Quote Originally Posted by shgs View Post
Well I certainly can't argue with that. I like comics that examine the politics and ideals that superheroes stand for - its one of the reasons I am excited about Sam Wilson being Captain America because it offers an opportunity to explore a very different angle of what it means to be American and to live up to the ideal of America - so I am enjoying Civil War as a story, even if its not 100% faithful to 616 Steve Rogers or Tony Stark.

The original Civil War, although I did enjoy it and thought it was a great concept, didn't do a great job of making the pro-registration side of the argument and made that side do some pretty despicable things at the same time as over-blowing the moral dimension to the anti-registration side. This time round I feel like Soule has done a great job of showing the dangers of pursuing a single ideology at the expense of all else - on both sides - and the two sides' inability to compromise bears a closer resemblance to the intransigence of real world politics than the complete loss of rationality and proportion in the original.
Makes me wonder how the original Civil War comic would be looked upon in todays political landscape. When the books first came out in 2008, you could say Tony's side was right wing thinking (Security) and Cap's was left wing(freedom). However, if the Civil War event was released now in 2015, Cap's side would be more right wing thinking(freedom) and Tony's more left wing(security).