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Just to get it out of the way - Who Do You Trust was very nearly a five out of five. But in even allowing myself to think those words, I had to immediately draw a comparison to the five out of five ‘yardstick’ - Walking Dead 48 - which made me knock it down a notch. But only a tiny one. If I had a four and a half score - this book would be getting it.

But I don’t. So a four it is.

As for why it’s a four…

***MAJOR SPOILER ALERT***

…that one will really speak for itself. Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust is a collection of five short stories focusing on the sub-plots and fallout of Bendis’ epic crossover.

Five short stories, each with five potentially huge questions hanging over their heads.

Story one - Captain Marvel seemingly falling into line with the Skrulls, perhaps as part of a larger plan to ’save’ earth?

Story two - Agent Brand, lost in the vacuum of space, pondering which of the objects around her will mark her end, all the while thinking back over recent events - slowly unravelling the clues that were always right under her nose…

Story three… I’ll come back to in a moment.

Story four - Marvel Boy - building an army of his own from Cube prisoners? Certainly something big going down there…

Story five - the reappearance of The Agents of Atlas. And a mightily nasty reappearance at that. Never let it be said that heroes in the Marvel Universe don’t know how to get their hands dirty. Dirty, in this instance with Skrull body parts. Grim just doesn’t cover it. Think Mars Attacks, and you’ll be along the right lines.

Now - each of those stories deserve high scores in their own rights, but story three - ‘Skrull’ Beast (Hank McCoy) and Wonder Man… That’s potentially epic right there. If, and it’s a big if, Hank has been away on ‘Skrull island’ for as long as it appears - then there are some pretty bloody monumental happenings about to go down over in X-Men.

Who has been looking for a ‘cure’ to House of M again and again, and always ‘failed’? None other than… Hank McCoy.

I’ve learned to never trust what I see on the page in front of me until multiple sources confirm it - but - man alive… This could be massive - no?

Pete’s Score: 4 out of 5
(potentially - this issue has setup a year’s worth of quality comic books, and possibly a huge X-Men showdown - buy this book)