SuperSearnold - Comic Book Reviews

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

Today we continue Secret Invasion Week with Mighty Avengers #16.  Though it was a fine read, if you’re looking for a Secret Invasion title to skip (even I’m having difficulty keeping up with every tie-in issue), I say skip this issue.  While Marvel continues to do a good job of making sure that you don’t need to read every tie-in in order to understand the story, I think this issue was a bit too irrelevant.  The plot of this issue was incredibly over simplistic: Elektra is BAD-ASS and now she’s a Skrull.  Both things we already knew for quite a while.  However, if what you want to read is an issue jam-packed with kick-ass Elektra action, then by all means pick this issue up.  We already know who wins the fight - which makes it less interesting - but let’s just say the Skrulls did not have an easy time replacing her.

But the issue doesn’t explain WHY they chose Elektra to replace.  It doesn’t say exactly when the replacement took place (though I’d say right after Wolverine: Enemy of the State/ Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. is a pretty safe bet.)  We do get to see the “mysterious benefactors” ordering Electro to shut down the power at the raft (remember, from way back in New Avengers #1?) - but I think anyone who’s been reading New Avengers long enough to know what I’m talking about had already put two and two together and gotten Skrull (or four depending on how good your math is).  We do get one tender moment between the Elektra Skrull and Queen Veranke revealing that every single step of this invasion has been planned out since the beginning - but nothing worth picking up the issue over.

Also, the cover is misleading.  This issue has nothing to do with Daredevil.  All we know is that one of the Skrulls who tries to take down Elektra does so while in the form of Daredevil - there is zero information revealed as to whether or not Daredevil is or ever was a Skrull.

Finally: Mighty Avengers #16 reminds me of an unanswered question that I hope has not been overlooked: what has happened to the Hand and Hydra since their leader (the Elektra Skrull) died?  Bendis is pretty good at answering questions 2 or 3 years after he poses them (look how long it took him to tell us what was up with the corrupt S.H.I.E.L.D. agents down in the Savage Land) - so I have high hopes for this seemingly loose end.

So overall - pick it up if you want an action packed issue.  It’s not a bad issue.  There just isn’t much of anything relevant going on in it.  That’s all for Mighty Avengers #16.  As always: thanks for reading.  See you next time.
-Searnold

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