Ryan j Budke

Marvel Comics big summer crossover event, Secret Invasion, started today. Wow. Brian Michael Bendis is the writer and has had the benefit of being on contract with Marvel for the past few years. This allowed him to plant the seeds of this story throughout the tapestry of the Marvel universe, and boy did it pay off today.

The basic premise is that after many years of being cosmically and karmically shat on, the alien race of the Skrulls have decided that they’re more or less owed Earth. Since they’re able to not only shapeshift, but also mimic superpowers, they’ve replace many of Marvel’s most prominent and powerful beings, sowing distrust and setting themselves up in places of influence. Leaving Earth ripe for the pickin’.

I don’t want to talk about specifics, but it had more than a couple “what the f*$%!!!” moments and left the landscape radically change after only this first issue. Again, this was only the first of eight main issues, with many more spinoffs, one-shots and crossunders to follow. I can’t wait. It felt very much like a season finale for a great TV show, but luckily we only have to wait a few weeks to get the next issue, not three months. I love comic books.