It wasn't long ago now that Marvel released it's long awaited civil war series, which pinned it's most famous superheroes against each other over a peice of legislation that was signed into law by the US Government. The legislation was the Superhero Registration Act, which forced the heroes to answer to the government and give up their secret identities. A line was formed down the middle of the heroes where half of them seemed to be for the registration, and half of them did not. Spider-man seemed to be the only one who was caught somewhere inbetween. This story-arc was memorable for many reason, and it was filled with twists and turns that anyone can enjoy. Not to mention, with so many characters involved, it's almost impossible that your favorite superhero wasn't in it.The main conflict came down to Captain America and Iron Man, with Cap fighting for the resistance and Iron Man fighting for the registration. The two sides eventually start fighting a war and the city of New York suffers the damages of their battles. Throughout the fighting, many unexpected thin
gs occur. Spider-man revealed his secret identity to the world. Something resembling Thor returned, only you find out later that it was an android clone built by Reed Richards, and the Thor clone blows a hole through the Goliath, a lesser known Marvel character that we're all supposed to care about when he dies. The Civil War ends just after Captain America beats Iron Mans face into the ground. Cap was about to deliver the final blow when he realized all the harm he had caused the city and his friends. Cap then gave himself up, and allowed himself to be arrested. The ending was a bit simple, and everything wrapped up a little too easily to make a whole lot of sense. I mean literally, the heroes were all killing each other one second, and then Cap has his revelation, and they all just stop because of it.That withstanding however, the Civil War was a fun read. It was an interesting look at comic books. It's easy to get swept away into the fantasy of comic books, but every once and awhile, a comic like this comes out. A comic that shows what it would be like if these heroes were real, and they were fighting both for us, and against us. Superheroes aren't real, so we'd never need to initiate a law that registers them. But if they were real, would anyone put it passed the government to do this exact thing?
Rating: 8.4/10
