Anyone reading the Marvel Civil War series?

[BushOut06]

I don't know if this has been talked about yet, but it's a pretty good series so far. It starts off with a group of amateur superheroes filming their own reality show, and taking on a group of super-villians, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of innocent civilians. In the aftermath, Congress passes the Superhuman Registration Act, which requires all those with superhuman powers to reveal their identities, and subject themselves to federal regulation. This doesn't sit very well with many (including Captain America and Daredevil), who feel this is an assault on their civil liberties. The pro-government heroes, led by Tony Stark (Iron Man) and Reed Richards (Fantastic Four), are charged with hunting down the renegade heroes and bringing them to justice. Stark & Richards are even working on some super-secret projects, including a special prison to house the super-prisoners. They get help from Spiderman, who goes before a press conference and takes off his mask, revealing his true identity to the world.

I absolutely love the series so far.

[Mythsaje]

1. I've got a friend who's reading it

and keeping me up to date on what's going on. I stopped buying comics when they hit 50 cents. But it sounds like an interesting storyline regardless.

Good for Captain America for standing up for what's right. And I'd always pegged him as a conservative type. I guess it's the whole wearing the flag thing. <g>

[shadowknows69]

8. There was another series where Cap gave up the red white and blue

because the government wanted him more under their control and wanted him to do some shady covert work for them.

[Mythsaje]

12. Good for Cap...

I always thought comics were a fairly subversive type of media... <g> Glad to know I wasn't wrong.

[everythingsxen]

2. I think I will need to check that out

Thanks for the info.

[BushOut06]

3. Anytime - it's a worthwhile series

There are several comics that go along with the Civil War series - they're pretty easily identifiable. In addition to the regular "Civil War" ones, I would recommend the Fantastic Four and New Avenger ones. They really delve into the whole "civil rights" issues involved.

[Mojambo]

4. They're also doing a nice arc in Wolverine

I've really liked it so far. Millar is great with this kind of material.

They've done a really nice job integrating the story through the whole universe. Bendis, in particular, has done some good work in the New Avengers, foreshadowing the eventual split.

So far, two scenes really stand out for me. The Captain America escape and the shot of Jonah during the Spiderman reveal.

[ObaMania]

6. The ones I'm reading are...

Civil War
Civil War: Frontline
New Avengers
Civil War: Heroes for Hire (not out yet)

You read these three, IMO, and you're pretty much in the loop.

Here's the full list of comics that it's in and release dates:

Febuary 2006:
Amazing Spider-Man #529

March 2006:
Amazing Spider-Man #530
Fantastic Four #536
New Avengers: Illuminati

April 2006:
Amazing Spider-Man #531
Civil War: Opening Shot Sketchbook
Fantastic Four #537

May 2006:
Civil War #1
Marvel Spotlight:Millar/McNiven
Amazing Spider-Man #532
She-Hulk #8
Wolverine #42

June 2006:
Civil War #2
Civil War: Front Line #1 - #2
Amazing Spider-Man #533
Fantastic Four #538
New Avengers #21
Thunderbolts #103
Wolverine #43
X-Factor #8

July 2006:
Civil War #3
Civil War: Front Line #3 - #4
Civil War: X-Men #1
Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #1
Amazing Spider-Man #534
Black Panther #18
Cable & Deadpool #30
Daily Bugle: Civil War Special Edition
Fantastic Four #539
New Avengers #22
Thunderbolts #104
Wolverine #44
X-Factor #9

August 2006:
Civil War #4
Civil War: Front Line #5 - #6
Civil War: X-Men #2
Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #2
Amazing Spider-Man #535
Cable & Deadpool #31
Fantastic Four #540
Heroes For Hire #1
Ms. Marvel #6
New Avengers #23
Thunderbolts #105
Wolverine #45

September 2006:
Civil War #5
Civil War Files
Civil War: Front Line #7 - #8
Civil War: X-Men #3
Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #3
Amazing Spider-Man #536
Cable & Deadpool #32
Captain America #22
Fantastic Four #541
Heroes For Hire #2
Ms. Marvel #7
New Avengers #24
Punisher: War Journal #1
Wolverine #46

October 2006:
Civil War #6
Civil War: Front Line #9 - #10
Civil War: X-Men #4
Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #4
Amazing Spider-Man #537
Captain America #23
Fantastic Four #542
Heroes For Hire #3
Iron Man #13
Ms. Marvel #8
New Avengers #25
Punisher: War Journal #2
Wolverine #47

November 2006:
Civil War #7
Amazing Spider-Man #538
Captain America #24
Fantastic Four #543
Iron Man #14
Punisher: War Journal #3

[shadowknows69]

10. Dayum

This is why I stopped buying comics. I could never afford Marvel's mega crossovers. That's like $200 in comics.

[Kire]

5. Here's a thread about it in the Comic Book Group

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=300x563

[Geoff R. Casavant]

7. I had not heard of this!

I absolutely love what Marvel has been doing the past few years, with the Ultimates and related titles.

Is the Civil War series still in single issues, or have any been collected into trade paperbacks yet?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. I haven't heard of it.

I'm not sure about Spiderman breaking his secret. Of all the secret identities among superheroes I thought his was the most interesting. Sort of breaks the character.

[Mythsaje]

13. I don't like it myself...

Spiderman, more than anyone, should know how on-the-edge their lives as superheroes are, and how easily the people can be swayed to love or hate them depending on how they're portrayed. I'm surprised at which side of this he came down on.

[Mojambo]

18. Here's how I look at the Spiderman reveal

Marvel has done a fine job of returning Spidey to his roots in the Ultimate Spiderman book. He's back in highschool, dealing with many of the same personal issues (although updated for our time) that made the character so compelling back in the 60's.

The core universe Spiderman has been through so much and has a shitload of baggage (clones, marriage, weird career stuff, joining the Avengers... on and on) that an identity reveal at this point just doesn't seem like that big a deal.

They kind of get to go both ways here. They do the traditional (and updated) Spidey in Ultimate and they get to experiment and play around with the core Spidey.

I guess they've fucked with the regular universe Spiderman so much that I just don't really care what they do with that version.

[BushOut06]

19. From what I've read, it looks like Iron Man pressured him into it

In Amazing Spiderman #533, he and Tony Stark (Iron Man) get into quite a heated argument afterwards, with Spidey making it quite clear that he was none too happy about revealing his identity, and asking Iron Man who was going to take care of his wife and aunt. Later on, Tony Stark goes on TV and drops a bombshell, saying that Spiderman would be part of the task-force helping bring the renegade heroes to justice - something that Spiderman had no idea about until he heard it on TV.

Just a hunch, that Spiderman switches sides before too long and joins up with Captain America. He's already stated that he consideres Cap to be a national hero, and that he has no desire to fight him.

[Drewskie]

11. I read Conan and that's about it. (nt)

[Marr]

14. Cary Nord's illustration work is fantastic on that series.

Very reminiscent of Frank Frazetta's covers for the old Robert Howard stories.

[negativenihil]

15. Me!

I've been following the Civil War story lines (in fact it's what got me to break down and subscribe to some of my favorite comics).

Currently i'm subscribed to Amazing Spider-Man (the story line "war at home" thus far has been amazing, especially after the fantastic road to civil war series "mr parker goes to washington") and New Avengers for my Civil War fix.

It's kind of cool because i'm able to see both sides of the conflict (spider-man was recruited somewhat against his will by Iron Man to support the act, while the New Avengers is currently following Capt. America as he tries to re-assemble some sort of team that's against the act).

All in all, it's been riveting.

(ps- i also subscribe to uncanny xmen and the latest version of moon knight. got moon knight cheap when i subscribed to New Avengers)

[BlueStorm]

16. I am reading the Storm/Black Panther marriage

thing right now, I haven't read any of the "Civil War" series yet but I have heard that they are pretty good.

BLue

[MadHound]

17. Sounds interesing, but I gave up comics years ago

Stopped buying new releases in the late eighties, just got too expensive. Then I sold my entire collection for big bucks back in '92 before the market took a dive. Got a nice chunk of change, enough to put a hefty down payment on a house and still have some left over for moving expenses and savings.

After that, I just never bothered to get into them again. My money is tied up in other things besides comic books. But back in the day I truly enjoyed them.