Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? [Paperback]

Zeb Wells (Author), Brian Reed (Author), Mike Carey (Author), Jeff Parker (Author), John Rhett Thomas (Author), Mike Perkins (Illustrator), Leonard Kirk (Illustrator), Lee Weeks (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 25, 2009

Five stories from across the Marvel Universe, illuminating key elements of the SECRET INVASION! Captain Marvel takes a stand! Marvel Boy makes a choice! Wonder Man and the Beast face off! Abigail Brand, Agent of SWORD finds the foe! And the Agents of Atlas enter the fight! Plus, the Secret Invasion has been underway for years. For how long and to what extent, Tony Stark is not sure, but there is one thing he does know: Now is not the time for complacency. Following hot on the heels of the stunning revelation that Skrulls have been masquerading as Elektra and Black Bolt, Stark puts his best data-mining technology to the test to piece together their treacherous plot. Also, Ever since the dawning of the Marvel Age of heroes, the Skrulls have been known as scheming, conniving, insidious interlopers in the affairs not just of Earth, but the whole universe. Now, get the Skrulls' side of the story! Who are they, what drives them, and what are their ultimate goals? Collects Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust?, Saga, Skrulls!, and Marvel Spotlight: Secret Invasion.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Marvel (March 25, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785134093
• ISBN-13: 978-0785134091
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 0.2 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #721,084 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars For Secret Invasion completists only, April 11, 2011

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This review is from: Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? (Paperback)

Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? collects four individual comic books: the Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? one-shot, Secret Invasion Saga, Skrulls!, and Marvel Spotlight: Secret Invasion (a collection of interviews and promotional material), all originally published in 2009. The graphic novel is competently produced with thin, medium-gloss paper and a solid binding. Extras are limited: two unremarkable variant covers of the original Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust?

As for the graphic novel's content, there is very little story on offer here. The original Who Do You Trust? contains five extremely short Secret Invasion-related tales (each is 8 pages long): one featuring Captain Marvel, one with Marvel Boy, one focusing on Wonder Man and the Beast, one about the Agents of Atlas, and one (the best one, in this reviewer's opinion) following the recent activities of Abigail Brand, Agent of S.W.O.R.D. All of these stories are entertaining--and feature good art (especially the Abigail Brand piece)--but there's not much to them; most readers will be disappointed by their brevity. Unfortunately, the rest of the graphic novel--Saga, Skrulls!, and Spotlight--offers merely well-polished editorial material. Saga is a narration (in fairly confusing form) of the Skrulls' history in the Marvel Universe. Skrulls! is an encyclopedia of Skrull-related characters written from a Skrull perspective. And Saga, as noted above, is simply a collection of light interviews and promotional material. For what they are, these three issues are not terrible, but most readers will probably not want to read them.

Ultimately, unless you're a die-hard Secret Invasion completist, you're better off skipping the Who Do You Trust? graphic novel. It offers far too little story.