‘Secret Invasion’ #8 to be a Week Late
Marvel has issued a release indicating the final issue of Secret Invasion will now be in store the first week of December, a week later than anticipated.
“The additional pages in #8 did both Leinil and the schedule in,” explained Executive Editor Tom Brevoort in a press release. “Anybody who pored over the artwork from #7 a week ago can easily see how he and Mark Morales have been putting their all (and then some) into every page and every panel, and that effort has finally caught up with us. Hopefully, retailers and fans will forgive us these extra two weeks as we make sure that everything is in the shape it should be in for the extra-sized climax—and from there, it’ll be smooth sailing straight into Dark Reign.”
David Gabriel, Marvel’s Senior Vice President of Sales, said in the release, “In speaking with retailers, Marvel decided it was more important to preserve the creative integrity of the series, rather than rush out the final issue. This not only creates a stronger product for our loyal readers, but also for our retailer partners, whose support helped make Secret Invasion a huge success.”
A mammoth event like this shipping late is no surprise and keeps the creative team intact as opposed to DC’s Final Crisis that recently announced the final issue will be illustred by Doug Mahnke and not J.G. Jones.
Here’s a look at the revised shipping scheudle for the final issue and its related tie-ins:
SECRET INVASION #8
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
Cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
Variant Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
Sketch Variant Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
On-Sale—12/3/08
SECRET INVASION: FRONT LINE #5 (of 5)
Written by BRIAN REED
Penciled by GG STUDIO’S MARCO CASTIELLO
Cover by JUAN DOE
On-Sale—12/3/08
SECRET INVASION: DARK REIGN
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by ALEX MALEEV
Variant Cover by CLASSIFIED
On-Sale—12/10/08
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #8
Written by MATT FRACTION
Pencils & Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
Villain Variant by DAVID AJA
On-Sale—12/17/08
MIGHTY AVENGERS #20
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by KHOI PHAM
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
On-Sale—12/17/08
SECRET INVASION: REQUIEM
On-Sale—12/17/08
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"“In speaking with retailers…"Oh, bulltish! They didn't speak with retailers about this. A one-week delay means nothing to any retailer these days. Many wouldn't even notice it was late until a reader pointed it out. This just seems like a recycled quote from when Civil War was hideously late.