Reddit reviews The Road to Civil War
We found 16 Reddit comments about The Road to Civil War. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
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Reddit reviews The Road to Civil WarWe found 16 Reddit comments about The Road to Civil War. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
There's Road to Civil War. It kind of sets the stage for the event.
Then, there's the trade for the event itself.. There's a hardcover version with a lot of extras that I'd recommend.
Also, Civil War: Frontline is a good series to pick up. It follows a couple of reporters as they cover what's going on.
If you're into Spider-Man, Civil War: Spiderman is a good trade to pick up. It collects issues of Amazing Spider-Man, Spectacular Spider-Man, etc. that take place during the event.
Also, Death of Captain America is a good trade to pick up. It takes place directly after Civil War and covers the Fallen Son event.
There's, of course, a lot more out there, but the links above are pretty good for getting the full story.
If that's a bit pricey for you, you can sometimes find people selling a full collection of the Civil War event on eBay for about 50 or 60 bucks.
If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.
EDIT: Realized links were directing to the mobile site, so I changed it to the desktop versions.
I was talking about the entire thing, with tie-ins and everything. Yes, it's hyperbole, but Civil War seriously had an insane amount of tie-ins.
That's 3,168 pages right there. War and Peace is 1,296.
Keep in mind, the movies (MCU) are not exactly like the comics. That said, here is some related/recommended source material:
Infinity Gauntlet/War (optional):
Infinity Gauntlet/War (1990-1992):
Civil War (2006-2007):
Civil War (optional):
You can start with the Road to Civil War collection, which was some comics that established the reason the Civil War happened.
http://www.amazon.com/Road-Civil-Brian-Michael-Bendis/dp/0785119744
After that, you can get the actual Civil War collections. There was a bunch of minor events and crossovers for the event, but the core thing was seven issues.
That book collects all 7 issues of the Civil War story, so you should be good with that. If you want a bit more, you can check out The Road to Civil War, which gives some context about the events leading up to Civil War, but I don't think it's essential.
Amazing Spider-Man by JMS Collection Vol 5 contains the following arcs:
~The Amazing Spider-Man Civil War Prelude (Available in The Road to Civil War TPB)
~Amazing Spider-Man Civil War Tie-Ins (Available in the TPB Amazing Spider-Man: Civil War)
~Spider-Man: Back in Black
~Spider-Man: One More Day
House of M has some of my favorite Spider-Man pages in comics. I definitely liked it. It was kind of like a What If... maxi-series and I dig stuff like that. It did have huge changes for the marvel universe, mostly for the X-Men. None of the tie-ins are worth it though.
Other Events:
If you're an X-Fan, Decimation is a good place to start Post-House of M.
Civil War (Digital) is obviously a big one, but The Road To Civil War (Digital) is worth picking up first. As for tie-ins, I was reading Spider-Man at the time and liked it, but haven't read any of the others.
If you think you'll like that, Civil War: Frontline also gets praise, but I'm lukewarm on it.
After that Planet Hulk(Digital) and World War Hulk (Digital) were both a lot of fun.
Finally, going back to pre-House of M even. Secret War (Digital).Covert-ops story with Spider-Man, Daredevil, Wolverine, Cap, and Widow, some of the most beautiful painted art in recent comics.
It's in Amazing Spider-Man 529-531, reprinted in The Road to Civil War: http://www.amazon.com/Road-Civil-Brian-Michael-Bendis/dp/0785119744
Looked around, but the only trade with those issues is The Road to Civil War.
The basics are Civil War 01 - 07.
If you have room to expand, you can consider the Front Line series, which covers news and reporters during the event (01 - 11 plus a few extra).
If you want to expand from there, my favorite tie-in comics are Amazing Spider-Man. Start reading around 529 and continue until about 538.
New Avengers never had much important plot, but I liked reading about Like Cage. Skip #21 and start at #22. Read Wolverine's stories (starting #42) if you already like wolverine because it's just more of the same testosterone journey. Cable + Deadpool (30+) is also exactly what you'd expect. Black Panther's work is fun but pretty low-impact (18+, only a couple issues long).
If you want the collected paperbacks, you can find a lot in Road to Civil War, Civil War, Amazing Spiderman: Civil War, Civil War: Front Line, etc.
I didn't much like the Iron Man, Captain America, or Fantastic Four comics during the Civil War, but there are collections of all of them.
Nearly every running line at the time tied in, including niche titles like Runaways (it was the worst runaway comic until 2010), Thunderbolts, She-Hulk, X-Factor, etc. Ms. Marvel wasn't bad. I'm not too familiar with the rest. There were also a ton of one-shots (Choosing Sides, Case Files, etc) that I don't really know.
Here is a link to it: https://www.amazon.com/Road-Civil-Brian-Michael-Bendis/dp/0785119744
Civil War 1-7 is one TPB by itself. But yes, Civil War: Captain America and Civil War: New Avengers are two independent TPBs.
I'd also recommend:
Civil War: Front Line - That's the hardcover version, but it's available for much cheaper into two paperback TBPs that split it 1-6 and 7-11. It's one of the stronger side stories in my opinion, and really worth the read.
Civil War: The Amazing Spider-Man - A really excellent book with great art.
Civil War: Iron Man - Amazon description is wrong, this contains the Captain America/Iron Man Casualties of War oneshot, Iron Man 13+14, and the Civil War Confession (which makes the book worth it alone)
The Road to Civil War - Gives some good insight on the main story, and why some characters act the way they do. The bits with Spider-Man and his bitchin' new suit are great.
Civil War: Punisher War Journal - A small note, this is not your super-gritty Ennis Punisher, but I like Fraction's take and think the book is still really enjoyable and worth the read.
Well if you're interested in Civil War specifically, there's Road to Civil War and Civil War. There's a ton of spin-off trades that are cool reads, but those two will give you the story.
As for other stuff, yeah, there's a lot. Really depends on who you're interested in.
It's just the main book in the arc. There's are multiple other books that tie in to it including [Road to the Civil War] (http://www.amazon.com/Road-Civil-Brian-Michael-Bendis/dp/0785119744/ref=pd_sim_b_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=07584WHSA7CSYCRHF0MM) and a whole lot more. Most aren't that central to the story, but there are some good reads in there.
you seem to know a fair amount, of what i needed to know.
So i gotta ask. would you say [this] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Civil-War-Road-Graphic-Novel/dp/0785119744/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y) would also be a good starting point?
I can buy both, this and civil war for relatively cheap.
Civil War is kind of all over the place, but here is the "correct" order you should read it in:
There are a LOT more comics lines that follow the Civil War arc but these are the main ones that you will want to read. The new Cap 3 movie will also be based on Civil War!