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Invaders: Miniseries
Invaders: The Eve of Destruction (Invaders
It's 1945 and World War II is almost over - but Hydra founder Baron Wolfgang von Strucker is already planning the next one with insider information from the future! It's up to the Invaders to re-write Strucker's history books and drive down his Dragon of Death! Then, more than ten years later, Doctor Druid forms the Monster Hunters to face another pivotal enemy, one whose schemes date back centuries! Collects Marvel Universe #1-7.
192 pages, Paperback
First published August 25, 2010
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May 17, 2025
Set in WWII, the Invaders VS Axis, while Hydra is taking charge and trying to become the new world order. A solid story during the war with Von Strucker traveling through time seeing that Germany has lost the war, and trying to change all of that. A nice guest appearance and Cap, Namor and Torch doing what the do during WWII, punching nazis. Nice artwork too.
January 12, 2017
Reprints Marvel Universe #1-7 (June 1998-December 1998). The Invaders learn that the Nazis might not be the only threat in the world. When a group called HYDRA is unveiled, the Invaders learn that one of Hitler’s allies named Baron Strucker has need of the Manhattan Project for his own world domination…but the Invaders don’t realize that Strucker already has the Manhattan Project and a plan. Plus, when monsters begin popping up around the world, a band of heroes must form. The Monster Hunters are comprised of Dr. Druid, Ulysses Bloodstone, Zawadi, and the enigmatic Jacob Curtiss and uncovering the source of the monsters could expose all their personal mysteries.
Written by Howard Stern, The Invaders: Eve of Destruction is a collection of the short lived Marvel Comics’ series Marvel Universe. The collection follows the formats printed in The Invaders Classic series which ran for four volumes.
I actually read this series off the shelf. I like anthology comics (if they are done well) and had high hopes for Marvel Universe. Invader stories are often rather slow, but the strange combination of the Monster Hunters did have me interested.
The Invaders story feels like a traditional Invaders story. You have the core three of Captain America, Namor, and Human Torch, but they are thankfully joined by the Whizzer for a couple issues. I always liked The Invaders supporting cast more than the big three and it was good (and logical) that the Whizzer would be helping. I also like the blend of World War II and post-WWII in the story with the set-up of HYDRA and events that unfolded after the Silver-Age of the Marvel Universe launched.
The second half of the collection is actually better to me. I always liked how Marvel incorporated their horror and fantasy books into the true Marvel Universe (look at Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy as an example of that). The composition of the team is fun with an early look at Wakanda with Zawadi, an Eternal, another immortal in Bloodstone, and the Avenger everyone hated Dr. Druid (but I kind of liked him). It isn’t the most developed story, but I had hopes that a second Monster Hunters story would be even better…unfortunately it didn’t develop.
To call this The Invaders: Eve of Destruction is rather a misnomer. The Invaders are the first three issues of the book followed by a non-Invaders story. That being said, I really enjoy the Monster Hunters portion of the book. I wish this series had gone on a bit longer in that I like that it explored periods at both the end of World War II and before the “launch” of the Marvel Universe…this window is a missing time in Marvel history and there is tons of room for stories and ideas that never were explored.
Written by Howard Stern, The Invaders: Eve of Destruction is a collection of the short lived Marvel Comics’ series Marvel Universe. The collection follows the formats printed in The Invaders Classic series which ran for four volumes.
I actually read this series off the shelf. I like anthology comics (if they are done well) and had high hopes for Marvel Universe. Invader stories are often rather slow, but the strange combination of the Monster Hunters did have me interested.
The Invaders story feels like a traditional Invaders story. You have the core three of Captain America, Namor, and Human Torch, but they are thankfully joined by the Whizzer for a couple issues. I always liked The Invaders supporting cast more than the big three and it was good (and logical) that the Whizzer would be helping. I also like the blend of World War II and post-WWII in the story with the set-up of HYDRA and events that unfolded after the Silver-Age of the Marvel Universe launched.
The second half of the collection is actually better to me. I always liked how Marvel incorporated their horror and fantasy books into the true Marvel Universe (look at Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy as an example of that). The composition of the team is fun with an early look at Wakanda with Zawadi, an Eternal, another immortal in Bloodstone, and the Avenger everyone hated Dr. Druid (but I kind of liked him). It isn’t the most developed story, but I had hopes that a second Monster Hunters story would be even better…unfortunately it didn’t develop.
To call this The Invaders: Eve of Destruction is rather a misnomer. The Invaders are the first three issues of the book followed by a non-Invaders story. That being said, I really enjoy the Monster Hunters portion of the book. I wish this series had gone on a bit longer in that I like that it explored periods at both the end of World War II and before the “launch” of the Marvel Universe…this window is a missing time in Marvel history and there is tons of room for stories and ideas that never were explored.
June 27, 2019
#1-3, Invaders, ☆☆☆
#4-7, Monster Hunters, ☆☆
#4-7, Monster Hunters, ☆☆
February 11, 2012
Marvel Universe was a great idea that got cut short: an anthology featuring stories and characters all set before Fantastic Four #1. So much potential and it was canceled after two stories:
Invaders: Marvels WW2 hero team fights nazis, sees the birth of Hydra and there's a half dozen cool little cameos.
Monster Hunters: All those giant monsters from the 1950's go on a rampage, so a rag tag group consisting of an immortal big game hunter, a minor mystic, a jungle girl and a government agent who may be more than he seems, band together to stop them.
Brilliant, cheesy, pulp action that ties together a half dozen bits of old comics history.
These stories were just fun adventure stories that read like a old fashioned cliffhanger serial.
In the early 2000s, when grim and gritty was becoming king, this series didn't stand a chance.
Invaders: Marvels WW2 hero team fights nazis, sees the birth of Hydra and there's a half dozen cool little cameos.
Monster Hunters: All those giant monsters from the 1950's go on a rampage, so a rag tag group consisting of an immortal big game hunter, a minor mystic, a jungle girl and a government agent who may be more than he seems, band together to stop them.
Brilliant, cheesy, pulp action that ties together a half dozen bits of old comics history.
These stories were just fun adventure stories that read like a old fashioned cliffhanger serial.
In the early 2000s, when grim and gritty was becoming king, this series didn't stand a chance.
July 31, 2018
Although this collection is titled as The Invaders, it's really a compilation of a short lived comic series called Marvel Universe, which told different stories set in past eras of the Marvel Comics universe. The first section of the book is a nicely done Invaders story, set near the end of World War II, and detailing Baron von Strucker's founding of Hydra, and his attempt to build an atomic bomb. The second part is a pretty lackluster story set during the Cold War, with the Monster Hunters. I think it's supposed to be set in the 50's, but there's not much about it that really feels like that era, and the art doesn't really give that feel either. For a story about rampaging kaiju, it's surprisingly dull. Four stars for the Invaders story, 2 stars for the Monster Hunters.
July 22, 2013
Marvel Universe was the series, designed to tell stories in a new way about things that happened pre-Fantastic Four (the real birth of the Classic Marvel Universe). It's a solid idea, but never really got the following it needed.
This collects all 7 issues; the first 3 issues cover an Invaders story (featuring Cap, Namor, Human Torch (the Original) and Whizzer, alongside the rise of Hydra and their evil plans.
This was very cool and enjoyed it.
The second part was all about 'Monster Hunters' including Dr. Druid, Ulysses Bloodstone, Zawadi (of Wakanda) and Makkari the Eternal. Who chased over the globe fighting monsters (there was a big market for monster books in the 50s). Also includes the origin of the Mole Man!
Interesting stuff, more of a curio than anything else. Worth a read if you're interested in Marvel's early history rewritten as modern books.
This collects all 7 issues; the first 3 issues cover an Invaders story (featuring Cap, Namor, Human Torch (the Original) and Whizzer, alongside the rise of Hydra and their evil plans.
This was very cool and enjoyed it.
The second part was all about 'Monster Hunters' including Dr. Druid, Ulysses Bloodstone, Zawadi (of Wakanda) and Makkari the Eternal. Who chased over the globe fighting monsters (there was a big market for monster books in the 50s). Also includes the origin of the Mole Man!
Interesting stuff, more of a curio than anything else. Worth a read if you're interested in Marvel's early history rewritten as modern books.
June 28, 2011
I liked the Captain America/Human Torch/Sub-Mariner story, but the throwback Monster Hunter story just didn't do it for me. I can see why this series only lasted 7 issues.
February 13, 2015
This was just okay. It was less fun than graphic novels usually are for me.
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