Who else hated Marvel's Civil War?

Question

Is it just me or was this super overrated? None of the character's acted like themsleves. The "big" deaths were all of characters I thought were already dead (and Jack OLantern was). Why would Iron Man use not only villians but the most blood thirsty villaians he could find (Bullseye, Green Goblin, Venom, Lady DeathStrike)? Even if he needed villian help there's alot of villians who are semigood (Rhino, Sandman, Trapster etc.). And they brought Captain Marvel (a hero made famous by his death) back in a stupid ten page story and then gave him one panel in Civil War. Oh and when Hercules kills the thor clone he steals not only the famous political line but also a line Hulk used on another Thor clone in Hulk issue 422. Are so many collectors so narrow minded they will by a comic just because it's supossed to be "hot". I bought them all and quickly sold them. What a bunch of suck.

Answer 1

What a let-down. Talk about over-hyped. I never expected it to be as bad as it actually was. What you said about everyone acting out of character was dead-on. Iron Man (my favorite hero since I was a kid in Elementary School) acted like an @ss throughout the entire story. I never thought that I would see the day when he would enlist the lowest of the low to help him in his screwed-up cause. I also never thought I would see Tony become, in essence, an enemy of Captain America. And the return of Captain Marve?!? Why? First Bucky comes back, now him. There is no one left to bring back in the Marvel Universe now. And if you are bringing Captain Marvel back, at least give it a little more coverage. Then, to top things off, they kill of Captain America in what you know will be a long, drawn-out, storyline that will culminate in the return of Steve Rogers just in time for the release of the Captain America movie in two years!!! I haven't been this let down by a storyline in a long time.

Answer 2

while i primarily agree with you, i also agree that it was needed. comic sales aren't what they were a few years ago...almost like they were in the 50' and 60's....low. so i feel they did need something to shake things up a bit. i, myself, used to be a huge comic collector years ago, but then faded from it...but Civil War brought be back. I'm not out to buy every CW side book, but i did enjoy the main story and the Frontline side series.

Answer 3

yeah i hated the marvel civil war thing too. i was hoping it was all a dream or some parallel universe type of thing. i particularly don't like spiderman revealing his identity to the world, ironman with his bs, and what you mentioned about the characters who died where not really relevant except for captain america...he died right? only thing i don't like about marvel comics (and others) is that there seems to be more super powered individuals than regular people

Answer 4

comic book sales are down a all out atory changed is always used to regain intrest in titles plus the movie hype people are buying lik hot cakes. this is done usually every 15 years or so to pull in the masses and start over again

Answer 5

Marvel Civil War is better undoubtedly. The Civil War has action, plot, and characters people actually like and want to read about. 52's big thing is a world w/o superman, batman, and wonderwomen. A DC world w/o them is like Cartoonnetwork without cartoons! Also, the first 15 weeks of 52 are about Booster Gold , who by the way is the most annoying character ever!

Answer 6

As for the characters acting "outr-of-character"...maybe they were all Skrulls?