Film guide · 2023

Secret InvasionComplete Guide

The parts that are hard to follow from the film alone, explained with a story summary, a character map and key terms.

Released
2023
Runtime
6 episodes
Set in
2025

Good to know before watchingNo spoilers

Linked to Captain Marvel

Fury first met the Skrulls in Captain Marvel.

A spy thriller

You never know who's real and who's a Skrull.

Fury's story

It explores an older Fury's regrets.

Character mapSpoilers

Who's who in Secret Invasion (2023), with Fury at the center. His allies are at the top, the Skrull rebels below.

Because of copyright, we can't use stills, posters or any other images of the characters as they appear in the film. All face photos are freely licensed photos of the actors themselves (non-human characters are original illustrations made for this site; people without a photo are shown with initials).

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All characters

About the images

Face photos are freely licensed photos of the actors from Wikimedia Commons, cropped to a square and resized. Non-human characters are original illustrations made for this site, and people without a photo are shown with a placeholder (initials).

StorySpoilers

Read the story (spoilers up to the ending)

1. Fury returns

Fury comes back to Earth after learning of a Skrull uprising.

2. A painful loss

Fury loses someone close to him.

3. The Harvest

Rebel leader Gravik goes after the heroes' DNA.

4. On the brink of war

Skrull schemes push nations toward war.

5. The showdown

Fury faces Gravik.

Read the detailed scene-by-scene story

Key terms

Skrulls
Shape-shifting aliens who lost their homeworld and live hidden on Earth.
The Harvest
DNA collected from heroes after the Avengers' final battle.
Super-Skrull
A Skrull who uses the Harvest to gain multiple heroes' powers.
New Skrullos
The rebel Skrulls' base in Russia.

Confusing parts, explainedSpoilers

Contains spoilers about the ending.

Why does Gravik rebel?

Fury once promised the Skrulls a new home and never delivered. Angry, Gravik decided to take Earth for themselves.

Was Rhodey real?

No. The Rhodey in this series was a Skrull. The real one had been held captive for a long time.

Who is Fury's wife?

His wife, Priscilla, is a Skrull named Varra.

Easy-to-miss details

Green blood

Skrulls can be identified by their green blood.

Maria Hill

Something major happens to Maria Hill in Episode 1.

Fury's eye

The real story of how Fury lost his eye is in Captain Marvel.

The ending and post-creditsSpoilers

After the end credits

Nothing related to Doomsday.

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