Marvel has published many events over the years, however Civil war remains perhaps the biggest and most popular of all time. When I first got into comic books, Civil war was one of the first stories I read. I didn’t know much about the Marvel Universe, but I heard about this event. however, Recently checked out his most overlooked tie-inI’ve learned I never knew just how incredibly bloody it was, and most fans don’t.
Civil war Was a brutal hero vs. hero conflict, as Iron Man and Captain America clash over the idea of ​​registering superhumans with the government. After a number of offensives and counter attacks, Steve Rogers lays siege to Tony Stark’s Prison 42, hoping to free all his captured allies. The battle spills over into New York, where Captain America finally surrenders, unwilling to put innocent lives at risk by continuing the battle.
However, while reading the tie-in epilogue comic Civil War: Battle Damage ReportI just knew that he didn’t surrender quickly enough. This issue includes a memo written by Tony Stark that specifies this “47 non-powered humans were killed During the massive superhero battle that erupted in Times Square.” The deaths are not shown in the event itself, and they change the whole tone of the story.
Civil war’s final battle had major civilian casualties
Civil War: Battle Damage Report By Anthony Flamini, Ronald Bird and Ronald Bird
The final battle of Civil war is a massive fight between Tony Stark’s pro-registration heroes and Captain America’s resistance. Essentially every major Marvel hero is involved, and the fight ends with Captain America preparing for what appears to be a killing blow against a downed Tony Stark. However, Cap is tackled by emergency workers who desperately want to end the battle. Captain America realized that he poses a danger to the everyday heroes, and gives up, allowing himself to be arrested without his ideological stance.
I always thought Captain America’s issue was a bit overblownAs he talks about what the battle has done to New York. The main death of the main event series is William Foster’s Goliath, although the tie-in stories also killed D-list figures including heroes Typeface and Bantam, as well as the villains Slade, Jack O’Lantern, Goldbug and Plunderer who were killed Down by the Punisher. While pursuing an injured Spider-Man. Although Goliath’s death is tragic, it is also presented as the single main fatality of the conflict.
However, knowing that 47 people have already died in the battle Captain America created, his issue is Way More impressive. In fact, it enhances the story, depicting the superhero Civil War as a conflict that is growing more and more out of control and heading for disaster.
Captain America surrendered, but only after nearly fifty people had died
Civil War #7 By Mark Millar and Steve McNiven
Early in Civil warCaptain America warns that if Iron Man continues to push him, he will learn the difference between traditional superhero fights and warfare. Similarly, tie-in series Civil War: Front Line Contrast events in the superhero war with real-life conflictsincluding war poetry and depictions of deaths in historical wars. For today’s readers, it’s overblown and borderline offensive to compare a superhero event to real-life deaths in combat. However, the deaths of 47 people change the story, making it so Civil war is about the superhero conflict Become A real war.
The 47-person death toll changes as I understand it Civil warBecause It turns Goliath’s tragic death into much more of a warning of what is to come from hero fighting hero. If Iron Man or Captain America had been willing to withdraw from violent conflict, almost 50 people would still be alive. That’s different to the massive property damage that the Civil war The series actually depicts – a disconcerting visual, but something that is much more par for the course in superhero stories.
Interestingly, 2015s Civil War Volume 2 Points What would happen if the head did not stand. The alternate reality depicts an America split in two by Captain America and Iron Man’s war, with many heroes and villains dying as the two rival groups drag out their war for six years. This shows why Civil wars New York battle Can began, rather than what it ended, with the 47 deaths that showed what happens when superhuman conflict is allowed to run out of control.
Civil War’s enormous death toll exists in continuity limbo
Finally, the reader can choose whether the 47 deaths happened
Civil War: Battle Damage ReportThe detail of 47 deaths changes Civil war In multiple ways. On the one hand, this gives the conflict greater meaning, and creates a very real cost to the conflict between Iron Man and Captain America beyond the tragic death of one hero. On the other, it plays further into the event’s self-serious tone, making it difficult to redeem Marvel’s heroes when their interscene struggle costs so many lives. Worse yet, Captain America later recalled the Superhuman Registration Act when he was asked to take charge of SHIELD, meaning all those people ultimately died for nothing.
But while Civil War: Battle Damage Reports discovery changes how I understand the event, I find it difficult to really consider this detail canon. Later stories did not treat the conflict between Iron Man and Captain America as if it killed 47 people, with most of the focus placed on Goliath’s death at the hands of the Thor clone known as Ragnarok. If you haven’t read One Dark Event Tie-In (which is mostly an encyclopedia of the characters involved, presented as briefing materials after the ‘war’), You’d never know how devastating Civil wars final battle was meant to be. In some ways, this is a good thing – fans can choose whether or not to ‘believe’ the number, depending on whether it improves the story for them.
Marvel lore is dense, and there are always surprises lurking in back issues. I was really surprised that, at least at one point, Marvel intended Civil wars final battle to have claimed almost 50 lives, turning Captain America and Iron Man’s ideological battle into one of the bloodiest moments in Marvel continuity.