Appearing in "Secret Invasion (Part 3)"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- New Avengers
- Daredevil (Matt Murdock)
- Hydra
- Maria Hill
- X-Men
- She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters)
- Tigra (Greer Grant) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Madame Web (Cassandra Webb) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Thor (Odinson) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Brothers Grimm (Percy & Barton Grimes) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- High Evolutionary (Herbert Wyndham) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Modred the Mystic (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Werewolf by Night (Jack Russell) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Enforcer (Charles Delazny Jr.) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mentioned)
- Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Mentioned)
- Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner (Namor McKenzie) (Mentioned)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (Mentioned)
- Hercules (Mentioned)
- Invisible Girl (Susan Storm) (Mentioned)
- Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) (Mentioned)
- Electro (Maxwell Dillon) (Mentioned)
- Silver Samurai (Keniuchio Harada) (Mentioned)
- Sauron (Karl Lykos) (Mentioned)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Mentioned)
- Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (Mentioned)
- Magneto (Max Eisenhardt) (Mentioned)
- Yellowjacket (Hank Pym) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- California
- New York State
- Virginia (1000 Feet Over it)
- Fairfax County (1000 Feet Over it)
- Fairfax County (1000 Feet Over it)
- Langley (1000 Feet Over it)
- Fairfax County (1000 Feet Over it)
- Fairfax County (1000 Feet Over it)
- United States of America
- Africa
- Hydra Base
- Japan (Mentioned)
- Savage Land (Mentioned)
- North America
Items:
- Extremis Armor
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
- Spider-Woman's Suit
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters
- Wolverine's Suit
- Yellowjacket's Suit
- Vibranium (Mentioned)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Secret Invasion (Part 3)"
Jessica Drew meets with Nick Fury in San Francisco, who tells her to get her powers back and act as his spy inside HYDRA.
Sometime later, at a HYDRA base, Jessica is naked on an operating table, with HYDRA scientists ready to restore her powers. But as she is put to sleep, it is revealed that all the HYDRA agents are actually Skrulls, under the direction of Queen Veranke, who orders that the operation commence.
Later, elsewhere, Veranke, surrounded by a circle of Skrulls, is before a ball of fire. A Skrull priest placed a blood coloured hood over her head and the memories of Jessica Drew flood through her. She soon changes into the naked form of Jessica Drew.
Weeks later, Veranke, disguised as Jessica, meet up with several other Skrull sleeper agents at a warehouse, discussing on how to deal with vibranium, mutants and the super powered community. For the first, they will appear as a corrupt faction of SHIELD. For mutants, they need to heat up the heat crimes. All this will feed mistrust, paranoia and racism.
Later, at the Raft, Veranke is present for the mass breakout, which had the unintended effect of restoring the Avengers. Veranke later meets with Criti Noll, disguised as Hank Pym before meeting with Madame Hydra, becoming an Avenger, to talking with Director Hill before going to Genosha to deal with Wanda Maximoff, planning on killing her. But when they arrive, Veranke/Jessica disappears from reality.
Solicit Synopsis
SECRET INVASION Tie-In!
THE EMPIRE part 3. For 42 issues readers of New Avengers have wondered, who caused the breakout in New Avengers #1 and why? And how was this the real start of the SECRET INVASION? Find out right here!! Special guest artist Jim Cheung returns to these pages for this shocking story.Notes
- Fury recruited Jessica in Mighty Avengers #12.
- Veranke is revealed to have become Spider-Woman prior to New Avengers #1, during the operation she "underwent" to "regain her powers" that occured in a flashback from New Avengers #14.
- The Skrulls are revealed to have been behind Electro's attack on the Raft.
- The Raft breakout occurred in New Avengers #1.
- The last few pages take place during House of M.
- The Skrull language translations on pages 5-7 enable the deciphering of other dialogue with the same typeface seen in this series, as well as in Thunderbolts tie-ins, also lettered by Albert Deschesne. The untranslated ritual text on page 4 reads, "And so I stand here naked.", "I cover you with this black thing as you asked.", "Hurry it up will you, I'm getting cold here."
Trivia
- This cover is an homage/Skrull version of the cover of Avengers #221 (July 1982). Jocasta has replaced Rom from the original cover, due to him being a licensed character.
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