Then again, for better or worse,Civil Warbasically represents this generation of Marvel Comics.
Think back to how many event stories sinceAvengers Disassembledhave had those concepts.
Hell, thats whatBatman v Supermanis.
Marvels been all about buildingtowardsthe clashing of good guys andCivil Waris the poster boy for it.
Granted,AvXis even more on the nose about it, but the X-Men are off the table here.
Heres what the multiverse has to offer… That wasnt how things were originally going to go.
Reprinted in theCivil War Script Book, we see Millars initial concept for a twelve-issueCivil Warminiseries.
This drives Iron Man into championing the cause and heroes have 28 days to unmask.
The broad strokes are mostly the same, though without everything relating to Goliaths death.
A gadget is used to depower offending heroes and Speedballs execution is done publicly.
Thor shows up, but is disgusted at what superheroism has become.
Cap stops him at the cost of losing his powers and becoming a frail, old man.
A movie aboutCivil War.
Not that I blame Millar.
Yes, in the sense that the event made him look terrible.
At that point youre just saying its evil because its evil without exploring anything.
Its either SHIELD or, more specifically, Maria Hill.
Afterwards, in Caps own book, he gets assassinated and everyone feels bad about it for a while.
That cheap Daredevil gag never fails to get me.
In this version, the heroes failed and Nova speeds to Earth to create one last defense.
What truly makes it great is the ending.
This framing unit is written by Ed Brubaker and drawn by Marko Djurdjevic.
Each story more or less points out where each hero failed.
Ergo, when the SHRA is passed, theres no split between the heroes.
Its Captain America and the superhero community vs. the government.
Cap is killed, although his death isnt made public.
President Gyrich instead uses the threat of Captain America as a reason to keep moving forward with their war.
He genuinely needs Caps help on this.
Cap deactivates the buzzer in his hand and shakes.
Both sides of the war band together to destroy the false god.
Shortly after, Cap and Iron Man parlay and discuss their differences.
The massive public support causes the government to cave in and go with it.
Its pretty damn important.
Instead, Caps trial goes on like normal.
The issue is about various characters reacting to Tonys death.
A lot of it is harsh.
Pepper falls deep into alcoholism and depression.
War Machine takes out his frustrations on the Avengers Initiative recruits and pushes them too hard.
Luke Cage and Ms. Marvel are both incredibly angry in different ways and fight it out.
THE 418 PEACEFUL UNIVERSES (2009)
Jonathan Hickmans wonderfulFantastic Fourepic begins inDark Reign: Fantastic Four.
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The various worlds show one constant: Reed Richards fixed everything by working alone.
Thus begins a story that reaches its conclusion withSecret Wars.
Though it was automatically better than the originals because of having Juggernaut in it.
Once the story hits the Whose Side Are You On?
fork in the road, you choose to play on the pro-registration or anti-registration side.
Once hes defeated, Cap and Iron Man awkwardly venture to get along while checking up on him.
If your team is anti-registration, Cap does a big public speech while the Registration Act is repealed completely.
Also, Tony is made Director of SHIELD.
DC Comics had been doing prose novels for a while and Marvel was starting to jump into that.
MooresCivil Waris pretty muted, all things considered, and the changes to the original story are mostly minor.
Here, hes simply Matt Murdock.
Captain Americas death isnt touched on in any way.
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They also released a GraphicAudio version.
Its a pretty great novelty for any story that has a gigantic cast, such asInfinite Crisisor52.
According to theInfinite Crisisaudio book, Mogo the Living Planet is a lady.
Six years have passed and the stalemate is as fierce as ever.
Any attempt at peace has led to bloodshed.
Theres so much fun to be had in this alternate future.
Venom shows up as one of Parkers subordinates and acts all mute and cryptic for a couple issues.
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And now weve reached the silver screen.
Captain America, who saw what kind of a threat SHIELD turned out to be, thinks otherwise.
Then theres Spider-Man hanging out in the background.
Much of the world has been built out of Captain America and Iron Man.
It sounds good to me, just as long as Sally Floyd isnt in this movie.
Last thing I need to hear is Captain America getting bitched out for not having a MySpace account.
Oh yeah, honorable mention goes toHouse of M: Civil War.
It actually has nothing to do withCivil Waroutside of the title.
Its basically a look at how Magneto came into power in theHouse of Muniverse.
Bucky gets decapitated in it.
Probably shouldnt attack Magneto with a metal shield, dude.
