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But
wait...there's more.
Dorrek has the Skrull-Scientists working with
genetic samples from the Illuminati and possiby
building better soldiers. Yay. Foreshadowing.
Anyways, we get a lot of backstory about the
Skrulls. About genetic testing on Skrulls and
the creation of the new Super-Skrull warriors
who have the powers of the Illuminati. And then
Galactus comes and Princess Veranke must take
over as Dorrek is dead (?).
She is advised by her Skrully pals of the
creation of an undetectable skrull, and in pops
SKRULLEKTRA. But how long has she been a skrull?
They mention her dying and coming back (the real
Nacho-Cheesy edition of Elektra) and then they
mention Skrullektra's contacts on Earth (ol
Blindy, One-Eye, Stumpy, and the Foot Clan) and
she has not been detected for the entire cycle
(year? 8 years? 40 years?).
It gets better.
Princess Veranke wants to be a part of the
invasion. She wants to be on the frontlines
doing with Dorrek would not do. Proving that she
is a better leader. And she wants to be in place
as the one Skrull-invader that can do the most
damage. And she gets to be...
ROLL THAT BEAUTIFUL BEAN FOOTAGE!
Bendis writes an amazingly detailed script. I
know he gets a lot of guff for writing a ton of
dialogue sometimes and other times he gets guff
for his comics being read in the span of 40
seconds. This is a highly detailed script and it
hits the mark very well. The comic does its job,
it doesn't give away all the secrets, but it
tries its damnedest to reveal what needs to be
revealed before the next issue of Skrullocalypse
comes out. We learn (kinda) how they are
undetected. We learn that they were smart this
time as the original Super-Skrull is kind of an
outdated model (like a 79 Ford Pinto staring in
the face of a brand new BMW 323I). So they get
new genetic samples and make better, faster,
stronger models. Like Steve Austin. And Stone
Cold did in fact say so!
And he is expertly helped along with the
Illuminati partner in crime Jim Cheung. Who I
will always call Jimmy Cheung from his days
drawing Teen Tony Stark (I'm hoping he shows up
in Iron Man 2) and then Maverick and X-Force.
But boy has his art gotten better. Cleaner
lines. More expressive faces (that still almost
all look the same, which kinda works on the
Skrull planet as they have always been drawn
with similar features) and his art is so well
translated nowadays by John Dell and Justin
Ponsor. It is expertly handled and expertly
colored, and it isn't blah art like Maleev's art
on Mighty Avengers 12 (and I'm sure to be 13 as
well). Jim Cheung's art pops off the page, it is
comic-art. It isn't flat and boring, it's very
very nice to look at. And his ass is late all
the time too. Bastard.
Oh... I didn't tell you who Princess Veranke was
going to be? Surely you'd think it was Reed
Richards. Sue Richards. Nick Fury. Tony Stark.
The President. You know, someone who can inflict
a lot of damage on a lot of people with just the
flick of a finger. Dr. Strange. The Sentry. God.
But who does she go as (at least, we assume from
the last panel that she will)?
Jessica Drew: Spider-Woman. Nick Fury eat your
heart out. No one ever wants to be One-Eyed
Willie. Everybody wants to be a Skintight Betty.
And we're off for more Skrullmageddon....NEXT
TIME!
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