"The message of Civil War is the perfect comic-book product of the George Bush era: Which do you value more, security or liberty? America’s prison population swells. Heroes put their loved ones in danger when the government unmasks their secret identities. The government uses villains to arrest ‘the good guys.’ Heroes are held as ‘unregistered combatants’ in ‘undisclosed locations’ in North America. All of this is done with the willing participation of the citizens and representatives of the United States."
From this review of Marvel Comics’ Civil War.
I downloaded the complete fifty-nine issue torrent of this event and started reading it today. It’s awesome, and I haven’t even gotten to the really good stuff yet! Marvel superheroes + political commentary on post-9/11 civil liberties erosion = !!!.
