Secret Invasion

Marvel's Secret Invasion (2009–present, Panini France) is an eight-issue storyline that plunges the Marvel Universe into a paranoid espionage thriller, as shape-shifting Skrulls are revealed to have secretly replaced key heroes and villains for years. The series, anchored by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Leinil Francis Yu, matters for its high-stakes reinvention of the Skrull threat, forcing iconic characters to question every alliance and identity. Its legacy endures as a defining event that reshaped the status quo of Marvel's cosmic and espionage corners.