Marvel's Secret Invasion

Bendis talks about the next big miniseries for next year, Secret Invasion. It is the story of the Skrull invasion currently going on in the Marvel Universe right now. He claims it will not be like the X-Files and he will reveal all the players up front, everyone who has been replaced and when and how they were replaced. Also, the return of Nick Fury, not really seen since Secret War. The roots of this go all the way back to there. Sounds pretty good.

NRAMA: So this will be towards a Civil War, World War Hulk in that there will be the main miniseries and the tie in issues of the regular books…

BB: Right – in New and Mighty Avengers what we’re going to be doing, and I’m sure I speak for many when I say that there’s nothing more annoying about a conspiracy-type story than when you’re not told everything, a la X-Files. I’m dedicated to the opposite, and what will happen is that the reveals will be made in Secret Invasion, and for those who’ve been following the Avengers books and want to know who specific things happened, we’ll rewind and show from certain characters’ points of view, what was going on in the Marvel Universe, how they did what they did, when they did what they did, where the switch was, and if there was a switch. We’ll turn over all the cards.

NRAMA: This won’t be characters going back and trying to figure out how things worked the way they did?

BB: No – we actually rewind the clock and show the story. So if there’s a character on the team who’s a Skrull, we will rewind from when they got on that team, or from before they got on that team, so when they infiltrated, how they became who they became and the affects of their actions from their point of view.

Also, certain other characters will be returning to the Marvel Universe.

NRAMA: Nick Fury?

BB: A huge return. We’ll show exactly where he’s been and what he’s been doing since Secret Wars. I’m really excited about that – it will be a little similar to the character-focused issues that we did in New Avengers during Civil War, but these will be very specific characters and elements in rgards to what’s being showcased. Instead of character pieces, we’ll be showing pieces of the puzzle. It’s not going to be like, “No, you figure it out.” I’ve planned this for years, and we’re going to show it all.

NRAMA: How old is the oldest piece in this? How far does this particular storyline go back?

BB: I had approval of this, not knowing what shape it would end up in – it’s own mini or an Avengers storyline – during Avengers: Disassembled. That’s how long it’s been going. The first piece of the puzzle shows itself in New Avengers #1. One of the issues of Avengers during the miniseries will show you that scene from the other angle.