englentine's Secret Invasion #8 review

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    Not too shabby of an ending

    With the loss of a founding member of the Avengers, tempers flare up enough to end the battle. I thought that was a good idea considering issue seven was nothing more than a twenty two page fight scene.  This issue was mainly designed to answer all the questions from previous issues, and to create even more questions, some of which would negate the logic behind the story.
      Bringing back the characters taken over by Skrulls was a cop-out, but I can not expect Marvel to go on a balls out killing spree.  It just seemed like a very easy answer. How about an ongoing series or mini series where the heroes had to rescue those who were cloned?
      Still, I did enjoy the series, and the last few panels worked very well as a lead in to the Dark reign story.

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