Product Review
New Avengers: Illuminati tells of six super men who have worked together to mold and shape the status of the superhuman world and the world around it. This includes Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme; Black Bolt, king of the Inhumans, Charles Xavier, founder of the X-Men and mutant-rights activist; Reed Richards, founding member of the Fantastic Four; Namor the Sub-Mariner, king of Atlantis; and Iron Man Tony Stark, founding member of the Avengers to form the group known as Illuminati. Its a secret organization comprised of several of the world's most powerful heroes. The novel, New Avengers: Illuminati will answer the great mystery of how and what they have done together as a group of brilliant superheroes.
Writers Brian Michael Bendis (Avengers, Ultimate Spider-Man) and Brian Reed (Ms. Marvel) have joined together with Jim Cheung (Young Avengers) to reveal this untold story of the Marvel Universe and how the Illuminati's actions affect today. This is a series of five issues and the first and fifth issues deal with the alien Skrulls, the villains of "Secret Invasion." The first is set just after the Illuminati's formation in 1971, and the fifth is set during the present day, in the leadup to "Secret Invasion." The third issue centered around the Beyonder creature from "Secret Wars" I & II in the 1980s, and is purposefully inconclusive about whether what ensues is the Beyonder's true origin or merely a game he plays for his own amusement (although this story does feature an absolutely priceless moment with Doctor Strange). The fourth issue is one-part the Illuminati discussing their personal lives, and one-part setup for "Secret Invasion", focusing on Grant Morrison's Marvel Boy.
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