Secret Invasion – COMICS BLEND

CAPTAIN MARVEL First Look, Villains Revealed

Oscar winner Brie Larson will suit up as Carol Danvers in CAPTAIN MARVEL. The first Marvel Cinematic Universe film led by a female hero takes us March 2019 but Marvel shared a first look at Larson in character and new details of the story.

Captain Marvel’s adventure will be set in the mid-1990’s with S.H.I.E.L.D. spymaster Nick Fury – with two eyes. Yes, it’s Samuel L. Jackson – B.P. Before Patch!

But for comics geeks the big news is the revelation of the villains: Continue reading CAPTAIN MARVEL First Look, Villains Revealed

AVENGERS VS ALIENS

Thanos and the Black Order in New Avengers #9 courtesy Marvel

Chitauri. Kree. Those alien armies are just the warm-up for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes on the big screen. Thanos (Josh Brolin) is the big bad behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe and will go head to head with the heroes in Avengers: Infinity War, Part I & II.

The Avengers have been on the front line protecting Earth from invaders from space. Thanos, The Infinity Gauntlet & War evolved from comic book legend Jim Starlin and are a massive influence on modern creators and filmmakers.

As we anxiously await the next Avengers film and showdown with Thanos, here are five of the biggest cosmic epics pitting Earth’s Mightiest Heroes against alien enemies: Continue reading AVENGERS VS ALIENS

FOUR Starring NICK FURY For JULY 4TH

Is the original Nick Fury about to retire…permanently?

The ageless superspy may be a dead man before Original Sin is over.

With the cinematic Nick Fury (aka the son who looks like Samuel L. Jackson) now firmly established in the Marvel Comics universe (you can see him currently in Secret Avengers with Agent Phil Coulson) and a huge revelation about the first Fury (see spoiler down below) could the World War II hero finally go to the great debriefing in the great beyond? Continue reading FOUR Starring NICK FURY For JULY 4TH

Skrulls Are Back in AVENGERS #18

Avengers and Skrulls….allies?

Infinity is the cosmic event of the year that Jonathan Hickman has been building up to in Avengers and New Avengers. Marvel’s Infinity Free Comic Book Day by Hickman and Jim Cheung set the stage for the brutal conflict to come and introduced a powerful new villain the Marvel Universe.

You know he’s a bad if he works for Thanos! Corvus Glave is a “General” in the next campaign of Thanos. Take a look below at Jim Cheung’s design for the sinister enforcer of the Mad God of Titan’s agenda from Marvel.

This new alien warrior stole the show in the FCBD issue but look who’s back! Check out the cover of Avengers #18 by Leinil Yu. Earth’s Mightiest Heroes fought off a Secret Invasion of the Skrulls. Now the Avengers must rely on the aggressive shape-shifters for help?

What could bring Continue reading Skrulls Are Back in AVENGERS #18

X-Men Vs. Skrulls II

Does the impeding Avengers Vs. X-Men epic have you longing for events past? X-Men #29 is just what the event addict ordered. In Marvel’s May solicit for the issue by Victor Gischler and Will Conrad, relive Secret Invasion when the Skrulls conquered Earth.

In X-Men #29 a team of the shapeshifters infiltrates the X-Men. Pixie is taken hostage “or did she go by choice?”

I loved all of Secret Invasion especially the X-Men limited series. I wouldn’t mind some more Skrull-crushing!

Avengers Secret Enemy Revealed in Game?

The biggest secret of Marvel’s The Avengers is Loki’s secret army. Executives deny the Skrulls are involved but speculation keeps growing. MTV Geek revealed new evidence that the reptilian shapeshifters may be in the big screen flick.

A new strategy game at Toy Fair 2012 revealed your favorite Avengers and pink warriors that sure look like Skrulls. Here’s the link where you can see the board game including the pink warriors.

SI5 — Secret Invasion #5 courtesy Marvel

We’ll finally know the identity of Loki’s secret army May 4th. If you want a great read about the Skrulls check out Secret Invasion, here’s the link to buy.

If you want to go way back then dive into the Kree-Skrull War when Earth is caught in the crossfire of Marvel’s two biggest alien empires.

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