Well, from the looks of things, I would guess that this whole Skrull invasion thing is going to be unfolding very slowly across the Marvel Universe. We've seen the dead body of Elektra change forms, and we know that there's some kind of tie to an Initiative member at Camp Hammond. But really, since this whole thing started, that's about all we know. And we don't find out anything this issue, because the team is stuck fighting the Hood. The Hood? What kind of threat is the Hood? Other than all the guys he's been recruiting of late. Well this issue, we find out from Doctor Strange, whom I guess was the only one that knew, that the Hood was tapping in to the power of some demon. We still don't know who or what it is, but we did get a chance to see it this issue. And once Doctor Strange gets the demon out of the picture, the rest of the team makes pretty short work of the Wrecking Crew and the rest of the compatriots. But the story isn't over because the demon wasn't banished, it just retreated. The rest of the crew ended up incarcerated by SHIELD. But after an extensive interrogation, the Hood shows up to break all of his guys out. He keeps telling them, "Things are different now . . . new rules. It's over when we say. We took a financial hit tonight. I say we take it right back to these damn Avengers and show them how we feel about it!" This story will then move in to Avengers Annual #2. Great story, of course, by Brian Michael Bendis, and fantastic artwork by Leinil Yu. This is easily my favorite Avenger team in a long time. I'm interested to see how this whole Initiative thing, and registration is all going to play out. But in the meantime, "Avenger Assemble!"
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