Civil War #6-7

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When it comes to the actual battles that the characters in “Civil War” will be fighting, readers shouldn’t expect the anti-registration side to just be reactive in fighting for their cause. “They will be a combination of both reactive and proactive,” Millar explained. “I didn’t want to just have these guys in, say, like a terrorist cell or anything because fundamentally Cap’s guys are superheroes. So, the rationale for the Marvel Universe shouldn’t be that they’re just underground guys who are constantly fighting the forces of the status quo. They’ve got to be superheroes. They’ve got to go out and actually fight super villains and, unfortunately, SHIELD and the other superheroes are after them when they’re doing so. It’s an added tension to the whole thing.”

“Civil War” is a conflict between the heroes of the Marvel Universe, but the villains do a play a role in the series. Millar is keeping their part in the story a secret, but he did reveal that he would be touching on an idea from his “Marvel Knights Spider-Man” run in which a secret cabal of industrialists conspired to create many of the costumed villains in the Marvel Universe. “There’s some stuff going on with the villains about half way through the book, but really the main focus of the series is the split between the heroes and the other stuff is just really seasoning.”

The split between the heroes is over the superhuman registration act, which mandates that anyone who puts on a costume and goes out to try and enforce the law must register with and become an agent of the federal government. Heroes who violate the law will find themselves imprisoned in newly redesigned secretive superhuman penitentiaries. “That’s actually quite a big plot point,” Millar stated. “There’s a whole new way of storing super villains and heroes who refuse to sign. It’s quite a big deal. We’re really updating the Marvel Universe in a lot of ways.”

“Civil War” will also address how countries around the world view the US government’s new policy on super humans. Some of the fictional Marvel countries that don’t exactly see eye to eye with the US, like Wakanda, Latveria, Atlantis, and Providence, might even become embroiled in the events of the story. “Some will be involved quite a bit and others will remain neutral and others might come in at a later stage,” Millar explained. “That’s part of the meat of the story really.”

The various countries of the Marvel Universe will have different degrees of participation in “Civil War,” but the globe spanning organization SHIELD will play a definite part in the mega-story. “SHIELD’s new boss Maria Hill isn’t quite as cozy with the superheroes as Nick Fury was,” Millar stated. “So, that works very well within the scenario. It would have been a lot harder to do this if Nick, who is very pro-superhero, was in charge because he would have been probably against the registration act, whereas, Maria Hill made the story a whole lot easier for that.” - from a Comic Book Resources Article

Story By: Mark Millar
Art By: Steve McNiven



Civil War #6....

















Oh hi Cassie Lang, what are you doing here? Did you say a few issues ago in #4?



Guess you changed your mind or something... or bad writing. Could be that.








Then we wrap with Civil War #7. Long story short. fightfightToNewYorkCityfightfightfightfight













Johnny Storm: Cap, what are you doing? They'll throw us in jail if you surrender.

Spider-Man: We were beating them, man. We were winning back there.

Captain America: Everything except the argument. And they're not arresting Captain America... they're arresting Steve Rogers. That's a very different thing.

Falcon: Cap, please!

Captain America: Stand down troops... that's an order.


And then this letter from Reed Richards:

My dear, sweet Susan:
Forgive my erratic handwriting. You know how difficult I find slowing my thoughts to a speed where the human hand can translate my sentiments into linear sentences. It has been two weeks now since that terrible battle and I was pleased to see that you accepted the general hero amnesty given in the wake of Captain America's surrender.





Of course, it would be a lie to suggest that everyone is happy with our new arrangement. Some have moved to Canada in the hope of a more OLD-SCHOOL career... while a small band of Cap's followers remain radicalized in the Underground Movement. Not to mention Captain America himself...

But on the whole our experiment has been an enormous success. What once seemed like our darkest hour has been transformed into our great opportunity. Working with the government, our remit has moved beyond simply law and order and we're now tackling everything from the environment to global poverty...

...Tony in particular. Can you believe the new job the president has handed him?

But the opinion polls and Utopian ideals mean nothing unless you're here besides me, my darling. I promise: NO MORE TRAPS, NO MORE CLONES. None of those painful things we had to do on that path to respectability.

No matter what we achieve in this NEW AMERICA we're trying to create... it can never be heaven unless you're here too. Please, please, PLEASE come back to the family who need you more than oxygen.







Iron Man: That's a promise.

THE END





....what a load of crap. What did you think?

Comments

[richardak]

Except that there were no captured heroes at the beginning. In fact, strictly speaking, Cap struck first: http://mightygodking.com/images/Civil_War/cwp_03_14.jpg.

[jlbarnett]

Didn't they try to arrest Luke Cage the second it officially came into affect because he hadn't pre-registered

[richardak]

I think there were a few initial attempted arrests, but the war as such really did start with Cap attacking Iron Man during a negotiation.