Secret Invasion Front Line #1 (OF 5)
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WRITER: BRIAN REED
PENCILS: GG STUDIO'S MARCO CASTIELLO
COVER BY: JUAN DOE
Price: $2.99
Secret Invasion: Front Line gives us a non-super hero eye view of the hours leading up to the skrull invasion depicted in SI #1. And for the most part, the lack of superheroes presented in these pages results in a book that just sort of makes you go "meh." The book seems designed to give us a sense of the human experience, as we're introduced to a few non-powered characters in the hours just before the invasion. Unfortunately, the folks we're introduced to aren't all that interesting, nor do we care that much about them. As a result, seeing them in jeopardy isn't all that compelling. It's another perspective on things when all is said and done, but that's about all it is. For SI to really take off it seems imperative that they start showing the ramifications of the invasion and not just minute back-story details of things we already know. Not sure if I'll give this one another chance, truth be told.
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What exactly was up with that nurse's uniform? Did Ben Urich stumble onto the set of "Naughty Nurses"? I feel like they found the poor artists version of Leinil Yu to do pencils.
Posted by Terry on 07/07/08 at 10:07 PM



I felt much the same way. I love the concept of the Frontline books -- the idea of ordinary people caught up in a superhero world is always compelling to me -- but the group of people this book chose to follow just seemed like a generic assortment, a la any disaster movie you can think of. Unfortunate, because I like Ben Urich, and the idea has a lot of potential.
Posted by ohcaroline on 07/07/08 at 08:30 AM