Marvel’s ‘Secret Invasion’ May Have Just Killed Off 1 Of the Franchise’s Longest-Appearing Characters
usmagazine.comWarning: This story contains spoilers about the plot of Secret Invasion season 1. Marvel’s newest Disney+ series, Secret Invasion, made its debut by seemingly killing off one of the franchise’s major characters.The series, which followed S.H.I.E.L.D.
director Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) as he goes head-to-head with shape-shifting aliens, premiered on Disney+ on Wednesday, June 21.
In the first episode, Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) appeared to meet her match at the hands of Gravik (Kingsley Ben-Adir), the leader of a faction of Skrulls looking to take over the Earth.In the aftermath of an explosion set off in Russia by Gravik and more Skrulls (the same aliens introduced in 2019’s Captain Marvel), Maria is shot in the stomach by the supervillain — who’s disguised as Nick.
Gravik manages to escape before the real Nick holds his dying friend in his arms. The episode ends with Nick’s Skrull ally, Talos (Ben Mendelsohn), dragging him away from the scene as Maria’s body lies on the ground.Maria’s surprisingly dark ending came as a shock to fans. “’FINALLY SECRET INVASION!!
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