Marvel: Civil War Issue 1

As we did with Legion Quest to get you ready for Xmen: Apocalypse, @brothascomics is going to walk you down issue by issue to Captain America: Civil War, looking at the comics that inspired the movie( well, at least the title).

Civil War: Issue 1

Story by : Mark Millar
Pencils by: Steve McNiven

The book opens in the control room of a tv studio and flashes to a neighborhood in Stamford, Connecticut.  The New Warriors are the stars of a hero reality show and the shows is capturing their every move- including any potential battles with super villains.  The Warriors have rolled up on a list of villains on the FBI's most wanted and Speedball, the leader of the team, wants to take them on- against the protest of some of his teammates.  But the New Warriors need positive press for their reality show and against better judgement attack the villains.

It all seems to be going well but the main bad guy of the group, Nitro has escaped and the New Warriors are in hot pursuit.  Nitro, a being who can make himslef explode, is caught by Namorita in front of a local elementary school.  Nitro is not about to be taken down by the cousin of Sub Mariner and explodes himself in front of the school and on live television for everyone to see.  He kills Namorita and between 800-900 other people including most of the children at the school.

The book then shifts to the aftermath and the clean-up as heroes have come to the scene.  Xmen, Avengers, Fantastic Four, and others are all there and each of them has an opinion on what happened, why it happened and what the future holds.  The seeds of discontent are planted early between Iron Man and Captain America with each believing change is coming on how society views and deals with its heroes.

The public's reaction is swift and extreme.  People and the government want the heroes to be accountable for the damage they cause and the lives that are loss protecting them from evil doers.  A funeral affects Tony Stark/Iron Man the most and the movement for super heroes to be registered begins.

This leads to a huge, super hero pow-wow at the Baxter Building-home to the Fantastic Four.  In that meeting, there are large discussions on how to move forward with no real consensus. Some heroes believe in registration, while others are adamantly against it.

Meanwhile, SHIELD is pursuing registration under the watch of Maria Hill and she looks to get Captain America on her side.  Cap is totally against registration and he lets Maria Hill know it and she informs Cap that if he is not working for her, then he is against SHIELD and the US government and moves to have Captain America arrested. Captain America escapes and flees the SHIELD Hellicarrier!

When news gets back to Iron Man that Cap has gone rogue, he decides its his responsibility to bring Cap in!

That's the end of issue 1. Looking back, this series is almost 10 years old and it still holds up well. Even tho they undo much of it over time, when it came out originally, the story was fresh and different and all the side books with the battles between heroes was fun to watch and read.  Captain America taking the side of individual freedom has played out in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and I am curious to how they weave this story around Winter Soldier to pit Iron Man VS Captain America.
Join us back in two weeks as we review issue 2 and get you all ready for the movie Captain America: Civil War!

The Producer

Fox and Marvel sing Kumbaya

 

Marvel and Fox Working together

We all have been predicting it and early reports seems to indicate that Marvel/Disney and Fox have worked out a deal in regards to the Fantastic Four and the Xmen( or at least Mutants).  The first report came from Den of Geek- shouts out to them for getting the news out this morning. The deal, as being reported, is that Fox has given Marvel the use of the Fantastic Four with Fox being allowed to use the Xmen on tv series.  This news comes a day after Fox announced two new Mutant based series: The Hellfire Club and Legion.

What this means for Fox.

Fox now has the ability, like Disney does with Marvel: Agents of Shield, to build a tv and movie universe based on the Xmen.  A tv show like Hellfire Club can introduce lesser known characters that can later be put into movies or tie the movies to the tv shows to have the cross over synergy that Agents of Shield enjoys on ABC.  This is a win for Fox.  Lesser known Mutants such as Power Pack, the New Mutants, X Force, and Excalibur can expand the Mutant roster beyond what they currently have and most of those characters would work best on tv and Fox doesn't have to waste millions of dollars to make a movie.   Marvel was never getting the Xmen back as a franchise and Fox was savvy enough to unload the Fantastic Four property( which they had no idea what to do with) for the rights to a property that have had multiple successes.

What this means for Marvel/Disney

Marvel finally gets the Fantastic Four back and I would assume all the affiliate characters, villains, and worlds that go along with it.  That means the Negative Zone, Silver Surfer, Galactus, the Skrulls, The Baxter Building, and most importantly, Dr. Doom are all under the control of The Mouse.  This is huge for Marvel/Disney. It expands the Silver Surfer and Galactus is possible, The Illuminati is now possible which opens up the possibility for Planet Hulk, and of course Dr. Doom VS Everyone.  Hell, it could even be a Secret Wars because of this deal now! This is a huge get for Marvel/Disney!  The Fantastic Four can be revived in comics and hopefully down the road, we finally get a Fantastic Four movie worthy of their place in the history of Marvel Comics( probably wont get a black Human Torch tho)!

As a Marvel/Disney fan, I'm dancing and rappin' like the Human Torch. This is great news for comic book and comic movie fans!

The Producer

Fantastic Four Podcast

Podcast 8 we review the Fantastic Four movie moments after we saw it.  We pour some out for Fox and the homies who paid full price for this movie.  We discuss where the franchise goes from here and how long before Marvel get their property back.  We also talk about Ben Affleck and his new Batman deal and Straight out of Compton opening wide next week and now rappers now are on AARP.  We hold back on STFU awards but discuss policing in the United States in light of another unarmed black man killed this week.

Join us! Grab a glass and kick back and listen!  Lots of fun!

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