The Kree-Skrull War: Marvel's First Crossover

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Before Civil War and Secret Invasion... there was the Kree-Skrull War.
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Tags: #Marvel #Avengers #SecretInvasion

[@sebastianevangelista4921]

"Doing science shit with the government" is a sentence that can be applied to so, so, so, so many comics.

[@ComicDrake]

Probably expect to hear it in more videos in the future. 🤣

[@sebastianevangelista4921]

@@ComicDrake Excellent! Is it possible to come up with a percentage or ratio of the number of comics that involve this? Government experiments were all the rage back in the 90s yo!

[@djpegao]

We need a _"Government doing shady shit"_ counter along with the Kidnapping one

[@sebastianevangelista4921]

@@djpegao Indeed!

[@austinsetser6081]

Idk why, but I just always assumed the kree skrull war was always part of their lore. Never thought the two were created without that war in mind. Nifty!

[@VincentEternal]

One of the funniest things about the kree skrull war was how much it was talked about in later stories and mentioned. Like with a lot of Bendis stories he always mentioned the kree skrull war and with how much it was talked about I assumed it was this amazing epic but it’s just kind of…bad. Like it won’t lie reading it is very boring.

[@ComicDrake]

Honestly, same. This was my first time actually reading through it and I was incredibly disappointed because it was always built up as this big cosmic epic.

[@Goomyx1492]

Most early crossovers, or at least all the ones I can think of are pretty bad. Even the original Secret Wars was not great. I think it comes down to writers at the time just not really knowing how to manage so many characters at once during one single story/event.

[@TheNukaColaMan10]

Oh so like Civil War

[@apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868]

@@Goomyx1492 I honestly enjoy secret wars for how it uses a lot of its more one note characters in creative ways. It gave a lot of them unique moments, and moments to shine for each of its members. Particularly memorable to me is how galactus only wished to win the beyonder's game because he wanted to be rid of his hunger. Like, one could make the argument that by not letting galactus win, the heroes were basically contributing to the murder of entire planets. I also loved doom in it, and it was even amusing seeing how the smaller scale villains and heroes had strong moments. Like, on the villain side you have the world eater, the two smartest men alive, the time traveling demi-god conqueror, and a lizard. One of these is not like the others. I agree it's not as strong as some recent events, but it certainly had charm and was excellent for the time.

[@nickt453]

Thought it was fine up until like the last issue where the Supreme Intelligence "explains" Rick's power , then I was like, eh..

[@nachoolo]

Honestly, I laughed out loud with the "Hank slaps his wife". And here I thought that the infamous slap was a one-time occurrence!

[@anniel6479]

It's really interesting how many real life events are paralleled or directly mentioned in this story.

[@Pantherblack]

Somewhere, someone is screeching about comics not being political.

[@anniel6479]

@@Pantherblack oh absolutely, lol.

[@KrissyBlues]

Yeah, it's very much why all art is inherently political. This work wouldn't exist as it did without the culture and time it was created in, and with that the political history of the time informing the story. It's not making any really grand political statements, but art doesn't exist in a vacuum and this does a really good job of conveying that. Comics are a really great window into what was going on in history at the time in general due to how fast they're produced, it's always interesting to see the influences of the world around a comic inside the pages itself

[@notmchlfx]

@@Pantherblack i can’t wait to see how they react to X-Men 😂

[@michaellogan8359]

Fun recap, Drake. I'm old enough to have paid my 15 or 20 cents each for these as an early-70s tween, and I thought the whole thing was brilliant. It reads a lot sillier now, of course, but it still works for me. I was trying to explain why I love comics to a friend the other night and I told him I was lucky enough to be an adolescent when comics were also in the process of growing up. This is a perfect example.

[@ComicDrake]

Thank you! I really hope I made it clear that it's just silly by today's standard spirit. I totally recognize how influential it was at the time.

[@Vibranium_man]

​@@ComicDrake can you do a video about the new origins of Captain America's shield?

[@Abominatrix650]

Always nice to have a first-hand account from someone who experienced the event freshly.

[@FloatingCityComics]

Thank you for giving me a chance to voice literary juggernaut Roy Thomas! This story is a lot of fun, coulda used some more kidnappings tho!

[@juliiju0484]

This story was definitely a game changer in Avengers history, being to them what the Galactus trilogy was to the Fantastic Four and what the Phoenix Saga would be to the X-Men. Although you may have a different opinion on the quality of the story, its historical importance is undeniable. Oh, and Neal Adams' art is brilliant here, too.

[@Korafoya]

Sucks that this didn’t get nearly the same attention as the Mantis video you just posted. Nothing wrong with that one, but it’s evident you put a lot of work into this video and it definitely deserves more attention. Thanks for your hard work!

[@ComicDrake]

Thanks, bro 😭

[@TitularHeroine]

Interesting. I never knew how Rick and Mar-Vell became separated and both back from the Negative Zone. And, because Grant Morrison used the three cow Skrulls as the springboard for his 90's miniseries Skrull Kill Krew. He either ignored that they'd been de-cow-ified or at some point the Skrulls were, uh... rebovinated.

[@i-kon3153]

This storyline is comic goofiness at its finest 😅 but despite all the weird stuff, I still think it’s quite good for its time. There was a certain element of melodrama to everything in the story that made it feel special to me, something you wouldn’t really find in dc comics at the time, and the nod to the golden age heroes feels very sentimental, despite how out-of-place it might feel. Also, you forgot to include the part where Iron Man had ROLLERSKATES BUILT INTO HIS SUIT 😭

[@benc.delacruz1813]

Hey, forgetting about those skates is what led to the fall of All-Father Ultron. (kinda jk, read Avengers: Ultron Forever for context if you haven’t)

[@Neyebureturns]

I was already a fan of your videos, but knowing that you can also talk Spanish make me a bigger fan. ¡Está genial! Can wait to see your opinion about Secret Invasion, that event was loved but some but hated by others

[@ComicDrake]

Poquito. Mi espanol es no bueno, pero mejorando. 😅

[@patte5306]

Yes! I really wanted a series covering all major Marvel events, but i though that would be just wishful thinking, thanks Drake

[@tomthomas5793]

I read the complete Kree-Skrull War saga about 30 years ago, and I had forgotten how bonkers this story was. Thank you!

[@haydentcem]

The “big evil bug dude’s” name is Annihilus, the robots are Kree Sentries, and the head in a jar is the Kree Supreme Intelligence

[@Future_Vantas]

No the head is the Super Kree Guru. Its very big due to drinking all the water of the Kree homeworld.

[@TupocalypseShakur]

​​@@Future_Vantashe Supreme Intelligence and Ronan have a similar relationship to TFS Nail and Guru

[@daniboypicazzo]

I love this idea! A lot of KZbinrs just cover the popular crossovers and leave it there, but seeing you cover a lot of old school and rare crossovers like this one will be a delight. Btw, gran elección de pan dulce, ahora a mi también se me antojo una concha.

[@lighthawk4344]

Looking forward to the rest of this series of deep dives!

[@nkanyisoinnocentkhwane3752]

Classic comics are always so weird & wild 😁

[@gabrielrussell5531]

Would you do an episode detailing the Pym family tree? My favorite weird thing is Nadia and how she relates to Marvel's sliding timescale. In Hank's '60s backstory he had a wife and while they were honeymooning in her nonspecific Soviet homeland she was black-bagged by secret-police. In like 2015 it was revealed that said wife was pregnant and their daughter was trained by the Red Room, meaning a gal who was younger than the current century's backstory has to do with a visit to a Communist state.

[@TupocalypseShakur]

I thought his wife was Hungarian. Also Hank's family tree is so wild he's related to almost all the gods

[@andrewkind2820]

Kree/Skrull war happens Garnet: I blame the cows

[@jordanromesburg6819]

The original ending of Age of Ultron included Captain Marvel in the final lineup - with the plot beat in this story about Carol having a farm they use to hide out, I wonder if Hawkeye's farm in the movie was Carol's instead at some point.

[@TheBisness]

It's wild to me that after hearing about it for years, then reading it and now years later hearing about it again, there are so many cool, strange, and pivotal moments in this story. It's more like the tales around it make it seem more than it is. But still a great beginning for the larger Marvel Universe coming together. Great video as always Drake.

[@ItsTheFizz]

Wait... There was a backhand before THE BACKHAND?!?

[@WhiteRaven696]

This may have been the first big crossover in the Marvel universe, but at the end of the day, it’s basically just an Avengers story guest starring Mar-Vell. And it’s so wild how insignificant Carol was here, not even being used in person, only as a disguise for Super-Skrull. She’s arguably Marvel’s biggest female character nowadays.

[@MaxWelton]

7:55 just like how Scott Lang would go on to save Tony Stark after a battle with the Hulk.

[@LivingstonH]

There are so many weird crossovers I am excited to see you cover in this series.

[@mattwo7]

11:00 It's amusing to me how both DC and AC had characters named Cat-Man. The second and third DC Catmen even shared a costume that was similar to the original Tem Publishing Cat-Man (for those who don't know, AC Comics picked it up years later as reprinting and/or reviving defunct public-domain golden age comics was kind of their main thing)

[@quantumsurge7250]

You can tell a video is gonna be good when a counter appears.

[@Zeta-Mon]

That pan dulce joke killed me and I will never see the skulls the same! Also what a great idea to cover every event, can't wait!

[@peacetotheworld5051]

Ooh, very interested in that large Marvel crossover campaign. I know the annihilation books will be fun

[@brainfreeze10]

"What is drip if not swag persevering" is very good

[@TheMonghy]

Fun fact: This storyline would eventually receive a spiritual sequel of sorts called Operation Galactic Storm (also known as the Kree - Shi'Ar War) And yes that one's name is a deliberate parody of Operation Desert Storm as the storyline came out in '92, though there's nothing in it that directly parallels the Gulf War, aside from maybe The Avengers invading a foreign alien sovereignty.

[@dannygrizz4358]

dawg, CDrake pulling out these random ass storylines is so hilarious. because comics.

[@lil_crossgg1029]

Bro got his pan dulce that was cold real smooth

[@dabbzgaming3971]

What's hilarious is anytime Hank Pym tries to clown on someone they always mention how he beat Janet lmao

[@alejandroortiz4772]

As a major Marvel Zombie, I can't wait to see more of this! Hope this series continues!

[@pictonomii3295]

Ronan the Accuser was the antagonist from Guardians 1, right?

[@ComicDrake]

Yep!

[@marmato9332]

​@@ComicDrakeIs he cool in comix in general? I remember seeing Guardians of the Galaxy with friends and thinking he was a very underwelming villain, and honestly in this comic he doesn't seem to do much?

[@sergioruiz733]

@@marmato9332 He gets a bit more interesting in the cosmic event Annihilation onward. If you want to read his better stories you should start with Annihilation, Annihilation Conquest, War of Kings, Realm of Kings, Annihilators, and Death of the Inhumans, its mainly him being featured rather then the main POV character, but he gets more interesting in that era.

[@SuperMystermistery]

Very excited for this new series, seems like a great way to catch up on all of the events that are randomly mentioned in modern comics

[@jlev1028]

Huh, I guess this is where Marvel Studios got the idea of making Carol and Kamala constantly switch locations in the upcoming Marvels from.

[@skyslasher2297]

4:00 Man he really likes that backhand doesn’t he.

[@alancarnell2747]

Marvel mishandled Rick Jones so badly that he somehow became 2nd unit driver on the first Shazam film, which was out at the same time as Marvel's Captain Marvel.

[@nickperoncomedy]

I think that with the Kree/Skrull War, it's a milestone because of the subtext and the context in which it was written and not about the outward plot. You hit on most of the items that Roy Thomas was covering. However, you didn't really touch on the Vision/Scarlet Witch angle too much. Which I guess it's understandable, what was a big issue now is fluff today. But you got to remember this was the Comics Code era. On top of that, Marvel editorial was reluctant to tackle issues of race for fear of it would reduce sales in southern states in the Civil Rights period of the 60s. Wanda and Vision's first romantic ouvres here is touched on in the K/S war and expanded upon in other issues (Englehart's run that immediately follows) but that whole romance was because inter-racial couples were taboo in comics. Editorial wouldn't let them do a for real interracial couple in comics, so they did an android and a mutant, figuring any bigot who would get upset wouldn't catch the subtext. The funny thing about this crossover is that Rick froze the Kree and Skrull armadas until..... they suddenly weren't and the war started again but not that intense? But yeah, you glossed over a lot, I'm guessing for pacing and since you're covering all the blockbusters. Still this event has reprocussions that carry over for decades of comics. The first Kang/Immortus war (your favorite guys!!), the first 20-30 issues of Silver Surfer Vol 3. Operation Galactic Storm. A chunk of 90s Avenger from like 1992 to 1995. A few issues of Force Works (I'm not telling. I had to read them, now you have to too) five or six issues of Avengers and FF volume 3 from 1998. Avengers Forever.. oh and Maximum Security. It's a cavalcade of diminishing returns, but I know you're up for the task Comic Drake. Look the only thing more tiresome than Kree Skrull race wars is the rumble between the Dore Wraiths and the Spaceknights my dude. I will leave you with this, friend. You want bonkers: Shogun Warriors and Godzilla. 70s Marvel licensed comics were bugshit.

[@KrissyBlues]

The interracial point is incredibly interesting and explains why they chose Vision and Scarlet Witch really well. I hadn't really considered it but it puts a lot into perspective, they always seemed like such an interesting and out there pairing

[@nickperoncomedy]

@KrissyBlues Yeah, that people don't realize it really speaks to how society has changed since then. You can be completely unaware of the subtext in these old stories because they might not be a present thing in our every day lives. A lot of people who complain about "wokeness" in comics by pointing to this era of comics. Saying comics didn't used to be "in your face" about things. They're half right. They had to do things more subtly because of the Comics Code rules and the socio-political attitudes of the time. Before Disney, Marvel was always in a rocky place financially, especially when they had to distribute through the old newsstand system. They had to be subtler because there was a financial reprocussion if they ticked off the wrong people. Since they dropped the code and are owned by Disney, they don't have to be subtle about it. They're still making money hand over fist. Being part of a nearly 180 billion dollar company suddenly gives you enough capital it doesn't matter if regressive hicks won't buy your book.

[@ervinwilliams9807]

It's kinda funny that you got an AtlasVPN sponsorship for a video on a Marvel crossover.

[@ComicDrake]

Holy crap! I never considered that lol

[@thekinglydragon]

Excited to see the rest of this series

[@pufflis4588]

I actually liked all the reveals of who the skrulls were impersonating. I thought they wouldn’t make use of that and just have them punch stuff

[@Peringon]

Come for the Kree-Skrull war summary, stay for Drake's amazing spanish (plus his love of conchas 💕)

[@kkhohoho1]

"We've got evil cows, we've got horny cavemen, we've got gunphones!" That's not dumb, it's brilliant. That's the sort of crazy shit you read comics for.

[@MateusDrake]

I read this more than a decade ago, but even with the benefit of hindsight, I didn't even bat an eye to Yellow Jacket's slap here. The explanations and comments are on point as always, I always learn lots of new stuff even when I've already read the stories or I'm pretty familiar with the characters.

[@matthewchurchyard8552]

Damn who knew the Kree/Skrull war could cause that loud burps 😂😂 great video man - keep up the good work

[@AgentNevets]

Can’t wait to travel through all the Marvel Events with you!

[@adamkaufman3895]

How Marvel criticized in plain view Joe McCarthy is really interesting, and totally contradicts the "comics are woke now" argument. Guess I learned something new

[@Goomyx1492]

Yeah, comics always featured a lot of politics. And if someone tries to tell you "it wasn't as heavy handed back then," they're lying about that too. Or they're ignorant.

[@adamkaufman3895]

​@@Goomyx1492Just look at the X-Men, or Captain America punching Hitler in his first cover

[@VitaminCBable]

The point isn't really about politics, it's the story telling. This story is all over the place, barely makes sense, and concluded ppoorly. But it did make fun of McCarthy. It's just poor workmanship.

[@PosthumanHeresy]

@@adamkaufman3895 Or when Captain America quit being Captain America over Richard Nixon and became Nomad. His return to Captain America is when he officially began his policy that he does not stand for the country as it is or it's leadership, but his personal beliefs in the ethos it should stand for, which is what's allowed him to be such an awesome character despite the last several decades of American politics. Or the constant infighting between Stan Lee and Steve Ditko while writing Spider-Man, because Lee wanted Peter to be a more anarchistic character while Ditko wanted Peter to be... let's face it, there's no other description as apt, a war hawk incel. The paradox there would actually become integral to Peter's character for all time, creating Peter's "anti-authoritarian by circumstance, desperately looking for authority" character, leading to his role in Civil War, leading to One More Day. Or Black Panther coming from a black nation superior to the entire white world because they'd hidden themselves away from the death and destruction brought by white people to Africa. Or Punisher, whose context has been lost because nobody reads history. Punisher comes from an era where it wasn't "The Big Apple". It was "The Big Rotten Apple". Another nickname more commonly used at the time for NYC irl, although predating the more famous example it stayed alive because of the comparison? Gotham. NYC was suffering from both organized crime running everything and before it would get better it got worse when the CIA began supplying the organized crime tons and tons of crack. Also, it was Italian organized crime, and they were still in 100% "get the Northern European descendants to consider us white" mode because when the NYC Italian Mafia formed, America considered Sicilian Italians to not be white. So them controlling the cops meant the cops were somehow worse than they are now. The Punisher was created in a climate where he was basically the Red Hood of NYC, because NYC was that bad.

[@diegoreckholder945]

I'm loving the Marvel Avengers Alliance art you used in 7:22 🤣🤣 man, I looooooved that game lol

[@TheGreatDevlin]

It's the fact that he continued the video with the cocha... 😂

[@AquaFan1998]

The invasion of the dire wraiths was also realy epic

[@RawbeardX]

Skrull Drake seems friendly and helpful.

[@swandive46]

This series will be awesome!!

[@WtfMxkhi]

I love how drake randomly went into his spanish bag😂

[@tst8613]

Feel like The Marvels and Secret Invasion are going to tackle this in the MCU

[@Mario_Angel_Medina]

Now I'm wondering from were the "Skrull Meat" storyline came from if the Skrulls turned into cows reverted back to their original selves. I don't remember much of the storyline beyond the skrull-cows being slaughter and processed by people form a hamburger company who understandely thought they were regular cows, then the burgers tainted with alien meat caused a lot of people to fall sick and maybe some of them developt superpowers, and I think the Fantastic Four suffered somekind of backlash for that... I don't remember if its a FF comic or a miniseries

[@alexn8672]

This gave me my boy Hulkling. Avengers Disassembled gave me the rest of the Young Avengers. I'm willing to exonerate some of these "bad" events because where they led are some of my absolute favorite stories and characters. That's more than I can say for something like...Secret Empire, Inhumans vs X-Men, or AVX.

[@locarioentertainment5343]

Love your videos drake they bring me so much joy

[@brokenbiscuit3609]

Drake really went "Ya know what, let me just flex my language skills real quick."

[@raimondogenna7912]

This was awesome!!!! Thank you!

[@stayathomemeatbag]

Comic Drake: it has dumb stuff like gun phones Kamen Rider fans: what did we do to you

[@egco5945]

Ooh this series is gonna be exciting

[@sockka4725]

this is truly the FIRST crossover

[@cooperhawk6716]

its not a crossover its a storyline a crossover requires two or more comic book series

[@sockka4725]

@@cooperhawk6716 ☝🤓

[@chucklinnarwhal]

Very excited for more of this type of video!

[@thatunusualkid9489]

imagine not drawing while watching this

[@sunshinensmiles2178]

Awesome video Drake!!

[@tallystuff]

Wahoo, Nice; New Comic Drake Video.

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

10:38 Super Supreme Intelligence: Now relax as I reach *deep* inside you and grab *hold* of your essence. Rick: ...I need an adult- Super Supreme Intelligence: *I AM AN AAAAADDDDDUUUUULLLLLTTTTT!*

[@djpegao]

TFS reference spotted

[@TheCreepypro]

nice to finally learn about this after years of hearing so much about it

[@DTCommon]

Nice video, will watch the next one

[@rsotuyo15]

Drake calling his girlfriend in spanish and asking for a concha is so cute. Un Idolo el buen drake

[@brettfurfy8597]

The new series is really promising and I can't wait for the next video!

[@Abominatrix650]

Fascinating. Thanks Drake. That was very informative.

[@LucasDarkGiygas]

Thanks for the video

[@djpegao]

Gotta love how the Kree/Skrull war has also a lot of parallels to Marvin The Martian old plan of blowing up earth. Also the dude serving papers to the avengers is one of the most out of place and strangely logical thing to ever happened in a comic book Also as a Latin American I gotta say that your enunciation is very good, the accentuation sounds very Latin like, specially at the end

[@silversonic1]

Looking forward to more crossover coverage.

[@bensherinian3599]

For a second I thought your mug was a Kamen rider decade emblem.

[@amandusvonborstel7515]

Fantastic stuff 🔥🔥🔥

[@patrickowens4294]

Great video!

[@nexus6538]

Video Idea, what’re the most powerful objects/weapons in the DC mega/multiverse and how do they compare to each other in strongest to least strong?

[@TheDefiniteArticle_]

Great video again!

[@johnklein7279]

Welcome back!!!

[@TheGameRonin0619]

Drake out here flexing the spanish and conchas!

[@mattwo7]

1:02 "Gun phone" is literally certain Kamen Rider weapons, like the Kamen Rider 555-based ones in Kamen Rider Zi-O.

[@DarkwyndPT]

Now that you've mentioned the Skrull cows, may I suggest Skrull Kill Krew for a future video?

[@pinkleafsheep]

banger video as usual

[@leoniu123]

lo mas importante del video es cuando pide una concha, de los mejores panes que hay

[@fictionarch]

This event sounds like the first act to a grander event.

[@lucjan1897]

we really need "Everytime Hank Pym abused Janet" video

[@strombreakr]

I am currently watching an interview with Jeremy Renner and how he recovered from the accident. All I can say is, "What a guy," and, "Man he's so chill."

[@BlackAsh13]

Looking forward to this new series. It'll be a great timeline of the universe and probably comic styles and stories. Good luck with the research!

[@theweedishchef420]

Excited for more

[@kevinkiniry3941]

you are delightful and knowledgable

[@stevenbogart169]

Very fun video!

[@Lutzr2193X]

For a second I thought the burp was Drake attempting to pronounce a really complicated alien name. 😂

[@sheheryarhassan9251]

Does anyone know when he started adding the "let's talk about it" to his opening catchphrase

[@diegorodriguez2559]

Concha Means something else in some spanish speaking contries. The fact you ask for it to your girlfriend makes it even More funny.