Secret Invasion: 10 Things You Need To Know About The MCU's Next Big Event
One of Marvel Comic's biggest storylines is finally coming to the MCU.
The idea of an extra-terrestrial force invading our planet with technology beyond our capability or understanding is a petrifying thought. As a storytelling tool, alien invasions have been done to death in movies, books, TV series, radio shows and comic books.
You know what's scarier than a full-blown invasion, though? What if aliens came to our world without anyone noticing? In Marvel Comics' Secret Invasion arc, the superhero community learn that the intergalactic Skrull Empire have made plans to conquer Earth. But the Skrulls are not going to invade our home... they already have.
Using their shape-shifting abilities, the Skrulls infiltrated human society years ago. Since Earth's Mightiest Heroes didn't know whether their own family, friends, or teammates were who they said they were, it wasn't long before they turned on one another.
The X-Men, the Avengers and the Fantastic Four may have defeated the green-skinned spacemen many times in the past, but this was the closest the Skrulls ever came to conquering the forces of Earth.
Since Marvel Studios has announced Secret Invasion will be adapted into a Disney+ TV series, now is the perfect time to revisit this iconic comic event.
10. The Skrull's Mission
Even though the Skrulls have conquered many planets over the years, their home is Tarnax IV. Well, it WAS their home before the Devourer of Worlds, Galactus, gobbled it up. Soon after, the Annihilation Wave decimated the rest of the Skrull Empire, leaving the shapechangers on the brink of extinction.
The Skrulls had no choice but to find a new world to serve as their home, and, because of their constant battles with the heroes of Earth, they planned to take over our planet in order to reshape it as their base of operations.
Given how the pointy-eared extra-terrestrials had been beaten by Earth's heroes time and time again, they knew they couldn't overthrow them by force. Instead, they kidnapped certain humans and had their own Skrull soldiers assume their identities. After several years, thousands of Skrulls had infiltrated the planet without anyone being the wiser.
The Skrulls bided their time, waiting to strike when humanity was at its weakest. After vigilantism had been criminalised, Thor, Nick Fury and Scarlet Witch were out-of-action, Hulk was imprisoned, Captain America was dead, and the mutant population had been decimated, the Skrulls made their move.