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[jumonji]

At least according to a theory by one Marvel fan...

So I was reading up on Secret Invasion today (since I want to have some kind of clue about what's happening in the Marvel U and whether this "big event" is worth checking out or not). A series of clicks away from Wikipedia's Secret Invasion page I ended up reading some theory someone had about Echo being a Skrull. Based on what? Well according to this guy, the number of conversations she seems to be having in various books while facing away from the speaker (which I noticed quite a bit of in Parts of a Hole as well...) has lead some fans to suspect that she might be a Skrull. It's either that or the artists are goofing up over and over again. The latter reason sounds much more plausible to me, but if Marvel wants to retcon away a deaf woman apparently hearing quite well, here's their chance.

Hmmm, come to think of it, that would also explain DD seeing that painting of Deathstalker's mother back in the day. It wasn't really him, it was a Skrull. Now, where's my No-Prize?
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[james castle]

I think MJ is a Skrull but doesn't remember it after OMD (but kind of does in a way that makes the Devil happy (?)).
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[harryhausen]

I’m not sure (of course), but I think Echo will prove to not be a Skrull.

I realize that looking too closely at these things is inadvisable (but, hey, Bendis is inviting us to do it, so …)… In NA, we’ve seen lots of Echo while she’s alone where she’s acting as Echo would be expected to act while alone. No secret Skrull communications, no alien sword-sharpening. Also, and most importantly, Echo was killed by “Elektra” (and didn’t turn into a Skrull) and resurrected by the Hand; she then killed the Skrull who was posing as Elektra. If she’s a Skrull, she can only have been one for a few days (weeks?) and it would seem further unlikely that two Skrull imposters are killing one another instead of working together. Taken as a whole, I think she’s one of the least likely characters to be a Skrull. Plus, why would the Skrulls want to impersonate Echo? She’s not really a power-broker in the MU, you know?

As to the deafness issue: I think it’s been art mistakes. On several occasions, she is shown to not know what people she can’t see are saying until she’s told (the most recent issue exhibits this when she asks Clint Barton what Spiderman [still in mask and/or facing away] is saying). I think that this has been handled right more often that wrong. Besides, I think it’s more likely an overworked artist would make that mistake than a trained Skrull imposter!

More interesting to me has been the (really annoying) use of thought balloons in the (really annoying) Mighty Avengers book. I don’t know if it will pan out, but I have this theory that any character who has been shown to be thinking something like, ‘uh, weird costume’ or ‘is he okay?’ (or similar sarcastic, Seinfeldian nonsense that I can do without from my heroes) can’t be a Skrull. A Skrull wouldn’t care about most of the team living/dying or even stopping Doom or Ultron. Wouldn’t a Skrull just be thinking something like: “I can’t wait until these ugly monkeys are purged from the planet to which we have a divine right!!!”

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[Francesco]

Damn, isn't this whole "Sex with Skrulls" event a real rip-off.
In order to follow it you must also read all the related "tie-in" topics.

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[blacktyphoid]

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[Francesco]

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