Secret Invasion
Summary
Marvel Comics’Secret Invasionsaw Earth ’s superheroes infiltrate by theSkrulls , but there was one hugger-mugger Skrull who might have been a hero themselves if only they ’d had the probability . The sad story ofCriti Nollis not only a clever twist on the tropes of the spy genre , but it ’s also a character piece for both her and her objective , the Avenger formerly known as Ant - Man , Hank Pym .
Criti Noll , who pose Hank Pym in the lead up toSecret Invasion , could have been a real fighter if she had n’t been tragically kill . Criti ’s narration is narrate inMighty Avengers vol 1 # 17 . In it , Criti meets with the Skrull posing as Dum Dum Dugan , warning them that the Skrull encroachment wo n’t work . " Dum Dum " is dismissive of Criti ’s concerns , paint a picture that Criti ’s been compromised by Hank Pym ’s Einstein and that she ’s pick out on Hank ’s smarts and heroism .
Mighty Avengers vol 1 # 17is write by Brian Michael Bendis , penciled by Khoi Pham , inked by Danny Miki and Andy Lanning , colour by Dean White and letter by Dave Lanphear .
When Criti tries to flee , she ’s hunted and killed by her fellow Skrulls , and replaced by a fresh ringer of herself .
Secret Invasion Almost Succeeded
Of course , Criti is exclusively right that the Skrulls ' plan inSecret Invasionwon’t work , but they get dreadfully close . The total case sound off off when the Skrull homeworld is destroyed , run a competitive religious faction of the species to take control of their remainder . Thanks tothe meddling of Marvel ’s Illuminati , this group is able-bodied to create new undetectable Super - Skrulls with which they infiltrate the superhero biotic community , replacing heroes and villainswho no one ’s wait too intimately at . This admit Hank Pym , whose status as a big hero sandwich is often in doubtfulness , despite being a founding Avenger .
Hank ’s alternate is one of the most authoritative whole tone on the road toSecret Invasion . As Hank , Criti Noll exacerbates the originalCivil War , further split up the superhero biotic community . Criti also engraft Janet Van Dyne with a bomb calorimeter design to ruin the heroes . Criti ’s clone is central to the actualSecret Invasionminiseries , behave as the Skrulls ' public spokesperson , incapacitating Reed Richards , and activating the Wasp ’s bomb calorimeter , which is only destroyed when Thor is forced to seemingly kill Janet . If the original Criti had live , none of this might have find .
cloak-and-dagger Invasion vol 1is write by Brian Michael Bendis , penciled by Leinil Yu , inked by Mark Morales , colored by Laura Martin and lettered by Chris Eliopoulos .
The Heroism of Hank Pym is Too Powerful
What ’s bright aboutMighty Avengers # 17is how it play with the classic undercover agent figure of a three-fold agentive role " going aboriginal " and commiserate with those they ’re supposed to be stag against . Usually , the modification of heart live by a spy is brought on by discover the morality of their purported foe , but in this subject , Criti is literally turn over by Hank ’s Pym ’s own brain , his own heroism . " Dum Dum Dugan " also implies that this also might not be the first meter that a " Criti " has become against the Skrulls , suggesting that Hank ’s heroism is infectious .
This is a corking refutation of Dum Dum ’s earlier dismissal of Hank Pym as a wife - beating , Ultron - edifice failure of a hero . What Criti , and by extension writer Brian Michael Bendis , are showing is that valorousness is built into Hank Pym ’s very being . He ’s a muss , sure , but given enough prison term , he ’ll always do the ripe affair . She was n’t really him , but Criti Noll collapse Hank Pym plenty of depth just by actingashim . It ’s all the sadder , then , thatCriti Nollnever got to be a poor boy , and instead her replacementSkrullcommitted some ofSecret Invasion’smost flagitious turn .
