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

By: Deamentia

Deamentia — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:01:39 +0000

It’s really getting to the point to where I no longer look forward to Marvel books (there’s a few exceptions in there). The editorial management and decisions have just gone off the deep end over the last year. And you’re right, Matt: Many of Marvel’s high profile writers have been given too much freedom.

By: Matt Clark

Matt Clark — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:32:50 +0000

Bendis now has way too much power at Marvel – he excels at small, character-driven stories and seems completely out of his depth on huge blockbuster event books. Secret Invasion was dire – a great high concept idea, utterly wasted. I will be avoiding Dark Reign and pretty much anything else from Bendis if this is the current standard of his output.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:44:56 +0000

Man, I haven’t picked up the issue yet, but from all of what I’ve read about issue #8…for these big comic companies…it’s all about partitioning out substance and quality, just so they make sure you buy the next issue, the next issue, then the next. There’s no money in telling a good story with a great finale. They’re just setting all the readers up for the next quick fix…and you know what? We’ll still eat it up. Even I want to know what the Dark Illuminati’s about. Get ready to hand over the comic book money. Oh and don’t forget, we can always blame editors and whoever wears the suits + ties at Marvel about how Secret Invasion’s hits and misses. End rant.

By: Rob G

Rob G — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:14:42 +0000

J- When I read your review this morning I imagined you were being too hard. Perhaps I was hopeful that this would actually turn out to be a meaningful end to a decent series. However, you are absolutely correct in your review. This is horrible on so many levels, but most importantly, on the fact that it didn’t do any justice to the Skrull invasion that was billed as a serious threat to the Marvel U. Instead, it was just an antechamber to an incoherent change in the status quo.

I share your sentiment as far as reservations on the direction of the Marvel U. In the future I am only buying books that stand alone and whose stories are quarantined from the “grander” and overarching forces controlling Marvel U, like the guy who replaces Tony Stark.

I hope Bendis will leave all this nonsense and concentrate on character driven projects.