Mighty Avengers Vol 3 Secret Invasion Book 1 v 3
Mighty Avengers Vol 3 Secret Invasion Book 1 v 3
Where has Nick Fury been, and who are the new Howling Commandos? It’s the debut of all-new characters and some surprising revelations about some classic ones as Nick starts to put his plan to stop the Invasion together. But will it be enough? Collects Mighty Avengers #12-19.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars The “not so secret” side of Secret Invasion
Like New Avengers, Mighty Avengers shifts gears into revealing additional aspects of what’s going on as Secret Invasion runs it’s course, and also like New Avengers, what you find in these Secret Invasion-based issues is pretty compelling material that fills in some gaps and fleshes out the overall backstory of Brian Michael Bendis’ massive tale. This hardcover collection begins with revealing just what Nick Fury has been up to lately, staying in the shadows and in disguise (love the Sam Jackson-looking in-joke) as he formulates a strategy against the Skrulls, as well as forming his own team to combat them. Following that, we witness a tale of The Sentry that spells a bit on his place during this mega Marvel event, and finishes with the revelation of just how Hank Pym became replaced by one of the shape-shifting aliens. There’s solid artwork throughout by frequent Bendis collaborator Alex Maleev, as well as Khoi Pham and the great John Romita Jr., with this book’s only drawback being that it is way too short. Collecting only four issues, it seems Marvel’s storyarcs and TPB’s are getting shorter and shorter for the same list price. That aside though, there’s much to admire here as Bendis fills out some gaps in the overall Secret Invasion saga, as well as planting seeds for future events to follow as well.
3 Stars Issue clarification
I just wanted to clarify that this book DOES NOT contain issues 12 through 19 as Amazon’s description states. It only contains issues 12 through 15 which is a big difference in terms of content amount. Issues 16 though 20 will be in Book 2 released in January. Likewise, New Avengers Secret Invasion Book 1 also contains less issues than Amazon is stating although in this case it is only missing issue 43. Again, this will be in the corresponding book 2 released in Jauary.
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