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Brian Michael Bendis recently sat down for a podcast/interview with ComicNewsIntl.  This reporter plagarized the transcript because she's a lazy newsdouche.  here are the highlights and Q&A session.


- Bendis is writing Mighty Avengers with Art by Frank Cho. Mark Bagley will soon be taking over though Frank though. Bendis indicates that he and Mark are also working on another new Ultimate Spider-Man project due out sometime next year.(EDIT Bagley recently signed with DC, so probably not gonna happen)

- The Initiative will be tested on every level as possible leading up to the Secret Invasion and some members of the Initiative may have already been infected by the Skrulls. The fate of Earth may depend on what The Initiative does or doesn't do while being tested on all these levels.

- According to Bendis, one of the good things about having an exclusive contract with Marvel is that it allows you to really buckle down and plot out these characters for a long time. For instance he has been plotting out the character of Carol Danvers since before "House of M".

- Bendis says jokingly that people don't like Tony Stark because of his mustache. Stark comes up on people's most loved and hated character lists. Bendis thinks Stark is one of the most fascinating characters in the Marvel Universe. Stark makes a decision and then does what it takes to implement that decision which sometimes is not what the popular opinion is. Magneto is another character Bendis sees as very fascinating in that way.

- If the Civil War was the divider of the Marvel Universe, the Skrull Invasion will have the effect of being the uniter according to Bendis.

- Everything is revealed in issue 1 of Invasion, they don't wait till issue 6. The Invasion will hit the Marvel Universe very hard right off the bat. 

- Green eyes seem to be a hint who is a Skrull in many cases. When all is revealed they will turn all the cards over and show who did what as a Skrull.

- Initially the Skrull Invasion was just going to be an Avengers event, but it's just not realistic to believe something like this wouldn't affect the entire Marvel Universe.

- Brian jokes that he's been typing while talking, and that he just finished Halo. Seriously though he states the delay with the comic is the approval process through Bungie.

Q&A Begins:

- Are the events in the Sub Mariner going to have any effect on the upcoming Skrull invasion? Yes

- Look for a major Dr. Doom arch in Mighty Avengers with an ending that has never been done before with him.

- The unification of the Marvel Universe is something that Bendis really wants to examine during "Secret Invasion". Trust and Identification are fun things to discuss on message boards which is a question this story poses.

- Will there be one event that causes all the Skrulls to come out of hiding? In issue #1 they will all reveal themselves to do what they have to do. Whether the humans will be prepared or be able to handle this is something you will need to read and find out.

- Secret Invasion #2 will likely reveal something Bendis has been building up for some time.

- According to Bendis this whole thing will be judged by the weakest Skrull reveal, so he has made sure that the reveals have been planned and thought out. They aren't using this to just fix plot problems that someone may have gotten their character into. Since Cap didn't turn into a Skrull when he died like Elektra did, it's not likely that the dead Cap was a Skrull.

Bendis states that Skrull issues to be sure to catch are New Avengers #31, New Avengers: Illuminati #5 which are already out and Mighty Avengers #6 which goes on sale December 19.