A review by allmadhere106
Captain Britain and MI13, Vol. 1: Secret Invasion by Paul Cornell

2.0

I really wanted to like this more, but it was hard with how much it didn't make sense. There's not a lot of explanation and this is a really rough one for readers to dive into. I haven't read any Captain Britain books before this, so I understand that that's part of it, but the collection doesn't even have a character section or something similar in the beginning to get readers up to speed. I liked the magic elements, though I was only really able to follow this because of my background in folklore and the King Arthur mythos. Awkward, though unique in comparison to the other Secret Invasion titles so far.

For: fans of superheroes/comics; readers wanting a focus on the happenings outside of the USA.

Possible red flags: manipulation; characters in peril; violence; blood; death; language; conspiracies; distrust and paranoia; invasion/colonialism; gore/dismemberment/dissection; references to sex/sexual situations.