The one Skrull in Britain who liked being a Skrull and looked like John Lennon, he was put down while mocking the Skrull dictators while they attempted to make the MI-13 members of the Skrull invading force. Which sucks, as he was a downright kickass character, and getting shot in the face just seems like an unfortunate way to off the character.

And the entirety of this issue can be thus, a lot of unfortunate accidents. Faiza is attempting to piece Dane Whitman the Black Knight back together (and finding out he does in fact have a stone heart) and being unable to because of the magicks that the Skrulls are commanding. Captain Britain's battle against the Super-Duper-Skrull with the powers of Dormammu and Doc Strange (among others) seems quite quick and easy when everything is put down to it.

He lifts Excalibur and smashes his face. Simple enough.

Pete Wisdom somehow accidentally unlocks the evil magicks which helps to expel the invading force of Skrulls after he is captured, and Lilith and Satannish and a number of others are set free. And Petey Wisdom is given one good thing, one wish from Satannish. And he has to use it wisely. And he does.

No more Skrulls.

Too bad that couldn't be a global thing that causes all the Skrulls to erupt into fiery brimstone. All of Britain is safe thanks to Petey and Captain Britain, and at the end of the issue, the gang is all together, and it's time to make a new team, one that doesn't kill, and one that is for the people. And that includes leaving the sword Excalibur for someone with a more pure heart. Someone who hasn't killed or won't kill.

And that person is Faiza?

There are just a few bits that kept this book out of the book of the week category. Just a few.

Faiza did seemingly unravel and kill some Skrulls around issue 2 when she was being attacked. She didn't mean to, but she still killed. So it goes without saying that yet another seemingly happy accident happened giving her Excalibur. Granted, Merlin pushed her towards it, so it can't be all good. But seeing a woman with the power of Excalibur is pretty great. I can't wait to see how that turns out. I really can't.

The greatest little bit in the book was one quick panel when Petey is offered the wish, offered the assistance of Satannish. He has to think bigger than himself. He has to think bigger than the people he cares about. And he wishes for No more Skrulls when he'd rather bring back Skrull John, Kitty Pryde, and a few others. It's sad to see Pete dealing with the loss of his friends, and even more so to see him later regretting the large mistake he made by letting free all of the evil magic, but it does something  so many other writers were unable to do:

Paul has made Pete Wisdom a human character.

And in this book full of superhuman human characters, I will keep reading, because that is what intrigues me. The fairies that swear and the giant demons that stomp on things and scream at you are worth the three dollars, but the character development is worth so much more in a sea of books with characters changing skin color and punching other characters for no good reason or for books where dopplegangers roam around.

This is a fun book and should be damn near the top of the list.