Secret Invasion: Dark Reign #1 [Alex Maleev]
(February 2009)

Marvel, 2009 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
3.99 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
one-shot
On-sale Date
2008-12-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Rated T+
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Publishing Inc.
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
Barcode
759606065387 00111
Editing
Tom Brevoort; Jeanine Schaefer (associate editor); Joe Quesada (editor-in-chief)
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Modern Age US
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
One-Shot

Issue Notes

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Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dark Reign / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Maleev
Inks
Alex Maleev
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Norman Osborn [Green Goblin]; Dr. Doom; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Loki; The Hood

Indexer Notes

Cover sports Secret Invasion trade dress.

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[Credits and Recap] (Table of Contents: 1)

Dark Reign / recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Leinil Francis Yu
Inks
Mark Morales
Colors
Laura Martin
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Namor the Sub-Mariner; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Dr. Doom; Norman Osborn; Loki; Hood

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Dark Reign / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script
Brian Michael Bendis
Pencils
Alex Maleev
Inks
Alex Maleev
Colors
Dean White
Letters
Chris Eliopoulos
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm not going to make it.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Norman Osborn; Dr. Doom; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Loki; The Hood; Swordsman (death); Cyclops (cameo)
Synopsis
Norman Osborn calls together a band of the power players in the Marvel universe and offers them a secret alliance with his new world order. Returning home after the meeting, Norman is confronted by the Swordsman who is unhappy with how the Thunderbolts are being reformatted and Norman kills him in a fit of rage.
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Indexer Notes

In this story, Loki has taken the form of a woman.

Preview: Secret Warriors (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Secret Warriors / preview (from the publisher) / 3 pages (report information)

Preview: Agents of Atlas (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Agents of Atlas / preview (from the publisher) / 3 pages (report information)

Preview: War Machine (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

War Machine / preview (from the publisher) / 3 pages (report information)

Dark Reign Checklist (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Dark Reign
  2. 1. [Credits and Recap]
    Dark Reign
  3. 2. ["I'm not going to make it."]
    Dark Reign
  4. 3. Preview: Secret Warriors
    Secret Warriors
  5. 4. Preview: Agents of Atlas
    Agents of Atlas
  6. 5. Preview: War Machine
    War Machine
  7. 6. Dark Reign Checklist
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