Heartache and heartbreak. Character comebacks in more ways than one. It's all there. And it is all awesome. This is my book of the week. Leinil hits it out of the park. Bendis writes an awesome continuation on the first part of this 7 part epic. There are only so many things the Crisis can do, and bringing back Barry Allen probably won't stop the Skrullgasm from winning this event war.

So the battle starts, the heroes fight the heroes, and the voice of reason? Ares? What the hell? He continually shouts about the Skrulls using this to keep them away from the actual war, and it is SO great to hear said outloud in a comic. Let's not fight the heroes as they might actually be heroes. Let's not get in the middle of this misunderstanding battle and make an attempt to get back to NYC to figure out what is going on. A hero saying that? And it's the God of War? HA!

They do fight, however. 70s Spider-man with underwebbing? Skrull. 70s Hawkeye? Skrull. Mockingbird? Maybe not a Skrull. Ronineye vouches for her, and him grabbing the bow and arrow from Skrulleye and using it against the 70s heroes was an awesome touch. It will suck to see no mas Ronin, but seeing the real Hawkeye back will be awesome.

70s Vision? Probably a Skrull. He fights with the Sentry and tells him it's all his fault. The Void is back. And the Skrulls are DEATHLY afraid of Sentry. He's the only one strong enough to throw them all in the sun, so it makes perfect sense for them to try to take him out of the equation as quickly as possible.

Ronineye shoots an arrow at 70s Cap, who is the only one quick enough to block him, prompting Ronineye to think it's the real Cap. Mockingbird agrees, but it makes no sense. Bru has gone on record as saying there was no Skrull Cap in his book. So I really hope this isn't Cap. If they want to bring him back, there has to be a better way. This doesn't seem like the right fit for the character at all.

Ms Marvel takes Tony into the heart of the jungle to reconfigure his armor and try to do what he can to attack the virus that has been loaded into his Extremis and save himself while trying to take out the Skrull beacon and stop the invasion. But he just might be too late as the Young Avengers learn in the middle of NYC as they go toward the Baxter Building and a MASSIVE Skrull-ship opens to reveal a TON of Super-skrulls.

Regular old Super-Skrulls with the powers of the Fantastic Four. Spider-Man Villain Super-Skrulls (part Doc Ock, part Sandman, part awesome?). Nova and the Guardians of the Galaxy Super-Skrulls. Illuminati Super-Skrulls (Doc Strange, Black Bolt). Giant-Man Super-Skrull. Archangel Super-Skrull. Captain America Super-Skrull. Thor Super-Skrull. Wolverine/Cyclops/Colossus Super-Skrulls. And even more. Awesome.

Bendis does a really really good job in this issue. One of the Cages are Skrulls and I think it's New Avengers Cage. He's too easily persuaded and changes his opinion quickly. Wolverine trusts no one and almost kills Mockingbird, but is stopped by Ronineye, and that follows one of the other better quiet moments of the issue, October 12th, the test Clint gives to Mockingbird to prove who she is (which is quickly refuted by Wolverine as not being proof of anything because how do they know he's really Clint).

The backstabbing is great. And let's say this: I am a huge fan of Leinil. Have been for years. Always will be. And his art is so super-clean in this that it looks like old-Leinil, early Wolverine issues Yu. Very clean lines and easy to read art, and it doesn't look rushed at all. I have every intention of believing this book will stay monthly and will stay on time, and Leinil Yu deserves high accolades for this comic. And I'm certain Mark Morales has a lot to do with the clean lines as well. But Laura Martin? She deserves a freaking medal for the color-work on this book. It is completely to die for. The colors pop off the page. Everyone seems to glisten like the four-color heroes they are.

It is a miracle. This is a very well put together event comic. And it didn't have to rely on the gimmick of bringing back a character who previously died saving the multiverse to pull it all together. Take THAT Barry Allen!

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