So, the event issues themselves feels like, I don't know, the middle of this bigger story, the two towers of the LOTR trilogy, if you will. The event only gives you the Major turning points, whereas the tie-in issues are where the real juice of the the story is located: How this law is changing public perception of the "Super-hero" and the heroes who are affected by that, the villains who capitalize on the ensuing chaos, the "human" perspective of the whole thing. It's by no means unreadable, but it's missing much of the fallout, or "effects" of the Super Hero Registration Act. We’re using this as a jumping off point to read about some of the stories only alluded to in this book – the Captain America/Iron Man/Black Panther volumes.Ĭivil War.As a standalone 7 issue event, you're really missing out on the whole story. Really.) My wife found the story fairly lucid, even though the amount of heroes featured between the movie and comic version increases by the power of ten (or is it a hundred?). Jeff’s bottom line: The comic buddy reading continues! (Exclamation point added because I couldn’t be more excited. and Stark getting punked a couple of times. Jonah Jameson, getting a case of the vapors. It’s not Thor, it’s a creepy clone created by Stark, Reed Richards and creepy Hank Pym. We see the pivotal moment when Captain America decides that hunting down heroes that refuse to register is just wrong, Spider-Man going public… The story kicks off with the New Warriors looking for ratings for their reality TV show, going after a house of villains, things go down the crapper and when Nitro tragically blows up innocent bystanders, including a school yard of kids.
Millar makes a compelling and sympathetic enough case for jerk-face Tony Stark and his viewpoint that the reader can take pause to consider both sides of the Super Hero Registration Act – no small feat. This volume is fairly easy to follow – it includes the highpoints of the event and Millar’s writing here is nuanced enough where the reader doesn’t fall in with the expected kneejerk reaction and automatically root for Captain America. The question for those who want to take the plunge: Is this one of those crossover events that will melt the minds of comic book newbs due to incomprehensible plotting and hard-to-follow storylines inherent in this kind of book and, subsequently, turn them off the graphic novel forever? It’s designed as a gateway for those people, like my wife, who liked the movie and want to explore the storyline that originated in the comics. It’s a hard bound book with a glossy, plastic covering - convenient for wiping up drool with a towel or napkin. You can see that Robert Downey and Chris Evans are prominently featured on the cover. This is a brand-spanking new edition released in conjunction with the Captain America: Civil War movie.
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