Marvel Civil Wars - It's On!

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Marvel Civil Wars

Civil War is a seven-issue comic book limited series, announced as Marvel Comics' big Summer 2006 crossover event. Civil War will be written by Mark Millar and penciled by Steve McNiven. The work builds upon themes and events established in previous Marvel comic book series, most notably Avengers Disassembled and House of M. Some story elements are also indicated in the miniseries, Secret War. The tag line for the series is Whose Side Are You On?

Plot

The series will center upon a newly enacted Super-human Registration Act, an act which splits notable superheroes within the Marvel Universe. This will result in two super-powered factions forming, and will build to the titular Civil War, into which themes from current events will be woven, although writer Mark Millar has noted "The political allegory is only for those that are politically aware. Kids are going to read it and just see a big superhero fight."

Synopsis
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The story opens with a reckless fight between the New Warriors, filming a reality television show, and a cadre of villains in Stamford, Connecticut. The battle goes awry for the heroes, resulting in villain Nitro creating an explosion that takes out a local school, the surrounding neighborhood, and all but one of the Warriors. This event catalyzes a government movement to register all super-powered beings as living weapons of mass destruction. The event has also turned the public opinion against the superheroes as many of them are blamed for the incident. Due to this, many superheroes -- most notably Johnny Storm the Human Torch -- have been attacked by the public. Meanwhile, S.H.I.E.L.D. tries to recruit Captain America to become part of the team that will force superheroes to register. Captain America refuses and after being attacked by S.H.I.E.L.D., goes underground. He will thus become the figurehead of the Anti-registration movement. Iron Man, on the other hand, supports the act and tells the government to leave Captain America to him and the other Pro-registration heroes.

The Civil War: Front Line solicitations indicate that all but one of the New Warriors team involved in the incident will perish and the surviving member will be held responsible. Only Speedball has been referred to as dead, but his powers could make him invulnerable to an explosion.

The Checklist:

[petey78]

I'm with Captain America on this.

[vemp]

The coolest thing about Civil War #1 is the part where Cap breaks out of a S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier.

I'm with Cap.

[DrE]

No love for Annihilation?

and im with Tony.

[Aianne]

Pro SHR! Its better to give them badges and licenses. But nobody should give them assignments.Just have them answer to somebody when they do something wrong.

[HoundedbyHeaven]

No one's above the law, I'm with Tony on that principle. Although, there could be serious issues as to its practical application on the superhero community.

[petey78]

The only reason Iron Man wanted to have the SHR is because that they want a "unified" front in case of another alien attack or something (read illuminati for more details). But I'm sure S.H.I.E.L.D. knows about 95% of the super heroes' identities. Well, if S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn't know, I'm sure Nick Fury does (wherever he might be).

But it's typical for the Marvel government to have the "want to control" everything, everyone...

[vanceloma]

sounds like kingdom come-ish

[skyknight]

from wizard

1. which pair of heroes will join the fantastic four after civil war?
-luke cage and jessica jones
-human galactus and silver surfer
-storm and black panther
-she-hulk and hawkeye

2. which character willingly reveals their identity to the world during civil war?
-spider-man
-spider-woman
-iron-man
-daredevil

3. which hero will choose retirement over registration as a result of the events happening in civil war?
-iron fist
-firestar
-falcon
-wonder man

4. which hero is arrested during civil war?
-captain america
-punisher
-iron man
-nick fury

5. which two heroes will make their triumphant return in the pages of civil war?
-thor
-captain marvel
-ant-man
-hawkeye

6. civil war brings out the dark side of one hero. which hero will resort to brutal torture
-black panther
-dr. strange
-iron man
-namor

7. which hero gets beaten into a coma during civil war?
-kitty pride
-human torch
-spider-woman
-shang chi

8. which surprise character will join the avengers at the end of civil war?
-speedball
-ares
-iron fist
-hyperion

9. which team will be reformed as a result of civil war?
-the champions
-alpha flight
-x-force
-west coast avengers

10. which character will switch sides during civil war?
-mr fantastic
-spider-man
-wolverine
-invisible woman

11. which team will be featured on americas most wanted during civil war?
-runaways
-young avengers
-x-men
-mark millar and steve mcniven

[skyknight]

here's my guess

1. which pair of heroes will join the fantastic four after civil war?
-she-hulk and hawkeye

2. which character willingly reveals their identity to the world during civil war?
-spiderwoman

3. which hero will choose retirement over registration as a result of the events happening in civil war?
-falcon

4. which hero is arrested during civil war?
-captain america

5. which two heroes will make their triumphant return in the pages of civil war?
-thor
-captain marvel
-hawkeye

6. civil war brings out the dark side of one hero. which hero will resort to brutal tortureÂ*
-namor

7. which hero gets beaten into a coma during civil war?
-human torch (confirmed na ni)

8. which surprise character will join the avengers at the end of civil war?
-hyperion

9. which team will be reformed as a result of civil war?
-the champions
-alpha flight
-x-force
-west coast avengers

10. which character will switch sides during civil war?
-mr fantastic (all the clues point to him)

11. which team will be featured on americas most wanted during civil war?
-x-men (sa una ra man na wanted cla)