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And
who saved them by taking a header from the
Skrull ship and nearly getting blown to bits?
The Sentry. He's so awesome. And we learn
because of his abilities, because of who he is
and how powerful he is, the Skrulls are utterly
frightened of him. They are scared out of their
minds by his abilities. But they have an inside
man (and woman).
Skip forward to the press conference day when
they reveal the New Avengers and we get to see
Jarullvis going through Bob's records and
getting all the nitty-gritty about our pal
Sentry and taking it to the behind the scenes
characters of the Skrullocalypse. There's Skrull
Pym. Skrullektra. Contessa Skrulltaine.
Skrullessica Drew? Did they inadvertently
actually reveal her as a Skrull in this issue?
Yes, yes they did. Or did they?
One of the major issues this book has is some
slightly unpolished art. Khoi Pham is a strong
artist, but I have a feeling the strange
schedule this book has been on recently put him
at a disadvantage, and his art (which feels very
much like a mix of Leinil Yu and Jim Cheung,
which is obviously a very good fit for a Marvel
book and an Avengers book in particular) falls
into the same problems. A lot of the characters
look very similar. We're unsure if it's
Skrullessica Drew or Skrullessica Jones, but
it's definitely a Skrullessica that lives in the
Avengers Tower (as she mentions those exact
words).
Khoi's artwork fits in better with the day
scenes, the bright boisterous battle scenes, and
not so much the dark, mysterious scenes.
But anyways, Jarullvis acts very smart in this
issue. He knows the issues at hand. He knows
that Strange will be arrogant. He knows that
Sentry needs to be taken out. And they do just
that. With the Viskrull during the Savage Land
battle, they tell him it's his fault (as seen in
Skrullmageddon #2) and he rockets into space. He
leaves the world behind for fear that he might
be the cause.
And that last pic, that last panel: Void and
Sentry combined to create what? A darker, more
evil, but more capable and more centered Sentry?
Is there more to this that we'll see soon?
MARVEL: DON'T TAKE AWAY MY SENTRY! I LOVE THE
CHARACTER AND WOULD FEEL VERY SLIGHTED IF HE WAS
KILLED OR MADE TO LEAVE BECAUSE OF THE INVASION
FOREVER. It'd be like the producers and writers
of Lost taking Desmond away. It would just not
be fair.
Final words: What the hell schedule is this book
on? It's come out like once every 2 weeks it
seems like, and the things just keep happening.
But thank christ there is an actual artist on it
this time who doesn't rely heavily on Dominic
Purcell and Angelina Jolie to model his
characters. Thank the lord the artist was stolen
off Incredible Herc and thrown in the Skrulltasm
takedown and is front and center. And next
month: MORE SKRULLS!
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