Comments on: Meanwhile back at the Civil War… http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:11:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: James Joyce http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-3482601 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:38:12 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-3482601 Well researched site - I love Bernard Cornwell's work! - Will look to incorporate some of your ideas into my site. Thanks! Well researched site - I love Bernard Cornwell’s work! - Will look to incorporate some of your ideas into my site. Thanks!

]]> by: eh http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-71223 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:48:27 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-71223 I'm hoping the Punisher is going to turn Captain America's mask into a pair of underpants. I’m hoping the Punisher is going to turn Captain America’s mask into a pair of underpants.

]]> by: M.Lusk http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-69984 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:16:37 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-69984 Spry: And if you want Quesada out so bad…don’t read his books. Vote with your wallet, chief. Wow, what a concept! Thanks so much! That'll do the trick, won't it? Spry: And if you want Quesada out so bad…don’t read his books. Vote with your wallet, chief.

Wow, what a concept! Thanks so much! That’ll do the trick, won’t it?

]]> by: Shannon Chenoweth http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-68951 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:11:54 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-68951 Bitter much M.Lusk? As far as CW #7 goes.... I don't know, something about it has my mind reeling. I plan on re-reading the whole thing in the next couple weeks. I think we all should do that actually. Bitter much M.Lusk?

As far as CW #7 goes…. I don’t know, something about it has my mind reeling. I plan on re-reading the whole thing in the next couple weeks. I think we all should do that actually.

]]> by: BradyDale http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-68901 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:58:42 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-68901 I AM CRUSHED! I have already written about it. <a href="http://www.thistoowillpass.com/bradydale/wordpress/?p=135" rel="nofollow">Dig on it</a>: http://www.thistoowillpass.com/bradydale/wordpress/?p=135 totally echo Richard. It made no damn sense. BTW... Punisher will do SOMETHING with the mask. We know that. Marvel says it on the editorial page at the issue's end. Maybe it's not becoming the next Cap, but that was foreshadowing of some sort. I AM CRUSHED!
I have already written about it. Dig on it:
http://www.thistoowillpass.com/bradydale/wordpress/?p=135

totally echo Richard. It made no damn sense.

BTW… Punisher will do SOMETHING with the mask. We know that. Marvel says it on the editorial page at the issue’s end. Maybe it’s not becoming the next Cap, but that was foreshadowing of some sort.

]]> by: Jeffrey Spry http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-68228 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 03:43:27 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-68228 Well, I enjoyed it. I was rooting for Cap's side but was still satisfied with the ambiguous non-conclusion. What I took away from it was that the story is not over, it's just beginning. People bitch about big event stories having no consequences but things really are different in the MU. It's not good vs. bad, it's registered vs outlaw and Captain America's a political prisoner. That has more resonance than "Iron Man's the bad guy, let's go back to the mansion now." And if you want Quesada out so bad...don't read his books. Vote with your wallet, chief. Well, I enjoyed it. I was rooting for Cap’s side but was still satisfied with the ambiguous non-conclusion. What I took away from it was that the story is not over, it’s just beginning.

People bitch about big event stories having no consequences but things really are different in the MU. It’s not good vs. bad, it’s registered vs outlaw and Captain America’s a political prisoner. That has more resonance than “Iron Man’s the bad guy, let’s go back to the mansion now.”
And if you want Quesada out so bad…don’t read his books. Vote with your wallet, chief.

]]> by: M.Lusk http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-68084 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:45:31 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-68084 Who needs more proof that the Emperor has no clothes? Oooo- Aunt May's been shot! Good thing Steve Ditko isn't dead. He'd be doing speed-of-light spins in his grave, like Kirby. If only we could vote Quesada and company out like Bush. Who needs more proof that the Emperor has no clothes?
Oooo- Aunt May’s been shot!
Good thing Steve Ditko isn’t dead.
He’d be doing speed-of-light spins in his grave, like Kirby.

If only we could vote Quesada and company out like Bush.

]]> by: Richard http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-67936 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:35:23 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-67936 Well...As much as I liked it, it was one of the most anticlimactic endings in comic history. Marvel really dropped the ball. Good thing Captain America didn't have this attitude during WWII. Well Hitler is bad, but let's quit to save some real estate. Blah. Richard http://1rightopinion-comics.blogspot.com/ Well…As much as I liked it, it was one of the most anticlimactic endings in comic history. Marvel really dropped the ball.

Good thing Captain America didn’t have this attitude during WWII. Well Hitler is bad, but let’s quit to save some real estate. Blah.

Richard
http://1rightopinion-comics.blogspot.com/

]]> by: Julian http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-67887 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:57:12 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-67887 Guys, isn't that too far fetched an interpretation of that scene? Too much? The Punisher was never considering to become the next Captain America. (Come on. Really.) Instead, he just realized that Captain America's way does not work. He will continue, alone, to do his thing. Guys, isn’t that too far fetched an interpretation of that scene? Too much? The Punisher was never considering to become the next Captain America. (Come on. Really.) Instead, he just realized that Captain America’s way does not work. He will continue, alone, to do his thing.

]]> by: SwanShadow http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-67868 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:46:41 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-67868 The Punisher-into-Cap transition seems pretty natural to me. After all, there's nothing Frank Castle enjoys more than busting a Cap in somebody. [rimshot] Besides, the Cap of CIVIL WAR didn't behave anything like the Captain America I've known for 40 years, so maybe he'd been replaced already. The Punisher-into-Cap transition seems pretty natural to me.

After all, there’s nothing Frank Castle enjoys more than busting a Cap in somebody. [rimshot]

Besides, the Cap of CIVIL WAR didn’t behave anything like the Captain America I’ve known for 40 years, so maybe he’d been replaced already.

]]> by: Rob Spencer http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-67830 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:07:34 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-67830 Personally, I like <a href="http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=102414" rel="nofollow">Tom Brevoort's</a> 'What If' ending better than the actual one: TB: The Annihilation Wave shows up, the heroes all join together to fight it, and peace and harmony reigns. But Iron Man is killed, and maybe Cap too. Heck, maybe Reed and Hank and Mary Jane and Aunt May as well. And then the Winter Soldier becomes Iron Man and Hawkeye becomes Captain America because, hey, nobody’d expect that to happen. And it’s all a plot by Miriam Sharpe in her true persona as Loki! Luckily, they’re all Skrulls, so everything goes back to normal in a few months. Now THAT'S the Marvel Universe. Personally, I like Tom Brevoort’s ‘What If’ ending better than the actual one:

TB: The Annihilation Wave shows up, the heroes all join together to fight it, and peace and harmony reigns. But Iron Man is killed, and maybe Cap too. Heck, maybe Reed and Hank and Mary Jane and Aunt May as well. And then the Winter Soldier becomes Iron Man and Hawkeye becomes Captain America because, hey, nobody’d expect that to happen. And it’s all a plot by Miriam Sharpe in her true persona as Loki! Luckily, they’re all Skrulls, so everything goes back to normal in a few months.

Now THAT’S the Marvel Universe.

]]> by: longboxman http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-67828 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:02:39 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-67828 I undersood this means "Civil War" is Millar version of "American Power". I really really want guest appearance of Civilian Justice at "Mighty Avengers"! I undersood this means “Civil War” is Millar version of “American Power”.
I really really want guest appearance of Civilian Justice at “Mighty Avengers”!

]]> by: Mike Gagnon http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-67775 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:54:45 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-67775 As stated in the article I too am "waiting for the trade". I really try not to be negative about modern mainstream comics. I really do. I used ot love these things, but some of the stuff being churned out makes me weep. As stated in the article I too am “waiting for the trade”.

I really try not to be negative about modern mainstream comics. I really do. I used ot love these things, but some of the stuff being churned out makes me weep.

]]> by: Crowley http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-67771 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:49:37 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-67771 Cappisher. Skull+flag... he shoots people for AMerka! Cappisher.

Skull+flag… he shoots people for AMerka!

]]> by: Patrick Dean http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-67741 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:43:54 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-67741 Well, Frank Castle is going to become the new Captain America. And he'll shoot people. And change his name to Captain Shootthebadguysbangbang. Well, Frank Castle is going to become the new Captain America. And he’ll shoot people. And change his name to Captain Shootthebadguysbangbang.

]]> by: Paul O'Brien http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-67711 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:23:20 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/22/meanwhile-back-at-the-civil-war/#comment-67711 Well, the permanent change is that Iron Man's side won, and the Superhuman Registration Act is here to stay. So either you're now a government agent or you're an outlaw. Of course, anyone who wasn't a government agent was already a vigilante, so you'd have thought that might make them illegal already. But apparently not. Well, the permanent change is that Iron Man’s side won, and the Superhuman Registration Act is here to stay. So either you’re now a government agent or you’re an outlaw.

Of course, anyone who wasn’t a government agent was already a vigilante, so you’d have thought that might make them illegal already. But apparently not.

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