Editorial Review:

The Avengers are trapped in the Savage Land, battling friend and foe. And Spider-Man heads to the one person in the entire place he knows he can trust: Ka-Zar! But is it really him? This important chapter rewinds the events of the very first New Avengers story and shows how it connects to the Invasion. Plus: the break-up of Jessica Jones and Luke Cage; a major development in the life of Echo; and the story of how the Skrull empire was able to infiltrate the Marvel Universe, who instigated the invasion... and why? Collects New Avengers #38-43.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

I feel secretly invaded...:

Three and a half stars for this.
THE NEW AVENGERS Vol. 8: SECRET INVASION does the skimpy by only reprinting issues #38-42, and this bunch of stories only constitutes Book 1 of the New Avengers' tie-in with the Secret Invasion crossover event. And echoing the New Avengers TPB which tied into Civil War, this trade basically puts the New Avengers title on lockdown. Instead, for the most part, this becomes a showcase for flashback stories and supplementary Secret Invasion stuff. The first two issues do... more info

Inside Secret Invasion:

Warning: if you haven't read any of Secret Invasion, be prepared for spoilers.
During the run of Marvel's Secret Invasion mega event, Brian Michael Bendis's runs on New Avengers and Mighty Avengers have basically become what you could consider an insider's look behind the big events going on. The eighth collected volume of New Avengers collects the first five Secret Invasion tie-in issues, beginning with the breakup of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones, who sought sanctuary from Tony "Iron Man" Stark when... more info

I'd give this a zero were it an option:

I'm a big fan of the New Avengers and have read the entire run thus far. The first 7 volumes are fantastic, I don't see how a book can all of a sudden put it's story on pause for a year. This and the next coming volume deal with the secret invasion, a story line that falls flat in almost every way. The volumes leading up to this set up promised what seemed to be a provocative battle with shape sifting aliens. Paranoia, fear, mistrust, and a conspiracy, it reminded me of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. What... more info

Secrets Revealed:

This book collects New Avengers #38-43. These issues are a part of a larger Marvel comics story line which involve the seruptitious invasion of the planet by a shape shifting alien race called the Skrulls. The Skrulls have kidnapped and taken over the identities of various costumed heroes and are now using the identities of these heroes as part of their take over of the planet.
The invasion of the earth by the Skrulls has been going on for years and years. However their infilatration and how they... more info

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