While it's all too likely that many a fan are dreading the implementation of Secret Invasion, owing to the storyline itself - well - not being all that good, it's pretty much a foregone conclusion at this stage that it'll feature in the MCU in some way or another. They shouldn't fret too much though, because while the actual comic itself failed to deliver on its Invasion of the Body Snatchers-style premise, we've already seen the MCU turn demonstrably weaker comics into compelling onscreen material - just look at Civil War if you need anymore convincing.
Either way, with the inclusion of the Skrulls coming in next year's Captain Marvel, we can expect Marvel to seed a Secret Invasion-style storyline for Phase 4. Will this effectively play chicken with the audience's faith? Perhaps (no one wants to discover their favourite character has been an imposter all along), but there is scope to make this particular extraterrestrial incursion a compelling story, given the deception doesn't run too deep.
Just, y'know, don't go making Black Widow a Skrull or anything. That'd be weird.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
