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Episode 11 - Kree-Skrull War pt2 - Skrulled Into a False Sense

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Episode 11: Skrulled into a False Sense

Today we’ll be covering Avengers 92-94, the confrontation of the Kree-Skrull War

Dramatis Personae:

PROTAGONISTS

  • Anelle
  • Captain Marvel - Mar-Vell
  • Carol Danvers

  • Rick Jones

    Avengers

  • Captain America - Steve Rogers

  • Goliath - Clint Barton
  • Iron Man - Tony Stark
  • Jarvis
  • Quicksilver - Pietro Maximoff
  • Scarlet Witch - Wanda Maximoff
  • Thor - Thor Odinson
  • Vision
  • Wasp - Janet Van Dyne

  • Yellowjacket/Ant-Man - Hank Pym

    S.H.I.E.L.D.

  • Dum Dum Dugan

  • Nick Fury

    Rick’s Simpler Heroes

  • Captain America - Steve Rogers

  • Human Torch - Jim Hammond)
  • Namor the Sub-Mariner
  • Cat-Man (from Holyoke Comics)
  • The Heap (from Hillman Comics)
  • The Green Lama (from Prize Comics)
  • Fighting Yank (Bruce Carter III) (from Nedor Comics)

  • Fantoman (from Centaur Comics)

    Fantastic Four

  • Mr. Fantastic - Reed Richards

  • The Thing - Ben Grimm

    Inhumans

  • Triton

    ANTAGONISTS

    • H. Warren Craddock

    • Mandroids

      Skrull Empire

    • Emperor Dorrek VII

    • Super-Skrull - Kl’rt
    • Skrull Posing as a Cow & Human Torch
    • Skrull Posing as a Cow & Mr. Fantastic

    • Skrull Posing as a Cow & The Thing

      Kree Empire

    • Ronan the Accuser

    • Sentry 459

      • Preface:

      • We’ve been covering this story in three parts, this is part two
      • If you’re new, we recommend starting with the prior episode
      • Empyre is coming up and all of that drama starts with the Kree-Skrull War

        • Avengers 92: “All Things Must End!”

        • Wanda flirts with Vision by dressing like him
        • Normal life at Avengers Mansion is interrupted when Jarvis bursts into the room. He announces that someone leaked the Kree plot to turn back Earth’s evolution (see last episode)
        • Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch are definitely Mutants
        • Goliath and his fabulous outfit come in and they are a whole lot. He thought everyone had agreed to keep those events a secret.
        • The Avengers turn on the TV and see that H. Warren Craddock has been appointed head of the Alien Activities Commission, a comic counterpart to Joseph McCarthy’s House Committee on Internal Security. Also, with modern history for context it’s even more uncomfortable
        • Mar-Vell and Rick Jones walk in and Mar offers to give himself over to the authorities. No one agrees except CLINT FREAKING BARTON… freaking guy…
        • Vision, however, is having none of it and rightly points out how wrongly detaining anyone injured everyone
        • A helicopter flies in piloted by Carol Danvers, as she crashes first Captain Marvel then Vision breaks her fall.
        • Basically this scene is a mess. Captain Marvel’s powers are wildly inconsistent. A lot is happening and none of it really works
        • Carol is saved but Wanda is concerned about her boy-toy Vis. Vision, however, as after pausing for dramatic timing, he re-emerges unscathed.
        • SHIELD planes buzz Avengers Mansion searching for Mar-Vell. Carol and Mar slip out and head to Upstate NY to hide out.
        • Mar is concerned that running will only confirm his guilt but Vision points out that he’s already been found guilty in the court of public opinion
        • SHIELD tries to pursue but the Quinjet is too fast.
        • Craddock yells at Fury for letting them escape in a prescient call-out of President Bush Sr. after his appointment to UN Ambassador in 1971
        • Fury chastises Craddock in the most important exchange in this issue
        • Rick Jones has feelings about the complication of modern heroes. I find this really interesting having been through the 90’s emergence of Image comics and how the lack of this greyness was a large argument for the creation of Image.
        • Clint sees a fight break out outside the mansion and heads out to break it up but it was staged to be able to serve a court summons.
        • The Avengers head to court where Craddock is the worst…
        • The testimony of Craddock’s witnesses is… slanted… to say the least.
        • Reed Richards gives some good advise but BEN FREAKING GRIMM slags the Avengers hard
        • Vision tries to testify but Craddock dismisses him out of hand for just being a robot… what a jerk
        • Rick Jones gets a telepathic whammy from Mar-Vell, he’s under attack and Rick races off to help
        • When they arrive at Avengers Mansion they find Jarvis distraught and the mansion trashed
        • Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor show up and declare the current Avengers unfit, and disband them.

          • Avengers 93: “This Beachhead Earth”

          • Vision staggers into the Mansion and collapses, begging for help before shutting off
          • Ant-Man shows up and explains that Vision isn’t dead, just needing some help
          • There is a great bit where Ant-Man faces off against Vision’s immune system, Adams is an artistic LEGEND for a reason!
          • As Vision wakes up he chastises the founders for breaking up the team but they have no memory of doing that. A mystery is afoot
          • Team Drama because Vision/Wanda/Pietro each being too dramatic
          • Remember the cows from Episode 1? The Skrull Cows we swore would never show up again? THEY SHOW UP AGAIN! WE ARE LIARS YA’LL! Skrull-McDoubles pose as the F4 and attack
          • Captain Marvel and Carol Danvers have been captured by some Skrull
          • Mar tries to escape. He recognizes that even though he’s been banished he’s still got to report whats going on with the Skrull on Earth.
          • Our heros demolish the Cow-Skrull like some Double Doubles and then fail to stop the Skrull ship from escaping as it flees the farmhouse.

            • Avengers 94: “More than Inhuman!”

            • Super-Skrull nukes the Inhuman’s home but a forcefield protects it. He’s ticked
            • Kl’rt decides to trade Mar-Vell for an end to his banishment
            • Emperor Dorrek is afraid that Kl’rt is trying to usurp the throne…
            • Anelle continues to be our favorite
            • Emperor Dork tortures Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver to get Captain Marvel to fold which works, he’ll help build the Skrull a powerful weapon with Kree tech
            • H. Warren Craddock is also the worst
            • He unveils the Mandroids, basically people piloting armor suits to fight the Avengers. Iron Man uses his superior Roller-Derby tactics to demolish the Mandroids though, fear not.
            • As all of this is going on, Triton climbs out of a manhole seeking help!

              • Creators of these issues:

              Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema, John Buscema, John Romita Sr. Neal Adams, George Roussos, Tom Palmer, Sam Rosen, and Stan Lee

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              Artifacts of InfinityBy Everett Christensen and Jonathan Hutson