The Bendis penned Avengers titles have been hit or miss with me, but I think he's definitely had some really solid moments that have kept me interested in reading further. Secret Invasion is another story entirely. Here we have one of the biggest comics events of the summer and issue 5 has me not caring in the slightest as to what happens in the final three installments.
I've been pretty patient up until now, but a few things happen in the latest chapter that made me cringe:
1. The splash page where the Skrulls use celebrities, politicians and superheroes/villains as their mouthpieces to tell the human race about the current invasion. Stephen Colbert, Paris Hilton, Barack Obama, Reed Richards, Tony Stark, Steve Jobs, John McCain, Oprah, Dr. Doom, Simon Cowell are all included. Ugh.
2. The back and forth between Maria Hill and Skrull Jarvis where it's revealed that the Maria standing in front of the Skrulls on the Helicarrier is in fact a robotic decoy and that when "this is all over I'm going to make myself a T-Shirt...It'll say Nick Fury was right". Hmmmmmm....
3. The over-the-top last page where Ronin screams "THIS DOESN"T END TILL EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM DIES! YOU HEAR ME?! EVERY @#$%ING LAST ONE OF THEM!" *groan*
The real bummer here is the fact that the overall plot sketch for this story looks really good on paper, but seems to be flailing in it's actual delivery like a third world country on the balance beam during the Olympics.
If you're not reading this, pat yourself on the back and continue to steer clear. However, as mentioned at the beginning of this post, he's been doing some all right things on both New and Mighty Avengers. As far as Secret Invasion stories go, spend your money smartly and buy some of those instead.
- TFM
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