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| "Civil War" | |||
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 Cover toCivil War #7 (January 2007) bySteve McNiven | |||
| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||
| Publication date | July 2006 – February 2007 | ||
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| Main character(s) | Iron Man Captain America Avengers Spider-Man Fantastic Four | ||
| Creative team | |||
| Writer | Mark Millar | ||
| Penciller | Steve McNiven | ||
| Inker | Dexter Vines | ||
| Letterer | Chris Eliopoulos | ||
| Colorist | Morry Hollowell | ||
| Editor(s) | Molly Lazer, Aubrey Sitterson,Andy Schmidt andTom Brevoort | ||
| Civil War | ISBN 0-7851-2179-X | ||
"Civil War" is a 2006–07Marvel Comicscrossover event. The storyline consists of an eponymous seven-issuelimited series, written byMark Millar and penciled bySteve McNiven, and various tie-in books. The storyline builds upon previous Marvel storylines, particularly "Avengers Disassembled", "House of M", and "Decimation". The series'tagline is "Whose Side Are You On?".[1]
Civil War explores the conflict between freedom and security against a backdrop of real-life events and discussions, such as the U.S. government'sincreased surveillance of its citizens in response to the9/11 attacks.[2][3] The plot revolves around the U.S. government passing aSuperhero Registration Act to ostensibly have super-powered individuals act under official regulation, akin to law enforcement. Superheroes opposing the act, led byCaptain America, find themselves in conflict with its supporters, led byIron Man.Spider-Man is caught in the middle, while theX-Men remain neutral for mutantkind's survival. The superheroes supporting the law, includingMister Fantastic andMs. Marvel, become increasinglyauthoritarian.
The series polarized critics and fans, but was a commercial success. A sequel,Civil War II, debuted in June 2016. The 2016Marvel Cinematic Universe filmCaptain America: Civil War loosely adapted the storyline.
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TheSuperhero Registration Act introduced inCivil War requires any United States resident withsuperhuman abilities to register with the federal government as a "human weapon of mass destruction". They must also reveal their true identity to authorities, and undergo training. Those who register may work forS.H.I.E.L.D., earning a salary and benefits, like other American civil servants.
Mark Millar, writer for the story, has said:
I opted instead for making the superhero dilemma something a little different. People thought they were dangerous, but they did not want a ban. What they wanted was superheroes paid by the federal government like cops and open to the same kind of scrutiny. It was the perfect solution and nobody, as far as I'm aware, has done this before.[4]
Marvel announced in August 2006 that some issues of the mainCivil War series would be pushed back several months to accommodate artist Steve McNiven. The schedule had issue #4 being released one month late, in September, while issue #5 was released two months later, in November. Furthermore, varioustie-in books, including theCivil War: Front Lineminiseries, were delayed to avoid spoiling plot developments.[5]
In late November 2006, Marvel announced another delay.Civil War #6, originally scheduled for December 20, was pushed back two weeks and released on January 4. Unlike the previous instance, onlyThe Punisher War Journal #2 was delayed. In a final act of rescheduling,Civil War #7 was pushed back two weeks (from January 17 to January 31),[6] and then pushed back again until February 21.[7]
After the publication ofCivil War #7, Mark Millar described the book toNewsarama as "a story where a guy wrapped in the American flag is in chains as the people swap freedom for security".[8] Millar conceded a "certain amount of political allegory"[8] but said its real focus was on superheroes fighting each other. Contrasting it withThe Ultimates, Millar saidCivil War was "accidentally political because I just cannot help myself".[8]
TheNew Warriors (Night Thrasher,Namorita,Speedball, andMicrobe) battle a group of villains (Cobalt Man,Speedfreek,Coldheart, andNitro) inStamford, Connecticut, while filming areality television show. Nitro explodes, killing more than 600 people (including school children and every villain and New Warrior present, minus Speedball). Numerous other superheroes appear in Stamford to search for survivors.
Public opinion turns against superhumans, branding even inactive members of the New Warriors as "baby killers".Hindsight, desperate to distance himself from the team, releases the New Warriors' secret identities online, and several of them are attacked.She-Hulk forces Hindsight to shut down the site, and Hindsight is arrested byJohn Jameson. Angry civilians attack theHuman Torch outside a club after he cuts the line and mocks one of his critics.
Guided byIron Man,Congress passes the Superhuman Registration Act (SHRA), 6 U.S.C. § 558,[9] requiring the registration of all persons with superhuman abilities with the U.S. government, and the enlistment and training of all aspiring superheroes. The law applies to those with naturally occurring superhuman abilities, humans using exotic technology (e.g. Iron Man), or anyone who wants to challenge superhumans.[10] Enactment of the federal law leads to revisions of state criminal codes.[11]
Characters within theMarvel Universe superhero community split into two groups. One advocates registration as a responsible obligation, and the other opposes it, arguing the act violates civil liberties and the protection secret identities provide. While arguing withIron Man about the law,African American heroLuke Cage compares the mandatory registration toslavery.[12] A number of villains also choose a side.
Captain America refuses to join aS.H.I.E.L.D. strike force hunting violators of the act, and is attacked by S.H.I.E.L.D.'s "Cape-Killers" before the act is passed. He subsequently becomes a fugitive, and forms an underground resistance movement calling itself the "Secret Avengers". This team includesHercules,Falcon,Danny Rand (who is acting asDaredevil in Matt Murdock's place),[13]Luke Cage, and theYoung Avengers.[14][13] Iron Man,Reed Richards,Hank Pym (actually aSkrull in disguise), andShe-Hulk come down in favor of the act.Spider-Man unmasks at a press conference as a show of support for the act.[13]Doctor Strange wants no part of the act and tells Iron Man and Mister Fantastic to never call on him again (the government subsequently declares Doctor Strange exempt).
The government-backed heroes track down unregistered superhumans and subsequently detain or register them. Captain America's Secret Avengers and Iron Man's Avengers end up fighting in Yancy Street. TheThing, who was only visiting his old neighborhood, gets roped into crowd control. However, when a young member of the Yancy Street Gang is killed in the ensuing violence, he leaves the country for France.
The Secret Avengers, responding to a false emergency, are lured into an ambush by the pro-registration forces. As the battle turns against them, a new weapon is brought into play:Project Lightning, a cyborg clone ofThor. Confronted byBill Foster, "Thor" sends a bolt of lightning through his chest, killing him. With both sides stunned, Cap orders a retreat.Susan Storm shelters the re-grouping Secret Avengers under an energy shield, allowing their escape.
Foster's death shakes up both sides:Stature andNighthawk surrender and register, while the Human Torch and Invisible Woman oppose the act. In turn, Pym drafts a sub-group of theThunderbolts to the SRA's cause.[15]
Spider-Man demands to see thePrison 42 in the Negative Zone.[16] He concludes he's made a mistake in siding with Stark, and attempts to defect. Iron Man confronts Peter, however, yet after a brief battle, Spider-Man escapes. Against Tony's will, Peter is hunted down and badly beaten by theJester andJack O'Lantern of the new Thunderbolts. ThePunisher saves Spider-Man by killing the two villains, and carries him to a Secret Avengers safe-house. After recuperating, Spider-Man joins Cap's forces,[17] and publicly pledges to fight the Registration Act.
The Punisher seeks to join Captain America's forces. He explains Iron Man's decision to employ infamous mass murderers motivated the gun-wielding vigilante to come out of hiding, but also notes superhero registration has caused a huge drop in crime. Captain America reluctantly accepts Punisher's help.
As the Punisher makes his way through the Baxter Building to retrieve plans for the Negative Zone prison, Sue Richards travels to Atlantis to persuade Namor to join the Secret Avengers, although he refuses. SupervillainsGoldbug andPlunderer arrive at the Secret Avengers' base to join Captain America's team, but the Punisher immediately kills them, leading Captain America to attack him and kick him out of the group.
While meditating, Doctor Strange speaks withUatu the Watcher, who asks why Strange does not end the conflict with his immense power. Doctor Strange responds that the Sorcerer Supreme has no business in mankind's internal struggles, but promises to pray for an outcome with minimal bloodshed that will benefit mankind.
As the final battle begins,Cloak teleports the combatants toNew York City, where Namor and an Atlantean army arrive to fight alongside the Secret Avengers. The Champions, the Thor clone, andCaptain Marvel, meanwhile, reinforce Stark's team. Mister Fantastic saves Invisible Woman from a bullet fired byTaskmaster, and Hercules destroys the Thor clone. The Thing returns to protect the civilians. As Captain America is about to deliver a final blow to Iron Man, policemen, EMTs, and firefighters try to restrain him. Realizing how much damage the fight has already inflicted upon the very people he wishes to protect, Captain America surrenders, and orders his team to stand down.
At the end of the storyline, a number of changes to the status quo have occurred, including:
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"†" indicates that the character died during the storyline.
"∆" indicates that the character originally upheld the act, but defected and became a Secret Avenger.
"°" indicates that the character was a Secret Avenger, but defected and registered.
"+" indicates that the character either retired or relocated to Canada.
"×" indicates that the character was neutral, but later became a Secret Avenger.
Registered heroes and villains
Detained and recruited heroes and villains / Thunderbolts army
Seelist of Thunderbolts members.
Unregistered heroes and villains / Secret Avengers
Detained heroes and villains
Unregistered heroes
Neutral parties
When the Super-Human Registration Act was proposed,Professor X and the Avengers argued that mutantkind and superpowered communities should police themselves.Cyclops thought it was preposterous for Professor X to appoint himself the representative of mutantkind, and his opposition to Xavier's proposal ledJean Grey to break up with him and marry Wolverine.[19]
The 2015Contest of Champions series featured an alternate version of Civil War that had everything go in Tony Stark's favor. Five years after the war, Tony becomes the President of the United States and leads the Mighty Avengers as the Iron Patriot. His team consists of Penance (Robbie Baldwin), Iron Spider (Natasha Romanoff), Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers), and the Thor clone known as Thunderstrike. Steve Rogers (no longer called Captain America) and his teammates have been arrested and buy time off their sentence by performing suicide missions as the Thunderbolts. Steve's team consists of Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Invisible Woman, the Punisher, and Bill Foster's Goliath (who survived the Civil War in this reality).
President Stark and his Mighty Avengers are taken to Battleworld by Maestro and have their memories altered to think that they are on Earth and that the Renegade Champions already there are unregistered vigilantes. The Thunderbolts are sent to rescue them, but misunderstandings result in the deaths of Penance and Thunderstrike and all three teams start fighting each other. Tony kills Steve and reveals that he is in the possession of the Reality Gem from the Infinity Gauntlet. Tony and the members of the Illuminati divided the six Infinity Stones after hunting them down and vowed never to use them. But when Tony let the events of Civil War happen in their natural course, he couldn't resist using the Reality Gem to alter events in his favor. He used the gem to prevent the deaths of Goliath and Captain America, win the war, and rig the presidential election. He attempts to use it again to undo his killing of Steve, but it does not work since they were in another dimension. Maestro kills Tony and the Punisher, but is stopped by the intervention of Stick, the Sentry, and Nigel Higgins using the Iso-Sphere. The remaining five heroes from the Mighty Avengers and Thunderbolts stay behind on Battleworld with the Sentry and fight villains attempting to gather the Iso-Sphere as the Civil Warriors.[20]
When Mister Fantastic was researching realities where the Civil War ended differently, he found one reality in which their version of Anthony Stark was a woman named Natasha Stark. The Civil War was avoided entirely in this reality due to her marriage to Steve Rogers, by deterring each other's more aggressive behaviour and allowing Reed Richards to complete the Super Hero Registration Program.[21]
In a reality where all the characters age naturally after Peter Parker becomes Spider-Man in 1962, the Superhuman Registration Act was passed shortly after theSeptember 11 attacks in 2001 and lasted for years. As a result, most of the heroes are middle-aged and older. In 2006, Ben Reilly (who was publicly known as Peter Parker/Spider-Man) was murdered byMorlun, prompting the real Peter Parker to return to New York to reveal he's alive to draw Morlun out to him and prevent Stark from taking control of Parker Industries. When Peter refuses Stark's offer to register, he is attacked by the U.S. Avengers (consisting ofTony Stark/Iron Man,James Rhodes/War Machine,Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel,Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow,Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk, andDanny Rand/Iron Fist all wearing power armors) before he is assisted by the Anti-Registration Avengers (consisting ofSteve Rogers/Captain America,Clint Barton/Hawkeye,Luke Cage,Tyrone Johnson/Cloak and Tandy Bowen/Dagger). Peter dons a new Spider-Man armor and defeats the U.S. Avengers with a device that exposes a fail-safe Tony placed inside all of their armors. After Tony is revealed to be a hologram and disappears, Spider-Man joins the Anti-Registration Avengers to follow his daughter's advice on leaving the world a better place for future generations.[22] A decade later, it is revealed that Dr. Doom took over the planet as the heroes were too busy fighting each other (a reference tothe 2015 Secret Wars). Peter becomes the new leader of the resistance after all the other heroes died or disappeared from the public.[23]
During an attempt by the reality-displacedSuperior Spider-Man (Otto Octavius's mind in Peter Parker's body) to reach back to his dimension as seen in theSpider-Verse storyline, he discovered an alternate dimension where a Civil War Iron Spider-Man lies dead (killed by Karn) prompting him to continue investigating the murders of Spider-Men throughout the Multiverse.[24]
InWhat If Civil War Ended Differently?, a stranger appears in front of Iron Man, who is visiting Captain America's grave atArlington National Cemetery. Tony Stark is told of two alternate ways the Civil War could have concluded:[25]
Faced with this vision, Tony believes that this proves that he was right to pursue his pro-registration course of action, but the stranger then reveals another possibility;
The stranger is revealed to beUatu, Earth 616's Watcher. Upon learning of the possibility of this alternate reality, Tony is devastated and weeps for the bright future he helped prevent.
InWhat If:Annihilation byDavid Hine and Mico Suayan, the cosmic Annihilation War reaches Earth during the War. The heroes unite to neutralize it, and many die in the first clashes. Captain America and Iron Man, after a final reconciliation, sacrifice themselves alongsideNova to deflect the fullAnnihilation Wave.[26]
The "Civil War" storyline is featured in the 2015 storyline "Secret Wars", a crossover storyline, which revisits previous Marvel Comics storylines in the form of isolated geographic locations on a planet called Battleworld. The "Civil War" area is referred to as the Warzone.[27]
A direct sequel to the original series debuted in June 2016, written by Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by David Marquez.[28] Unlike the previous story and the film, the conflict in this storyline is not about issues of government registration; instead, a new Inhuman, Ulysses, emerges with the ability to see predictions about the future. This results in conflict emerging between heroes led byIron Man andCaptain Marvel respectively, Stark favoring self-determination and concerned about the prospects of coming to depend on the visions while Danvers feels that his visions represent a potentially valuable asset.
At the time of its release,Civil War received mixed reviews. Comic Book Round Up gave the series an average rating of 6.5.According to a scholarly analysis presented at the 2007Comic-Con International, this story's conflict is a natural outgrowth of what psychologistErich Fromm called "the basic human dilemma", the conflicting desires for both security and freedom, and "character motivations on both sides arise from positive human qualities because Fromm's image of human nature is ultimately optimistic, holding that people on either side are struggling to find what is best for all".[2]However, over time,Civil War has become more well received. IGN ranked it as one of the greatest comic book events.[29]
(This list is in read order)
| Title | Years covered | Material collected | Pages | Released | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civil War | 2006-2007 | Civil War #1–7;Marvel Spotlight: Civil War;Daily Bugle Civil War Newspaper Special; Civil War Script Book | 512 | 12 Nov 2008 | Steve McNiven cover:978-0785121787 |
| Michael Turner DM cover:978-0785121787 | |||||
| 6 Apr 2016 | Steve McNiven cover:978-0785194484 | ||||
| Movie DM cover:978-1302900199 | |||||
| Civil War: Avengers | 2006-2007 | New Avengers: Illuminati;New Avengers #21–25;Ms. Marvel #6–8;Iron Man/Captain America: Casualties of War;Iron Man #13–14;Winter Soldier: Winter Kills;Captain America #22–25;Civil War: The Confession;Civil War: The Initiative;Civil War Fallen Son Daily Bugle Special | 552 | 12 Sep 2010 | Adi Granov cover:978-0785148807 |
| Civil War: Fantastic Four | 2006-2007 | Fantastic Four #536–543;Black Panther #18–25;She-Hulk #8;Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways #1–4 | 536 | 6 Oct 2010 | Adi Granov cover:978-0785148814 |
| Civil War: Frontline | 2006-2007 | Civil War: Frontline #1–11;Civil War: Choosing Sides;Civil War: The Return | 440 | 27 Oct 2010 | John Watson cover:978-0785149491 |
| Civil War: Spider-Man | 2006-2007 | Amazing Spider-Man #529–538;Sensational Spider-Man #28–34;Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #11–16 | 544 | 1 Dec 2010 | Ron Garney cover:978-0785148821 |
| Civil War: Underside | 2006-2007 | Thunderbolts #103–105;Moon Knight #7–12;Heroes For Hire #1–3;Civil War: War Crimes;Punisher War Journal #1–3;Ghost Rider #8–11 | 512 | 29 Dec 2010 | David Finch cover:978-0785148838 |
| Civil War: X-Men | 2006-2007 | Wolverine #42–48;X-Factor #8–9;Cable & Deadpool #30–32;Civil War: X-Men #1–4;Blade #5;Civil War Files;Civil War: Battle Damage Report | 520 | 2 Feb 2011 | Humberto Ramos cover:978-0785148845 |
In 2016, to promote the release of theCaptain America: Civil War movie, Marvel produced an 11-volume boxset, featuring:Civil War Prologue (304 pages),Civil War (256),Civil War: Avengers (392),Civil War: Fantastic Four (360),Civil War: Frontline (360),Civil War: Marvel Universe (408),Civil War: Spider-Man (472),Civil War: The Underside (352),Civil War: X-Men (408),Civil War: Aftermath (344),Civil War: Files (464), and a folded poster. The ISBN is978-0785196945.
| Title | Material Collected | Pages | Released | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Road to Civil War | New Avengers: Illuminati Amazing Spider-Man #529-531Fantastic Four #536 & 537 | 160 | February 21, 2007 | 978-0-7851-1974-6 |
| Civil War | Civil War (2006) #1-7 | 208 | April 11, 2007 | 978-0-7851-2179-4 |
| Civil War: Front Line - Volume 1 | Civil War: Front Line #1-6 | 208 | May 2, 2007 | 978-0-7851-2312-5 |
| Civil War: Front Line - Volume 2 | Civil War: Front Line #7-11 | 160 | May 23, 2007 | 978-0-7851-2469-6 |
| Civil War: Front Line | Civil War: Front Line #1-11 | 360 | April 7, 2016 | 978-0-7851-9565-8 |
| Captain America: Civil War | Captain America #22-24 Winter Soldier: Winter Kills one-shot | 112 | January 1, 2007 | 978-0-7851-2798-7 |
| Iron Man: Civil War | Iron Man #13-#14 Iron Man/Captain America: Casualties of WarCivil War: The Confession | 160 | January 1, 2007 | 978-0-7851-2314-9 |
| Civil War: Captain America/Iron Man | Captain America #22-24 Winter Soldier: Winter Kills one-shotIron Man #13-#14Iron Man/Captain America: Casualties of WarCivil War: The Confession | 224 | March 31, 2016 | 978-0-7851-9563-4 |
| The Amazing Spider-Man: Civil War | Amazing Spider-Man #532-538 | 168 | May 2, 2007 | 978-0-7851-2237-1 |
| Civil War: Peter Parker, Sensational Spider-Man | Sensational Spider-Man #28-34 | 168 | January 1, 2007 | 978-0-7851-2189-3 |
| Fantastic Four: Civil War | Fantastic Four #538-543 | 184 | January 1, 2007 | 978-0-7851-2227-2 |
| Civil War: Heroes For Hire | Heroes for Hire #1-5 | 120 | January 1, 2007 | 978-0-7851-2362-0 |
| Civil War: Thunderbolts | Thunderbolts #101-105 | 120 | January 1, 2007 | 978-0-7851-1947-0 |
| Civil War: Heroes for Hire/Thunderbolts | Heroes For Hire #1-5 Thunderbolts #101-105 | 240 | January 1, 2016 | 978-0-7851-9566-5 |
| Civil War: X-Men | Civil War: X-Men #1-4 | 112 | May 9, 2007 | 978-0-7851-2313-2 |
| Civil War: X-Men Universe | Cable & Deadpool #30-32 X-Factor #8-9 | 120 | January 1, 2007 | 978-0-7851-2243-2 |
| Civil War: X-Men | Civil War: X-Men #1-4 Cable & Deadpool #30-32X-Factor #8-9 | 224 | January 1, 2016 | 978-0-7851-9571-9 |
| Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways | Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #1-4 | 112 | January 1, 2007 | 978-0-7851-2317-0 |
| Black Panther: Civil War | Black Panther #19-25 | 168 | January 1, 2007 | 978-0-7851-2235-7 |
| Ms. Marvel, Vol 2: Civil War | Miss Marvel #6-10 & Special #1 | 136 | January 1, 2007 | 978-0-7851-2305-7 |
| New Avengers, Vol 5: Civil War | New Avengers #21-25 | 120 | January 1, 2007 | 978-0-7851-2446-7 |
| Punisher War Journal: Civil War | Punisher War Journal #1-4 Punisher War Journal #1 in B&W | 144 | September 5, 2007 | 978-0-7851-2315-6 |
| Wolverine: Civil War | Collects Wolverine #42-48 | 168 | January 1, 2007 | 978-0-7851-1980-7 |
| Civil War: War Crimes | Civil War: War Crimes and Underworld #1-5 | 160 | May 30, 2007 | 978-0-7851-2652-2 |
| Civil War: Companion | Civil War Files Civil War: Battle Damage ReportMarvel Spotlight: Mark Miller/Steve McNivenMarvel Spotlight: Civil War AftermathDaily Bugle: Civil War Special Edition | 216 | June 13, 2007 | 978-0-7851-2576-1 |
| Civil War: Marvel Universe | Civil War: The Initiative Civil War: Choosing SidesCivil War: The ReturnShe-Hulk #8What If?: Civil War | 184 | January 1, 2016 | 978-0-7851-9567-2 |
| What If? Civil War | What If? Annihilation What If? Civil WarWhat If? Planet HulkWhat If? X-MenWhat If? Spider-Man vs. Wolverine | 120 | January 1, 2008 | 978-0-7851-3036-9 |
Marvel adaptedCivil War into a prose hardcover novel in July 2012 as the first of a series of four novels adapting some of Marvel's most significant fictional events.[30] It was written byStuart Moore, the writer ofNamor: The First Mutant. The book expanded on the story and set the events duringBarack Obama's first term in office, rather than George W. Bush's last term; Tony Stark makes reference to theAffordable Care Act when speaking to Spider-Man in the first chapter of the novel.[30] The novel is set in the alternate timeline created by the controversial storyline "One More Day" and detailed in "One Moment in Time", as Spider-Man is depicted as never having married Mary Jane Watson, having never arrived on the day of their wedding.[31] In the original comics version,Civil War was a lead-in to "One More Day", depicting May Parker's assassination on the orders ofWilson Fisk near the end of the mainCivil War storyline. An illustrated version of the novel was released in 2016, with a cover from Steve Epting, and internal art from Steve McNiven. The ISBN is978-0785195863.
The 2016 filmCaptain America: Civil War was a cinematic treatment of the story, albeit focusing more on the issue of government control rather than public knowledge of secret identities: these matters were also being escalated by the interference and manipulation ofHelmut Zemo as his plan for revenge against the Avengers' role in Ultron's assault and the deaths of Zemo's family. The movie version ofCivil War also differs from the comic substantially; theUnited Nations enforces the above regulations, called the Sokovia Accords, rather than America alone, formerArmy GeneralThaddeus Ross as theUnited States Secretary of State is involved in the registration debacle instead ofS.H.I.E.L.D. andMaria Hill as the former was dismantled inCaptain America: The Winter Soldier and the latter's whereabouts are unknown at that point or is presumably in hiding withNick Fury, and the fate ofBucky Barnes is a key element of the war after he is framed for the assassination of the Black Panther's father, the king of Wakanda. As in the comics, Captain America and Iron Man are the respective leaders of the anti-registration and pro-registration sides of the conflicts, with Cap's side including the Falcon, Bucky, Ant-Man, Hawkeye, and the Scarlet Witch, and Iron Man's side being Black Widow, War Machine, the Black Panther, Spider-Man, and the Vision. Stark and Rogers reconcile after realizing the truth of the king's assassination, but it is short-lived as Zemo reveals Barnes' role in Stark's parents' deaths, and that Rogers kept the truth from him. An enraged Stark attacks both Rogers and Barnes, and the fight culminates with Rogers abandoning hisshield and identity and escaping with Barnes, becoming a fugitive in the process. The film concludes with Cap's side seeking asylum in Wakanda after the Black Panther recognizes that he was wrong to target Bucky. The latter is then put into cryogenic sleep. Black Widow goes on the run after betraying Stark's side to help Rogers find the instigator of their fight, and War Machine is left crippled after injuries sustained in the final battle.
Later in the 2018 filmAvengers: Infinity War it was revealed that Hawkeye and Ant-Man made deals with Ross to be placed on house arrest, so they could be with their families. The impact of the Civil War is also heavily felt throughout the film as the Avengers' disunity and Rogers and Stark still being on bad terms, left them vulnerable to Thanos' invasion andthe Blip.
A different variation of the Civil War storyline closely resemblingCivil War II as it featuresIron Man andCaptain Marvel in opposition to each other was adapted in the four-part season finale ofAvengers: Ultron Revolution. In this version of the storyline, the Registration Act targets newInhumans, and teams of Avengers come into conflict over the issue, as in other adaptations. It is revealed in Part 3, however, that the Inhuman Registration Act is actually part of a plan byUltron (disguised as Truman Marsh) to begin the Ultron Revolution by manipulating humans and Inhumans into destroying each other, which is foiled by the combined efforts of the Avengers.
