Comments on: Secret Invasion #8 http://www.alternatecover.com/2008/12/04/secret-invasion-8/ A new comic review EVERY weekday! Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:18:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: MisterSmith http://www.alternatecover.com/2008/12/04/secret-invasion-8/comment-page-1/#comment-2912 MisterSmith Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:33:26 +0000 http://www.alternatecover.com/?p=948#comment-2912 1. The death of Jan was kind of left field. Sure a couple of hints were left, but overall it just seemed kind of random. Never mind the fact that it was pretty much meaningless. I understand she was an original Avenger, but as a character she hasn't been particularly relevant or interesting since...the 80's? If that? I felt worse for Bill Foster in Civil War than I did for her. 2. Where did Daredevil come from? And why did he even bother showing up if he wasn't going to interact with Elektra? Which brings me to my next point... 3. The ship filled with everyone who was replaced worked out a little too cleanly. Tons of ships get destoryed after the Skrulls retreat, but the one with everyone of 'our guys' is left in tact with no sorts of problems within. Nevermind the fact that it doesn't even begin to explain Mockingbird's appearance again. They've already proven they can extract the memories and all that stuff from the dead (with Captain Marvel). And the first time she showed up made at least a little sense, since that Mockingbird was with a bunch of people from the 70's. This time it just seems to come out of nowhere. 4. Did they really have to go through the Fantastic Four subplot? Isn't that what they had there own mini for? 5. Emma Frost in Norman's Evil League of Evil? Really? 6. The cover for this issue annoyed me since it really seemed to have no actual relevance to the story. Thor had a couple of lines, Cap walked away from Stark and Wolverine...it's like they have some kind of quota to fill with Wolverine appearances on book covers. Most SI issues were like that, though. Frankly it annoyed me. Honestly, reading this issue made me wonder if Bendis actually wrote this, or if Jeph Loeb improved his writing a little bit and is going under a new pseudonym. 1. The death of Jan was kind of left field. Sure a couple of hints were left, but overall it just seemed kind of random. Never mind the fact that it was pretty much meaningless. I understand she was an original Avenger, but as a character she hasn’t been particularly relevant or interesting since…the 80’s? If that? I felt worse for Bill Foster in Civil War than I did for her.
2. Where did Daredevil come from? And why did he even bother showing up if he wasn’t going to interact with Elektra? Which brings me to my next point…
3. The ship filled with everyone who was replaced worked out a little too cleanly. Tons of ships get destoryed after the Skrulls retreat, but the one with everyone of ‘our guys’ is left in tact with no sorts of problems within. Nevermind the fact that it doesn’t even begin to explain Mockingbird’s appearance again. They’ve already proven they can extract the memories and all that stuff from the dead (with Captain Marvel). And the first time she showed up made at least a little sense, since that Mockingbird was with a bunch of people from the 70’s. This time it just seems to come out of nowhere.
4. Did they really have to go through the Fantastic Four subplot? Isn’t that what they had there own mini for?
5. Emma Frost in Norman’s Evil League of Evil? Really?
6. The cover for this issue annoyed me since it really seemed to have no actual relevance to the story. Thor had a couple of lines, Cap walked away from Stark and Wolverine…it’s like they have some kind of quota to fill with Wolverine appearances on book covers. Most SI issues were like that, though. Frankly it annoyed me.

Honestly, reading this issue made me wonder if Bendis actually wrote this, or if Jeph Loeb improved his writing a little bit and is going under a new pseudonym.

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