Saturday, February 24, 2007

Marvel's Civil War

This past week Marvel concluded its famed 7-part Civil War miniseries with a showdown between Captain America and the Iron Man in the streets of Midtown Manhattan. What had the chance to be a dramatic send-off for one or the other of Marvel's all-time greatest characters ended with the arrest of Steve Rogers (aka Captain America) after a "change of heart" in the middle of the battle. After several months of exciting buildup, the denouement of the Civil War absolutely fizzled, paling in comparison to the epic Superman/Superboy Prime clash in chapter 7 of DC Comics' Infinite Crisis. Color me biased toward Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne, but I am wholeheartedly disappointed with Marvel's cop-out conclusion (and wouldn't mind having my money back).

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