[Manga] Civil War Discussion Thread

Originally Posted by Acro-nym

And the fact that Alonso is talking about this event leading to another event clearly shows that Marvel has learned nothing.

What the fuck is that supposed to mean? What, should they make every new arc pretend that the previous one didn't happen or something?

Double Post:

Originally Posted by leo

She doesn't,It she seem like she ditchs America entirely and is joining the new Alpha Flight(Omega Flight)


from what the preview pic indicates

There goes my theory that Cap dies during Civil War. Also, I like how he doesn't appear to be the leader of that team.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

It's not an event, it's a story arc. Oh wait, events and story arcs are the same thing.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

So you're saying that they should write useless stories with a great character and waste his potential by making nothing meaningful happen? Ya, a year's worth of him catching random criminals is a great idea.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

You need to stop wanting Marvel to re-write a character's history just to please you.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Acro-nym

Re-write their history? I suppose you could call it that. I mainly just want them to get back to telling good stories without changing the powers, history, or dynamic of the main character(s). And maybe my assumptions about this new arc will be proven false when it comes out. I've really no way to know.

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Originally Posted by Zip

well you know, after this many years it's getting kinda hard to tell a good story without like doing something new :/, which this whole civil war thing is doing, brining new juice to the juicer.

QFT.

They've done just about everything they could with Spidey prior to the unveiling of his SI. Now there are a TON of new stories that they can tell because of that. It's going to be exciting.

Also - the Omega Flight guy is US Agent? Damn. I thought that might be the case on the train coming home today. Hmm, if it is, then my theory of Cap dying in CW 4 might still prove to be true. Awesome.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

And don't forget, nobody really DIES in comic books. They just disappear for a few years before the writers come up with an excuse to bring them back so that they can increase sales.

FELIPE NO

Give it time Acro, those guys will all come back. I mean, look, they said that Bucky, Uncle Ben and Jason Todd would never come back. Bucky came back as an angsty soldier, I heard that Ben was brought back in a horrible fashion and Jason Todd got turned into an Octopus monster that eats villains!

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

What's Thor listed as? He's one of the few Marvel people that would be able to stand up to the Sentry.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

No, Thanos is busy helping the Annihilation wave.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Can somebody upload Civil War #4 as soon as they download? In a .zip containing the image files if possible as I'll be at school for the majority of the day and I won't have access to CDisplay. I think that they have IRfanviewer installed, but I don't know if that can open .cbz or .cbr.

Thanks.

Is anybody else REALLY anticipating this?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Wow. Thor is badass in those previews. This issue is going to be crazy.

How ya doing, buddy?

Wow. Civil War #4. Wow.

Mr. Fantastic and Iron Man are crazy. They are actually making a superhero clone army to fight against Cap and co. WTF. Mad props to Sue for protecting the ressistance and leaving the pro side.

Also, I was very disappointed with the choice of character to kill. I barely know anything about this guy. I think that they should have killed off somebody else.

I'm predicting that Spidey is switching sides in the next issue.

Wolverine is turning into crap. "Oh shit, some corporation was working behind the scenes to make the incident happen." I totally agree with the IGN reviewer - the social commentary is nice, but it also takes away from the whole event.

What day is CW5 scheduled for? I'm already counting the days - this is the best story ever told in comic book format. It needs to be made into a movie or two.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Man in the ski mask???

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I'm pretty sure that was a fake hammer. Isn't there a panel where they show some wires in it?

FELIPE NO

I bet Miek has a sex change. :P

Also, that Civil War page is so useless. It's just Clor on a table.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by xman25

I really like the variant cover that Turner did. I hope I have an extra $15 for the variant. $15 is what the store I go to charges for the non-sketch variants to the main Cival War issues. I think they charge $75 for the sketch variants. Newsarama included a picture of Turner's variant to Cival War #5.

xman25

WTF. That doesn't make any sense. Why are the variants so much?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

So Civil War 5 was great. The IGN reviewer needs to chill. They rated the issue a "check it" - i.e. average. That's BS. The complaint is continuity (I didn't really notice any continuity issues, maybe the Johny thing) and that the event was spoiled beforehand. Ya, because you have to read solicits (that's probably where the spoiler was).

Spoiler:

Peter got his ass handed to him. I hope that he's able to recover ok. I'm really curious about the whole Punisher thing. Will Cap give him the ok or not? Iron Fist's comment to Stark at the end was pure gold. I hope that hits Tony hard.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by aznxinvazn

Acro-nym: I wish the variants were only $2.99; they're still $19.99 at my local shop.

I need to grab a copy of "Choosing Sides" in the coming week. There were still about six copies left.

Spoiler:

Mucknuggle: The main continuity issue people have been talking about is The Punisher's sudden appearance (starting from #4). In #5, Punisher says he's been looking after Cap & Crew, but there's no evidence of his appearing in CW #1-3.

RE spoiler

Spoiler:

Right, because he has to have been shown in the panels for him to be there. What a stupid complaint. Comic book nerds are annoying.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

That's too bad. I crave more Civil War. It really is an excellent series. So much better than the latest DC crossover and its tie-ins. Consistent art =

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I think they're keeping the "New Avengers" title and starting up a second one, the "Might Avengers". I don't remember the details though.

Rumor is that CW causes the Fantastic Four to split up. The new FF is Torch, Thing, Storm and her hubby, Black Panther.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Hantei

That doesn't sound like they're split up at all, only that Black Panther is included in the roster now.

So 1/2 the team changing doesn't mean they split up?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Ok, this is getting ridiculous.

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January 8, 2007 - You wouldn't know it since there was no press release, but Marvel Comics appears to have indicated through its website that Civil War #7 will be delayed by approximately one month. The final issue of Marvel's year-spanning event is now scheduled for release on February 21, 2007.

FELIPE NO

Civil War 7 was finally released and....

Spoiler:

what a letdown it was. I can't believe it just ended like that. It was quite anticlimactic. Sure, McNiven's art was great, and there were a few golden moments - Spidey owning 5 people at once and Hercules wrecking Clor come to mind - the ending was just so... boring. I consider the ending worse than Inifinite Crisis (which I hated) because I was expecting so much more.

At least we have a ridiculous amount of good stories that can be followed up on. We just have to hope that they don't pull a House of M and write nothing but terrible follow ups. The potential for epic stories in the 616 is at an all time high.

Finally, with Cap now in prison, who the heck is taking over the Ronin mantle in the (new) New Avengers (see the latest issue, 27 I think)? Echo is part of the team as herself, and we've got Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Spidey, Dr. Strange, Spiderwoman and Wolverine on the team. I don't think it's going to be Daredevil. Maybe it's that asian dude that is a friend of Iron Fist (I forget his name) or Dr. Strange's sidekick?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I don't know why I didn't think of that. It could work, but then again the rest of the heroes seem to dislike that man. Is this a guess of yours?

RE Amazing Spider-Man 538 - it was lame how they plugged CW7. The issue was way too long. Nothing happened until the last two pages. Actually, I'll admit, the stuff with Fisk in prison was interesting, but I really could have gone without the 2-3 pages showing the sniper fall asleep. LAME.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Based on what I've heard about the direction of the new team, I think he could fit. They're billing Ronin as a character that is trying to change his or her ways, so maybe the events of CW7 have made that man turn over a new leaf?

How ya doing, buddy?