This Ain't Your Grandpa's Civil War (New Info Added: 4-18-06)

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THE LANDSCAPE OF THE MARVEL U IS CHANGING AND IT’S TIME TO DECIDE: WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?
A conflict has been brewing in the Marvel Universe for over a year, threatening to pit friend against friend, brother against brother--and all it will take is a single misstep to cost thousands their lives and ignite the fuse! As the war claims its first victims, no one is safe as teams, friendships, and families begin to fall apart. Civil War, a Marvel Comics event in seven parts, stars Spider-Man, the New Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men and the entirety of the Marvel pantheon! Civil War – the cross-over that rewrites the rules - begins here in this double-sized first issue!
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They've also promised many deaths, and multiple people will change sides (villains become heroes, heroes become villains) permanently (or as permanent as ANYTHING is in comics). This has also been called the third part of a grand trilogy (Decimation was the first part, House of M was the second). So...discuss the horrors of War.
 
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Looks interesting.

A) This is a new comic series just for this right? Not part of another specific series?

B) Would picking this up require any specific knowledge of previous events in the comics such as those 'trilogy' parts?
 
A. It's a mini-series that crosses over into various comics (so there are 7 issues in the mini-series itself, and that tells the main part of the story, but the various other issues show various smaller aspects, and usually show how the event affects specific characters).

May 3 Releases. That's when Civil War starts. If you look through each week in May, you'll see a comic with a big "CIVIL WAR" banner on the bottom half. Honestly, I have NO idea how these release dates correspond to the rest of the world, so I apologize for that.

B. Honestly...I don't know. Usually they try and sum up events that have led up to a specific point (even within the specific comic lines, they sum up events in that line), so I assume that if there's anything you NEED to know, you'll get a summarized version of it (for House of M, it pretty much gave a summary of Decimation, and a few other events, so...). And I can (hopefully) answer any questions anyone has...or at least point you to someone or someplace that WOULD know.
 
Looks like this is a big enough event to get an article in the New York Times. It also looks like there will be a companion mini-series entitled "Civil War: Front Line".

After the civil war, the heroes are employed by the government
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HUGE news, right there.

Mr. Jenkins will be doing some embedding of his own, using, in part, actual war letters and diaries, including "The Diary of Anne Frank" to tell the parallel story of a frightened young mutant girl in Manhattan, and the World War I poem, "Futility," by Wilfred Owen, to chronicle the last moments of a hero's life.
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"Civil War," Mr. Millar said, will work on two levels: "At the core, it's one half of the Marvel heroes vs. the other half." But, he added: "The political allegory is only for those that are politically aware. Kids are going to read it and just see a big superhero fight."
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And THE best explanation of WHAT this event is:

The story opens with a reckless fight between a novice group of heroes (filming a reality television show) and a cadre of villains. The battle becomes quite literally explosive, killing some of the superheroes and many innocent bystanders. That crystallizes a government movement to register all super-powered beings as living weapons of mass destruction. The subsequent Registration Act will divide the heroes into two camps, one led by Captain America, the other by Iron Man. Along the way, Marvel will unveil its version of Guantánamo Bay, enemy combatants, embedded reporters and more. The question at the heart of the series is a fundamental one: "Would you give up your civil liberties to feel safer in the world?"
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The story opens with a reckless fight between a novice group of heroes (filming a reality television show) and a cadre of villains. The battle becomes quite literally explosive, killing some of the superheroes and many innocent bystanders. That crystallizes a government movement to register all super-powered beings as living weapons of mass destruction. The subsequent Registration Act will divide the heroes into two camps, one led by Captain America, the other by Iron Man. Along the way, Marvel will unveil its version of Guantánamo Bay, enemy combatants, embedded reporters and more. The question at the heart of the series is a fundamental one: "Would you give up your civil liberties to feel safer in the world?"
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It's funny because if I remember correctly, the DCU metahumans and other vigilantes have to register with the government and get a license to use their powers in public, although they can keep their street identities a secret. Anyways, the point is that it doesn't cause that much trouble in the DCU.
 
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It's funny because if I remember correctly, the DCU metahumans and other vigilantes have to register with the government and get a license to use their powers in public, although they can keep their street identities a secret. Anyways, the point is that it doesn't cause that much trouble in the DCU.
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But here you're required to register your "secret" identity (although, let's be honest...who's left? Spider-Man...and that's it).

And, in case anyone's wondering who the "young super-team (filming a reality TV show)" is...it's the New Warriors. Although, I would assume, it's minus Nova (since he has his own mini-series as part of Annihilation), leaving Night Thrasher, Namorita, Speedball, Debrii (maybe), and...I've blanked on his name. But...the other new New Warrior. They were all part of the team during the recent New Warriors mini-series (that introduced them as reality TV stars).
 
Bah, Marvel already has two much more interesting young Superteams (just picked up Young Avengers hardcover 1-6. First comic I've bought in five years and I don't regret it, even though I never cared for the regular Avengers).
 
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Bah, Marvel already has two much more interesting young Superteams (just picked up Young Avengers hardcover 1-6. First comic I've bought in five years and I don't regret it, even though I never cared for the regular Avengers).
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New Warriors was great the first time around. The last series too Teen Titans-ish (cartoon), and the series before that was just...bad.

As for the regular Avengers...it's just really hit or miss. Anything with that many issues is going to be like that, but if you get a chance, read the issues where the Master of Evil took over the mansion. It's a classic for a reason, and always one of my favorite comic arcs.

And what other young superteam are you referring to? Runaways or New X-Men?
 
Runaways. New X-men was interesting as Marvel's Harry Potter, but it's lost most of its charm to me now that most of the team has been wiped out, Wolverine's Mini-Me has jumped on, and the format has changed into "80's New Mutants Part Deux".
 
So the Civil War doesn't start until May? I think I'll be more excited by the set up of the Civil war than the actual thing.
 
Yeah, the series starts in May, but Spidey's new costume is kind of the lead into it. As is the upcoming New Avengers: Illuminati one-shot, and the first part of the Planet Hulk storyline. Along with others that don't come readily to mind. But Civil War proper doesn't start until May.
 
Civil War: Front Line #1 Cover

That's an interesting picture. But does ANYONE know who the big guy is? He looks too much like Smasher from the Imperial Guard to be Goliath/Giant-Man/Yellowjacket. And he looks too light skinned to be Black Goliath/Giant-Man. But...he COULD be Micromax.

And here's the big question. WHY is Colossus on the side of Iron Man (Iron Man is FOR the hero registration)?

Lots of stuff to discuss.

Big Civil War Panel at the NYCC:

http://www.newsarama.com/NYCC/Marvel/CivilWar/report.htm
 
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Wait, Decimation is part one? But it takes place after HoM. And it's not a real event any way, just "ONO mutants' powers go bye-bye read about it in a bajillion minis". I assume you meant Dissassembled, right?

And by Colossus in that last post, I assume you mean Spidey? XP

Anyway, I'm not too hyped about this. Learned that from HoM. I juust hope this is the last major one for a while. All these big events are getting exahusting. x.x
 
From the latest panel at NYCC, Quesada's saying that a lot of the events in Decimation will come up again in Civil War. Including a storyline in New Avengers entitled, and I SWEAR I'm not kidding..."New Avengers - Decimation".

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And by Colossus in that last post, I assume you mean Spidey? XP
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No, I've come to terms with Spidey being with Iron Man. It's seeing Colossus with Iron Man that has me newly surprised.

Anyway, I'm not too hyped about this. Learned that from HoM. I juust hope this is the last major one for a while. All these big events are getting exahusting. x.x
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Definitely. I think everyone's sick of big events, and hopefully we we'll only see them limited to one or two titles in the future, and not company-wide. I mean, Civil War's even bringing the Punisher back into the mainstream stuff, for the first time in...I don't even know HOW many years.
 
Except that arc is called "New Avengers: Dissassembled." :p Unless we're talking about two different things.

Bu- but, why would Peter Parker be for registration? I know he's buddies with Stark now, but this is getting nuts. x.x Whatever happened to the days when Peter was petrified of even the F4 finding out his secrets? I mean, even Flash Thompson was targeted once. I wouldn't trust the government to know anything about me if I were Spider-Man.

But that's just me ranting about how much I hate what JMS and friends have been doing with Spidey.
 
Stupid "D" words. I ORIGINALLY meant that Disassembled was the first part of the supposed trilogy. Disassembled, Decimation...close enough.

As for Spider-Man, he's supposedly owing Stark a favor for the help that's been offered during the Other. But he's apparently going to be conflicted over where he SHOULD stand.
 
The latest issue of Wizard had a preview for Civil War #1. Quick description in the spoiler tag.

New Warriors: Speedball, Microbe, Night Thrasher, Namorita. Villains: Coldheart, Speedfreak, Cobalt Man (isn't he dead?), and Nitro. Basic run-down of the preview: New Warriors find villains hiding out in small town, attack them. Cobalt Man, Coldheart, and Speedfreak are taken down quickly. Namorita confronts Nitro, who's standing by a school bus, which is next to a school. Preview ends with Nitro doing his thing...BIG explosion. Shows children about to be destroyed in the blast and Namorita being thrown back.

Nice to see the New Warriors being important again.
 
All it takes is one schoolyard full of kids exploded and everyone freaks out. Sheesh.
 
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