At 11 issues (counting the #0 prelude and the recently announced Secret Empire #10), Secret Empire is easily one of Marvel's longer event comics. There's certainly plenty of ground for writer Nick Spencer to cover in those 11 issues, which makes the sometimes questionable storytelling choices in these last couple issues all the more strange. Secret Empire #4 largely succeeds as a standalone issue, but it spends too much time drifting away from the book's core conflicts.
Secret Empire #3 introduced a new X-factor to this already massive storyline with the addition of Ultron. Issue #4 sets about exploring how this long-time Avengers foe (now bonded with the human body of his creator) fits into the equation. Needless to say, Ultron's appearance throws the ongoing Avengers vs. Hydra feud for a loop. Much of this issue unfolds with both Captain America and Iron Man's teams stuck as prisoners at a "dinner party" thrown by the genial, cybernetic host. Many of the most memorable moments in Spencer's Marvel work are also his most absurd, and this premise plays directly to that strength. At the same time, it allows Spencer to again use Secret Empire as a commentary on the current state of the Marvel Universe, with Ultron echoing the familiar reader complaints about Marvel's heroes spending too much time fighting each other.
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