Secret Invasion, Book 2

by Brian Michael Bendis

Book Overview

In this work Spider-Man versus Captain America in the jungles of the Savage Land But who is who and what is what? At least one of these people isn't who they say they are. A huge chapter in the 'Secret Invasion' story is revealed as more information as to how the Skrulls set their major plans in motion comes to light.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785129480
• ISBN13: 9780785129486
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.5"
• Age Range: 9 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 4 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

It's Skrull Open Season!!

A Skrull Analysis for you: The Skrulls are everywhere this season. But - the Skrulls have never been my favourite bad guys for the reason that like Hydra, AIM, etc - they've been pretty non-threatening assembly line bad guys. Looks wise, they also feel like green humanoid cast offs from Godzilla's family. Hence, the SECRET INVASION - which is the one serious attempt to revive the Skrulls and give them street cred. Because the Skrulls inherently have no personality of their own ("Yes my Queen." "No my Queen") - taking over the identities of our favourite heroes makes a lot of sense. Now we get insights into the imposters, but as familiar faces. That's the whole spin of the Secret Invasion. In New Avengers, we learn a lot as Bendis digs in deeper. Nice scenarios with Captain America in the Secret World and a nice backstory on Luke Cage and his wife keep this episode humming well and raising the emotional stakes - something that's been missing here and there as the action overtakes the inner core of our heroes. We can only hope and pray that with this multi book Invasion, that the best is yet to come and the good vs bad guys line blurs a lot more. But whether you like or hate the Skrulls, this is a nice read. Here's hoping we don't overdose on the Skrulls - who take a licking and keep on reproducing... Great art throughout and great cover homages by the way!

The best of "Secret Invasion"

"The New Avengers, v.9" by Brian Michael Bendis, et. al (Marvel Comics, 2009) -------------------------------------------- This is one of the best books in the "Secret Invasion" crossover series, with a hefty dose of gritty violence and some dark, alien psychology. Bendis' writing is notably stronger here than on the companion "Mighty Avengers" book (is he playing favorites) and the feel of this collection is more cohesive as well. Here we see the nuts-and-bolts of the Skrull campaign to replace humans with Skrull agents, including several deeply disturbing medical experiments as they perfect their technique. Some of the issues are top-quality, right up there along with the best that Bendis has done elsewhere. In one issue he tracks the underworld's reaction to the invasion (hmmm... guess I *will* have to check out the Hood, after all..) and the last episode features a break from the action as we revisit "Alias" star Jessica Jones and see her courtship with Luke Cage. As with both of the rebooted Avengers titles, we see very little of the team itself, amid all the uber-plot crossover stuff: will these books ever show the teams in action again, or will they always be part of some grand scheme? Anyway, this is one of the best SI books so far... It's gettin' mighty Skrully, for sure! (Joe Sixpack, ReadThatAgain book reviews)

No spoilers here!!!!

The Skrull invasion has been great...no tremendous!!!!! By being able to go back through the Marvel history have "embedded" them into the past at so many key areas and no one to know has been truly an accomplishment. Great book, amazing story and the best absolute best marvel universe crossover ever!!!! The one thing that got to me and gave me the creeps was the erie "he loves you" that is repeated through out the skrull crossover because it is so cult like and over the top it just gnaws at you. Just Exceptional!!! Can't wait for more.

Things are still Skrully...

I remember when I used to get hyped about major comic book crossover events. Jim Shooter's original Secret Wars. Crisis on Infinite Earths. Hell, man, even Legends got me excited. But cut to the present, where the crossover event has fallen on sad times. Factor in the economy and that ennui has descended like a mutha-effer, and it's surely been long and long since my nipples went "Hruhh?" at the notion of yet another senses-shattering catastrophe calling for all superheroes to unite. Not when the End of the World seems to swing around every couple of weeks (like that Final Crisis nonsense over at DC). My long-winded point being, if you're not down with the Secret Invasion event, you might as well give this tie-in trade a pass. Me, I dug out some change from my sofa and decided to stay with the thing. Because I do - grudgingly - dig the Secret Invasion hook. If you've been keeping up with the monthly Marvel comics - in which case, you MUST be rich and, also, loan me some money, dude - then you're already clued in that the Identity-Swapping Skrullapalooza is finally done with. The consensus epitaph (amongst my homies, anyway) seems to be that Secret Invasion had some nice moments but, on the whole, wasn't all that. In fact, in a mercenary stroke, Secret Invasion's ending served to lay groundwork for the next big crossover event for Marvel, ominously titled Dark Reign (although Lex Luthor would have fits should he ever find out the premise to this). NEW AVENGERS Vol. 9: SECRET INVASION BOOK 2 is a chewy mouthful and collects issues #43-47. It continues with the filler stories, as the Skrully flashbackorama keeps on keeping on. This is one of those instances where, if you're a Secret Invasion or New Avengers completist, the trade paperback may actually be the better get, as opposed to having purchased the individual issues as they came out. It's cheaper, for one thing. But, also, when reading issues #43-47 straight thru, you do get a better feel for these little flashback vignettes, and how they link to the big Secret Invasion picture. However, if you're looking for more of the New Avengers to be featured in their own comic book, that, apparently, is asking for too much. Spidey is somewhat in issue #43, Skrully Jessica Drew pops in here and there, and Luke Cage does star in issue #47, but, for the most part, it's all about the Skrulls. Previously, both the Mighty Avengers and the New Avengers flew to the Savage Land to investigate a spaceship, out of which emerged a host of abducted Marvel superheroes, clad in their old-school uniforms. Naturally, a fighty fight breaks out, during which Spidey gets separated and runs into Ka-Zar and Shanna the She-Devil... and Captain America - who I guess isn't dead after all, right? Issue #43 opens up with Cap single-handedly taking on Ka-Zar, Shanna, Sabu, and Spidey. From there we flash back (yes, gonna be lots of flashing back) to years ago when the Kree/Skrull war was going on and the Fantastic Four and the

The Invasion heats up

With Secret Invasion in full-swing, writer Brian Michael Bendis continues to spin some side-stories and back-stories in the New Avengers and Mighty Avengers titles. Be warned that spoilers are ahead here. The second collected hardcover volume of the Secret Invasion-laced New Avengers tells the stories of the origin of the Captain America-guised Skrull that the heroes and Ka-Zar encounter in the Savage Land. The book gets even better as we see how the Skrulls perfected their technology of disguising themselves in the wake of the battle with the Illuminati, followed by a very interesting look at just what happened to the Skrull Queen/Spider-Woman during the House of M event, and just how the massive universe shattering Annihilation saga played into the events happening afterward. The book ends with would-be crime boss The Hood discovering the origin of his demonic powers as the villains decide who's side to take, and there's even more tragedy to befall star-crossed lovers Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. There's great artwork throughout from Jim Cheung, Billy Tan, and Michael Gaydos, while Bendis continues to illustrate just how long he's had Secret Invasion waiting in the wings as nearly everything he's done since taking over the Avengers books has been pointing to the cataclysmic events in the main Secret Invasion mini. All in all, the varying New Avengers and Mighty Avengers Secret Invasion tie-in hardcovers are definitely worth your time if you've been enjoying Secret Invasion, which in itself is a nice change of pace considering how many tie-in's to past Marvel events fell way low of the mark.