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The Marvel Civil War
patong:
Am not sure about the Greek gods. Maybe they have, but I don't exactly remember. It's either that or they intentionally showed new people to show how the government is taking matters into their own hands (and those of Hank Pym, Reed Richards and Tony Stark) without too much reliance on the existing heroes, especially those who've gone against the registration act.
That's my opinion, though. I'm no Brian Bendis. :-D
kokeyjoe:
--- Quote from: Inanimated on 15 Jan 2007, 20:12 ---you may have to dig around a bit, but wizard http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/003007083.cfm has a week by week summary of the whole event.
--- End quote ---
Thanks for pointing that out, Megatron!
ElRodente:
i have to say, i am getting increasingly bored with CW
while 52 is looking better and better... sorry marvel :( i still love you
but yeah, has anyone read frontline 10? NOTHING HAPPENS IN THAT BOOK, and the delays are a bit offputting too
alonelyargonaut:
Yeah in retrospect civil war wasn't so much of a civil war. it's like a civil battle, or maybe a civil dispute. There is far too much building up to this one epic battle, and not enough actual war going on. I was hoping that things would get really dirty, cities would get leveled, battles would be fought, and magneto would sit in genosha going "i told you so..."
52 was smart because it gave itself a year, and guaranteed an interesting story that would have many parts, one a week. Civil War on the other hand relied too heavily on its central series for some plot, and then squandered all the interesting power of the other issues... but it was still interesting, and i'm glad i own it.
Pegasus King:
Civil War was an exceptional concept that was executed badly.
And this comes from a comic book fan of several years who's never really had a problem with the books he's read.
I read a couple of the tie-ins, but because of budget constraints I only stuck to books I was already pulling. The sad part for me was that I found the main title to simply be 22 pages of previews for other titles coupled with beautiful art by Steve McNiven.
I'm a big fan of Millar's Ultimates books, but anyone who says Millar went above and beyond the call of duty to make this book stand out from the crowd except for a couple shock value moments (which were more edtiorial than his idea alone) really needs to read some of his other stuff and realize how subpar this was for him.
The main title lacked very little substance to make it entertaining beyond just pretty panels.
If I had to choose a side, I'd go pro-reg, but at the same time they didn't give me much belief in the direction they wanted to take the superhuman community until by #7, all the bad things the pro-reg did were given subtle glory and now I'm excited to see where it leads the future of the MU.
But as an event as a whole, I considered it very underwhelming.
Hopefully the Hulk smashes some shit up.
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