Secret Invasion...

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Read the Marvel crossover event of last year, Secret Invasion by Brian Michael Bendis. Great fun for an old Marvel junkie like me; lots of nice plot twists, lots of long-lost characters, lots of character angst. Basic plot: shape-changing Skrulls invade earth by impersonating humans, including many superheroes, teammates, and family members - familiar Marvel characters. Some excellent art, too.

Best moments:

1. The return of Nick Fury. Nick Fury! Missing for a long time. (Explanations still to come at the end of this one.) Nicely set up with a scene at the beginning of the story between Dum Dum Dugan and Valentina Allegra de Fontaine; Dum Dum thought Fury had run off with her, she said she had no idea where he was. She turns out to be a Skrull impostor, fishing for info. Cool.
   
   
2. Wonderful scene where brave, valiant gay boy Teddy Altman - who also happens to be a Skrull prince - faces the invading Skrulls and gets attacked. Wiccan springs to his rescue. Loved it! Teddy and Billy are among my favourite comic book couples and it's always a treat to see them.
   
   
3. Scary, scary scene when Jessica leaves her baby with Jarvis - and we learn that he is a Skrull. But she doesn't know. "Baby couldn't be safer." Chilling.
   
   
4. Loved the "Embrace Change" ads. Paid for by Skrulls.
   
   
5. There was a line I loved because of its continuity. They Skrulls weren't invading because they wanted territory or to enslave Earth; it was revenge for "the joke about the cows". Back in Fantastic Four #2 in 1962, Reed Richards tricked a group of Skrulls into becoming placid grazing cows.