First look at New Avengers Illuminati #5

[goldenfist]

The invasion is coming... or did it already happen? The Marvel Universe is about to find out as Brian Bendis and Leinil Yu kick off Secret Invasion this April. But along the way, clues will be dropped and pieces will be put in place. One critical place to discover more of this alien conspiracy is New Avengers: Illuminati #5.

For those unaware, the Illuminati is a clandestine gathering of Marvel's greatest minds. Iron Man. Charles Xavier. Namor. Black Bolt. Dr. Strange. Reed Richards. These five men have invaded foreign territories (the Skrull Empire), stolen all-powerful artifacts (the Infinity Gems), exiled friends (Hulk) and jailed rogue alien beings (Marvel Boy). Now they come face to face with a shocking discovery - a dead Skrull. But this isn't just any dead Skrull. It's one that has been masquerading as the villainous Elektra for an unknown period of time. No one, including the mystic ninja clan known as the Hand, had any idea this Skrull was there.

So now the team faces a dilemma. How do they prevent this... well, first off, what is this? What does this mean? What are the Skrulls doing? What do they want? Have the heroes lost before they've even started?

IGN is proud to host the debut of New Avengers: Illuminati #5 artwork. Jimmy Cheung is the master artist responsible for these pages. For quick hype-filled bits on what to expect, we dragged Brian Bendis and Brian Reed out from behind their computers for a quick update.

Brian Reed: "This is the issue where the Illuminati learn that the Secret Invasion has begun. We've been laying the groundwork for the next year of stories in the Marvel Universe with this whole mini-series - now readers get to see what we've been up to since that very first issue. Of course, we couldn't have done it without Jimmy Chueng, I can't imagine anyone else giving this story the kind of power Jimmy has, and I think when folks see the work he's put on the page in this final issue, well, I think they're going to love every panel."

Brian Bendis: "For those waiting patiently for a big chapter in the Skrull storyline currently running through the Avengers titles and into next year's mega hoo hah Secret Invasion... Here it is!!

"What this issue represents is a bookend to a story that started in the first issue of this mini-series. It's the first gathering of the Illuminati post-Civil War and post-World War Hulk, and it is top to bottom Jimmy Chueng's finest moment as a penciler."

And this is just the beginning. Can the Illuminati trust each other? Can they trust their allies? Can they even trust villains? Who is a Skrull? How long have people been missing?

New Avengers: Illuminati #5 is due in stores November 7, 2007. IGN will have the latest on this issue, further developments in the Avengers titles and complete coverage of Secret Invasion. Check back for more!

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[Shiryu]

I dropped this mini after the Beyonder issue, but I thought it was over by now! Is this #5 been delayed or are they trying to tie it with Secret Invasion?

[goldenfist]

The Illuminati will come together as Iron Man will show them
the Skrull that Echo killed, Then they'll start thinking that the Skru
lls have some sort of plan for Earth.

[balok]

I have to ask: how to Namor and Doctor Strange still fit into this group? Namor dislikes Iron Man, and Doctor Strange is disliked *by* Iron Man for keeping the New Avengers one step ahead of the Initiative's superpowered stormtroopers.

[Bored Yesterday]

All those pictures of people standing around -- could be a photo album from a bad party or a funeral. Why bother drawing that?

Just read issue 88 last night, and Stan's Soapbox is relevant to these images. He says, "...those of us involved in the scripting of a coic are usually asked how our efforts compare to the cration of a scenario for stage, screen, or television. Since there's so much interest in the subject, I'd like to attempt to illuminate it a bit, though my premisemy premise may surprise you. actually, writing a viable comic book story is probably more difficlt than writing a script for any other medium! Why/ Well, think about it a bit. Though the comic-book script requires the same attention to characterization, the same realistic dialogue, and the same dramatic literary structure as any other type of scenario, only the comic-book writer must contend with the toturous limitation of space! Only the comic book scripter must capsulize, in a few brief dialgoue ballons, the same premise than an author in any other medium may take page after page to expand upon.

How paradigms change! Sorry for the typos. I'm not going to fix them.

[goldenfist]

Here are links to see the words they say in the book.

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[Shiryu]

Thanks

[woodside]

boredyesterday said:

All those pictures of people standing around -- could be a photo album from a bad party or a funeral. Why bother drawing that?

Hahaha! ;D

I haven't been picking up this book at all. Continunity is not Bendis' friend (they really should have had Fabian Nicieza to handle this) and I just felt it would be best read in trade paperback. I might be picking up this issue simply because it ties heavily into "Secret Invasion" and plays catch-up with the other MU events.

However, as big of a fan as I am of Bendis dialogue, there had better be more than just:

Strange: A Skrull?
Professor X: A Skrull.
Iron Man: Skrull's are --
Mr. Fantastic: -- aliens.
Iron Man: Right. Skrull's are alien shape-shifters.
Namor: Oy! With the Skrulls again!
Black Bolt (points to the Skrull)

[Bored Yesterday]

The words really bring out the story. That's for sure. Pretty cool pages.

[uberwolf]

woodside said:

boredyesterday said:

All those pictures of people standing around -- could be a photo album from a bad party or a funeral. Why bother drawing that?

Hahaha! ;D

I haven't been picking up this book at all. Continunity is not Bendis' friend (they really should have had Fabian Nicieza to handle this) and I just felt it would be best read in trade paperback. I might be picking up this issue simply because it ties heavily into "Secret Invasion" and plays catch-up with the other MU events.

However, as big of a fan as I am of Bendis dialogue, there had better be more than just:

Strange: A Skrull?
Professor X: A Skrull.
Iron Man: Skrull's are --
Mr. Fantastic: -- aliens.
Iron Man: Right. Skrull's are alien shape-shifters.
Namor: Oy! With the Skrulls again!
Black Bolt (points to the Skrull)

Eh heh heh! I think that would have been better dialogue. ;D
First exalt for Woody

[goldenfist]

The issue comes out next week I can't wait to read what will hap
pen when the Illuminati are together and discuss what they can
do about the Skrull Invasion.