Civil War #1

Civil War (2015) #1

by Charles Soule, Leinil Francis Yu (Artist), Gerry Alanguilan (Inker)

The Civil War never ended. Welcome to the Warzone, where six years of non-stop battle between the forces of the Blue and the Iron have split the nation down its center, utterly transforming it. In a world of new alliances and strange enemies, President Tony Stark and General Steve Rogers meet to make one last attempt at peace.

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Comic Book

29 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Charles Soule is a #1 New York Times-bestselling novelist, comics author, screenwriter, musician, and lapsed attorney. He has written some of the most prominent stories of the last decade for Marvel, DC and Lucasfilm in addition to his own work, such as his comics Curse Words, Letter 44 and Undiscovered Country, and his original novels Light of the Jedi, The Endless Vessel, The Oracle Year and Anyone. He lives in New York.

Reviews

[Terence · Rating 3 out of 5]

This Civil War is similar to the Marvel Universe's Civil War with a few divergences.
First, a self destruct mechanism went off after the Negative Zone Prison break.

Second, Steve Rogers never gets shot at the court house.
Third, after the Skrull Invasion, Norman Osborn fails to come to power.

Fourth, the nation is literally split in half with Iron Man leading the east which becomes known as The Iron and Captain America leading the west which becomes known as The Blue.

Civil War never worked for me because those primarily involved seemed to have lost their minds and turned into baby Hulks...rage monsters. This is a continuation of the rage monster process dipped in deception. The storytelling was fine, but I just don't buy Captain America and Iron Man at war with one another anymore now than I did during the real Marvel Civil War years ago.

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked this up largely because of the cover. I wasn't sure what to expect, since I'd already read some of the Civil War arc that came out several years ago. I wasn't sure if this was going to be a revised version to match the upcoming movie.

Apparently, this is part of the Secret Wars arc that I need to read! This sort of takes the previous Civil War and extrapolates what might have happened if Captain America hadn't been shot, if the country had been physically divided in the Iron (Iron Man's side) and the Blue (Cap's side). I really liked the art style and I didn't feel like I needed any background on these Secret Wars to follow (although you might want to read some of the older Civil War stuff first). I also saw a little bit of a tie-in to 1872 #1.

[Arturo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part of the Secret Wars event, in this universe the Civil War never ended, the country is split in two, and their leaders, Tony and Steve meet for one more chance for negotiations.
Kind of mellow, slightly tense. Not much else but seeing familiar characters slightly different. Still good enough to be one of the 2 titles I'll follow.

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two words: Spider. Falcon.

[Davy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’ve read about a dozen Secret Wars tie-in, even given the fact that they do not really add tot the main storyline I’ve enjoyed reading them because the give a view about the different domains in God Doom’s Battleworld. Most of them are an alternative scenario to the classic comic, like Civil War. T
Off course it's not so good as Millar's comic (it's probably the best Avengers-issue I've ever read), but it's a nice read. The war hasn't ended in Battleworld, Steve and Tony are still on different sides. But when the war seems at his final stage, it seems the Secret Invasion storyline isn't finished either...

[Artemy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Original Civil War had an interesting concept and an intriguing beginning, but it had some bullshit development and conclusion. This book takes its bullshit parts further by imagining that both sides didn't come to an agreement and separated the country into two states, one run by Tony, and the other by Steve. Their countries are filled, presumably, by superheroes only, as there are, it seems like, no regular people at all. And Tony's country is officially recognized, which is pretty BS, too. Honestly, the whole premise here was enough for me to drop this series at issue 1. Even though the writing itself and the art are good and all, I just can't imagine a world like this ever happening.

[Solace Winter · Rating 5 out of 5]

What would happen if the Civil War between superheroes had continued? This gives a what-if scenario that is frighteningly plausible. It seems to paint Captain America's side in a worse light than Iron Man's, but both have their bad qualities, and good. The men behind them are volatile characters with personalities that clash. Their only true thing in common is the desire to make the world a better place, and it's amazing how different two visions can be.

[Ronnie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Admito que me ha sorprendido bastante, no es nada de lo que me esperaba y eso me alegra.
Dejando a un lado mis sentimientos por mi otp peleando en toda esta historia, me ha agradado bastante y va por un buen camino.

No le doy 5/5 porque me costo un poco enfocarme aunque al final pude llevarle el ritmo.

[lauren ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This really surprised me. I didn't think I'd be that interested in it, but I actually really found myself enjoying it!! I also got way too excited when Cassie Lang appeared. I'm hoping she'll be back!!

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

This looks like it could get interesting. Great start. I'm confused at why, at the end, it showed a picture of the sides and Bu cky is on Tony's???

[Kayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this whole what if the Marvel Civil War never ended. I'm interested to see where issue number two goes, although the end of this issue was incredibly sad.

[Chris Conley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the better "what ifs?" so far, and that's saying something. Granted, it was probably easier to use one of Marvel's existing major stories, but this was handled brilliantly.

[Kraipob · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is what happens when you don't say sorry to your sibling and just end the fight. Learn from Iron Man and Cap's mistake, kids!

[Don · Rating 5 out of 5]

Set in the Secret Wars world, it's a "what if" story about if the first Civil War had continued on rather than end with Cap's death. Very interesting story so far. A hidden jewel in an otherwise crummy Marvel event.