Sunday, December 7, 2008

My take on Marvel's Secret Invasion


Marvel's Secret Invasion is over. Folks died, teams changed, folks came back, and barely any major change happened. The basis of the mini series is the Skrulls trying to take over the Earth. They have replaced several of the Marvel Heroes over the years to achieve this goal. But in the end, it was okay...nothing to shout about.

However, if I was able to put my 2 cents in, this would be my spin.

  • When the ship had several possible Skrulls or Heroes, there should have been a mix of the two. All of them were Skrulls, which made that piece almost useless. But we did learn that Spider-Woman was the Skrull Queen. I would have made Cap, Hawkeye, the Beast, and maybe Iron Man the real deal.
  • More secrets: It would have been neat if there were more heroes as hidden Skrulls. For example, Cyclops, Bucky, Mister Sinster, Mystique, Grant Morrison's Magneto, Vision, Nick Fury, The Order should have been Skrulls.
  • Limit the number of comics telling the story. The side stories were boring and close to being pointless. We didn't need Secret Invasion: Front Line or SI: X-Men. Nothing really happened in them, but MI5 with Captain Britian was good.
  • Death: More heroes should have died. Wasp's death was big and not big at the same time; more big names should've bit the bullet.
  • There should have been secret deals between villians and other game players. If the Earth was taken over by the Skrulls, it would have been nice to see other deals set in motion.
  • Maybe have a bigger player in charge of the Skrulls. Since Apocalypse does not have a real purpose, this could have his doing. Or maybe Dr. Doom or some other space evil person.
  • Learn more about the Skrulls' goals. They wanted to take over our planet, okay, and what else.
  • Mockingbird?
That's just my thoughts but I'm sure there's better ideas out there.

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