Queen Anelle as Spider-Woman still pushes Tony Stark to believe he's a Skrull, Black Widow shows up, chases her off, gets Tony on his feet, kills the retro Phoenix & Beast (Skrulls), and shoots Wolverine (real one).
Reed is revealed to be experimented upon aboard a Skrull ship, Agent Brand sneaks aboard, sees the whole plan.
The Hood and supervillain crew decide to get involved, Thor shows up and fries a bunch of Super Skrulls, and Cap (Bucky) looks on from afar.
Elektra's backstory is revealed as first an Elektra Skrull comes to kill and replace her and fails, then a DD & Wolvie mutant mash-up super Skrull duo try and get killed, then finally a fourth one kills(?) her, replaces her, fights the Hand leader and wrests control of the Hand away from Hydra.
The Initiative shows 3D Man, still confused from the reversed polarity of his Skrull detecting goggles, seeing everyone at Camp Hammond as a Skrull (except Crusader, who is a Skrull) and so he flies off and crashes in New Mexico when the Stark system is infected with a virus. We also see the Skrull backstory to Crusader as the Initiative fly into Times Square for the fight.
Hercules & the God Squad face the destroyed panthenons of nearly 1000 cultures, as Amadeus Cho's pup sabotages their ship (the puppy was a Skrull? Why not?) Snowbird seems to sacrifice herself and they head to face the two main Skrull gods. Also, Herc & Snowbird did it before all this.
Then we get a glimpse of the Skrulls that were disguised as the old school heroes that crash landed in the Savage Land. Particularly Captain America as Ka-Zar's savage flunkies take him down with some poisonous blowdarts.
The New Warriors do some lame stuff as they sit in a diner as the Invasion begins, go back to HQ, then run off after their leader Night Thrasher (long story). Then the old New Warriors fight the New New Warriors. Overall it is lame and hardly worth a mention.
X-Factor & She-Hulk, same deal. Longshot's a Skrull, with some guy Darwin (some mutant evolver), and She-Hulk and her Skrull partner Jazinda (daughter of Super Skrull) fight X-Factor as they try and kill Longshot who is really the talisman, a Skrull beacon of righteousness. Bleh.
In a stand-alone book called Skrulls! we get a full breakdown of the order of events. The Illuminati come and start some static with the Skrullys. Emperor Dorrek was proud, ignored the Holy Text of the First One, which Princess Veranke held in firm belief. When the empire was destroyed in Annihilation they turned to her, and using Dorrek's plan, the science of Tarnax X, planned the Invasion.
Princess Anelle. Peace-loving. Fell in love with Mar-Vell. Bore his child, Hulkling. Killed by Galactus consuming Throneworld.
Skrulls created Cosmic Cubes. Semi-sentient energy from "The Beyonders" race. Shaper of Worlds evolved from first cube after it destroyed two-thirds of Empire. Mentored Glorian and Kubik (a cosmic cube raised on Earth), who in turn mentored Kosmos, the composite cube made up of Beyonder & Molecule Man.
SL'Gur't & KLy'Bn. Skrull War God.
Super Skrull. K'Lrt.
My god the list of Skrull appearances are endless and I can't even imagine the Marvel Employee aka uber-fanboy, who compiled this list. It is exhaustive and well recorded. Bravo on giving us all the info Marvel.
The Skrull Captain Marvel wants to be a good guy but also wants to be a Skrull, so what does he do but crash Thunderbolt Mountain where badguys are pretending to be good guys. As the team there is falling apart, Cap shows up and wrecks house, but can't kill them all. Norman negotiates.
Captain Britain kills the magic super Skrull, frees magic, helps a new healer chick save Black Knight's life, Skrull John Lennon is killed and Satannish is set free. Wisdom gets one wish and says "No More Skrulls" and all of the ones in Britain die instantly and any one trying to get in as well. Cap sticks Excalibur into stone again and new chick healer picks it up. Best of the series I've read so far.
Black Panther has a strategic plan to fight the Skrulls. In true military fashion they take each other's weapons systems out, then their power, leaving them to fight it out on the plains blade to blade. Great issue with nice art.
Ms. Marvel wrecks house, tried to get in Stark Tower, fails, goes with Agent Sum to the Raft. She's insanely brutal.
Torch and Lyja share a moment, she stays behind in Negative Zone. Ben busts into the Negative Zone prison "Fantasy Island" and rescues the Tinkerer and the kids Val & Franklin convince him to help return them home. They appear in a destroyed NYC.
Ben Urich is in a hospital as he chronicles the Invasion from the average person's POV. A cop, a doctor, a business man, all trapped somewhere with a homicidal skrull. Also a cab driver's take on the Times Square Invasion.
Canarsie -destroyed by English
Kings County
Queens County
Richmond (king's bastard son)
Lizler
Queen Anne - Lord Cornbury
1 out of 6 owned by another NYer
Fires breaking out
Mary Burton/Houston (Irish)
Merchants/Artisans vs English
War up until 1763
King George 3
Alexander Hamilton
Bastard Child from West India
Defy British - pamphlet
"It is in war that a man can make his reputation."
Evacuation of NY - 80% of population left
1775 - British Warships
Washington brings soldiers to Manhattan to defend NY & Hudson river. Between Boston & Philadelphia. Pivotal inbetween point.
Declaration of Independence read aloud. Trashed King George 3 statue, made bullets. Washington brought troops to Brooklyn. 1/4 army destroyed in 2 days. Rest brought across East River through night. Defended his retreat up Broadway.
Washington left to keep army alive. 7 years.
British Garrison. Manhattan. Blacks joined to become free. Whitehall fire. Western half destroyed. French help Washington take NY. Nov 25, 1783 ride back into NY.
Abandoned, destroyed, all but rubble. Alexander Hamilton. Genius. Vision of development. 57 Wall St.
Jefferson calls NY a sewer. Hamilton makes NY an industrial/banking center. Jefferson says debt will be covered if capitol can be in Washington DC. NY gains superiority complex. Whatever.
Capitalism as metaphor for NY, constantly redefining, aggressively moving forward. Early 1800's. Steamboat, Staten Island Ferry. Vanderbilt.
Steam let ships sail on time.
John Jacob Astor. Real estate. Fur trader.
Washington Irving. A History of New York. Knickerbocker. "Gotham"
Dewitt Clinton - mayor/governor
Development of NYC
The grid & Eerie Canal
(Mississippi River to New Orleans)
Europe to NYC to Middle America
Empire State.
Penance stare overridden by Castle's grief and need for revenge. Ghost Rider helps him take down those responsible. Together they judge the beauracracy of criminal acts.
Ghost Rider vs Punisher in a gunfight, then fist fight.
Punisher on back of motorcycle shooting.
Wholesale slaughter of the guilty.
Then Ghost Rider takes out Castle.
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Page 1
Dan Ketch passes scene of violence. The families wail out for justice. Vengeance burns inside him. He can't fight the change.
Page 2
Tracks down killer. Punisher, springs trap. Explosions, guns, and finally hand to hand.
Page 3
Punisher refuses to submit. Penance stare.
Page 4
Punisher/Ghost Rider mind meld, swirling images of their past pains, flashbacks to origins, etc.
Page 5
Ghost Rider gets on bike, Punisher locks and loads.
Page 6
Punisher kills from Ghost Rider's motorcycle. They just wail on badguys. From thugs, to slick mobsters, to crime families.
Page 7
Office buildings, police, innocents. Ghost Rider sees there is no limit to Punisher's madness.
Page 8
Ghost Rider kills Punisher with chain slowly, putting him out of his misery.
The contestants are all lined up against the far wall. So the idea is the same as dodgeball, except also like king of the mountain. You need to run past the area that the balls are coming from, but don't get knocked unconcious! On the side are also small perches where one gunner sits on each side with a softball machine on a platform. Maybe small tennis ball ones in front of the benches that the front row audience members get to fire. (Incentive to get there early).
Off to the other side behind the bleachers, is a small wooden bar, def made from left over lumber found around. Hipsters linger and sip Colt 45 Minis and stand besides their fixed gear bikes.
(Figure he can either turn into the tennis ball material, then the softball, then finally a bowling ball when another contestant turns to mist and it slams him in the stomach, but he catches it.)
Test 2:
Recess @ PS-666
An obstacle course under neath a train highrise. Starts on the street, but slalom around concrete posts, leap over flaming police barricades, dive through a metal jungle gym as you are shot with fire hydrants, finally diving through a pane of glass.
(This is where I figure things can get fierce between opponents. HipsterWolvie can try and take him out, lots of badass powers shown here, and how he's gonna have to try this time.)
Test 3: TazerTag!
A battered boxing ring barely held together. The bleachers again set up on either side. Five contestants, the winner of last starts with a tazer, the other is dangled in the center of the ring, lowered in as four others are in the four corners, then the fifth runs in with his attack. Basically boxing/wrestling with tasers. Last Man Standing!
(A real duel with things getting down and dirty. Mac wins by becoming copper and conducting electricity through him into others.)
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Test 1 (Story Breakdowns)
Mac lined up, flashback to Kris, tennis balls, power use, flashback to origin (hazy), the others getting hit with tennis balls, his power showing off, flashback friends powers, friends in stands, stoner guy staring up at softball machine as other two oblivious, softballs firing, dodging, touches ball, bounces off, walks through unharmed, then sees Ice Queen, distracted, bowling ball launched at him, hits others, then mist, hit and catches bowling ball, turns into that, and struts through to the end, keeping an eye on Ice Queen filming.
<Misc characters: knitting armored DIY Park Slope girl, >
1 page come down, 1 page setup
Test 2
More concious decision about power changes. Paperclip, rubber band, rock. Metal as he runs through the flames, but slows him down, rubber band to hurl through the jungle gyms, and rock to bust through the water/glass. Hipster Wolvie, Ninja Cosplay, TrackGangstar.
No flashbacks, intense moments of thrown punches, kicking, shoving, and dirty looks, as they run and jump.
Test 3
Total one on one, crowd cheering, the true contest of powers and brains. More like a boxing match, or tag team wrestling. Bright lights and roar of the crowd. He wins it and that's that. No big hoopla after, everyone just goes home.
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Important Brooklyn Neighborhood Characters
Greenpoint (Insane Polish Guy?), Williamsburg (HipsterWolvie), Bushwick (badass from the projects), Park Slope (VeganLesbian), Coney Island (freakshow?), Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Fort Greene, Dumbo, Prospect Park.
BlitzLeague should maybe be the underground name of it, but when it becomes legit they shorten it or simplify it. BklynGames.
