Decades worth of Secret Invasion Planning?

[whetteon]

Looking through some of my moderns today and came across Marvel Knights Elektra 1. Look at who was the writer! And the storyline does briefly raise the question of why Elektra is still alive. Did Bendis have a plan that's taken a decade to unveil?

 

[MightyBeanComics]

More likely they have interns scouring old issues for loose ends or poor plot devices to fit into Secret Invasion.

[Pirate]

I would say two years of loose planning at best.

[joe_collector]

Looking through some of my moderns today and came across Marvel Knights Elektra 1. Look at who was the writer! And the storyline does briefly raise the question of why Elektra is still alive.

 

People have been raising the question of why Marvel exhumed Elektra's corpse for decades, including Frank Miller, so that's hardly news.

[BadDeacon]

Maybe it IS a tie in, and I'll be able to sell my copy for more than 25 cents...

[followtheleader]

Though I like a lot of Bendis' work, this Elektra series was really poor. Biggest claim to fame is the stupid nude #3 issue.

 

Pat

 

[whisp]

Page 4 I think of secret invasion #1 shows that electra is a skrull.

 

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20185202_5,00.html

 

 

[brasseye]

Page 4 I think of secret invasion #1 shows that electra is a skrull.

 

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20185202_5,00.html

 

 

Marvel's, get out of jail card

[jordanscott]

i don't think Bendis could put minutes of planning into something let alone decades.

[The Troll King]

What's funny is that a 9.6 copy of this book is recorded on GPA as selling for $2.99

 

 

Makes the $7.03 9.6 I bought seem like I wasted my money although I only bought it to have Horn sign it.

[Stronguy]

Dunno if it's been a decade in the planning but I do remember Bendis saying there was a common thread he had seen for several years running in Marvel books. He said he was going to use it as the subplot for a lot of his work. I never really knew what he was talking about but maybe this whole Skrull thing is what he was talking about.

[joe_collector]

Dunno if it's been a decade in the planning but I do remember Bendis saying there was a common thread he had seen for several years running in Marvel books.

 

Yeah, it's called "Everyone returns from the dead, while exhibiting poorly-written characterizations in What If?-inspired stories", and that was hardly a difficult task.

[HarrisonJohn]

Dunno if it's been a decade in the planning but I do remember Bendis saying there was a common thread he had seen for several years running in Marvel books. He said he was going to use it as the subplot for a lot of his work. I never really knew what he was talking about but maybe this whole Skrull thing is what he was talking about.

 

Yes, that is what he was reffering to, and it goes back at least as far as the start of New Avengers.

I believe Electra has always been the key to all of this so it's possible her book from years ago had some clues also.

[Mephisto]

Captain Marvel who recently returned is a Skrull. However, the real Captain Marvel is still alive. He is a captive of the Skrulls. Captain Marvel was replaced with a Skrull during the Kree/Skrull War in The Avengers during the early 1970s. Thus the real Captain Marvel was never exposed to the nerve gas during the battle with Nitro and is cancer free.

[Old Fashion PB and J]

Captain Marvel who recently returned is a Skrull. However, the real Captain Marvel is still alive. He is a captive of the Skrulls. Captain Marvel was replaced with a Skrull during the Kree/Skrull War in The Avengers during the early 1970s. Thus the real Captain Marvel was never exposed to the nerve gas during the battle with Nitro and is cancer free.

 

 

Which would be awesome. Unless your Jim Starlin.

[joe_collector]

However, the real Captain Marvel is still alive. He is a captive of the Skrulls. Captain Marvel was replaced with a Skrull during the Kree/Skrull War in The Avengers during the early 1970s. Thus the real Captain Marvel was never exposed to the nerve gas during the battle with Nitro and is cancer free.

 

Wow, this may be a worse retcon than the "vegetable Iron Fist" scam.

 

Also, how did they explain away the fact that CM never turned into a Skrull when he died? I bet that was a doozy.

[seank]

Looking through some of my moderns today and came across Marvel Knights Elektra 1. Look at who was the writer! And the storyline does briefly raise the question of why Elektra is still alive.

 

People have been raising the question of why Marvel exhumed Elektra's corpse for decades, including Frank Miller, so that's hardly news.

 

The easy (and possibly real) answer to why Marvel exhumed Elektra's corpse is because she sells comic books to fanboys. It's all about $$$. If she wasn't a fan-favorite, she'd still be dead.

 

Miller made an artistic decision when he killed her. Marvel made a financial decision when they brought her back.

[HarrisonJohn]

However, the real Captain Marvel is still alive. He is a captive of the Skrulls. Captain Marvel was replaced with a Skrull during the Kree/Skrull War in The Avengers during the early 1970s. Thus the real Captain Marvel was never exposed to the nerve gas during the battle with Nitro and is cancer free.

 

Wow, this may be a worse retcon than the "vegetable Iron Fist" scam.

 

Also, how did they explain away the fact that CM never turned into a Skrull when he died? I bet that was a doozy.

 

I've read elsewhere that they don't always turn back to Skrulls. Apparently they didn't when impostering Wolverine a while back.