Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four #1-3

Hi Readers,

Sorry, I have to be cliche right now and ask "who do you trust?" (Couldn't help myself)... I mean in this miniseries, Sue couldn't trust Read, Johnny couldn't trust Sue and Franklin couldn't trust that the Fantastic Four would be able to put the world back together. The Secret Invasion has made it impossible to truly trust anyone in the Marvel Universe right now. Hell, I might even be a Skrull and not know it... I know... I took it too far, but whatever.
One of the better parts of this miniseries, was when Invisible Woman was overwhelmed by the Skrull, posing as Mr. Fantastic. The fact that Sue knew from the very beginning that he was not her husband, was incredibly insightful and really proved that the marriage between Sue and Reed is one of the foundations of the Marvel Universe. If I could change anything about that prologue, I would have let Sue put up more of a fight for her life. Especially when she realized that this Skrull was not her husband, before he admitted to it.
Another aspect of this series that I enjoyed, was the reintroduction of Lyja. For a while, I thought to myself "whatever happened to Lyja" but I just assumed that she was written out of the Marvel Universe somehow, in some random comic book I didn't read. In this miniseries, they explain that she decided to attempt being human and leading a normal life. This explanation was a little weak to me, but I can go along with it for now. She explains that the reason that she attacked the Baxter Building, was because she wanted to be the one to trap Johnny and Ben in the Negative Zone. Later on she explained that she still cared for Johnny and I was extremely confused. Why would she sabotage the Fantastic Four and send them to the Negative Zone, with no way of getting home, if she still cared about them and humanity? Then it dawned on me! Lyja volunteered to take them and trap them in the Negative Zone, so they wouldn't be executed, but also to take them out of the fight. I assume that Lyja thought to herself "this is the best way to not let Johnny be killed but also make the Skrulls happy." I still don't understand why the Skrull Empire thought it would be best to TRUST Lyja of all Skrulls to handle the Skrulls most dangerous foes. After all, Lyja did consider the Fantastic Four allies not long ago.
Also, the Tinkerer was the icing on the cake for this miniseries. Even though his character was a villain, I felt the humanity in his position. He would not have helped the Fantastic Four if it were not for Valeria and Franklin pleading for his help. I think that when he interacted with these two children, he probably thought about his grandchildren at home and that was the deal-maker.
There are a thousand questions that spring to mind after reading these issues: Where are Sue and Reed? How will the Fantastic Four reunite? Will the Skrull Empire retaliate against Lyja? If they want to, how will they do so? Will the Tinkerer register in the Super Human Registration Act now? Is this crisis going to be a story that changes the Marvel Universe like Civil War? I hope not... kinda... I dunno...

@~~~~}~~~~~~~~~~Devin Peacock