Nowadays, people love to delve into the depth of a story or book till the very last point. Mysteries and suspense have become a turning point in the world of books and comics. People now prefer to read books which are more about curiosity, suspense and interjections.
Secret Invasion is a comic book written by Brian Michael Bendis. Being published by the Marvel Comics publishing house, this series of comics came out in the year 2008.
But the reign of Brian Michael Bendis continues, one event after another. Before this one, he has written several other comics that are worth reading.
After a series of comics including, The Avengers Disassembled, House of M, Decimation, and Civil War comes Secret Invasion.
The story of Secret Invasion is full of suspense and mysteries. It covers the story of a long term invasion on the earth by some uncommon beings called the Skrulls.
The Skrulls were a community of alien shape shifters who tried to replace the heroes of the Marvel Universe over the years. They wanted to invade over the Earth and get into power by destroying the actual superheroes.
Based on the comics of the Secret Invasion, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has also launched an American Television Web Series depicting the same storyline with the same name. It has only one season which started in June 2023 and it was ended by July 2023.
What to read before secret invasion comics?
Since Secret Invasion is completely a new type of story for most of the readers, people are generally not able to understand the comic in one go.
If you want to read, understand and enjoy the storyline of Secret Invasion, you should get an idea about its theme beforehand by reading the following books prior to reading the Secret Invasion:
- Fantastic Four: Reckoning War (it may enhance your understanding of their dynamics and motivations during “Secret Invasion.” so it’s your choise is not compulsory)
- Fury (it could indeed enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the latter storyline.)
- The Last Annihilation: Wiccan & Hulkling (it provide additional context and background for certain characters and storylines that may be relevant during “Secret Invasion.”)
- Avengers Disassembled
- House of M
- Civil War
These books are all a publication of the Marvel Publishing House. Therefore, it gives you a similar idea about the book Secret Invasion. Apart from this, you can also read about the history of the Skrulls to understand the comic better.
Secret Invasion Reading Order:
- New Avengers: Illuminati (read only the first and last issues of the trade)
- Secret Invasion
- New Avengers, Vol 8: Secret Invasion
- Mighty Avengers, Vol 3: Secret Invasion
- Avengers: The Initiative, Vol 3: Secret Invasion
- Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust?
- Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four
- Captain Britain and MI13: Secret Invasion
- Secret Invasion: Inhumans
- Secret Invasion: Captain Marvel
- Nova Vol 3: Secret Invasion
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Legacy
- Secret Invasion: Frontline
- Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers
- Incredible Hercules, Vol 2: Secret Invasion
- Secret Invasion: New Warriors
- New Avengers, Vol 9: Secret Invasion, Book 2
- Mighty Avengers, Vol 4: Secret Invasion Book 2
- Secret Invasion: Black Panther
- Secret Invasion: X-Men
- X-Factor, Vol 6.: Secret Invasion
- Secret Invasion: Amazing Spider-Man
- She-Hulk Vol 8: Secret Invasion
- Punisher War Journal: Vol 5, Secret Invasion
- Secret Invasion: Thor
- Ms. Marvel: Secret Invasion
- Secret Invasion: War Machine
- Secret Invasion: Thunderbolts
- Deadpool, Vol 1: Secret Invasion
Secret Invasion Comic Digital Unlimited Reading Order: Issue-by-issue
Since there are a lot of comics in the series of secret invasion series of comic books, therefore people are always confused about the correct reading order of this comic. So today, we are going to discuss about the correct reading order of the secret invasion series of comics.
There are a total of 8 main comic books in the secret invasion series of comics which are further broke into several tie-in books too.
All these official marvel comics books were released in the year 2008 between may to december. Today we are going to tell you about all these 8 comic books and the tie-up books that they include in the proper reading order.
The Secret Invasion #1
- Mighty Avengers (2007) #12
- New Avengers (2004) #40
The Secret Invasion #2
- Mighty Avengers (2007) #13
- Captain Britain and MI: 13 (2008) #1
- Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four (2008) #1
- Mighty Avengers (2007) #14
- Incredible Hercules (2008) #117
- New Avengers (2004) #41
The Secret Invasion #3
- Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? (2008) #1
- Captain Britain and MI: 13 (2008) #2
- Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four (2008) #2
- Incredible Hercules (2008) #118
- Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers (2008) #1
- Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #14
- Mighty Avengers (2007) #15
- Ms. Marvel (2006) #28
- New Avengers (2004) #42
- Secret Invasion: Front Line (2008) #1
- Captain Britain and MI: 13 (2008) #3
The Secret Invasion #4
- Mighty Avengers (2007) #16
- X-Factor (2005) #33
- Incredible Hercules (2008) #119
- New Warriors (2007) #14
- Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #15
- She-Hulk (2005) #31
- New Avengers (2004) #43
- Dark Avengers (2006) #122
- Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four (2008) #3
- Ms. Marvel (2006) #29
- Black Panther (2005) #39
- Secret Invasion: Front Line (2008) #2
- Secret Invasion: X-Men (2008) #1
- Secret Invasion: Inhumans (2008) #1
- Secret Invasion: Thor (2008) #1
- Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers (2008) #2
- Captain Britain and MI: 13 (2008) #4
The Secret Invasion #5
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2008) #4
- X-Factor (2005) #34
- Incredible Hercules (2008) #120
- Secret Invasion: Spider-Man – Brand New Day (2008) #1
- New Warriors (2007) #15
- Nova (2007) #16
- Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #16
- Mighty Avengers (2007) #17
- She-Hulk (2005) #32
- Black Panther (2005) #40
- New Avengers (2004) #44
- Dark Avengers (2006) #123
- Secret Invasion: Front Line (2008) #3
- Deadpool (2008) #1
- Secret Invasion: X-Men (2008) #2
- Secret Invasion: Inhumans (2008) #2
- Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers (2008) #3
The Secret Invasion #6
- Ms. Marvel (2006) #30
- Secret Invasion: Thor (2008) #2
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2008) #5
- Mighty Avengers (2007) #18
- Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2007) #33
- Deadpool (2008) #2
- Secret Invasion: Spider-Man – Brand New Day (2008) #2
- Nova (2007) #17
- Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #17
- She-Hulk (2005) #33
- Black Panther (2005) #41
- New Avengers (2004) #45
- Dark Avengers (2006) #124
- Punisher War Journal (2006) #24
- Deadpool (2008) #3
- Secret Invasion: Inhumans (2008) #3
- Secret Invasion: Front Line (2008) #4
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2008) #6
- Mighty Avengers (2007) #19
- Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2007) #34
- Secret Invasion: Spider-Man – Brand New Day (2008) #3
The Secret Invasion #7
- New Avengers (2004) #46
- Dark Avengers (2006) #125
- Secret Invasion: X-Men (2008) #3
- Secret Invasion: Thor (2008) #3
- Nova (2007) #18
- Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #18
- Punisher War Journal (2006) #25
- Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2007) #35
- Secret Invasion: X-Men (2008) #4
- Secret Invasion: Inhumans (2008) #4
The Secret Invasion #8
- Secret Invasion: Front Line (2008) #5
- New Avengers (2004) #47
- Secret Invasion: Dark Reign (2008) #1
- Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #19
- Mighty Avengers (2007) #20
- Secret Invasion: War of Kings One-Shot (2009) #1
