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It looks like the Skrulls will be playing a notable role in the upcoming Captain Marvel film, so some of you may be wondering about the history of these shape-shifting alien bad guys. Here's part one of three posts that'll take you right up to the event that had their biggest impact on the Marvel Universe ... SECRET INVASION ! As always, I'd like to thank the guys over at the Marvel Chronology Project which I use as a basis and then work out my own version of the Marvel Universe continuity. Those guys have done all the heavy lifting for me! MCG Note: Issues in blue are worth reading, are major chapters in Skrull history or may play a key part in the great Marvel tapestry. Issues in grey are part of the Skrulls' chronology, stories of note that aren't essential or are no longer considered 'required reading'. Marvel Westerns: Kid Colt and Arizona Girl #1 (2006) The Skrulls ' first recorded invasion attempt is discovered when Arizona Girl and Kid Colt...

On Earth-91274 , the G.I.Joe team's most recent battle with Cobra backfired. Badly. Even though they managed to destroy most of the Cobra-controlled town, the newly created master strategist Serpentor manipulated events so that the Joes wouldn't locate any evidence that Cobra were ever there! The specialist military unit now find themselves under investigation for attacking an innocent American town. As if that wasn't enough, the Dreadnoks have learned the location of the Joe's secret headquarters, the Pit , beneath the unassuming Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island. Hawk knows that Cobra could retaliate against them for the attack on Springfield at any time... G.I.Joe #52-56 G.I.Joe Yearbook #3 [1/4] G.I.Joe #52 Serpentor leads the remaining Cobra troops and citizens from Springfield to Cobra Island and avoids Cobra Commander 's attempt to assassinate him while winning favour with the citizens. Zarta n and the Dreadnoks reveal to Cobra Commander that they kno...

The X-Men 's Marvel Girl ( Jean Grey ) gained the power of Phoenix after a mission in space, but Jean lost control of her new abilities, went insane, destroyed a planet and allowed herself to be killed. Cyclops struggled with the loss of his beloved Jean until he met and married Madelyne Pryor , a woman who looked just like Jean (during FROM THE ASHES ) and they had a son, prompting Cyclops to finally leave the X-Men (during THE TRIAL OF MAGNETO ) and retire from life as a costumed adventurer. While all of this was taking place, anti-mutant hysteria has risen, especially since the Dazzler was revealed to be a mutant (during DAZZLER: THE MOVIE ), initiating a call for a Mutant Registration Act (during SECRET WARS ). Three of the original X-Men have formed a new team of Defenders (during ASHES, ASHES... ). The X-Men and their nemesis Magneto appear to be working together (most prominently during SECRET WARS II ). And the X-Men's founder, Professor X , has left Earth (durin...