2.196 (561) Civil War #1 ... Marvel ...

In view of the forthcoming Marvel movie, Capt A: Civil War; what better time than now to share with the reading world out there the actual series that was the inspiration for the movie? So without further ado, we present to you, chapter one in the limited series

SPOILER ALERT

Firstly, let's talk about Steve McNiven who has proven to us that here is his awesome capabilities where he shows that his lines are minimal and yet his skills are so great that with confidence, he lays out pages after pages, conveying layers of emotion effectively. No less so are the awesome fight scenes. The other artists that come off my mind that uses minimal lines would include Frank Quitely and Arthur Adams. Yes the latter has lots of details but within the details, he kept it sparse

Okay

As for the tale itself, Civil War starts because of reality tv ... yes you read that right. Reality TV programme was covering the New Warriors while they are out on a stake out and villain capturing mission. With someone like Speedball on the team, can you not expect it to go bad? So before they knew it, they were knee deep with several headaches that literally exploded around them and one of them was Nitro, the guy whose ability is to blow himself up and reassemble himself back together again ...

Now normally this explosive act is to break into something or get away from the heroes but here as Nitro loses it, he blows up ... kids! Yes, school going age children ... and right in front of the media

So as can be expected, a frenzy starts and paranoia steps in with those calling for potentially the end of the heroes and at this point, Stark comes in with the brain squad of Reed Richards and Hanky Pym proposing the legislation act for super humans. This is basically the old Mutie Registration Act but taking it up a notch. Stark believes that by having this, everyone who wants to use their powers for whatever reason must be evaluated to ensure that they can use it safely and responsibly and if not, training will be provided

However, as this is pushed through as law, it means revealing secret identities. While Stark assures that it will be kept with absolute secrecy, not all the heroes agree with him. Some claim it is to protect their loved ones from becoming a target while others just want to have a normal life. Whatever their reasons be, Captain America chooses to defend this group as he believes that people should be given the right to choose to disclose or not

Unfortunately, as the Act becomes law, anyone who doesn't do so then is infringing the law and becomes a criminal. And thus the action begins with Stark and SHIELD coming after those who refuse to register. The first one?

Captain America - good story, great art = awesome comic! O yeah the cover we are attaching is a variant from issue 3 ... so good is the tale that it inspires all variant artists to contribute and upped their own performance

Ratings: 9/10