Marvel Sercret Invasion 2022....have you wet your pants yet?

Published:

May 04, 2022

Writer:

Ryan North

Penciler:

Francesco Mobili

Cover Artist:

R.B. Silva  

“THE SKRULLS ARE BACK... ...in a giant-sized issue kicking off an all-new five-part miniseries! When Maria Hill detects the merest HINT of Skrulls, she acts quickly to put her defensive plans into action. And when Nick Fury is sent to investigate a Skrull sighting in Iowa, he finds the LAST thing he was expecting! Our pale blue dot is in their sights, and this time, Earth's old defenses won't work... Find out who you REALLY trust: The invasion begins NOW.”

 Well, firstly: no spoilers. I don't do that. Secondly....May? This just appeared and I do not think Marvel has ever been this far behind on publishing (maybe they need to get Jim Shooter back….no. last thing we want is Marvel throwing out regular good comics again!).

I’ll add a thirdly here: “giant sized issue”??????? Does it have more pages than a regular comic?  Problem here is that the art was okay but the story was pick and mix –a bit of the story here. A bit of the story there and it’s trying to be clever when that type of format was a pain in the ass in TV series, Hollywood movies and…oh, yeah: comics. If comics are teaching kids one thing it’s that black men like saying “Mother **&**!“ a lot.  

From page one I thought it might get interesting but then I thought “is anything going to happen?”  It did. Sadly, it was a wet squib. All of those pages to lead up to….which Avengers can you trust?  Seriously, I checked and that was it. What the actual f are these people doing?

I just got flash-backs to the X-Men and the whole “Is your child a mutant?” and then Secret Invasion (the first series) which was a rip off of the 1980s Manhunter storyline at DC where heroes and trusted friends had all be replaced by…Manhunters.

I know that there are only so many story ideas you can go with and try to be creative but reading this I was thinking “Secret Wars 2023 coming up I guess!”

I was teethed on Marvel comics. I had arguments with my DC loving older brother over which was best. At one time in the 1980s I was buying every Marvel title each month and come the 1990s the crap set in. You can actually point to the final issue of west Coast Avengers and say “This is where it was digging in” (in case you never read it, it is awful crap; the main Avengers decide to shut down the West Coasters (DEEEEP credibility extinguishing breath here)  because their HQ had been infiltrated by an enemy. Yes, the main Avengers team whose mansion HQ had been invaded by Ultron, the swordsman, powerman (the original guy), the Masters of Evil and a full list od A, B and C lister villains decided that a one off on the West Coast was too much).

You know, its odd but as I was reading this I was watching the BEST Marvel animated series Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes (another great series that was dumped, open plotlines and all when the movie was popular and replaced by…crap –there is a pattern developing) and its Secret Invasion storyline…far superior to this #1 and WHICH Avenger can we trust? Who cares.