Secret Invasion and Props to Marvel

Okay first off I have to give some credit to Marvel Subscriptions. For three weeks in a row now, almost an entire month, I’ve gotten my comic books ahead of time, sometimes by as much as 3-4 days ahead of time. This has been awesome and a great change from previous years of service. I’ve complained more then once on this blog about the tardiness of my comic book deliveries with Marvel. I’m enjoying this new early service, and I hope I’m not jinxing it by acknowledging and appreciating it publicly.

Secret Invasion is Marvel’s big crossover event for Summer 2008. It’s already ramping up with the first issue of the flagship title coming out a couple weeks ago and more action being included in the Avengers titles and Ms. Marvel. I received the latest New Avengers yesterday in the mail which advanced the story considerably with a big reveal at the end of the book. A much more satisfying ending then the one offered by last weeks Mighty Avengers.

Don’t get me wrong. I love Nick Fury, and last week’s Mighty Avengers offered me something I’d wanted for awhile, a solid Nick Fury story. But it really didn’t offer anything new. All it did really was signal us, the readers, that Nick Fury is aware that something is going on with Skrulls and he’s working on figuring it all out. Other than that, no big info was revealed and the story didn’t really advance at all.

All in all I’m digging Secret Invasion a lot. The Skrulls have always been fun aliens, and this new, religious motivation for their invasion of Earth adds an interesting twist. The new weapons at their disposal makes the Skrulls more dangerous than ever which is really cool for an alien race that hasn’t always been taken seriously by writers.

I also have a lot of hope that this invasion will serve as a unifying factor the groups of heroes splintered by the Civil War event in 2006. If you’ve been hesistant about getting onboard with Secret Invasion, I recommend coming along for the ride. This is a strong start and so far the support materials in the other titles has been above par as well. I wasn’t a fan of the Hulk Event last year, you could see where it was going from the start. This event seems to be a little more sophisticated and a little deeper. We’ll see how it bears out in the end of course. And if it starts to suck, I’ll complain about it here. But right now, I’m enjoying it immensely.