Can the divided teams reunite and conquer the Skrulls? Can Hulking fulfill the prophecy and become a Skrull messiah? What will become of Xavin after the dust settles in this concluding chapter?

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How far will Medusa go to find out what has happened to her King? Can the Skrulls make Black Bolt scream?

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Continuing the shocking exploration of the dark side of the Ultimate Unverse! For the first time we learn: How did Nick Fury become Nick Fury? How did the Hulk become the Hulk? And, finally, how did a baby Peter Parker connect to it all? Plus: the Ultimate Watcher has appeared and he is here to witness the Ultimatum!

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Marvel’s mutants recent mass exodus to the bay area took the San Francisco Skrulls by surprise, but they’ve brought in some reinforcements who they THINK can handle the X-Men. Smart money is on the mutants.

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CBR spoke with Matt Fraction on “who was that dude with Pixie” and other important stuff… (he was “just a dude — a friend of Pixie’s — not a mutant himself”).

One question about last issue… how did the mutie-bashers KNOW Karma was a mutant? She doesn’t have butterfly wings or a tail or ANY outward sign of her mutancy.

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One of my favorite youTubers and mySpacers… the Gay Comic Geek has posted his review of the Marvel Team-Up Freedom Ring trade paperback. For those who don’t know, until he was killed off, Freedom Ring was a new gay superhero with the ability to alter reality with a 25 foot radius.

I’d been considering buying the trade paperback, but the violent way they unnecessarily killed the character really makes me not want to read it. Also I’m pretty sure I got the gist of his story from Crusader’s flashback montage in Avengers: Initiative. The the Gay Comic Geek and I see eye to eye on this one. Introducing gay characters isn’t progressive if they just become victims (Ok so Northstar ISN’T dead in Ultimate X-Men - they still crippled the freaking speedster - talk about cruel). I’m sick of it. I’m still REALLY hoping that the new Stonewall will be gay and become a model for a strong, heroic gay man.

OK, since the 80’s we’ve seen Lady Mandarin, the Lady Mastermind, Miss Sinister, a teenaged female Kraven and now we get Lady Bullseye? Who wants to see the reverse? I want to see a new White King in a Speedo and thigh-high boots. I want to see Vampifella running around in a red thong. I want the a blond Enchanter to seduce some Assgardians in a green kilt and bustier. The only exception I can think of is MistiQ from New Exiles, but I dropped that after he introduced a blond cajun Gambit that was son of the Invisible woman and T’Challa the Sub Mariner. Why is it that turning a male character into a female one is so common but you rarely see the reverse.

Looks like her costume was designed by a horny straight guy. C’mon, what self-respecting killer assassin would or even could wear a hootchie-mama outfit like that into mortal combat. It must be painted on. And she must have VERY small nipples.

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Place your bets! Who would you put your money on - Tony Stark or Ikarus? As time runs out for Earth, the Eternals are divided. Betrayals have broken them into factions, and the newly awakened Forgotten One isn’t happy with either side! Oh yeah, and Tony Stark has had enough of their shenanigans…

Even if you aren’t a big Eternals fan, the beautiful artwork by Daniel Acuña (whose work you may know from Uncle Sam & the Freedom Fighters,) is worth the time and money.

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Manifest Destiny appears to be a new anthology of short X-Men stories (similar to Divided We Stand). The premiere issue features the first installment of a new Iceman story, as well as stories about Boom Boom and Karma.

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You Defenders fans might have spotted Devil-Slayer on the Initiative’s Hawaii team and he was last seen teleporting the 3D man to Camp Hammond. From there he apparently loses his government connections and everything else… but gets a new series all his own.

Abandoned by his fiance, his family, his church, and his government, Sergeant Dan Sylva returns to Iraq for a third tour of duty — and a descent into Hell itself. If the demon Belathauzer and the mysterious mercenary group known as Bloodstone have their way, Iraq, the place where civilization began, may also be where civilization ends. The reinvented Devil-Slayer takes Marvel’s DEAD OF NIGHT to terrifying new heights, from award-winning horror novelist Brian Keene and artist Chris Samnee.

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the Skrull Kill Crew meets its newest member in the 3D man.

Looks like the Thunderbolts (and the mysterious most likely Skrullified Andrea Strucker) are coming to the rescue as Skrulls attack Washington DC.

Looks like Yellowskrulljacket may have had the outcome pegged. Never underestimate Earth!

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Check out this deleted scene from Iron Man in which Tony Stark sets up a part in Dubai to cover his clandestine armored operation.

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… and she knows about it. Since Layla Miller “knows stuff,” and says she will marry Madrox, I’m guessing she knows she’ll get home to her own timeline somehow. I do look forward to unprecedented insight into the mutant liberating, “Summers rebellion.”

True Believers is a fun, new series about a group of dysfunctional super-powered truth seekers shining an inquisitive light on the hidden secrets of the Marvel universe. It really is one of the fresher concepts I’ve come across this summer. Issue #2 is due Wednesday and and it doesn’t tie into anything.

Can it be true? Reed Richards pulled over for recklessly driving the Fantasticar and charged with a DUI? That’s what the TRUE BELIEVERS claim in their latest blog–and they’ve posted the arrest report, police cam footage and a degrading mug-shot to prove it!

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Welcome to the X-Men Pixie, I hope you survive the experience. Why is it a tradition to draft young teenage girls into the X-Men and then nearly kill them? Since Dazzler has been mentioned as part of the new x-lineup and Pixie was on her way out of an Ali Blaire concert, I hope Dazz comes into the story soon.

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Vance’s battle with Starhawk causes an explosion that kills a number of Guardians of the Galaxy personnel and find Skrull impostors amongst the dead. Who can they trust? How can they figure out who is a Skrull? Ask the Celestial Madonna? If only she wasn’t so tight-lipped about the future.

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This title has been another pleasant Secret Invasion surprise. If you told me months ago that I’d look forward to a title about Hercules and a whiz kid, leading D-list gods against the Skrull pantheon, I’d have been skeptical, but it kinda rocks.

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