New Avengers Vol 1 40

Part of the "Secret Invasion" event Alternate Covers: Textless Second Printing Wraparound Variant New Avengers Vol 1 #40 Published June, 2008 Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada Cover Artist Aleksi Briclot "Secret Invasion (Part 1)" Writer Brian Michael Bendis Penciler Jim Cheung Inker John Dell Colorist Justin Ponsor Letterer Richard Starkings Albert Deschesne Editor Tom Brevoort Previous Issue Next Issue New Avengers #39 New Avengers #41

He loves me... He loves me... He loves me...

-- Veranke

Appearing in "Secret Invasion (Part 1)"

Featured Characters:

• Veranke (First full appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Skrulls
  • Dorrek VII (Only in flashback)
  • Dro'ge (First appearance)
  • Wor'il (First appearance)
  • Dard'van
    • "Elektra" (Skrull)
    • Ch-Gra
    • "Black Bolt" (Skrull)

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

• Reed Richards (clone) (First appearance), (Death)
• Human Torch (unnamed Skrull) (Only in flashback)
• Invisible Woman (unnamed Skrull) (Only in flashback)
• Thing (unnamed Skrull) (Only in flashback)
• Nova (Frankie Raye) (Only in flashback)
• Galactus (Only in flashback)
• Black Bolt (clone)
• Reed Richards (second clone)
• Tony Stark (clone)

Locations:

• Satriani
• Tarnax IV
• Tarnax X (First appearance)

Items:

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "Secret Invasion (Part 1)"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  

Notes

• The "wave" that Veranke refers to is the Annihilation Wave, a massive army of insectoids commanded by Annihilus that laid waste to the Skrull galaxy during the Annihilation event.
• The opening events take place just after New Avengers: Illuminati #1 (mini-series).
• Among the characters seen on the "list" are Black Bolt, Sasquatch, Cyclops, Elektra, Wonder Man, Jocasta, Iron Man, Nighthawk, and Hulk. Also among them appear to be Nightcrawler, Thing, and several others that are blurred.
• Singled out from the list is Spider-Woman.
  

Trivia

• This cover is an homage to the cover from Avengers #1.

See Also

• 16 Image(s) from New Avengers Vol 1 40
  

Recommended Reading

• Secret Invasion #1
• New Avengers: Illuminati (mini-series) #1

Footnotes

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