The good, the bad and the Watcher

Secret Invasion #7 Review
SI has been getting better and better and this issue keeps the momentum going, though it still has some strange parts (I didn't really get why the Watcher was there and didn't do anything).

The plot of the issue is pretty straight forward...it's a giant battle sequence between the Skrulls and the heroes. There are really awesome parts and some parts that I really don't understand. Let's delve further into each of the positives and negatives of the issue...shall we?

Awesome:
Bullseye taking out a bunch of Skrulls.

Bad:
At times there's weird choppy dialogue and the art doesn't match what's being said in the story.

Awesome:
Hawkeye kicking ass in an epic way. just Super cool.

Bad:
What the hell happened at the end? Wasp becomes Giant Woman and all the heroes are down and out. There was a flashback that was supposed to do some explaining but I don't follow.

That's what I call a bite-sized review. You got the good, the bad and the ugly. Next issue will make or break the series. So, we'll just have to wait and see if our money paid off.

4/5 stars

Secret Invasion #6 Review

Secret Invasion #6
Secret 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