SuperSearnold - Comic Book Reviews

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

Sorry that I missed yesterday’s post. I had some unexpected computer difficulties. I’ll compensate with extra posts over the next few days about the new Star Wars movie as well as Hell Boy II. Also - as per your requests - look forward to a review of Trinity coming up soon.

But for today, we finish up Secret Invasion week with an odd title that I think is actually worth a look: SKRULLS! This book is essentially a Marvel Handbook about everything Skrull - with a twist. SKRULLS! is written from the perspective of Skrull Chancellor ‘Kal’Du (not a character I’m familiar with - possibly just a random Skrull created for this issue). He has prepared a report for Queen Veranke on the history of all Skrull activity that might be helpful for her to know while planning the upcoming invasion of Earth. This little twist makes the read much more fun than other Handbook titles - it doesn’t read like an ecyclopedia. ‘Kal’Du even throws a few opinions in his report, and often addresses you (the reader) as “my exalted Queen,” thus creating a personal feel. I enjoyed putting myself in the Queen’s shoes while learning about all things Skrull.

So how useful was the information? Well that’s one of the things that is so well written about Secret Invasion - you don’t need ANY of this information to understand the plot. And there is a LOT of information that I can safely say is never going to come into play during the invasion. However - being a continuity whore - I always enjoy something more when I know more about it. So I recommend SKRULLS! not just because it was a fun read, but because (while not necessary) putting things in their proper Skrull context will probably make Secret Invasion more enjoyable.

That’s all for today. Thanks for reading. See you next time.
-Searnold

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