Grim... wrote:
I dunno, when I read it (a long time ago, admittedly), I remember Stark hiring folk like Bullseye and Venom to kill
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Spider-Man (who got saved by The Punisher, whoo!)
and even though he was clearly on the right side, he was being a dick. Although there was some villains on Cap's side too. Hmm. Clearly I have to read it again. To Amazon!
Iron Man never intended to kill anyone, that would be insane. He did send some allegedly ex villains to capture
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after he tried to do a runner and said villains took things to far though hence the rescue by The Punisher. And yeah, Stark was being a massive, massive dick which is what led to
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defection when he found out about the shit Iron Man was getting up to.
Also, apparently, the Hulk thing happened before the Stamford incident. The whole thing's described in some amount of detail here:
http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Civil_War_%28Event%29Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
He's not, though. Cap (throughout Marvel) has always stood for American exceptionalism, and that has tinges of individualism and libertarianism. It's the American Dream, baby! The side he lands on in Civil War is consistent with his character. Whereas Stark, for all his bad boy rebellion, is a billionaire who owns an arms company; he's part of the institution. He is The Man. I always felt this central division was very cleverly drawn.
I agree to a certain degree with your analysis of Cap's character but he's ultimately a soldier and tends to believe in The System so it's usually treated pretty seriously on the occasions he 'rebels'. The setup of the comics Civil War makes a credible argument for this because the impact of the Registration Act is potentially massive, but in the film it seems to be purely because a single friend of his is in trouble. I realise this is coming off the back of the revelations around SHIELD shaking his faith somewhat but it still seems more likely he'd fight for Buckie to get a fair trial rather than somewhat selfishly using this as a reason to not only go underground himself but to drag people like The Falcon along with him.
The main Civil War comics are very good but I massively enjoyed all the tie-ins and side stories because the idea of a Registration Act universally affected all heroes. If you're looking to catch up on it I'd recommend reading them all and not just the core books.