Secret Invasion #6Secret Invasion has been a hit and miss series. Sometimes the reader has no idea what the hell is going on unless he/she/it reads the various Avengers books and the special tie-in's. Other times the book is awesome and really feels like the way a cross-over was meant to be.
This issue definately falls in the latter category.
The book begins with a strange scene for us core-book readers. It shows Captain Marvel dying in the arms of Marvel Boy. Captain Marvel reveals himself to be a skrull while telling Marvel Boy that the skrull people have it all wrong; they have no sense of honor and so forth. Captain Marvel also says something to the effect that Marvel Boy "is the reason for everything."
In the previous chapters of the book, the story-telling seemed to jump around from super team to super team with seemingly no cohesiveness. This is the first issue which seems to flow as far as telling multiple storylines and in climaxes in a huge and epic way, just the way I hoped it would.
The final pages show the ultimate showdown; the skrull army, lead by Spider-Woman, and the heroes of earth, ready to fight for their freedom.
As the cover depicts we finally get the godlike introduction of the real Thor, which was teased back in issue four. Cap is back as well as Tony Stark since cleaning the virus out of his armor.
The issue has two singulary awesome parts.
1) Thor speaks with the new Cap (Bucky) and asks who he is.
What makes this scene stick out is how Bendis actually (gasp) sticks to continuity. It's a nice payoff for those who have been reading Cap.
2) When Nick Fury says "My God has a Hammer"
This is just so cheesy, it's friggin' sweet.
The art for the issue also seems to pick up especially with the two full spreads which Yu pencils.
Finally, after months, the book gains some much needed momentum. Hopefully, the momentum keeps up through its surely mythic ending.
4.5/5 stars
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