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by **Leckomaniac** on Sat Mar 01, 2008 1:08 am

So, with stuff heating up on the SI front I figured it was high time that we have a thread to discuss it! Please, post any thoughts, suspicions and all that razzmatazz in here.

Who do you trust?

by **Tyrone_Shoelaces** on Sat Mar 01, 2008 2:46 am

It was Col. Mustard in the study with the candlestick.

by **buster00** on Sat Mar 01, 2008 2:54 am

Me, I think that fuckin' puppet is a Skrull.

by **MasterWhedon** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:26 pm

Two days until the invasion!!

There's a pretty awesome, minorly spoilersih interview w/ Bendis over at Newsarama. Lots of really interesting stuff. I'm very, very excited for this one.

Over on the Jinxworld boards, they've posted the following templates for folks to play Civil War-style with their banners:

Mayhaps the Zone wants to get in on the fun?

by **Chairman Kaga** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:32 pm

by **Leckomaniac** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:48 pm

I am giving this one issue. I am so burned out by most of this event stuff that if the first issue doesn't BLOW me away I will just give it a pass.

I find Yu's art to be terribly obnoxious.

EDIT: Anyone see that viral marketing stuff Marvel has done on Myspace with the fictional characters of Kinsey and Hank?

Hank goes to the fictional college that Peter Parker went too and he has been behaving rather Skrully.

Check out CBRs Lying In the Gutters for links.

by **DennisMM** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:05 pm

Tony Stark is a Skrull. That's why he he led the pro-registration forces and pushed through the Initiative. All the good heroes are now lined up tidily, with bases and support personnel - ready for destruction.

I, also, am sitting this one out. The old Marvel crossovers may have been silly, but at least they weren't designed to alter the entire face of Marvel-Earth (or at least Marvel-USA). In quick succession we've had Avengers Disassembled, House of M, Civil War and now Secret Invasion. It's too much, too soon.

Oh, and my copies of Civil War just went up in (Almost) Free Comics.

by **Lord Voldemoo** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:13 pm

Tony had BETTER be a Skrull. And they better find the real Tony in suspended animation somewhere.

:evil:

QUIT FUCKING AROUND WITH MY FAVORITE CHARACTER, MARVEL!!!!!

thank god for the movie...they can't kill off tony right now!!

by **Leckomaniac** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:15 pm

You been reading the Iron Man series LV? He is actually portrayed quite well in there.

Its his appearances in the rest of the Marvel U that makes him seem like a cocksmith.

I really hope the new Fraction series restores Tony to his rightful place in the Marvel U (as a non-douche).

by **Lord Voldemoo** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:21 pm

Leckomaniac wrote:You been reading the Iron Man series LV? He is actually portrayed quite well in there.

Its his appearances in the rest of the Marvel U that makes him seem like a cocksmith.

I really hope the new Fraction series restores Tony to his rightful place in the Marvel U (as a non-douche).

I'm about 6 months behind on everything...

by **DennisMM** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:22 pm

Unless he resigns as director of SHIELD and foreswears registration and the Initiative he will never find his rightful place in my eyes.

by **Vegeta** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:37 pm

Perhaps we should have another sig-a-thon...

by **Leckomaniac** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:39 pm

Anyone with some photoshop skillz willing to make me a banner with Mulder and Skully in the "I Trust No One" motif?

Pretty please?

by **Vegeta** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:45 pm

I'll see what I can do

by **Leckomaniac** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:46 pm

Vegeta wrote:I'll see what I can do

Vegeta, FTW!!!!!!

Much obliged, sir. Just for the effort alone.

by **MasterWhedon** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:58 pm

Well, two points about Iron Man:

1) There's zero chance of him being a Skrull.

2) He's my favorite character in comics right now. Not just Iron Man--this Iron Man.

I'd elaborate further, but I'm leaving for the night.

by **ONeillSG1** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:13 pm

MasterWhedon wrote:Two days until the invasion!!

There's a pretty awesome, minorly spoilersih interview w/ Bendis over at Newsarama. Lots of really interesting stuff. I'm very, very excited for this one.

Over on the Jinxworld boards, they've posted the following templates for folks to play Civil War-style with their banners:

Mayhaps the Zone wants to get in on the fun?

Uh-oh. Temptation is staring me in the face.

How could you?

by **Leckomaniac** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:15 pm

And so it begins.

by **Vegeta** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:18 pm

Oh crap... I didn't realize one said trust no one... Lecko, let me fix your (and my) sig!

by **ONeillSG1** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:24 pm

Done and Done.

by **Vegeta** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:30 pm

Lecko, I fixed your sig...

by **Leckomaniac** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:37 pm

Oh, thanks Veg!

Much appreciated.

by **Vegeta** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:39 pm

You're welcome.

How many books does Secret Invasion encompass?

by **Leckomaniac** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:41 pm

Vegeta wrote:You're welcome.

How many books does Secret Invasion encompass?

Quite a few.

The main title is 8 issues long. Plus Front Line. Plus minis for Spidey, FF, and the X-Men. Not to mention cross overs in X-Factor, She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel, Incredible Hercules, and many many more.

by **Vegeta** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:44 pm

So this starts Wednesday?

by **ONeillSG1** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:45 pm

Okay, anyone got a synopsis of what's happened so far in this whole Secret Invasion thing?

by **Leckomaniac** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:01 pm

ONeillSG1 wrote:Okay, anyone got a synopsis of what's happened so far in this whole Secret Invasion thing?

Lets see.

The New Avengers fought and killed Elektra only to have her body revert back to its Skrullish form. GASP!

Spider-Woman stole the body and gave it to Tony Stark. Stark showed it to the members of the Illuminati only to have Black Bolt reveal himself to be GASP a Skrull. Skrull Bolt is killed.

The Revolutionary, one of the Philadelphia's Initiative super heroes is revealed to be a Skrull and it is also revealed that the Skrulls plan to GASP have a Skrull in every one of the 50 Superhero teams! Skrull-nitiative!

Iron Man believes Capt. Marvel to be a Skrull and those suspicions appear to be confirmed when GASP Cobalt Man is revealed to be a Skrull and he then tells Capt. Marvel that he is also a sleeper agent for the Skrulls! Trickery? Methinks it could be!

Later, Dum Dum Dugan is grilled by a woman about Nick Fury's whereabouts...he answers that he doesn't know and then GASP he is murdered and replaced with a Skrull!

It also is revealed that Ms. Marvel has GASP a Skrull double flying around!

Finally, in the latest issue of the New Avengers Echo is attacked by GASP a Skrull posing as Daredevil that also possesses the powers of GASP Cyclops and other X-Men!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That should do it. Check Wikipedia for more info.

by **burlivesleftnut** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:10 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Invasion

by **MacCready** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:12 pm

Could you repeat that, please?
I got ( gasp) lost.

Some son of a bitch killed Dugan?

by **Leckomaniac** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:15 pm

burlivesleftnut wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Invasion

Yeah, just read this. Less GASPS.

by **Vegeta** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:49 pm

Leckomaniac wrote:
ONeillSG1 wrote:Okay, anyone got a synopsis of what's happened so far in this whole Secret Invasion thing?

Lets see.

The New Avengers fought and killed Elektra only to have her body revert back to its Skrullish form. GASP!

Spider-Woman stole the body and gave it to Tony Stark. Stark showed it to the members of the Illuminati only to have Black Bolt reveal himself to be GASP a Skrull. Skrull Bolt is killed.

The Revolutionary, one of the Philadelphia's Initiative super heroes is revealed to be a Skrull and it is also revealed that the Skrulls plan to GASP have a Skrull in every one of the 50 Superhero teams! Skrull-nitiative!

Iron Man believes Capt. Marvel to be a Skrull and those suspicions appear to be confirmed when GASP Cobalt Man is revealed to be a Skrull and he then tells Capt. Marvel that he is also a sleeper agent for the Skrulls! Trickery? Methinks it could be!

Later, Dum Dum Dugan is grilled by a woman about Nick Fury's whereabouts...he answers that he doesn't know and then GASP he is murdered and replaced with a Skrull!

It also is revealed that Ms. Marvel has GASP a Skrull double flying around!

Finally, in the latest issue of the New Avengers Echo is attacked by GASP a Skrull posing as Daredevil that also possesses the powers of GASP Cyclops and other X-Men!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That should do it. Check Wikipedia for more info.

*GASP!*

by **King Psyz** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:17 pm

so should I reopen the civil war sig club?

by **Leckomaniac** on Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:40 am

For those interested:

IGN Has Six Reviews of SI #1!!!!

Jesse is the reviewer on that site that I have the most in common with taste wise and he gives the book an 8.4.

Don't worry about spoilers...two reviews in and I haven't seen a single inkling of a spoiler. Enjoy!

by **ONeillSG1** on Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:03 pm

Thanks. This helps out a lot.

by **Ribbons** on Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:12 pm

Man, I've sort of been slacking when it comes to keeping track of this stuff. I think the last Avengers issue I read was the plane crash where Spider-Woman hightails it with Skrull Elektra's corpse. How have they been since then in terms of quality?

Also, since we're catching up... what happened in the last two issues of World War Hulk? :oops:

by **Leckomaniac** on Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:48 pm

Brian Bendis will be on G4 tomorrow at 7pm EST promoting Secret Invasion.

It all starts tomorrow, folks! Can it live up to the hype?!?!?!! I guess we will see.

Personally, I will be stopping by my LCS at around 1:30 so hopefully I will be able to post some thoughts mid-afternoon.

by **buster00** on Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:30 am

I still don't trust Captain America's corpse.

Seriously.

by **instant_karma** on Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:09 am

Leckomaniac wrote:
ONeillSG1 wrote:Okay, anyone got a synopsis of what's happened so far in this whole Secret Invasion thing?

Lets see.

The New Avengers fought and killed Elektra only to have her body revert back to its Skrullish form. GASP!

Spider-Woman stole the body and gave it to Tony Stark. Stark showed it to the members of the Illuminati only to have Black Bolt reveal himself to be GASP a Skrull. Skrull Bolt is killed.

The Revolutionary, one of the Philadelphia's Initiative super heroes is revealed to be a Skrull and it is also revealed that the Skrulls plan to GASP have a Skrull in every one of the 50 Superhero teams! Skrull-nitiative!

Iron Man believes Capt. Marvel to be a Skrull and those suspicions appear to be confirmed when GASP Cobalt Man is revealed to be a Skrull and he then tells Capt. Marvel that he is also a sleeper agent for the Skrulls! Trickery? Methinks it could be!

Later, Dum Dum Dugan is grilled by a woman about Nick Fury's whereabouts...he answers that he doesn't know and then GASP he is murdered and replaced with a Skrull!

It also is revealed that Ms. Marvel has GASP a Skrull double flying around!

Finally, in the latest issue of the New Avengers Echo is attacked by GASP a Skrull posing as Daredevil that also possesses the powers of GASP Cyclops and other X-Men!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That should do it. Check Wikipedia for more info.

So, it's kind of like the Millennium event DC did 20 years ago where lots of people turned out to be Manhunters? *GASP*

by **Pacino86845** on Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:01 am

Seriously, couldn't they wait a little longer before busting out the next money-sucking gimmick?

by **DinoDeLaurentiis** on Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:02 am

Avi's gotta to eat, no?

by **Pacino86845** on Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:08 am

Here's a preview of the first few pages of Secret Invasion... in which it is revealed that Skrulls don't have nipples. "Undetectable," indeed.

by **Brit Pop** on Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:22 am

I couldn't find the Sig Club thread!

by **Bob Samonkey** on Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:26 am

Pacino86845 wrote:Here's a preview of the first few pages of Secret Invasion... in which it is revealed that Skrulls don't have nipples. "Undetectable," indeed.

From what I can see from the cover, they don't have good posture either...

by **so sorry** on Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:46 am

Pacino86845 wrote:Here's a preview of the first few pages of Secret Invasion... in which it is revealed that Skrulls don't have nipples. "Undetectable," indeed.

Page 2 brought to you by Milton-Bradley's Spirograph!

by **MasterWhedon** on Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:55 pm

15 Fun Secret Invasion Facts w/ Brian Michael Bendis

by **Pacino86845** on Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:20 pm

Secret Invasion Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Michael Bendis Ripping Off BSG

by **MasterWhedon** on Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:26 pm

Pacino86845 wrote:Secret Invasion Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Michael Bendis Ripping Off BSG

Michael Bendis? Come on, everyone knows his name is...

:shock:

SKRULL!

by **Ribbons** on Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:28 pm

by **DennisMM** on Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:41 pm

Pacino86845 wrote:Secret Invasion Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Michael Bendis Ripping Off BSG

Brian Michael Bendis's bald ass was plotting Secret Invasion before "Avengers Disassembled" was published. Jive turkey!

(Actually, I don't like Bendis that much, but I had to say "Jive turkey!" and needed an opening.)

by **Chairman Kaga** on Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:49 pm

Does Stark have to Vaseline up his stache so it doesn't get caught on his faceplate?

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