It was, at least in the sense that it was unequivocal about HYDRA basically being rebranded Nazis, whereas Secret Empire was trying to have it both ways with HYDRA allegedly distancing itself from its Nazi roots, but retaining the same tactics, methods, and even core ideologies.
That said, speaking of S.H.I.E.L.D., anyone read the Civil War issue of Marvel Snapshots that came out this week?
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I read a review for it. They said it was meh
No, for years they thought they would be canceled, pushing until S4. S5 was when the writers thought would be the end, they got their 100 episode and wrote a legitimate series finale with Coulson's death. However, they got a last second series renewal and then another one after that which saw them come up with different ways to bring back Coulson. S7 was a second ending to the show.
Thanks, I posted to that thread, too, just before this, and yeah, I'd think the original Civil War might have been better served with a more humanizing element inside S.H.I.E.L.D. as part of that event. Of course, since the whole point of Civil War was to brutally allegorize how post-9/11 America had willfully exchanged liberty for security, or the perception thereof . . . that would likely be why we didn't get that in the first place.
I don't think the issue ever confirmed who it was Coulson killed.
Exactly. That was one of the better reasons to be pissed about Secret Empire, in my humble opinion. If it was gonna be an allegory for the rise of fascism in America and use villains tied to a Nazi-spawned terrorist organization, it should have committed to that.
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