The Upcoming Marvel Civil War

Not at all. Basically some innocents get killed as a result of superhero vs supervillain nonsense and the US Government for some reason suddenly starts to care. They try to pass a bill that states that all heroes/villains have to reveal their identities and basically Iron Man and Captain America disagree on the issue. This somehow turns into some big war between all Marvel people. People are going to die. That's about all we know so far.

Oh, the Wizard preview seems to imply that it was caused by

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The New Warriors being useless and getting Nitro to blow up himself, and a large portion of some city.

Although nothing has been confirmed yet. I just hope that it turns out better than Infinite Crisis.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Acro-nym

Could anything turn out worse than Infinite Crisis?

Ya, like if they gave an angsty teenage Spider-Man cosmic powers and sent him off to be the savior of the universe.

How ya doing, buddy?

Wow. New Avengers: Illuminati

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Namor is a fucking pimp. Seriously, he's great.

I'm a little confused though - in Spider-Man (Amazing? I don't remember which), we have Tony arguing AGAINST the Superhero Registration Act, yet here we have him saying that they should pre-emptively support it. What?

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

Originally Posted by Zip

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i think he ment that it has it's good point but there are bad points too, the cons outnumber the pro's. We'll see where it all goes, but im pretty sure Peter will turn against Toney at some point.

Marvel pretty much spoiled that already - just like with Gambit becoming a horseman of the apocalypse.

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I'm still confused about the whole Tony thing:

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In Illuminati he's all like, we should support this guys! But in Spider-Man he was all like, the reasons why you should not pass this bill are blah blah blah. WTF?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by acid

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In Illuminati he wants them to support it because he feels that the backlash from going against it would be far far worse. This doesn't mean he likes the bill. He hates it. However he feels that they should be prepared to go along with it, as if they don't, things will only get worse. In Spider-Man he's trying to lobby against the bill being passed, but he's still trying to prepare the Illuminati incase it DOES pass.

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So in the war he's actually going to be on the pro-bill side while Captain America will be "leading" the resistance?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

First of all, Civil War starts this week, so we need a thread title change to "Marvel Civil War Discussion Thread". Also, I can't wait for the first issue. Heroes battling it out over whether or not they should receive a paycheck to do what they do. This is the series that actually has me agreeing with 616 Cap (I've hated him because of the Thunderbolts series). This is going to be some good stuff. Check out a preview here:

http://comics.ign.com/articles/700/700643p1.html

FELIPE NO

Why is it lame? I think that it's great. It's a much better concept than Infinite Crisis.

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

Uhh... you obviously don't understand this thing. It's much more than that. It's about an idea, a way of life. The government is going to hunt down those heroes that do not abide by the law using other heroes to do the job.

Just read the first issue, you'll understand. It was a great book btw. The art is amazing and the writing was up there with his Ultimates stuff.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I love the art. I don't like how Marvel basically told us what was in the issue before it got here though. At least they haven't spoiled the rest of the series yet.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

BPRD?

McNiven's art was amazing. I can only imagine what the crazy fights in future issues will look like.

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

There is no way that Marvel is going to kill Captain America. Well, then again, Millar did say that he wanted the death to be meaningful... maybe you're on to something.

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

Millar is just great. I need to read everything that this man has written. He has been on such a good streak lately.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Zip

You want to read Wanted! that is a good series

Read it. Loved it.

What did you not like about the recent Ultimate FF stuff? I've loved the book ever since Millar jumped aboard.

Haven't they announced that Reed and Sue were going to be on opposite sides of this thing?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by vemp

I don't care what you guys say, Cap owns. That sequence of Cap in Civil War #1 rocks. Don't mess with the Cap.

Now son, go read the Captain America V5 like the good soldier that you are.

Hmm... not really. 616 Cap is a prick. Yes, he was awesome in Civil War #1, but other than that... Ultimate Cap is awesome though.

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