Comments on: Review: Secret Invasion #8 (of 8)

By: Cory

Cory — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:58:42 +0000

I give all of Secret Invasion 0 stars. It was a big cluster-frak from beginning to end – just like House of M.

With this most recent creative failure on the part of Bendis and Quesada combined with the upcoming price increases, I hope we will finally see the financial decline of Marvel Comics. It taught them a lesson prior to the year 2000 and it forced them to hire truly creative people and not interfere with them (until the end of Grant Morrison’s run on New X-Men which ended with a throw-down argument resulting in Grant Morrison going to DC Comics).

The ONLY titles worth buying from Marvel are: Astonishing X-Men by Warren Ellis (Whedon’s run was crap) and Captain America by Ed Brubaker.

By: hermit

hermit — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:46:29 +0000

my friend and me called the ending of this issue ‘doing a Bendis’. it means that you have a great series, but the end is letting you down. like Secret War a couple of years ago (not Secret Wars)

By: sam7

sam7 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:09:24 +0000

i hate marvel, all im readin from marvel is Wolverine, marvel is just a money grabbing machine

By: baal

baal — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:24:59 +0000

Eh, I liked it. I think I’m the exact target audience Bendis is shooting for sometimes ’cause the only thing he does that I dislike is Powers. Yu I’m less of a fan of but at least with an inker it doesn’t look like he’s drawing with a Sharpie…

By: Matthew Peterson

Matthew Peterson — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:56:48 +0000

sorry, but i really have to agree with Mr. Dou. Stop hatin the marvel, and i loved secret invasion, the best part was the last spread and IMO Dr.Doom is gonna step up big time, i mean hes the center piece of the picture, Osborne aint gonna be in charge long

The thing is, he and I don’t disagree.

I’m not telling you that Marvel is bad.

I’m telling you that this issue, in my opinion, was a disappointment.

My opinions are my own, and I don’t feel that I need to subscribe to any company’s party line, nor will I be making excuses for a series that didn’t deliver (again, in MY opinion) simply because I like (or even DISLIKE) the company, creators, or parties involved therein.

I’m a reviewer, not an apologist. :)

By: Brother129

Brother129 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:21:29 +0000

I feel like lately all I’ve been reading are great plots to comic book stories that get ruined by poor scripting and storytelling. Bendis & Morrison write stories like they’re in 7th grade with no regard for plot holes. Amen to telling the truth: it’s all about style over substance right now. JUST TELL A GOOD STORY. It’s the reason why we’ve enjoyed books like Captain America, Iron Fist, and Green Lantern.

By: mosdef

mosdef — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:25:46 +0000

By: ~wyntermute~

~wyntermute~ — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:50:42 +0000

That entire last paragraph? The bit about how this is NOT the end of Secret Invasion, but rather the start of Chocolate Reign? THAT’S EXACTLY HOW I FEEL ABOUT BATR.I.P.

By: Hat of Tim

Hat of Tim — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:42:04 +0000

I was willing to give this a chance…but as I predicted in the review of issue 7, Bendis did exactly what I thought he’d do and killed off one of my favourite characters, the Wasp. Which sucks. A lot. If this was the major event that this series was building up to (never mind Dark Reign), then I wish I never started reading this series. Are Marvel becoming like DC in that they have to kill off long-standing popular characters in order to sell books? Bendis & Quesada need to step off before they totally mess everything up. And why is it always a female character that dies? I said last time Hank Pym should have bitten the big one…after all, they killed him off in the second Ultimate Avengers movie! Maybe as Josh P says, this is an apparent death that has a get-out clause in it, as it certainly wasn’t clear from the artwork exactly what Thor did!

Apart from that sucky decision by Bendis, the art wasn’t that brilliant either. I had to re-read the book a couple of times to figure out what the heck was going on!

And didn’t grim ‘n gritty go out with the 80’s? What about actually writing something escapist & fun rather than depressing and realistic?

Not happy with this at all. I’d give this issue 1 out of 10…and that’s only ’cause the cover’s not too bad.

By: Ed S

Ed S — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:22:44 +0000

Being a DC person of recent time, I decided I was going to give this series a shot. I have been reading comics since 1980, so I read Secret War I and II. I was hoping this would bring me back to loving Marvel. I thinked the basic story, but it should have been a story arc, not a major event. Also, there was too much unanswered questions, and THIS WHOLE THING WAS TO SET UP DARK REIGN!!!! Not gettign my money for that. I might pick up the trade at the library, but I will not let them set me up again.

By: Josh P.

Josh P. — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:17:07 +0000

Re: What exactly did Thor do to the Wasp???

Sent her away in a mystical vortex. Easy to reverse comicbook death #541

By: Joseph Joestar

Joseph Joestar — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:44:29 +0000

THANK YOU! I’m glad that I’m not the only one who thought it was Mephisto. The only way I found out it was Namor was through Joe Quesada’s masturbatory postscript.

By: Gaumer

Gaumer — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:04:13 +0000

What exactly did Thor do to The Wasp???

I didnt get that

The build up to this series was way more fun than the series itself. The series itself felt like just a build up to the next event.

And I’m sick of it. Oh well. Thats the world I live in

By: Modok

Modok — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:03:33 +0000

After this we have Dark Reign, and then after that it’s summer and another big crossover. What ever happend to the slow character relationship development we are use to in comics. I think that may be why I have enjoyed the X-men books so much the past two decades, and then reading back issues. They have big crossovers, but then dive into the relationships between the characters. That’s what I feel is missing from having these big ass crossovers. It’s exausting to try and keep up with everything.

By: DrStrangeCubicle

DrStrangeCubicle — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:58:57 +0000

Here’s the preview of the Dark Reign one shot (from scans daily) – http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/6700088.html#cutid1

I don’t think hanging out in Latveria would account for Namor sounding talking like a typical Bendis character than his normal self, but that’s just my opinion.