{"id":32017,"date":"2026-05-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=32017"},"modified":"2024-07-09T10:00:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T14:00:09","slug":"secret-invasion-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2026\/05\/23\/secret-invasion-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Invasion 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The big 3! Together again for the first time since before Avengers Disassembled! Except one of them\u2019s not the original guy, which takes the fun out of it. Bucky\u2019s Captain America suit was designed by Alex Ross, whose every superhero costume design basically looks the same. He did a Spider-Man when he was getting movies (Unsolicited and unwanted, as I recall), and some X-Men for the Grant Morrison relaunch that were also rejected. Here\u2019s some of those next to his Bucky Cap:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s very predictable. Cap and Spider-Man are nearly identical. This issue, Christina Strain hops in to help Laura Martin and Emily Warren on colors. Again probably due to this comic starring 5000 people. Including Noh-Varr, who we haven\u2019t seen in ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s Noh-Varr\u2019s superhero origin story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That \u201cembrace change\u201d mantra was a big part of the marketing for the middle of this event. It felt to me, at the time, like this should\u2019ve been a status quo, like the Initiative, instead of an event, like Civil War. The Skrulls won. They successfully infiltrated world governments and sidelined the Avengers and whoever. It felt like we should live with that awhile. It felt like the Skrulls had kinda earned it, storywise. But instead we just get some talking heads on TVs like this and move on. At Camp Hammond, Hank Skrull is talking to another Skrull about how they\u2019ve more or less got it all locked down, except for their Mar-Vell Skrull going AWOL and not hearing from the Savage Land. Then Veranke shows up and tells them Reed Richards has gathered the heroes and they\u2019re probably heading here. Hank Skrull says if they have the Wasp with them, victory is certain. Veranke says \u201cas a last resort.\u201d But what did they do to Janet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Look at everyone playing nice! But Janet stops short because they all see the invasion force above New York and all the damage that\u2019s been done to it. Down on the street, protesting college students have arrived. They\u2019re all for the utopia the Skrulls are bringing, and trying to go show their support. They find a Skrull over a cop\u2019s objections, and it doesn\u2019t speak English and gets mad, and then the cop shoots at it, which is always a great idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of those kids called the cop a fascist earlier, and I think we were supposed to be like \u201ctut tut, the folly of youth,\u201d but like\u2026 Anyway, Thor is zappin\u2019 up some Skrulls, and the leaders don\u2019t seem to have planned for him, which is weird. But Veranke says this, too, was written, and to gather the troops. Bendis always had this problem where, if he centered a story on a prophecy, it would be WAY too specific. Every time. \u201cI say unto thee, Thor shall appear in issue 6, but ye shall be ready for him.\u201d anyway, Thor meets a familiar mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Somehow, an explanation of \u201che loves you\u201d that is both predictable AND disappointing? How do you do that? Impressive, almost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hey, look, it\u2019s everybody. And just for good measure\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s everybody again! A GALACTUS Skrull? That\u2019s pretty ridiculous. Well, everyone\u2019s ready for the big showdown, and we got two whole issues left. But before that, it\u2019s tie-in time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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