SuperSearnold - Comic Book Reviews

Greetings from your friendly neighborhood Searnold [Shár- Nŭhld].   Welcome to my comic book review blog - where you’ll always find recommendations on what to read and you’ll never get any spoilers.

Secret Invasion Week continues today with Secret Invasion - Inhumans.  I just finished reading it and I was quite impressed.  It was written by “Heroes” scribe Joe Pokaski with art by Tom Raney and Scott Hanna.  The basic plot is simple - the Skrull Invasion has reached the Inhuman home city of Attilan.  What will they do?  The story breathes new life into the secret Skrull infiltration by having completely new characters wonder who is a Skrull and when and how did they infiltrate Attilan.  There’s some good mystery - not revealing who is or is not a Skrull, but making it clear that they ARE in Attilan.  And then blam-o!  It’s battle time!  It’s a city wide skirmish since every Inhuman has some sort of powers.  A nice cliffhanger ending made me excited to see the next issue.  I’ve got to give serious props to Joe for putting a great issue together.

I’ve always enjoyed the Inhumans - the idea of a society where everyone has special powers fascinates me.  But even if you’ve never even heard of the Inhumans, I think now is a good time to look them up.  Joe did a great job introducing the basics you need to know in order to understand the story without being expository or repetitive to those of us who have been following the inhumans for quite some time.

This story can stand on its own, but I do recommend picking up New Avengers - Illuminati #5 before reading this issue.  The “inciting incident” that kicks off the story happens in that issue.  Do you NEED to read it in order to understand Secret Invasion - Inhumans?  Not at all - but I think if you don’t know who the Inhumans are then reading New Avengers - Illuminati #5 will just make the story a little easier to follow because you’ll have less new information to take in.

On that note, if you do enjoy this issue, I HIGHLY recommend picking up Silent War.  Silent War was a six issue mini (now available in TPB - trade paperback form) that came on the tail of Decimation (the story that saw the mutants lose their powers).  It had some serious repercussions on the Inhuman society while also being a fun ride.  Not being bound by regular society, the Inhumans always manage to be an unpredictable bunch.

That’s all for Secret Invasion - Inhumans.  Thanks for reading.  See you next time.
-Searnold

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