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drwho
09-10-2008, 01:51 PM
This issue was just awesome. The art was much tighter and the dialogue a lot better. Really felt like the writer got the characters voices a lot better than last issue.

Short and Sweet what happens:

The Inhumans take on the skrulls. Crystal is shown to be very formidable in this issue. Also liked her interaction with Medusa. Medusa grabs a skrull and tortures him while interrogating him by repeatedly exposing the skrull to Terrigen mists. Really love how no bs taking Medusa is portrayed in this. Black Bolt is being hooked up to a machine and it shows that his son is on the same ship as he is. Kind of lame Phoenix knock off skrull, but its always nice seeing more skrull women as main villains.

The final part of the issue shows the Royal family kicking skrull butt and they steal the skrull space ship to find Black Bolt.
Samuraixsithlord
09-10-2008, 02:06 PM
So the Ahura with Maximus is a Skrull agent?
drwho
09-10-2008, 02:07 PM
So the Ahura with Maximus is a Skrull agent?

yes, but who knows how long ago he was replaced.
Samuraixsithlord
09-10-2008, 02:09 PM
Did the issue explain how Maximus is apparently no longer using his mind control on the royal family.

I'm pretty sure that plot point from Silent War will be ignored
Trey
09-10-2008, 04:36 PM
Did the issue explain how Maximus is apparently no longer using his mind control on the royal family.

I'm pretty sure that plot point from Silent War will be ignored

It was not complete mind control. He was only able to plant suggestions as I'm sure the Royal family would know he has this power. They just weren't able to fully suppress it.
Absolut_Fresh
09-10-2008, 05:06 PM
my fav read of the week, hands down!!

Medusa is all kinds of hott and awesomeness in this ish! and the Royal Family gives the Skrulls a royal ass kicking!!

lots of fun!!
IvCNuB4
09-10-2008, 06:14 PM
Did this issue explain that when you're holding someone prisoner who's power is their voice that you should cover their mouth ? :biggrin:
Last issue just showed him bound to the machine with his mask ripped and mouth uncovered ...
Expletive Deleted
09-10-2008, 06:21 PM
Did this issue explain that when you're holding someone prisoner who's power is their voice that you should cover their mouth?Yes, actually. The Skrulls seem to have rendered him mute.
Samuraixsithlord
09-10-2008, 06:24 PM
It was not complete mind control. He was only able to plant suggestions as I'm sure the Royal family would know he has this power. They just weren't able to fully suppress it.

Did it say this in the book? or is it just a guess?

Is Maximus working with the Skrulls? I heard that he was
PaStella
09-11-2008, 03:35 AM
Issue 2 was great, i enjoyed every single panel in it. Definitely worth it.

Medusa is so kick-ass in this issue and i liked the way Crystal's powers were shown on panel.
Mr. Earl Brooks
09-11-2008, 08:10 AM
Did Black Bolt get lobotomized? What the hell happened there?
Expletive Deleted
09-11-2008, 08:18 AM
Did Black Bolt get lobotomized? What the hell happened there?He tried to speak, but couldn't. What the Skrulls did, exactly, isn't clear yet.
Mia
09-11-2008, 08:33 AM
Medusa is all kinds of hott and awesomeness in this ish!
lots of fun!!

Yeah she sure is, women like this are the reason I still collect comic books, They inspire the hell out of me!
Shadd
09-11-2008, 09:23 AM
Did the issue explain how Maximus is apparently no longer using his mind control on the royal family.

I'm pretty sure that plot point from Silent War will be ignored

Well Gorgon was acting a little strange in leaving Karnak in charge of the battle while he rushed off to find and guard Maximus. He never struck me as feeling bound by honor or loyalty to whoever was king like Gladiator of the Imperial Guard. So one could argue that was Maximus influence at work, but it wasn't outright stated yet.
CMBMOOL
09-11-2008, 09:33 AM
I must say I might get this mini when it comes out on TPB, especially when it refrences all of the other previous Marvel Universe events that the Inhumans have encountered so far. :redface:
Samuraixsithlord
09-11-2008, 10:05 AM
Well Gorgon was acting a little strange in leaving Karnak in charge of the battle while he rushed off to find and guard Maximus. He never struck me as feeling bound by honor or loyalty to whoever was king like Gladiator of the Imperial Guard. So one could argue that was Maximus influence at work, but it wasn't outright stated yet.

Gorgon was honor bound as the leader of the royal guard. Just like Gladiator with the Shi'ar. He may not like Maximus but he'll do his job.

I wish they'd take a page and do an info dump explaining why the Royal family doesn't seem to be mind controlled anymore?

and Ahura seems to not hate his father like he used to.
IronStarks
09-11-2008, 10:17 AM
Another good SI-Tie-in, I like seeing the royal family as a unit working togeather to go save Blackbolt, and I also like Maximus few lines in this issue.

My only knit-pick was with Blackbolt in his son, why was he so happy to see his father, did he forget that he locked him away in exile for a few years?
Samuraixsithlord
09-11-2008, 10:22 AM
Another good SI-Tie-in, I like seeing the royal family as a unit working togeather to go save Blackbolt, and I also like Maximus few lines in this issue.

My only knit-pick was with Blackbolt in his son, why was he so happy to see his father, did he forget that he locked him away in exile for a few years?

It seems that certain things from Silent War will be ignored
jackolover
09-11-2008, 07:09 PM
Are these Inhumans women all this strong? Medusa threw herself off a building and she didn't even have broken bones. Crystal was thrown so hard she smashed the wall. Did Crystal always have the power to animate comrete?
Expletive Deleted
09-11-2008, 07:14 PM
The Skrull broke Medusa's fall and Crystal's powers have always included the ability to manipulate "earth."
jackolover
09-11-2008, 07:41 PM
The Skrull broke Medusa's fall and Crystal's powers have always included the ability to manipulate "earth."

Surfing a skrull into the ground isn't going to avoid a broken leg. And Crystal still must be made of stone the way she smashed that wall.
Trey
09-11-2008, 07:46 PM
The Inhumans are more durable than humans. Not at levels where you can say they have invulnerablility, but sorta like SPidey and Cap (Rogers). They can fall and crash into walls and still fight.
jackolover
09-11-2008, 08:11 PM
The Inhumans are more durable than humans. Not at levels where you can say they have invulnerablility, but sorta like SPidey and Cap (Rogers). They can fall and crash into walls and still fight.

I was't aware of that. Thanks to Trey and Expletive.

What I really liked about this book, was when Maximus turned that Skrull green and sent him mad. I love seeing villains come across other villains and watching how they treat each other.
Abrojo
09-11-2008, 09:17 PM
my take on the maximus mind control is that perhaps it tires him to use and mantain his power 24/7. Not to mention people visiting with mind control or similar powers could notice something weird.
Once he got to be King he can let go, after all, he can always use it again if things look grim.
DjMichael691
09-12-2008, 12:34 AM
I enjoyed the issue but I felt the first issue was slightly better. Maybe because the art felt a bit rushed. It wasn't one of Raney's stronger penciling.

I still had fun reading it.
chemicalx
09-12-2008, 08:48 PM
i wonder if at the end of this black bolt will be able to control his scream
The Confessor
09-13-2008, 06:58 AM
This was another great issue of this mini-series. It was nice to see Crystal being so kick-ass, you kinda forget how powerful she really is (or at least I do) and tend to just think of her as one of Johnny Storm's love interests.

I also really enjoyed Medusa being so hardcore and not taking any **** from the Skrull prisoner she apprehended. Although I would've liked to have seen even more of the torture in the Terrigen Mists....what we saw looked pretty intense!

Can't wait for issue 3 to come out, this is probably one of the best Secret Invasion tie-ins right now and Tom Raney's artwork is fantastic!
StoneGold
09-13-2008, 11:58 AM
I'm just trying to figure out the 1930s reference. Because you know that they're implying the Skrull was a real person.
The Confessor
09-13-2008, 06:57 PM
I'm just trying to figure out the 1930s reference. Because you know that they're implying the Skrull was a real person.

1930's reference? I must've missed that. :confused:
CaptainCanada
09-13-2008, 07:12 PM
1930's reference? I must've missed that. :confused:
The Mad Scientist Skrull says he was on Earth in the 1930s, and he's surprised people didn't pick out his surname as being Skrull.
IvCNuB4
09-14-2008, 09:11 AM
Surfing a skrull into the ground isn't going to avoid a broken leg. And Crystal still must be made of stone the way she smashed that wall.

Don't have the issue in front of me but didn't Medusa wrap her hair around something and swing down ?
drwho
09-14-2008, 11:07 AM
i was thinking maybe he meant this guy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele. Of course then you get into the whole what is the life span of a skrull.
jackolover
09-14-2008, 05:34 PM
Don't have the issue in front of me but didn't Medusa wrap her hair around something and swing down ?

Medusa landed feet first on a Skrulls back.

And I was disappointed the War of Kings was only about a cosmic adventure with Black Bolt and Vulcan. I was hoping it was on earth with BB, Namor, Panther, Doom. Ah well. Maybe next time.