Geek alert 1: First look at Marvel’s Secret Invasion by Brian Bendis
“They don’t invade because — ‘Muhahaha! We need the Earth!’ — but actually on a deep, religious level they already believe Earth is part of their empire. In the past, they were written as laser-gun toting, spaceship aliens. [But] they are shape shifters. Just think about what that means — they [could] infiltrate us and feed off our existing fears and paranoia. And it isn’t government or religion that stands in their way, it’s the people who have the physical [super]power to step up. Once the Skrulls announce their intentions to the world, they say, ‘You’re destroying your world, the way you live. One of you will live in excess right next to someone who’s starving, and none of you do anything about it. Our system works. Our system is complete. We’re coming to give it to you.’ For some people, that’s a damn attractive offer. They don’t feel like they’re being invaded. They think, ‘Finally someone’s here to save us.’ So what’s right or wrong?”
Via EW