SECRET INVASION #3 (OF 8)
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The Vision has no head. Tony Stark just got snogged by a Skrull. Nick Fury just raided Cable's gun cabinet. You want plot development... here ya go. Oh, and they're still on the island.
Last issue was all pointless action and a little ridiculousness with Clint and Skrull Bobbi. Here, we get a little progression, but just a little. The anti-Starktech virus is elaborated upon. The Thunderbolts get a page or two. Brand and the FF are still, well, missing from the pages, though Johnny and Ben are being showcased in the FF mini. We still don't know what's up with Reed though we see Pym again. The problem is that things are still moving too slowly. This works in Bendis' favor if he's going for a quiet character story for Daredevil or is doing building towards a gripping mystery in Powers but we're finishing up the first act of Bendis' supposed great epic and even now it feels like the pitch hasn't risen much (where WERE they this issue, anyway?). We get a fight between the Young Avengers and the Initiative, but it still feels like cannon fodder until we can see the Avengers finally get their act together. Even the big cliffhanger with Fury and his trusty Liefelder rifle (how can he even shoot that thing?!), it still lacks weight to me.
The other major plot device of this issue is Tony and Jessica, where Jessica both kills(?... there is a *CRACK!* when she drops her) and then finds Tony to tell him he is Kr'ai, the Prince Consort (or at least lover) to Queen Veranke aka Jessica Drew. Complete with the cover-depicting kiss and Bendis' new favorite word ("Nooooo"), we're led to believe Iron Man has been a Skrull since at least Civil War. Bulls--t. Clearly, we getting Veranke playing mind games with both Tony and the reader. Make Marvel's current cash cow a Skrull? Nah, I smell a red herring. It's an interesting Skrull strategy, but still, I don't buy it anymore than I buy Mockingbird is the real deal. At this point, there's just been too much instability in the big actions for me to really care. I never know when reveal A will be pulled back or if action B will turn into something else. If I knew for sure Bobbi was real or a Skrull, I'd be more impacted or intrigued. If I knew if Veranke was lying or telling the truth concretely, I'd either be more interesting or more shocked. Instead, I'm sitting there, frustrated on not knowing how to take things. I find things are so ambiguous that I just stop caring when they happen with this event. Jessica's a Skrull? Suuuure. Mockingbird's back? Riiiiight. Tony might be a Raymond Shaw? Yeeeeah. Beyond some concrete moments like in issue one, I really find myself not very engaged with this one like I was with, say, Sinestro Corps War or Annihilation.
On the other hand, I enjoyed the small bit scenes for the most part. The scene with Hill and Skrull Jarvis was nice. The fight in New York, while kind of needless in the face of screen time for the Avengers to move off the island, was nicely crafted and brutally executed by Yu from the reactions of the people to the savagery of the fight. Whereas last issue felt a little mediocre to me, this issue sold me on the art, even if Jess and Maya still look too darn similar. The Thunderbolts moment was kind of funny, if only a little oddly placed. All things considered, this was a decent issue that suffered a bit from everything being so vague and overly mysterious. The art was good, yet the writing drifted a bit for me. I feel once things settle out of the "Who Do You Trust?" territory that I'll be much happier, but after a year of speculation and nearing the halfway point of the series, I feel like much of my interest for this series is dropping fast. Even Fury's entrance falls a little flat. Still, we got a little progression this issue and that counts for something, right?
Last issue was all pointless action and a little ridiculousness with Clint and Skrull Bobbi. Here, we get a little progression, but just a little. The anti-Starktech virus is elaborated upon. The Thunderbolts get a page or two. Brand and the FF are still, well, missing from the pages, though Johnny and Ben are being showcased in the FF mini. We still don't know what's up with Reed though we see Pym again. The problem is that things are still moving too slowly. This works in Bendis' favor if he's going for a quiet character story for Daredevil or is doing building towards a gripping mystery in Powers but we're finishing up the first act of Bendis' supposed great epic and even now it feels like the pitch hasn't risen much (where WERE they this issue, anyway?). We get a fight between the Young Avengers and the Initiative, but it still feels like cannon fodder until we can see the Avengers finally get their act together. Even the big cliffhanger with Fury and his trusty Liefelder rifle (how can he even shoot that thing?!), it still lacks weight to me.
The other major plot device of this issue is Tony and Jessica, where Jessica both kills(?... there is a *CRACK!* when she drops her) and then finds Tony to tell him he is Kr'ai, the Prince Consort (or at least lover) to Queen Veranke aka Jessica Drew. Complete with the cover-depicting kiss and Bendis' new favorite word ("Nooooo"), we're led to believe Iron Man has been a Skrull since at least Civil War. Bulls--t. Clearly, we getting Veranke playing mind games with both Tony and the reader. Make Marvel's current cash cow a Skrull? Nah, I smell a red herring. It's an interesting Skrull strategy, but still, I don't buy it anymore than I buy Mockingbird is the real deal. At this point, there's just been too much instability in the big actions for me to really care. I never know when reveal A will be pulled back or if action B will turn into something else. If I knew for sure Bobbi was real or a Skrull, I'd be more impacted or intrigued. If I knew if Veranke was lying or telling the truth concretely, I'd either be more interesting or more shocked. Instead, I'm sitting there, frustrated on not knowing how to take things. I find things are so ambiguous that I just stop caring when they happen with this event. Jessica's a Skrull? Suuuure. Mockingbird's back? Riiiiight. Tony might be a Raymond Shaw? Yeeeeah. Beyond some concrete moments like in issue one, I really find myself not very engaged with this one like I was with, say, Sinestro Corps War or Annihilation.
On the other hand, I enjoyed the small bit scenes for the most part. The scene with Hill and Skrull Jarvis was nice. The fight in New York, while kind of needless in the face of screen time for the Avengers to move off the island, was nicely crafted and brutally executed by Yu from the reactions of the people to the savagery of the fight. Whereas last issue felt a little mediocre to me, this issue sold me on the art, even if Jess and Maya still look too darn similar. The Thunderbolts moment was kind of funny, if only a little oddly placed. All things considered, this was a decent issue that suffered a bit from everything being so vague and overly mysterious. The art was good, yet the writing drifted a bit for me. I feel once things settle out of the "Who Do You Trust?" territory that I'll be much happier, but after a year of speculation and nearing the halfway point of the series, I feel like much of my interest for this series is dropping fast. Even Fury's entrance falls a little flat. Still, we got a little progression this issue and that counts for something, right?
Story: 3 - Good
Art: 4 - Very Good
Art: 4 - Very Good
Nice review Tork. I think you were better able to highlight a few of the points I made in mine. This definitely was a frustrating issue. Hopefully, it’ll pan out better.
True, this issue might have been light on substance, but seeing the Vision’s head explode was pretty damn cool.
I think the entire point of this invasion is that it IS "vague and mysterious", and that Reveal A or Action B COULD be pulled back at any time. If you don’t like that type of storytelling, than this series is not for you.
Just throwing in my opinion. I just find it’s become vague to the point that I just don’t care anymore. I can’t trust any moment to be true so why be responsive to it? I think Bendis could be more concrete in some of his revelations (the Jess/Skrull that took a month to finally confirm itself, etc) then some of the others could be actually gripping. Yet, with practically everything just floating in a "Or is it?" mode, it just makes it too much to care, which means next issue might be my last if I don’t get some concrete happenings soon.
I disagree. The Skrull/Jess reveal was pretty clear when it was revealed. It’s just that everyone insisted on not trusting it. Still, it didn’t leave a lot of question.
Fury can fire his "Liefelder" rifle because:
1) It’s made by Glock, so its got a lot of lightweight composites taking up the bulk, and;
2) He’s Nick %#&*@! Fury.
@bcmiler– But that’s kind of my point. It was clear enough to be obvious, but vague enough to where nobody believed until Mighty Avengers 14 or even until now. Heck, I know some people who STILL don’t believe Jessica is Veranke. Same with Tony and this new development. I just don’t care anymore. What little interest I had is just being eaten up by not getting any straight answers. If I can’t trust just about ANY of what I’m seeing anymore, then I just can’t get excited. It’s vague to the point of ridiculousness for me. I’m not saying this book outright stinks. I’m just saying that I myself am getting annoyed by too many "mysteries" popping up and not enough real substance to keep me grounded in the story.