Pick of the Week: Secret Invasion: Dark Realm #1

Posted by Stephanie Cox Dec 18, 2008

Brian Michael Bendis is really starting to grow on me. I like how he writes Marvel's characters. He's got the talent that bigger names like Jeph Loeb only dream of. Bendis engineered much of Marvel's sucessful Ultimate Universe and he also crafted the storylines for House of M and the Secret Invasion.

Which is why my Pick of the Week, Secret Invasion Dark Realm #1 written by Brian Michael Bendis, is a no brainer.

This Marvel One-Shot is the transition between the *boring* Secret Invasion (I know I just uber complimented Bendis who wrote the Secret Invasion, but alien invasions are just not my cup of tea in the comic world, though the arch was well-written) and what future Marvel storylines are going to be. I love it when Marvel gets all creepy and Forboding! And this issue is full of creeps and foreboding.

Super villian Norman Osbourn holds a meeting with all the other Marvel super villians-- Doom, the Hood, Loki, Namor and even Emma Frost-- and sets up all kinds of potential for the next year of Marvel comics. Back-stabbing and evil scheming are sure to ensue! Pick this crucial issue up or else I'm sure you'll be left wondering 'wtf?' for Marvel comics in 2009.