Synopsis
Marvel Boy/Noh-Varr on a sky-sled sees Captain Marvel staggering from a crash site. The Kree Captain tells the other Kree about the Skrull Invasion (which MB already knows about) and orders him to fight them. Then he dies and turns into a Skrull.
We see other scenes from around the world (and off it) as the Skrulls restore global communications but continue to explain Earth's new status as part of the Skrull empire. The Skrulls will only harm Earth people where they are attacked.If governments will stand down their armed forces then the Skrulls will usher in a new era of peace and unity. Resistance is useless/futile. We see X-Men fighting a Super-Skrull in San Francisco, Medusa screaming in Attilan on the Moon, Black Panther facing a Super-Skrull in the midst of a pitched battle in Wakanda, Shanna and Zabu hunting Skrulls in the Savage Land, and Sabra attacked by 2 Super-Skrulls in Israel.
Skrull Criti Noll as Henry Pym/Yellowjacket has emptied (but not quite) the Initiative training base Camp Hammond and it is now the Skrull HQ. Most things are going well but they've heard about Captain Marvel attacking the fleet (last issue). And they haven't heard from the Savage Land and worry about what might have happened to their Empress there. But then she arrives in her disguise as Spider-Woman/Jessica Drew to tell them that the Avengers are still alive there, and Mr Fantastic has escaped from captivity and is leading them. She confirms that the Wasp is with them, and YJ is relieved that their secret weapon is in place.
The Mighty and New Avengers are flying from the SL to New York in a Skrull ship stolen by MrF and Abigail Brand. Ka-Zar is with them (but I don't see him). Iron Man is still suffering from the effects of the StarkTech virus, and his armour still doesn't work. But at least Reed Richards' device last issue proved that he isn't a Skrull. He still feels guilty about letting the Skrull Queen into their ranks as Spider-Woman. And they wonder where the real Jessica Drew is, and who else has been taken.
They arrive to see Skrull ships over Manhattan and much devastation, including the Negative Zone sphere where the top of the Baxter Building used to be.
In the streets some civilians welcome the Skrulls as aliens who have come to save us. But the Skrulls' response is to attack.
Then Nick Fury returns to fight the Super-Skrulls with his Secret Warriors (according to the editorial comment - but he still calls them his Commandos) plus the Young Avengers and some of the Initiative trainees. Hood and his supervillain gang wait on the sidelines. Veranke and YJ are nearby.
Some of the civilians still support the Skrulls. But then there's the sound of Thor's lightning striking in Central Park. He meets Bucky/Captain America for the 1st time. Fury's mob go there. And then the Avengers land. The Thunderbolts turn up too. And Hood's gang join them.
For those who still don't know who to trust MrF says his weapon will reveal any Skrull imposters. But he doesn't use it because Spider-Woman and Yellowjacket remain human-looking. But the rest of the enemy here is Skrull-form anyway.
Veranke confronts them all at the head of her forces. She says this is revenge for everything since MrF turned 3 Skrulls into cows in Fantastic Four #2. And all the weapons they used were invented by MrF too. (I think this refers to clones of Reed Richards the Skrulls tricked into working for them as seen in NAv#44.) But despite everything the Skrulls are here to save humanity from itself, because their god loves all.
Then we have a 2 page spread of superhumanity attacking en masse, and another spread of the battle.