Skrull Kill Krew

Skrull Kill Krew (1995) #1-5

by Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, Steve Yeowell (Illustrator)

Os alienígenas metamorfos Skrull têm seus agentes infiltrados em todos os cantos do mundo, com o objetivo de dominar o planeta Terra – mas não se o Esquadrão Mata-Skrull puder impedir! Ryder, um membro do Esquadrão, reúne uma inesperada equipe de pessoas afetadas pelo vírus Skrull que lhes dá poderes extraordinários de transformação – além de uma fúria incontrolável, estranhas visões e memórias e uma expectativa de vida reduzida. Será que esse extraordinário grupo vai conseguir impedir os alienígenas antes que eles se infiltrem completamente em todos os cantos do planeta? E como estarão o Capitão América, Nick Fury e o Quarteto Fantástico envolvidos nessa história?

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Superheroes, Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book

120 pages, Paperback

First published May 10, 2006

About the author

Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for twenty five years, after beginning their American comics career with acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then they have written such best-selling series as JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men, as well as such creator-owned works as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. In addition to expanding the DC Universe through titles ranging from the Eisner Award-winning SEVEN SOLDIERS and ALL-STAR SUPERMAN to the reality-shattering epic of FINAL CRISIS, they have also reinvented the worlds of the Dark Knight Detective in BATMAN AND ROBIN and BATMAN, INCORPORATED and the Man of Steel in The New 52 ACTION COMICS.

In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love how this tied into Fantastic Four #2. Back in the 60's, Reed Richards hypnotized some skrulls into permanently changing into cows. At a certain point, those skrull cows were butchered and turned into fast food hamburgers. Anyone who ate them gets a disease that will eventually kill them along with shapeshifting powers along with the ability to see disguised skrulls. Now these humans for formed into the Skrull Kill Krew and hit the road to take out these skrulls that are lying in wait. It's like Secret Invasion 15 years before Secret Invasion.

[JL Shioshita · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ahhhh the 90s. Even for the 90s this was a weird read. Shape shifting aliens turn into cows and then end up getting sent to the slaughterhouse where they're turned into hamburgers and fed to the general populace...who then develop shape shifting powers of their own. That about sums it up.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was much better than the rating suggests. It was so much fun and just outright ridiculous. You could tell Grant Morrison wrote this.

[Jean-Pierre Vidrine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think of this as the Duke Nukem of Mavel Comics. Not that it is totally mindless. Morrison and Millar mine Marvel's history to deliver a shoot'em up book that no one expected. Plus (much like earlier Skrull stories) continued to sew the seeds for what would eventually become Silent Invasion. At the end of it, I wasn't sure if there should be more or not. Sure, it would be great to get to know a little more background on these odd and diverse characters, but I wonder just how much more can you do with a premise that's even more show-up-and-kill than the Punisher. I still haven't checked out the follow-up done recently and set against the over-arcing backdrop of Dark Reign, but perhaps that creative team found more to do with all of this. Overall, a fun read. And it may have inspired a new tattoo!

[Guilherme Smee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vejam como são as coisas na Panini Comics Brasil: essa minissérie deveria ter saído na época em que Invasão Secreta, a minissérie em quadrinhos, foi publicada no Brasil. Agora, com o anúncio da série de televisão de Invasão Secreta é que a série finalmente sai, praticamente trinta anos depois de seu lançamento nos EUA. Mesmo nomes como Morrison e Millar não foram suficientes para convencer a editora italiana de sua publicação no Brasil naquela época. De toda forma, não espere muito virtuosismo nessa HQ. Ela é bem o produto dos anos 1990 porradeiros e brucutus e de um pouco da malandragem inglesa de criticar tudo que pode alcançar, até mesmo deixar os leitores enojados. A trama da HQ gira em torno dos skrulls tornados vacas na edição número 4 de Quarteto Fantástico. Aquelas vacas viraram hamburgueres e a ingestão deles deram poderes aos integrantes do Esquadrão Mata-Skrull que agora querem exterminar toda essa raça. Há a participação do Capitão América, de Nick Fury e de um certo Quarteto Fantástico. A arte de Steve Yeowell que trabalho com Morrison em Zenith é bem 2000 a.D. e ao mesmo tempo noventeira de super-heróis. Sinceramente, eu esperava um pouco mais dessa minissérie. Vale dizer que durante a Invasão Secreta a Marvel publicou uma continuação das aventuras do Esquadrão Mata-Skrulls.

[Shawn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not one of Morrison's (or is it really Millar's?) better works (but then, it only had 5 issues behind it before it got canned), this features the adventures of a band of anarchist-types who are infected with a Skrull virus (obtained through a kink of Fantastic Four ancient history involving the ubiquitous shape-shifting aliens) that allows them to - 1. shapeshift like Skrulls, 2. be able to see Skrulls in disguise. Unfortunately, the virus is also killing them, and driving them crazy in the process. So, they run around the countryside gunning down (seemingly to the outside world) "innocent" people while also living with the knowledge that they can't really trust their senses the crazier they get.

The book is light and breezy, hindered by some hideous coloring and the unimpressive artwork of Steve Yeowell. There are a few great moments that allow some idea of how much fun Morrison might have had with this corner of the Marvel Universe - I'm thinking specifically of the characterization of a guesting Captain America (who is written totally straight, not mocked as an anachronism, and has a great scene involving his tactical handling of a hostage situation) and Herr Strucker, who is a thoroughly entertaining fascist.

Not indispensable by any means. I've heard the characters recently reappeared as a logical tie-in to the current Skrull mass-invasion of the Marvel Universe. Also, a bit of trivia, the original pitch title was SKRULL KILL KULT, seemingly a spin on industrial glam/sleaze/funk band My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult.

[Willow Redd · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've always been fascinated by the Skrulls as villains because they are very one-dimensional in their goals. They kill, they conquer, they move on. They are similar to locusts in the way they just spread themselves. So, when I saw a book titled "Skrull Kill Krew," I had to check it out.

And Morrison and Millar certainly did not disappoint. Going all the way back into Skrull history, this story involves those initial Skrulls that were defeated by the Fantastic Four, then hypnotized into becoming cows. Now, imagine what would happen if these Skrull-cows were sent to the slaughterhouse and processed into hamburger? Well, that's what the Skrull Kill Krew are all about.

The only downside to this trade is that the series only got five issues. While this was plenty to tell the main story told, there were some other elements that didn't get a chance to be explored. How does Nick Fury know Ryder? What's the Christmas Island Incident?

This one is dark and gritty with a larger number of deaths, but since most of them are Skrull, is it really so bad?

I found it to be an enjoyable read. And if you were interested in the Secret Invasion storyline, this is where it really begins.

[Aaron · Rating 2 out of 5]

Only worth checking out if you're curious to see some early Morrison/Millar Marvel collaboration. The story was clearly setup to run for more than 5 issues, as numerous foreshadowings and vague mysteries are left completely unresolved. The majority of this book is devoted to setting up the characters, which then do almost nothing. Feels more like a TV pilot than a comic book series.

A lot of Morrison and Millar's typical themes can be found here, only in very pared down versions bordering on parody. From Morrison you've got the typical sense of anarchy and rebellion that can be found in stuff like The Invisibles, only here it seems completely misplaced. For instance, the Kill Krew rebels against Captain America when he mistakes them for villains, but instead it really feels like they should've just tried to work with him.

From Millar's end, you've got "edgy" takes on race, which I kind of hated. The leader of the Kill Krew is a black American, but having been written by 2 white Scottish guys, something about the way he constantly talks about the struggle of being black rings false and weird. Almost like it was shoehorned in to be like "Look at us! We GET RACISM!" Also, one of the other members of the Krew is a white supremacist, just to make this the most unlikely "odd couple" in the world. It's ultimately pointless and barely even counts as shock value.

[Travis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Remember waaaay back in Fantastic Four #4 those shape shifting aliens that got trapped as cows?
Well, they got sold toa slaughter house, turned into hamburger and gave the people that ate them super powers.
The downside is, that the alien DNA they absorbed will eventually kill them, and because they can see the aliens hidden amongst us, those aliens want to hunt down and kill all the people with powers.

Luckily, a big bad ass rasta dude named Ryder knows all about this and is gathering up people to help him kill Skrulls till earth is safe, or the alien DNA kills them. Whichever comes first.

This all makes for a wild adventure set on the fringes of the Marvel Universe.
There's a bunch of pretty disfunction people with weird powers, an army of evil aliens, nazis, a creepy town, a fight with the Fantastic Four and french fries.

and all that happened in five issues.
Fun, odd little series that should have lasted longer, but got us a look at Grant Morrison before he became GRANT MORRISON.

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good fun but very slight. Most comics are very much of their time and Skrull Kill Krew is no exception. The book collects five issues of the series, which was apparently canceled at #5 just when it was hitting its stride. Skrulls are shape-shifting aliens that invade the Earth from time to time in Marvel Comics. The story involves a rag-tag group who can see the Skrulls, even when they're disguised as humans. And when they run into Skrulls, they open a can of whupass. Probably more for fans of the writers than anything else.

[Noel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Todo lo que conoces como INVASIÓN SECRETA se creó y tuvo su origen aquí. Ya lo dijo Morrison sobre la Nueva Marvel: 'tuvimos que ver muchas ideas nuestras firmadas por otros autores'. Los de la Nueva Marvel ya sabéis quienes son: los que salían insultando, pasándose por el forro el trabajo de los autores y los que pagaban a los libreros por romper portadas de cómics DC. Esos, esos.
Con qué poco criterio opina la gente sobre Marvel, por el amor a Dios.

[Ma'Belle · Rating 1 out of 5]

I kept waiting for the punchline in this one, but it never really came. I suppose Grant had used his noggin so hard for so long he felt it deserved a break? It's nothing but very deliberate cliche one-liners, so it should be read as a parody on any light-hearted action story with a high death toll, but this one fails at being even slightly funny.

[Matt Piechocinski · Rating 4 out of 5]

I count this as one of Morrison's best works, along with his parody of Doom Patrol/X-force. I harp on Morrison a lot, but he's truly gifted when he's not being insanely weird. I thought this was a good poke at Marvel excess, something that probably many Zombies didn't get at the time that it came out.

[Ανδρέας Μιχαηλίδης · Rating 3 out of 5]

OK, so this was clearly an "unleash the Scots on Marvel" kind of thing. There is very little point to this comic, apart from a watered down sort of Invisibles cast murdering their way across the USA, but the victims turn out to be Skrulls in disguise.

I guess this is also a testament to Marvel's days of experimentation, as the premise, though casually mentioned, is pretty brutal. Remember the Skrulls turned into cows by the Fantastic Four? Yeah, a couple ended up in a slaughterhouse, were turned into burgers and then consumed by the general populace, granting shapeshifting powers to some - that is the origin of the Kill Krew.

Not to mention, a neonazi Brit who hates Skrulls more than his black team leader, Ryder - and it goes on from there.

More an oddity than an actual good read, but I guess fun in its own way.

[Jimbo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked the Krew and the fact that they were not afraid to kill the Skrulls infultrating the Earth.

This is a an infultration that probably led to Secret invasion, but I a not too sure about that, but it feels as if it is the lead in. Although Skrulls have been doing it forever in the MCU.

Except in the movie of Captain Marvel, then they were just trying to live their lives. (A realistic human view that not everyone is a killer or wants to take over the world.)

Fun and silly and bloodly and mean all at the same time.

Captain America was an oddly written guest star in this series, especially his first appearance acting so unlike Cap.

Worth reading.

[Stratospherus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Awesome, hip stuff, with some edgy satire there (I mean, a black man with dreadlock paired with a English white skinhead supremacist whose skrull disease is making the skin of the latter turning Afro - how cool is that?), thrown for the good measure. You can tell Millar and Morrison wrote it. The narrative occasionally lags (like the issue with Red Skull that brought nothing to the plot), but it delivers in broad strokes a very quick, mindless read. The weakest link is probably the Steve Yeowell's art, which can be a bear thanks to awkward framing and unremarkable pencil work.

[Jesse · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. Some late '90s/early '00s EXXXTREME comics from Grant Morrison and Mark Millar. The story is literally team of shapechanging bad dudes kill skrulls. The best part was the reading the british skinhead's lines in a ridiculous accent. An interesting piece of Marvel history, but definitely not something I'll ever read again.

[Devero · Rating 2 out of 5]

Acquisto recente, fuori tempo massimo.
Disegni in cui Yeowell ripropone i tratti di metà anni '90 senza esagerare, addolciti dalle chine.
Storia onestamente tipica di quell'approccio inglese inutilmente dissacrante.
Diciamo che 2 stelle possono bastare, e forse sono anche troppe.

[Nico · Rating 2 out of 5]

this feels like grant morrison made a small comment about a decent idea for a story and then mark millar turned it into one

[Erik · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reads like a parody of other '90s superhero comics, but I couldn't really tell if it that was the intent. Either way, it's kind of stupid. Morrison/Millar completists only.

[Daniel Wellington · Rating 2 out of 5]

História qualquer da duplinha ex-amiga Morrison/Millar. Nem o Yeowell tava muito bom nessa.

[Franck Martini · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very funny and a bit too extreme but such were the 90s. It’s disrespectful and fresh, what’s not to love.

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 3 out of 5]

No es el mejor guion de ninguno de los dos guionistas niempedo, pero entretiene con sobra. Tampoco es el mejor laburo del dibujante, pero sirve para su función... Y no mucho más. Quizás en una relectura lo reevalúe, pero pensándolo bien, no es un comic que me haya resultado particularmente genial. Creo que, de hecho, Morrison y Millar son antisinérgicos. Cuando lo relea, seguro lo reconsidere y veré si lo rerreseño.

[Lawrence · Rating 2 out of 5]

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[Paul Young · Rating 1 out of 5]

Don't bother - The art looks rushed and lacks detail. The story goes in every direction, yet never ends up anywhere.

[Tony · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very much of the exact moment it was written in - the British invasion of comics.

[Michaela · Rating 5 out of 5]

I usually don't like marvel, but this was pretty awsome

[Dony Grayman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Crossover retroactivo con Invasión Secreta.