"This Secret, This...STRIKE!!"
As they say: Let's play catch-up. I would appear to not have posted anything on LJ for some considerable period of time and am of the view that I shall rectify this position. Here goes!
Avengers Unconquered 17
‘First Strike’ [New Avengers: Illuminati No. 5]
The Big Five ruminate upon the discovery that Elektra was a Skrull, or rather, a Skrull has been posing as Elektra for some unspecified amount of time. Except that Black Bolt is actually a Skrull, which leads Iron Man to some pretty drastic action. 24 pages reads like a lot fewer when there are so many double-page spreads and so little dialogue at times. Nice script by Bendis, tolerable, I suppose, art by Jim Cheung and Mark Morales. Oh, a demerit to Bendis for perpetuating this thing that Black Bolt’s ‘real name’ is Blackagar Boltagon.
‘Secret Invasion’ Parts 1 and 2 [Secret Invasion 1 & 2]
The Main Event kicks off with the crash landing of a Skrull craft in the Savage Land. The two teams of Avengers rush to the scene, the Secret Avengers sealing one of Stark’s quinjets to do so, to his annoyance and my amusement. Computers play up while a bunch of Marvel super-heroes spill out of the crashed vehicle. This leads to a long fight and some confusion… presumably the crashers are all characters who have been kidnapped by the Skrulls and replaced on Earth by Skrulls; however, I suspect that some Skrulls have infiltrated the craft and some of the Avengers in the savage land are Skrulls. Doubtless we shall see as the story progresses.
Brian Michael Bendis is up to his usual quite high standard here. Sadly, Leinil Yu’s pencils are ruined by Mark Morales’ inks on this occasion.
I am sorry this review is so short, especially for a 100-page issue, but I really don’t have that much to say on this.
Avengers Unconquered 17
‘First Strike’ [New Avengers: Illuminati No. 5]
The Big Five ruminate upon the discovery that Elektra was a Skrull, or rather, a Skrull has been posing as Elektra for some unspecified amount of time. Except that Black Bolt is actually a Skrull, which leads Iron Man to some pretty drastic action. 24 pages reads like a lot fewer when there are so many double-page spreads and so little dialogue at times. Nice script by Bendis, tolerable, I suppose, art by Jim Cheung and Mark Morales. Oh, a demerit to Bendis for perpetuating this thing that Black Bolt’s ‘real name’ is Blackagar Boltagon.
‘Secret Invasion’ Parts 1 and 2 [Secret Invasion 1 & 2]
The Main Event kicks off with the crash landing of a Skrull craft in the Savage Land. The two teams of Avengers rush to the scene, the Secret Avengers sealing one of Stark’s quinjets to do so, to his annoyance and my amusement. Computers play up while a bunch of Marvel super-heroes spill out of the crashed vehicle. This leads to a long fight and some confusion… presumably the crashers are all characters who have been kidnapped by the Skrulls and replaced on Earth by Skrulls; however, I suspect that some Skrulls have infiltrated the craft and some of the Avengers in the savage land are Skrulls. Doubtless we shall see as the story progresses.
Brian Michael Bendis is up to his usual quite high standard here. Sadly, Leinil Yu’s pencils are ruined by Mark Morales’ inks on this occasion.
I am sorry this review is so short, especially for a 100-page issue, but I really don’t have that much to say on this.