I’m guessing Marvel had no idea this book would both be excellent and hugely popular. It was planned for 8 issues and then renewed for a volume 2, but in-between they asked writer Jeff Parker to throw together a little anthology. Anthologies usually are excuses for filler, but not this time. No story is wasted. And the theme appears to be … Horror?
It’s a collection of stories by storied artists with riffs on John Carpenter’s The Thing, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and…
Edward Gorey!
At the very end, there’s a one-page Secret Invasion tie-in involving FBI Agent Duncan.
This is all great fun. Love it.
Grade: B-