A review by allmadhere106
The New Avengers, Vol. 8: Secret Invasion Book 1 by Brian Michael Bendis

4.0

I really appreciated this volume, mainly because I think it helps fill in some of the gaps from the main Secret Invasion book. We see just how long the Skrulls have been planning this and all of the ways that they've been playing puppet master to our world. I found it fascinating, though there are still several questions that haven't been answered.

This collection really works best as a character sketch as we see snippets from different characters in each issue. I particularly liked the different digs that the comics made about the verse, including a lot of confusion about the Avengers vs. the New Avengers. I liked the Skrull perspective as well. Very interesting.

For: fans of superheroes/comics; readers wanting a comic with a focus on characters; readers looking for a comic with religious extremist and colonialist commentary.

Possible red flags: manipulation; characters in peril; violence; blood; death; language; conspiracies; imprisonment and experimentation; distrust and paranoia; war imagery; invasion/colonialism; religious extremism; impersonation; sex and sexual situations; the separation of parent and child--domestic issues.