EXCLUSIVE: "Secret Invasion" #4 McNiven Variant

[andy khouri]

Courtesy of Marvel, CBR brings you an exclusive first look at artist Steve McNiven's variant cover of "Secret Invasion" #4 by Brian Michael Bendis and Leinil Francis Yu, on sale July 9.

http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16874

[Will.S]

Wow, interesting.

[Exo]

I wonder what part the widow will play in all of this. Hopefully it's nothing short of blowing a hole through the queens head.

[Mr. Earl Brooks]

Is it just me or did they spoil the hell out of Black Widow with this?

[escapegoat]

Is it just me or did they spoil the hell out of Black Widow with this?

That was my first thought too

[Shyft]

Black Widow was suspicious of Spider Woman in one of the last Mighty Avengers issues. To me it suggested she wasnt a Skrull. SO this cover suggests they are going to be fighting for Tony's mind?

[jackolover]

Is it just me or did they spoil the hell out of Black Widow with this?

How so? Why would Black Widow be that long haired SHIELD agent when she has short red hair in the Avengers books?

[CMBMOOL]

Well the Widow is more closer to Fury than Drew ever was in the past.

So it got to be her saving Tony from the Skrull queen on Fury's orders.

[Mr. Earl Brooks]

How so? Why would Black Widow be that long haired SHIELD agent when she has short red hair in the Avengers books?

There's a spider on her belt buckle.

Maybe the other poster that suggested that she's fighting to save Stark is onto something, but to me this looks like a new dynasty. The Queen, the King, and their bodyguard.

[The Confessor]

Wow! That is one seriously nice piece of artwork.

In fact, those pencils are so nice that I can't help thinking that this cover's gonna loose something after inking and colouring.

[escapegoat]

To me, the Black Widow's body language seems to indicate that she's there to hold off people from interfering with the Skrull Queen's attempts to subjugate Tony Stark, thus making the Blakc Widow a skrull...
....unless that's suppose to be the real Spider-Woman and not the Skrull Queen posing as Spider Woman on the cover. Then it's telling a different thing all together.
But scenario #1 seems to be the more likely one of the two.

[Shyft]

To me, the Black Widow's body language seems to indicate that she's there to hold off people from interfering with the Skrull Queen's attempts to subjugate Tony Stark, thus making the Blakc Widow a skrull...
....unless that's suppose to be the real Spider-Woman and not the Skrull Queen posing as Spider Woman on the cover. Then it's telling a different thing all together.
But scenario #1 seems to be the more likely one of the two.

if thats the case, why was black widow suspicious of spider woman when she busted Dooms magic? unless short hair bw is real and long hair is skrull?

[Mr. Earl Brooks]

if thats the case, why was black widow suspicious of spider woman when she busted Dooms magic? unless short hair bw is real and long hair is skrull?

...Or Steve McNiven wanted to draw Black Widow the way he wanted to draw Black Widow.

A sleeper skrull might explain her accusations, but who knows.

Maybe we're all wrong and there's some crazy angle to all of this and we just need to wait until number four.

I still feel like my Secret Invasion #4 was just spoiled.

[Toboe]

Marvel has another Secret Invasion #4 variant by Leinil Francis Yu, featuring a badass Nick Fury.

[drwho]

How can that be the blonde bw when she was blown and turned into a machine cyborg?