continued attacks of the Skrull Empire upon Earth in this third installment of this summer’s Secret Invasion event.  Needless to say, things are bad.  Really bad.  In fact, the Skrulls are so convinced of their apparent victory that they offer the Director of Shield a complete and unconditional surrender.  Yeah folks, things aren’t looking good.

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Storyline: Secret Invasion Tie-In
Date: May 29, 2008
Price: $2.99 US
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Billy Tan

Synopsis: The Avengers are trapped in the Savage Land, battling friend and foe. And Spider-Man heads to the one person in the entire place he knows he can trust: Ka-Zar!! But is it really him? This important chapter rewinds the events of the very first New Avengers story and shows how it connects to the Invasion.

Opinion: After a steady steam of perfect Secret Invasion tie-ins, Bendis has given us his first misstep in the most recent outing of those oh so new Avengers. Every recent issue of the New Avengers has served to fill in the gaps left by the Secret Invasion, answering questions and furthering the plot of Marvel’s company wide epic. However, issue #41 only adds to the confusion of the story.

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Storyline: Secret Invasion
Date: May 7, 2008
Price: $3.99 US
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artists: Leinil Francis Yu, Mike Morales, Laura Martin

Synopsis: The Invasion is here!! The Marvel Universe is in shambles. The Skrull Empire’s plan has birthed itself into perfection. It is hero versus hero!! Resurrections and reunions!! Is Tony Stark a Skrull? And is that actually Captain America leading the heroes into a new era?? EXPECT CHANGE!!

Opinion: Well, to put it lightly, the #!@& has hit the fan!!! We see heroes old and new squaring off, but that is not news to anyone, you just knew after the end of Secret Invasion #1 that there was bound to be a smackdown. What we didn’t expect was the return of a sexy bird thought long dead at the hands of Mephisto and Hawkeye wraps his hands around the familiar to save her! The part featuring Tony Stark going to work seemed a bit cheesy, especially since it brought up memories from the recent Iron Man flick. I also want to point out the page where the old vs. new hero smackdown gets interrupted - I don’t want to spoil anything… but not ONE bubble? Absolutely no one, Skrull or otherwise was surprised by that interruption!?

Click through the jump to read my full review of Secret Invasion #2, including the weird things that were said and done and wtf is going on with Luke Cage!

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Storyline: Secret Invasion Part 1 ( of 8 )
Date: April 2, 2008
Price: $3.99 US
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Leinil Francis Yu

Synopsis: The shape-shifting alien race known as the Skrulls has secretly infiltrated every super-powered organization on Earth with one goal…full-scale invasion! 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. The shocking reveals, powerful action and pulse-pounding page after page will keep you on the edge of your seat as Marvel’s greatest heroes and villains must ask…Who Do You Trust?

Opinion: I think I can speak for a lot of fans out there when I say that we are all a bit tired of events. After the anticlimactic resolutions in some of the more recent big stories, the onset of Marvel’s Secret Invasion on the surface seemed to be a tired rehash of an old throwback. It had seemed like the house of ideas had simply run out and this is all we had left. Read my take on Secret Invasion #1 after the jump.

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