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The Mighty Avengers, Vol. 3: Secret Invasion, Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev, Khoi Pham
allmadhere106's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed reading this and filling in several blanks that the Secret Invasion collection didn't answer. We see Fury's team come about and learn more about Hank Pym's timeline as a Skrull, which I appreciated. However, I feel like the information presented here can come off as repetitive to readers who have been keeping up with the different storylines while also not being clear enough to a new reader. It doesn't quite stand out as much as I want it to.
For: fans of superheroes/comics; readers wanting a comic with a focus on characters.
Possible red flags: manipulation; characters in peril; violence; blood; death; language; conspiracies; distrust and paranoia; invasion/colonialism; religious extremism; impersonation; sex and sexual situations; cheating and affairs; mental health issues; gore.
For: fans of superheroes/comics; readers wanting a comic with a focus on characters.
Possible red flags: manipulation; characters in peril; violence; blood; death; language; conspiracies; distrust and paranoia; invasion/colonialism; religious extremism; impersonation; sex and sexual situations; cheating and affairs; mental health issues; gore.
shane_tiernan's review against another edition
4.0
Lot of big stuff happening in this one. Nick putting together the new team, Hank Pym's being substituted for a skrull, the Sentry turning into the Void. Definitely need to read this one if you're doing the Secret Invasion event.
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
4.0
A really good pre-Seret Invasion book, this volume contains four behind-the-scenes skrull activities set just before/at the beginning of The secret Invasion. Nick Fury in hiding. Nick Fury and Quake (yes, from the Agents of SHIELD show) recruit and form The Secret Warriors, the Skrulls fuck with the mentally unstable Sentry, and Hank Pym is targeted.
Each story is solid, and gives insight into some of the impending storylines from the main series. It's definitely worth reading, no matter how involved you would like to get with Secret Invasion. It's a top tier side story collection.
Each story is solid, and gives insight into some of the impending storylines from the main series. It's definitely worth reading, no matter how involved you would like to get with Secret Invasion. It's a top tier side story collection.
dryden's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
dkmode's review against another edition
2.0
Note: I'm copy-and-pasting my reviews for this and the New Avengers tie-in, because even though their contents are different, they're functionally the same. Since I read these issues interchangeably on Marvel Unlimited, I can't remember which ones were which.
These volumes are emblematic of the problem with event comics. In an optimal world, you'd have the main contents going back and forth between the Avengers books, but Marvel needs to sell more books, so you get the event as a standalone miniseries, and Mighty and New are put on hold while the event plays out over the year.
The consequence is that everything in these tie-in issues fills in gaps that no one asked for. Sometimes they broach important questions - like, how long has Hank Pym been a Skrull for? - but the answers take way too long. This is Bendis after all, so everything is "decompressed", and takes a full issue when a more efficient writer would communicate the necessary parts in a couple panels.
It's not that the content is "bad" per se; it's the same middle-of-the-road quality level of Bendis' typical Avengers books, which means its easy to read and has some monologues that would be nice if the characters didn't all use the same "realistic" dialogue style. But it's certainly pointless.
These volumes are emblematic of the problem with event comics. In an optimal world, you'd have the main contents going back and forth between the Avengers books, but Marvel needs to sell more books, so you get the event as a standalone miniseries, and Mighty and New are put on hold while the event plays out over the year.
The consequence is that everything in these tie-in issues fills in gaps that no one asked for. Sometimes they broach important questions - like, how long has Hank Pym been a Skrull for? - but the answers take way too long. This is Bendis after all, so everything is "decompressed", and takes a full issue when a more efficient writer would communicate the necessary parts in a couple panels.
It's not that the content is "bad" per se; it's the same middle-of-the-road quality level of Bendis' typical Avengers books, which means its easy to read and has some monologues that would be nice if the characters didn't all use the same "realistic" dialogue style. But it's certainly pointless.
larsbooks's review against another edition
4.0
had a blast reading the first two issues, where we see Fury bringing together a bunch of cool people with powers (including a child. granted, he in the son of Ares, but still. poor kiddo) with the help of my beloved Daisy Johnson
and it's always genuinely sad to see Bob struggling with The Void, his other personality :( I haven't read much about him but he seems a very complex and interesting character and I absolutely will check out more of his stuff
and it's always genuinely sad to see Bob struggling with The Void, his other personality :( I haven't read much about him but he seems a very complex and interesting character and I absolutely will check out more of his stuff
tabman678's review
3.0
BE AWARE THIS COLLECTION ONLY CONTAINS ISSUES #12-15 NOT #12-18 LIKE IT SAYS.
Alright with that out of the way we have a pretty fun two issue arc that shows what Nick Fury has been up to. A boring Sentry story, and showing how Henry Pam got taken by the skrulls.
I’m not a big fan of the Skrulls but I’ve read the first couple issues of Secret Invasion and it’s pretty alright so far. The Nick Fury stuff is well executed though the art is very stylized and some won’t like it. I do.
I’ve never cared or liked the Sentry so I thought his issue was boring.
And the Pym issue was pretty good. Drawn by Romita Jr. who’s Marvelwork I really like.
Entertaining volume that works fine as a Secret Invasion tie in. Without that it’s not much.
3 stars.
Alright with that out of the way we have a pretty fun two issue arc that shows what Nick Fury has been up to. A boring Sentry story, and showing how Henry Pam got taken by the skrulls.
I’m not a big fan of the Skrulls but I’ve read the first couple issues of Secret Invasion and it’s pretty alright so far. The Nick Fury stuff is well executed though the art is very stylized and some won’t like it. I do.
I’ve never cared or liked the Sentry so I thought his issue was boring.
And the Pym issue was pretty good. Drawn by Romita Jr. who’s Marvelwork I really like.
Entertaining volume that works fine as a Secret Invasion tie in. Without that it’s not much.
3 stars.
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