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…not Mockingbird sacrificing herself to save her husband and teammates?

…well, okay then…

Sigh. I’m such a softy.

But I really wanted Clint to answer ‘Donna Karan’.

I wonder – could Clint reclaim ‘Hawkeye’ and Echo reclaim the ‘Ronin’ identity?

Please?

You know how there’s a Secret Invasion: Requiem issue being solicited with no hint as to who’s being mourned?

I posted a few items earlier this week that I need to go back and comment on thanks to a couple of things that have come up in the last day or two…and here’s the first

So, the last part of the returnees – are these guys the originals?

Given her role in Avengers Disassembled, I seriously doubt this is the original – unless, of course, the real reason that that Wanda lost the plot was because she couldn’t reconcile her Skrull sleeper agent self. Or maybe Skrulls can’t handle magic too well.

That would revamp Wanda and allow her to be used again.

So, maybe again.

Jewel

Okay, given Alias I think that this is highly, highly, unlikely to be the real Jessica Jones. That said, if anyone could do this it’s Bendis – she was his creation, he’s written most of her appearances so if he wants to do this then he certainly can.

But still, I’m going say no, this Jessica is a Skrull.

Mockingbird

Interesting one. Mock died years ago – and IIRC has actually been seen in hell, helping Patsy Walker out – but her reveal as a Skrull would make some kind of sense.

There was a point where Mock and Hawkeye split up and she suddenly turned up as a governmental spy (in Byrne’s West Coast Avengers run) so that would certainly be an easy time to point to a change in her. It would also play havoc with the real Clint’s life to have her back.

So I’m going out on a limb and saying yes, this Barbara Barton is the real thing from roundabout that time.

Captain America

No.

How gullible do you think we are?

Ms Marvel

Also no – unless the Ms Marvel that Rogue absorbed memories and power from was actually a Skrull, because she ditched this costume way before that.

On the other hand, this would have been a perfect time to replace her…

But still, no.

Wolverine

With this mask?

That would mean virtually every single appearance of Wolverine was actually of a Skrull.

And that at one point, a Skrull replaced another Skrull to pose as him.

Right…

So…some definite maybes in the returners but none we can say for sure (even if I think yes).

But what about the Avengers on the ground?

Now where were we? Oh yeah…

No. Sue Storm gave birth not to long ago, and I think between that and the whole Reed-Sue marriage stress, its unlikely that the Sue running around is a Skrull – otherwise they wouldn’t have needed to replace her to blow up the Baxter Building, would they?

Phoenix

Well…

Ignoring the fact that Phoenix ‘died’ way before Galactus chowed down on the Skrull throneworld, if this was the real Jean, then this would mean either (a) a Skrull disguised as Phoenix actually had the Phoenix power during the Dark Phoenix saga, or (b) the Jean Grey that returned from the dead for the original X-Factor team was a Skrull…both of which seem unlikely.

However, Jean briefly returned to the green and yellow for a time during Steve Seagle’s run on X-Men so she could have been taken then. I’m pretty sure she exhibited some kind of Phoenix effect after this prior to her death at the end of Morrison’s run, but maybe that could have been faked by fancy-schmancy Skrull science.

This would actually be pretty interesting – we’d get a Jean Grey back still in love with Cyclops prior to his leaving her for Emma…and it would also get around the usual Jean Grey resurrection issues.

So…maybe.

Vision

No.

This?

Android, not Skrull.

Iron Man

No. Too much has happened to Tony Stark to make his exposure as a Skrull too easy. So, no.

Unless…this Iron Man is Jim Rhodes, circa Secret Wars. That would mean that all of War Machine’s adventures were the adventures of a Skrull. I could live with that.

So it’s a ‘maybe’ again.

It brings up an interesting question of just when these heroes were taken (if they were) – maybe it wasn’t all in one fell swoop; maybe they’ve been picked up over time. That would make things a little more interesting…

To be continued!

Looks like Skrull Cap’s got a headache.

Marvel Online has a nifty internet-only (for now; I’m sure it’ll be reprinted in the trade) prologue to Secret Invasion up, which reveals the identity of a Skrull – or at least reveals who that Skrull has been posing as since just after Captain America #25.

No, I’m not telling, go read it and find out. You need to register with Marvel to read the entire prologue but you don’t need to sign up for the digital comics service.
If the person in the preview is dead, it marks the death of one of the oldest characters in Marvel’s stable – and also sadly nullifies some nice character interaction that this character has had in another book recently.

In fact, I’m tempted to go and re-read those issues to see if this hangs together…and just how much information that was obtained in them – because I’m relatively certain that there was something involving access to the Negative Zone and a method of transporting all of New York there.

That’s not good…

Marvel have just premiered the Secret Invasion double cover variants for Ms Marvel #25 and Captain Marvel #4 by Terry Dodson and damned if they don’t look good.

Is it just me or is Ms Marvel’s 70s costume so much better than her current one? Now if her book was better…

…the new look ones, that is.

Over at Superpouvoir, there’s an interesting sketch (almost a watercolor* really), apparently by Lenil Yu – looks like everyone’s favorite shapechangers are getting a makeover…

And incidentally, if you were a shapechanging alien, wouldn’t you try to change so you don’t look like everyone else on your planet. I’m not saying all Skrulls look alike to me or anything but…

Thanks to David for the link!

*I am bowing to the pressure of my new home country and trying to spell things the American** way.

** Which is to say the wrong way.

Yesterday was DC, today is Marvel’s turn for the Skrulltempber solicits!

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #544, FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #24 – One More Day kicks off in style with two parts this month – and presumably the final issue of FNSM. I have to admit, I love these covers…and I can’t wait for it to be revealed that the real May died in ASM #400 – and ever since she’s been a Skrull!
X-FACTOR #23 – I’m not sure why but this is still hit and miss for me. And I sure don’t trust Quicksilver, sowing discontent…

X-MEN #203 – So now Mystique has jumped ship to the Marauders? Shape-changing Mystique? Who’s been locking lips with Iceman, of all people? Need I say more?

X-MEN: EMPEROR VULCAN #1 (of 5) – Glad to see this book following up on Havok et al’s war against Emperor Vulcan, although would it have been too much to ask for it to be called Starjammers? I have to say, I never really trusted Lilandra – she’s far too shifty in the way she…hey! Could it be?!?

Good grief, this whole Skrull thing got real old, real fast didn’t it?

Okay, with the New Avengers #31 revelations – not to mention the sneak preview of New Avengers #32 I posted yesterday - and Bendis’ interviews on CBR and Newsarama, let’s consider who’s a Skrull and how…

Elektra – definitely Skrull. And dead to boot. Bendis mentions that she was killed twice in Wolverine‘s Enemy of the State. I recall the first time – when the Hand captured her – but when was the second? Irrespective of that, I think that having her continue to lead the Hand at the end of that arc is somewhat contradictory to how she had been portrayed in the few years previous in the MU. As a result I suspect that she was replaced at some point in that storyline – although she showed up in Daredevil helping him since then…

So where’s the real Elektra? My gut says currently six feet under – but she’s been there before…

Jessica Jones-Cage and the Baby – Does the baby even have a name? The baby was born post M-Day, so it isn’t a mutant – and those glowing green eyes would sure suggest Skrull-ism. Add to that that Jess isn’t breast feeding (more the fact that it was in the comic, not that that’s not a valid choice) and I think you can add her to the list of the Skrull-ified. So when were they replaced?

Well, we never did see them return from Canada after they fled there during the Civil War, did we? So my money’s on them still being up there wondering why Luke hasn’t called.

Other Suspects – well, there are a few aren’t there?

Spider-Woman – her double-triple-quadruple crossing since her return has been kind of questionable, so what if she’s one of them? It would explain why she was choking after Doc Strange cast a ‘root out the evil’ spell a while back, right? As for when she was replaced, after the Hydra guy found her – because he’s a Skrull too. Not only that but Mark Bagley’s interview suggested that he’ll be drawing both Ms Marvel and Spider-Woman during his Mighty Avengers stint – so at the very least she appears to be switching teams.

Maria Hill – She came out of nowhere and managed to become head honcho of SHIELD when Fury did a runner. She influenced Civil War by trying to arrest Cap immediately. Plus she’s in a perfect position to do all the evil stuff SHIELD did back at the start of New Avengers.

Miriam Sharpe - Okay, I just don’t like her…

Colossus – Mike suggested this one, and while I can certainly see where he got the idea from I can’t see Whedon going along with it. Beside, who says he’s going to survive Astonishing X-Men#24?

In fact, Mike was on a roll – suggesting Norman Osborne and Cap aswell. As Skrulls revert to their true form on death, Cap seems like a no-no. I also think Norman is somewhat negated as a choice by the fact that he is clearly bat-shit crazy on meds – unless the Skrulls identities are buried so deep that they don’t even know they’re Skrulls till they’re ‘activated’.

Bendis also hinted that maybe not all of the Illuminati may have made it off the planet in Illuminati #1 – so some of them may be Skrulls. I think that’s a red herring; having had Reed Richards, Doc Strange, Iron Man, Namor or Xavier being Skrull replacements for the past thirty years worth of comics would be absolutely ridiculous – the majority of them have been through so much – not to mention starring in books for most of that time. As for Black Bolt, seems that would invalidate lots of books including the currently running Silent War so I don’t buy that either.

Ms Marvel’s agent, whatever her name is, seems a shoo-in (shoe-in?) – she appears to have been manipulating Carol from the start of that book.

Hank Pym’s also been suggested and I would love the real Pym to be off trapped in a cupboard somewhere – but again, all the meds he’s taking and his general ‘woe is me’ attitude seems a little too self-pitying for a Skrull.

Unless…meds are needed to keep them in their forms for prolonged periods? So maybe Norman Osborne and Pym are Skrulls? Gah. My head’s exploding.

I’ll throw a few other names out there as well – Emma Frost has certainly been through some character changes in the past few years, Luna (Pietro and Crystal’s child), Callisto, Ares on Mighty Avengers certainly bears little resemblance to the Ares of years gone by, Storm’s gone awfully submissive with her marriage and all, Magneto’s been swinging from positive to negative for years now…the list goes on and on and on….

And a few panels from a climactic scene inside the book as the Thing forces the Skrull agent to reveal herself…