Civil War #2 - Mobile Edition

Marvel Comics
Civil War #2
By Hervé St-Louis
June 15, 2006 - 22:42

Marvel Comics
Writer(s): Mark Millar
Penciller(s): Steve McNiven
Inker(s): Dexter Vines

A secret resistance group of super heroes is organizing and their first target is to free the Young Avengers, taken into custody by S.H.I.E.L.D’s agents. But heroes in favour of registration, such as the Fantastic Four, She Hulk and Yellow Jacket are plotting their own response on the rebels /freedom fighters. In the midst of all this controversy, Spider-man makes his choice known to the rest of the world.

Thanks to Marvel, the spoiler ending of this issue was revealed the very next day in a press release so I didn’t get to read this story with all the impact I would have liked. I even bought the issue on Wednesday. It’s just that I didn’t have time to read it then. More than the first issue, this one sets up some of the subplots and stories to be followed in individual books all over Marvel. The story read well, but there was a filling that it was filler material. It also portrayed Captain America’s group as the heroes and Iron Man’s as the villains. I thought this was about heroes, not villains.

The art is great. John Jonah Jamieson, Spider-man’s boss at the Daily Bugle looks like himself. Better than that, he’s also good with set designs and architecture. S.H.I.E.L.D’s hidden outpost looks like it can fulfil its mission and help the resistance regroup. The ending with Spider-man was nifty.