These two just can’t get enough of stabbing each other. We begin back at Dr. Strange’s house, where the Orb of Agamatto suddenly comes on to show Wong and Jessica what’s happening in Japan, seemingly by Strange’s doing, so they see him lying on the ground all stabbed and such. Then a 2-page spread of our heroes fighting 5000 ninjas. And the ninjas just keep on comin’…
I mean how many members can the Hand have? Is everyone in the city a ninja?
Love that bit. Clint is always the one who seems like he’s not taking things seriously when he is in fact taking them very seriously on the Avengers, but now he’s got stiff competition. The battle continues, including Elektra setting Luke on fire, and Dr. Strange weakly tells Wong his astral form is trapped by Hand magic, and he needs Wong to do a spell. And he does, and Strange’s ghost bursts out of his body. He’s able to start putting Hand guys to sleep, and then he manages to free Echo from the Hand’s mind control.
Yu has really sold the chaotic feel of this fight the whole time. It feels claustrophobic and overwhelming, as it should. Anyway, just as promised, stabbity stab. But here’s the twist: Elektra goes down, Wolverine smells something wrong, the Hand ninjas all turn tail and flee, and Spider-Man is busy rambling about how the Hand never leave a body when everyone sees…
A Skrull! But why would Elektra be a Skrull??
Danny is asking the right question! And then there’s this…
This is a cheap jumpscare, they admitted almost immediately that Baby Cage is not a Skrull. I don’t know why you’d do that. Anyway! Big revelation there, and it continues into next issue.