Spider-man makes a joke. He says that when as long as the Watcher does not show up at the site of the fight, that the heroes’ engagement against the Skrulls is not of major significance. Just for a laugh, the Watcher does show up to record the event in his history. However, the fight goes on and we’ll finally learn what the Skrull masquerading as Doctor Pym gave to the Avenger founder, the Wasp. As the fight with the Skrulls seemed to end, the Wasp is transformed into something that may threaten the heroes. But what is it exactly?
It’s another big fight issue with Skrulls being massacred on every page. There’s not much too say about this issue. It’s mostly the type of filler, that would have filled about 5 pages two decades ago in comic books. This entire series could have been told in about two issues in old Avengers’ stories. One of the main problems with Secret Invasion is how it massacres the classic Avengers’ storyline, the Kree-Skrull war. This story is but an afterthought based on that classic story, but without the depth. Something tells me that the last issue will involve the Kree coming up and messing everything in the following issue. I have a feeling that something about Jessica Jones' baby will be revealed next issue. There is after all, the old plot point about her child with Cage having glowing eyes, in older Avengers’ stories.
The fights in this issue are not well choreographed. They are like a collection of posters patched together with speech bubbles. It’s hard to follow the action. This is an entire mess and it will be interesting to see if the extra large final issue will be able to salvage this series.
Although I have stuck with this series, it has yet to win me over, despite the interesting premise. I was completely turned off by the ridiculous characterizations and contrived situations (if the first thing Hawkeye/Ronin does is steal the skrull Hawkeye's bow to use, why doesn't he just carry one himself? If Reed Richards couldn't make a skrull detection device in his lab, how can easily he do so with a bunch of alien technology aboard a skrull spaceship?). And this issue is just wall-to-wall action with very little charater work at all. I'm also not crazy about Yu's overly scratchy art. Personally, I'm enjoying Final Crisis a lot more, both in the script department and art.
Thunderbolts #137
New creative team brings worry about this series' future quality.
Spider-Woman #2
The series still works, even without voice-overs!
Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural #1
The new Sorcerer Supreme, chosen to defend our reality is attacked by Doctor Doom in order to save our reality from...the new Sorcerer Supreme?!
Thor #603
Donald Blake and Thor help Sif establish a secret identity while Loki and Dr. Doom exchange “gifts”…
Spider-Woman #1
One of Marvel’s most sultry, sassy, and super powered heroines gets a new monthly series.
Old Man Logan: How the Best Went Bad
Last year Mark Millar began the best Wolverine story in a decade...and this year he completed a story that was just as bad as a thousand others.
The Amazing Spider-man #605
This issue is about love, or Peter Parker’s lack of. Just as the cover implies, it’s about all the people in Parker’s life and their “it’s complicated” love lives
Dark Wolverine #78
Daken, the Dark Wolverine has been witnessed killing innocent bystanders and Norman Osborn is trying to fix the mess
Captain America Reborn #3 of 5
While Captain America relives his days on ice and his fight against the Skrulls during the Kree / Skrull war, the Falcon rescues the current Captain America
The Amazing Spider-man #604
The Chameleon is on the loose about to explode a nuclear device in the middle of New York City
