Henry Imler August 19th, 2008

 Damn Dirty Skrulls: What We Know Now, 10 – Funny recap of this latest round of Secret Invasion issues.

On Reed Richards and his magic gun:

Meanwhile, in Low Earth Orbit, Agent Brand reveals that she a) speaks Skrull and b) knows how to shoot a blaster. Skrull blasters, incidentally, go “Psham”. Twenty-two “Pshams” later, and Brand has saved Reed Richards. Like Black Widow before her, Agent Brand is f*@$ing scary. Reed starts out looking a bit like the Yankee Stadium infield tarp, but Brand helps him get it together. Reed snaps out of it, and before you can say “Deus Ex Machina!”, has a patented Reed Richards IdentoSkrull Lamp slapped together.

On the Savage Land Skrull Ship Fight:

On Earth, in the Savage Land, suspicions run rampant. Just when the various factions are about to come to blows, Reed arrives with the Light of Truth. In seconds, EVERY SINGLE SURVIVOR FROM THE SAVAGE LAND SHIP IS REVEALED TO BE A SKRULL. Earth’s heroes are naturally saddened by this. So saddened that they kill the hell out of them. Black Widow rains the Buddas. Luke Cage punches the closest woman. Ares utters a nonsensically censored curse (Caleb pointed this out, but he’s right, what the f*@$ is a “@#$ing hole”? Four swear signs would make sense; it could even stand for “Shut your fishing hole!”, which I understand is a curse in Greece).…

Things wind down as our heroes examine the emotional wreckage of the scene. Notes are compared. Ka-Zar wants to go the New York and kill more Skrulls. Spider-Man nearly swears when he finds out Spider-Woman was a Skrull. And as for Clint, well . . . Clint’s upset that he had to smoke Skrullingbird. In fact, he advocates genocide, albeit with the proper number of symbols in his swears.

SPOILERS OF WAR:Secret Invasion #5 – Talking with Bendis about the latest issue.  Incidentally, he tries to answer all the criticisms in the above article.

Some people thought the fact that Reed Richards was able to create a device which allowed people to see Skrulls was a Deus Ex Machina. It’s not. If Reed Richards was not in the story up until this very moment and showed up with his gizmo that would have been a Deus Ex Machina. Reed has been part of this story since the first issue. His appearance in the story allows for the fact that he has the ability to stop them, which is why the Skrulls captured him and why he was being tortured by them. A lot of hints were made that he may have the key to how this is happening. So those of you who were saying this is a Deus Ex Machina, that’s not the case. You may not like this beat and you may not find it satisfying, which is fine, but know your terms before you get all fancy.

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