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Civil War: A Marvel Comics Event by Mark Millar

kjaro's review

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3.0

Also ich nehm jetzt einfach mal das erste Issue stellvertretend für die ganze Storyline, schlicht weil es mir zu doof ist, zu jedem einzelnen Teil ne Review zu schreiben.

Im Grossen und Ganzen muss ich somit sagen wars irgendwie ein bisschen... zu viel? Now hold on a second. Mir ist durchaus bewusst, dass Civil War genau darauf ausgelegt ist, dass viele Superhelden gegeneinander kämpfen. In gewisser Hinsicht habe ich genau deswegen den Comic dem Film vorgezogen, weil dieser Aspekt hier um einiges mehr vertreten ist. Aber was anfangs irgendwie interessant klingt, wird ziemlich schnell verdammt overwhelming.
Marvel hat über die Jahre unfassbar viele Charaktere grossgezogen und hier versuchen sie alle irgendwie reinzuquetschen. Darunter sind dann natürlich auch diverse Deus ex Machina-Auftritte und Helden, bzw. Schurken, von denen ein Casual-Marvelfanboy wie ich noch nie gehört hat.
Was ja nicht unbedingt schlimm wäre, würde es der Geschichte nicht unfassbar viel Luft zum Atmen wegnehmen.
Gerade weil so viele Charaktere vorhanden sind und ungefähr alle letztlich irgendwo eine Rolle spielen müssen, kommt es nicht zu Charakterentwicklungen jeglicher Art [ausser halt bei Spiderman, wobei ich hier sagen muss, dass ich diesen direkten Wechsel von Pro-Tony zu Pro-Cap nicht als reguläre Charakterentwicklung annehme.].

Alles an der Geschichte ist kompakt. Kein Raum, um sich mal mit der Frage ausseinanderzusetzen, wer denn nun richtig liegt. [Bis natürlich auf die einzig richtige Meinung, dass Tony recht hat. [Kann vielleicht auch dran liegen, dass ich Captain America für einen unfassbar langweiligen Charakter halte.]] Und während das bei anderen Geschichten vielleicht viel wieder gut machen könnte, ist es hier wahrscheinlich die grösste Schwäche.
Zu viele Helden auf zu wenig Raum.

mjeaton's review against another edition

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4.0

Grrr...that ending sucked.

rowena_reads_a_book's review against another edition

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3.0

Ever since seeing the adaptation of this comic, have I wanted to read it. While the premise is the same, the way in which the events occur and who is involved is largely different to what you see in the adaptation - as with every film/TV adaptation there is.

The morals of Civil War remain the same: should superheroes be government controlled or not? In my personal opinion, I always thought it a bad idea to have the government control who and what the superheroes protect or not. It brings to mind superheroes being used for a purpose of advancing socio-economic and geographic status of a nation. Given that the superheroes of Marvel occur largely in the USA, it would make the USA the most powerful country in the world. Superheroes aren't there or operating for political gain; their sole purpose is to protect lives.

When the government sanction SHIELD to use supervillains to help bring down the underground superheroes, it puts a stark reality on how the law would be utilised. Seeing Patriot and Spiderman, along with many younger avengers, tranquilized and imprisoned makes you empathise with Rogers. It makes you despise Tony Stark and question Richard Reid's morals.

There are many arguments for and against the Law to train and name superheroes. But the biggest question is this: what would happen if governments were allowed to control superheroes? Would their loved ones be protected? Would governments use superheroes for their intended purpose? Should the government even be allowed to "use" superheroes?

All in all, I still think Civil War has a big place in the comic community for its many themes and explorations of so many questions about vigilantes.

meg_kalscheuer's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

bobbyk's review against another edition

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Reread this because of the Civil War trailer!

isanorbert's review against another edition

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4.0

4 / 5 Stars.

peachytiana's review against another edition

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4.0

I loved Captain America: Civil War so I figured I'd read this and I'm glad I did. I really enjoyed the story and characters, now I want to rewatch the movie for the hundredth time.

inouch's review against another edition

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2.0

finally took time to finish this one at midnight, don’t like it but that’s okay I guess

la_cori's review against another edition

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primo approccio con la Marvel, e quindi perchè non iniziare con una storia in cui ci sono praticamente tutti?! I Vendicatori, i Fantastici 4, gli XMen, i giovani vendicatori (si chiamano così, giusto?!) e tantissimi altri di cui non so assolutamente niente..
Storia comunque interessante, che sono riuscita a seguire senza troppi problemi, e bellissimi disegni..

alexauthorshay's review against another edition

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4.0

Not quite as impactful as a novel can be, when you can use written description to dig into emotion. But I gave this the same rating as the novel version, so regardless of the format, the fact remains that the idea is really neat. I wish the MCU could have stayed a bit closer to this and involved more characters. I did like how the novel pulled in more from the other one-off comics, though. This is the main storyline and there's so many characters you just can't fit it all in in a comic, meaning you have to read several books to get the whole picture instead of just the one novel.