Dark Reign: Skrull Kill Krew

Dark Reign (Collected Editions)

by Adam Felber, Paul Siqueira (Contributor)

Pulled from the ashes of 1994, straight to the 21st century, the Skrull Kill Krew is back... more brutal than ever! Television writer and novelist Adam Felber (HBO's Real Time, Schrodinger's Cat) and superstar artist Paulo Siqueira (Ms.Marvel, Amazing Spider-Man) bring you a disturbing and violent tale of a man with a couple of big guns and a bunch of alien shape shifters who harkens back to the earliest days of the Marvel Universe. Pull up a chain gun and join us, won't you? Collects Skrull Kill Crew #1-5, and 8-page Dark Reign New Nation.

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics

136 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Terry Murphy]

So, these characters showed up. And they pose, like, all the time.

And, then, we show the past, and these bad guys, but, don't mention them at all afterwards.

Oh, oh, yeah, and then the characters have sex with super hot girls.

But, wait, oh yeah, then he thaws out his girlfriend, who he never spoke about the whole first issue.

And his best friend doesn't want to help him kill baddies.

Oh, but, yeah, then, she does. Without any explanation as to why.

Oh, and yeah, there are these other characters suddenly as of issue 3. Again, just because.

Oh, and, the story changes tone and pace and focus, like, constantly, because that's, uh, so cool.

Adam Felber plots his stories like an Aderall-deficient 7-year-old. If you see this trade at the Goodwill, call in a drone strike.

[Gebo]

This is an obscure, confusing sequel of sorts to something I did not read. It really only started to make sense toward the end. I didn't really like it much, but the ending was interesting and the story was somewhat novel. Kind of a good reminder of why I put down comics years ago. 2.5 star, but 3 because it's not an option.

[Tym]

The art wasn’t very good the story pretty good, I liked the twist but thought it was squandered.

[Barry Hammock]

An excellent commentary on racism and blind xenophobia in society.

[Kevin]

Fun, self contained story.

[Justin Wetter]

Incredibly dull. Poor writing. Reddit-tier politics. Embarrassing, frankly. Glad I got this on eBay so the author received none of my money.

[Litter Bug]

This was so very not good.

[Mark]

Remember when Reed Richards turned the first Skrull’s into cows?

Well, some folks ate those cows and it gave them Skrull-like powers and an intense hatred of all things Skrully. Now they roam the country side hunting shape-shifters to kill.

An interesting story line with some nice twist but this is pretty obscure stuff.
An action heavy book that will likely appeal to Punisher fans.

Notes
Wolverine shows up…for some reason.

Learning Curve
High: Even Marvel fans might get confused.

[Mike]

Funnier and more interesting than it deserved to be. Give credit to Adam Felber--he made a guy with guns for arms a deeper character than I was expecting.

[Phillip Goodman]

moo moo moo moo moo moo MOO MOO MOO MOOO MOO MOO MOO mooo mooom oooo moom oooo mooo MOO MOO MOOOOO MOOOO!!!!!!!! SERIOUSLY THIS BOOK HAS DRIVEN ME INSANE, IT IS THAT GOOD. and fun too.

[Angela]

Funny and violent. Nice premise and shows skrulls in a different light. Didn't really get too much of a handle on the characters though.

[James Dunphy]

The only thing that gave it the 2nd star was the brief appearance of Wolverine.

[Curt]

Confusing but entertaining.

[Alex Sarll]

Unexpected but entertaining sequel to the old Morrison/Millar/Yeowell series and its resurrection during Secret Invasion. Beginning as more of the same cartoon ultraviolence, it takes a couple of surprising swerves, in the process becoming a surprisingly heartfelt and ambivalent story about assimilation. While it's a little disjointed in places, I've read plenty worse from other newcomers, making it a shame that the creators here all seem since to have departed comics as quietly as they arrived.