The battle in New York was fierce. The Skrull Empire had so many tricks up their sleeve. So many plans and contingency plans...they’d more than halfway won before it had even started. You can’t help but admire them. The plans. The execution. But for all their planning, it’s unclear if the Skrulls truly understand us. As humans. Because if they did, they’d know that whether or not a stunt like the invasion would have worked...whoever survived...whoever was left...would be insanely ticked off.
But only one person got the killshot. Tony Stark. All the networks were covering it live. Everyone on the planet saw it. He had another suit of armor, not tied to the StarkTech mainframe. It was enough to keep him going.
And those who could fly took to the sky. Ares took the warship that was hovering over the city proper all by himself. He dropped it right into the Atlantic. What was left of the armada was attempting to retreat. But without a proper leadership chain they were caught spinning their wheels when Thor whipped out the hammer. Whatever Stark had left...it was enough for him to scan the Skrull warships for other Doomsday devices. He overrode their tech with his tech, just enough to get into one ship and take control of it.
Stark is the one who stood on the mountaintop and decided he was in charge of the world. He’s the one who said he could protect us all. And though he stumbled, though he fell, in the end, he held true to his word.*
And so it is that our heroes can regroup amidst the carnage, tired and injured, but whole.
*Adapted and abridged from dialogue featured in Secret Invasion #8 by Brian Michael Bendis.
The Immediate Aftermath
But only one person got the killshot. Tony Stark. All the networks were covering it live. Everyone on the planet saw it. He had another suit of armor, not tied to the StarkTech mainframe. It was enough to keep him going.
And those who could fly took to the sky. Ares took the warship that was hovering over the city proper all by himself. He dropped it right into the Atlantic. What was left of the armada was attempting to retreat. But without a proper leadership chain they were caught spinning their wheels when Thor whipped out the hammer. Whatever Stark had left...it was enough for him to scan the Skrull warships for other Doomsday devices. He overrode their tech with his tech, just enough to get into one ship and take control of it.
Stark is the one who stood on the mountaintop and decided he was in charge of the world. He’s the one who said he could protect us all. And though he stumbled, though he fell, in the end, he held true to his word.*
And so it is that our heroes can regroup amidst the carnage, tired and injured, but whole.
*Adapted and abridged from dialogue featured in Secret Invasion #8 by Brian Michael Bendis.