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SPOILERS AHEAD: Civil War #2 Review
— June 17, 2006 Leave a Comment
The second issue in Marvel’s “Civil War” arrived in stores this Wednesday. Apparently, there was a lot of hype surrounding this issue that had escaped me. As a result, I wasn’t informed enough to try and avoid the spoilers long enough to go ahead and read the issue to see what the fuss was about. Anyway, the big reveal that was planned for this issue was spoiled for me on the Sideshow website. They have since taken down the offending post, but the damage has been done.
It seems that I wasn’t the only one that had the issue spoiled for me. The New York Post published an article Wednesday spoiling the issue. Other web sites, mainly Yahoo!, picked up the story and ran with images on the front page. So it was spoiled for lots of other people. Newsarama even had a blog post asking where were you when the issue was spoiled.
Having said all that, I want to talk about this issue anyway so here goes. Remember this post contains SPOILERS so if you don’t want to know what I am talking about, don’t read any further!
After reading issue #2, I am still confused about what is going on. I don’t understand why Tony Stark and others are so supportive of the registration law. But later in the issue we see that Stark is struggling with the issue after all. He is struggling with it so much that he is willing to take down Captain America?
All that aside, the issue was pretty good. We learn about something called 42, which appears to be a Superhero incarceration device constructed by Reed Richards. We also learn that Nick Fury is back and supporting Captain America and his crew. Personally, I was thrilled to learn that Daredevil is part of the resistance.
Okay, on to the final panels, Spider-man reveals his identity publicly at a press conference held by Tony Stark. So now we add Peter Parker to the list of publicly known superheroes. Is there any heroes in the Marvel U that have secret identities anymore? I can probably count them on one hand.
Joe Quesada claims that this is part of a larger story that will have a big impact in the next year, but don’t they say that about every story line? I really don’t see the point of this. It used to be that the secret identity was something that was prized above all else, especially Spider-man’s. What happened to not wanting to endanger the lives of his wife and Aunt May? Well, that is most assuredly coming soon.
I thought that I would enjoy this book because Mark Millar was writing it. Right now, I am still undecided. There are very strange things going on here that cause me to be suspicious about what Marvel is up to. I plan to keep reading it just see what is going to happen next, which I guess is Marvel’s plan all along.
