Mighty Avengers Vol. 4: Secret Invasion, Book 2 (v. 4, Bk. 2) [Hardcover]

Brian Michael Bendis (Author), Khoi Pham (Illustrator)

Book Description

Grade Level: 4 and up

ELEKTRA IS A SKRULL! Words that have echoed through Marvel Comics for the last two years. But how did this happen and for how long has this been true? Plus, the return of MAR-VELL has brought with it more questions then answers, but now all those questions will finally be answered. Also, find out all you need to know about Nick Fury's Secret Warriors. Then watch the lives of two of the most famous Kree, Captain Mar-Vell and Marvel Boy, alter the events of the Invasion forever! Collects Mighty Avengers #16-20.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 120 pages
• Publisher: Marvel (January 21, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785136495
• ISBN-13: 978-0785136491
• Product Dimensions: 1 x 1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,165,459 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brian Michael Bendis is an award winning comics creator and one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For the last eleven years, Brian's books have consistently sat on the top of the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.
Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel's popular AVENGERS franchise by writing every issue of the NEW AVENGERS plus debuting the hit books MIGHTY AVENGERS and DARK AVENGERS along with the wildly successful 'event' projects HOUSE OF M, SECRET WAR, SECRET INVASION, and SIEGE.
This summer will see the blockbuster new line-ups for AVENGERS and NEW AVENGERS.
Other recent projects include the groundbreaking SPIDER-WOMAN MOTION COMIC, that debuted number one on iTunes TV sales chart and the New York Times best selling HALO graphic novel.
Brian is one of the premiere architects of Marvel comic's Ultimate line of comics. A line of comics specifically created for the new generation of comics reader. He has written every issue of ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN since it's best selling launch in 1999, and has also written ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR, X-MEN, MARVEL TEAM UP, ORIGIN, SIX and the ENEMY trilogy.
He is creator of the JINX line of crime comics published by image comics. This line has spawned the graphic novels GOLDFISH, FIRE, JINX, TORSO (w/ Marc Andreyko) and TOTAL SELL OUT.
Brian's other projects include the Eisner award winning "POWERS" (w/Mike Oeming) from Marvel's creator owned imprint ICON, and the Hollywood tell all "FORTUNE AND GLORY'. Entertainment Weekly gave both projects an "A." SONY and FX networks are currently developing POWERS for series with Brian as exec producer.
Brian is currently adapting his spy graphic novel FIRE for Universal Pictures as a starring vehicle for Zac Efron.
Brian is a member of Marvel studios creative committee, which consults on their numerous ongoing film projects. He has consulted on IRON-MAN and IRON MAN 2 and is currently consulting on THE FIRST AVENGERS: CAPTAIN AMERICA, THOR and THE AVENGERS
Brian has won five prestigious EISNER awards, including 'Best Writer of the year' two years in a row. He has also won over two dozen Wizard comic awards. Brian is the recipient of the Cleveland Press 'Excellence in Journalism' Award and was named "Best Writer of the Year." by Wizard Magazine and Comic Buyer's Guide for three consecutive years.
He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Alisa, his gorgeous daughters Olivia and Sabrina and his dogs Lucky, Max and Buster.

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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Invasion, before and after, February 6, 2009

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This review is from: Mighty Avengers Vol. 4: Secret Invasion, Book 2 (v. 4, Bk. 2) (Hardcover)

There were a lot that didn't dig Secret Invasion, but I did, and found it more satisfying than World War Hulk or Civil War were. In any case, Secret Invasion maestro Brian Michael Bendis' arcs on New Avengers and Mighty Avengers during the Secret Invasion run were quite good, as evidenced here in the fourth collected volume of Mighty Avengers, which collects the last five issues of the Secret Invasion tie-ins. Warning that from here on out, spoilers are ahead for those who haven't read Secret Invasion yet. It begins with finally revealing just what happened to Elektra and how she was switched out with a Skrull doppleganger. Needless to say, she goes down fighting. After that, we find the faux-Hank Pym making a decision that his fellow Skrulls don't like too much, followed by a detailing of Nick Fury gearing up his Secret Warriors for the massive battle to come. We also get a depth-filled issue involving the Skrull impersonating Captain Marvel, and what ramifications his actions have on the imprisoned Marvel Boy. The best is saved for the end however, as the heroes gather for the funeral of the Wasp, and we see Hank Pym's reactions to everything he's missed while he was captured and missing; which includes the House of M, Civil War, the death of Captain America, and World War Hulk. There's great artwork from Khoi Pham, Stefano Caselli, Carlo Pagulayan, Lee Weeks, and Jim Cheung; and Bendis' storytelling remains in fine form. All in all, out of all the Secret Invasion tie-in's, the New Avengers and Mighty Avengers trades are undoubtedly the best there are, and are definitely worth your time if you dug Secret Invasion in the least.

4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Beware!, June 3, 2009

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This review is from: Mighty Avengers Vol. 4: Secret Invasion, Book 2 (Paperback)

Don't read the Mighty Avengers Secret Invasion books unless you have the other books that tie in. I don't and I found that this book on it's own doesn't make sense. Wasp's funeral?...umm, when did she even die? The first two Mighty Avengers collections with the Ultron Initiative and Venom Bomb are great. This...art not as good, missing pieces, not a lot of actual Avengers featured...not so much.

4 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars no more bendis, please, November 20, 2009

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Gwadovski "Kaigeus" (ca USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mighty Avengers Vol. 4: Secret Invasion, Book 2 (Paperback)

Brian Bendis has to be the most unimaginative writer to be given free reign at Marvel. The vocabulary and pacing he gives to his stories are like if someone tried to write about how "real people" talk if the only life experience the author actually had was watching TV and listening to groups of ugly teenage girls try to assure each other that they're cool. Bendis started really irking me with House of M, an entirely bogus waste of time and money in which Scarlet Witch - whose powers have always been vague, especially since Avengers West Coast - is suddenly able to dream away over 90% of earth's superpowered population. As a single issue "What If?" this could have been entertaining, but a maxiseries of this idea could have only maintained interest if it was filled with action, suspense, and some kind of continuity. But it's dry, unmotivated, and simply uninteresting outside of the 2 second shock value of "what if everything you know about the Marvel U. was suddenly changed?" If you can imagine watching "Cops" but with no crimes ever being committed, and if every few minutes, the show focussed on a different cop with no criminals to hassle or arrest, you'll get a good taste for what Bendis brings to the table. This analogy applies to almost all of Bendis writing, particularly Daredevil. I guess Marvel wanted him to really outdo himself and show us what he's got with "Secret Invasion", where once again "everything you know about the Marvel Universe changes"- only this time, Bendis randomly chooses characters that should supposedly have been Scrulls for the past 1 to 10 years. It's done so randomly that it's an insult to anyone who has actually read comics since before he became an overhyped bigshot in comics and knows that there is no possible way these characters could have been Scrulls the whole time without anybody knowing. And to end it all with Norman Osborn killing the Scrull Queen with a lucky shot while thousands of superheroes infinitely more powerful than him are stumped by the Scrull threat is lamer than belief. We already have Punisher. Why his modern garbage gets so much reprint is ridiculous to me when guys like Steve Gerber have only a couple trade paperbacks of their material out there. How bout a color reprint of Man-Thing, or the oldschool Foolkiller?