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Originally posted by Peulsar5:

As far as Civil War, I am curious how they are going to fix the Spider-man secret identity thing. Is the Scarlett Witch going to return and cast a hex? Will Dr Strange cast a spell? Will Phoenix wipe everyone's memory?

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No no no no no no no no NO BLOODY RESETS!!! Absolutely none! I won't accept it! If they rest the whole Civil War thing I will give up on Marvel!


*folds her arms*



*weakens*



Oh who am I kidding. I won't give up on Marvel until Wolverine is using his adamantium claws to cut pretty paper dolls-erm... I won't give up on Marvel ever. But if they reset I will be seriously miffed!

Besides, how can you do a reset when House of M is the ultimate anti-reset story? It would just destroy that series, *and* everything it was building up to.

No resets. Peter's a public figure now. That could make for some of the best Spider-man stories ever. I want to see consequences, dammit!

I should also add that I have a tendancy to refer to Infinate Crisis when I actually mean Crisis on Infinate Earths. I know, I know, I'm a terrible Marvel-loving DC-heathen ignoramus. *feels shame*

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*sings* Waaarrrr iiiissss ooooovvveeeerrrr! Iiiiffff yyyyooouuuu wwaaaaaaannnttt iiittttt!

Civil War has officially ended. And without giving away the ending to those that haven't read it (or cracked and allowed themselves to be spoiled *points at self*) there were no resets, no one-side forgiving the other and no happy, consequencesless ending.

This is the review given by Chris' Invincible Super Blog - http://the-isb.blogspot.com - spoiler tagged to protect the unspoiled and innocent.

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Civil War #7: And now, the reason we're all here. At this point, everything that I can tell you about the last issue of Civil War has already been said elsewhere, and I've even taken my own shots at it with Wednesday's 30-second recap, but it bears repeating: This has got to be the biggest pile of nothing that I have ever read.

To its credit, the artwork is fantastic. Steve McNiven's a great talent, and with Morry Hollowell's coloring, this has been an absolutely beautiful book from start to finish, even if he did forget that the Vision's a kid these days. The script, however, fails on every conceivable level. The biggest problem, of course, is that after all these months, with a year's worth of delays and promises that it's only late beacuse while the ending was awesome, they wanted to rewrite it to be super-awesome, it ends in the most poorly-written and anticlimactic resolution of Mark Millar's entire career. It's so wildly problematic that I don't even know where to begin, but I'll just start by saying that Captain America's tackled by a group of emergency workers who might as well be carrying a banner reading "THE HEROES OF 9/11" in grand political cartoon fashion, it's actually less tasteful than when the ghosts of the dead firemen show up in last month's issue of Tarot. And if they hadn't jumped on him, are we really supposed to believe that Captain America was about to decapitate Tony Stark--his friend--like he did to the Red Skull? Really?

Not that I could really blame him, considering the way Tony Stark's been characterized through the whole series. It's not enough that he's a facist who thinks it's a good idea to send out a team of serial murderers to kill Spider-Man, but he's become thoroughly unlikeable as a person. The cheap shot at Maria Hill at the end of the series--which would maybe be understandable if they hadn't been on the same side for the whole thing--just seals the deal of making him a total prick, and I honestly can't understand why anybody would want to read about that guy anymore.

And it only gets worse from there. The idea that this whole huge "event" has led to Captain America bursting into tears at the sight of a few wrecked buildings--in a city that's been invaded by Atlantis, trashed by Galactus, had literal Roman Catholic Hell break out, and had mile-long profanity carved into it with orbital laser beams¹--is only slightly less preposterous than the fact that it leads Captain America, one of two characters who stands as the voice of morality in the Marvel Universe, to quit. I honestly don't mean to go all fan-entitlement on anybody, but Sweet Christmas, Captain America doesn't quit. It's what defines him as a character. And for him to quit specifically in a battle that revolves around freedom is... well, it's crazy.

And that's just the high point, which in itself is predicated on the idea that Black Panther--a master tactician in his own right--thinks it's a good idea to teleport the giant super-hero battle into the middle of downtown Manhattan. And it just keeps getting worse, from the pithy, faux-tough dialogue to the phenomenally trite and poorly-written letter from Reed Richards (who, incidentally, apparently forgot that he's got stretching powers that would protect him from being shot, and that his wife can create force fields), to Spider-Man's nonsensical costume change. The parts that are "good" are only good in the way that all recent Mark Millar stories are good: They're exciting. Who doesn't want to see Namor show up and yell his catchphrase, or watch Hercules bash

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http://comics.ign.com/articles/105/1052885p1.html

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December 7, 2009 - It's December now, and that generally means one thing around the IGN offices – the annual Best of Awards. It's been a massive year for the comics industry,with plenty of big releases, new event storylines, and a few surprising announcements. Even in the final weeks of 2009, the industry isn't pausing to reflect on the past 12 months. But that's where we come in.

You'll be seeing several features leading up to our Best Of awards, including our countdown of the year's top 100 covers. In this Year in Review feature, we take a look at the industry as a whole and what books made the biggest splash in 2009. In the first section, we cover the major announcements from Marvel, DC, Image and Dark Horse, and the independent publishers. From there, we profile the biggest books in 2009 based on (not necessarily the best or even the best-selling, but just the ones that got people talking the most). And finally, we wrap up with a look at what's coming in 2010. So far, we're not expecting the new year to be any easier on the poor wallet.




Marvel

Marvel's publishing strategy in 2009 could be summed up by two words – "Dark Reign". Less a structured event than a general story direction, the early months of 2009 saw nearly every book in Marvel's lineup affected by Norman Osborn's rise to power. Chief among these were the Avengers titles, including newcomer Dark Avengers. Dark Reign lasted throughout the summer in major storylines like "World's Most Wanted" in Invincible Iron Man, "American Son" in Amazing Spider-Man, and the Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men crossover Utopia. It was finally brought to a close through the Dark Reign: The List mini-series and the one-shot special Siege: The Cabal. Dark Reign may be over, but its effects will certainly be felt going into 2010.

While Dark Reign was big news, another announcement dominated the headlines in the second half of the year. In late August, Disney announced its plans to buy Marvel in an arrangement not unlike its purchase of Pixar several years ago. While a few conspiracy theorists predicted the "Disney-fication" of Marvel's books or inevitable team-ups between Wolverine and Mickey Mouse, most recognized the interesting possibilities such a merger could bring. The deal hasn't been finalized yet, and it's doubtful fans will notice much of a change in the next year or two, but hopefully the deal will eventually lead to more exposure for Marvel's books and characters.

Though it was quickly overshadowed by the Disney announcement, another major Marvel-related development caught the attention of fans over he summer. At SDCC, Marvel revealed they had acquired the rights to Marvelman, a series as well-known for its thorny legal problems as its quality storytelling. The deal includes both the rights to reprint the original Marvelman stories as well as new material. Readers have already been told to expect Marvelman's arrival in the Marvel Universe sometime in the future. As for reprints of the landmark stories by Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman from the '80s and '90s, the future is still uncertain.

2009 wasn't exactly the banner year for comic book movies that 2008 was, but one major Marvel movie did kick off the summer movie season. X-Men Origins: Wolverine saw Hugh Jackman reprise his role for the fourth time. The movie also gave many viewers their first exposure to the wise-cracking Deadpool, who is now reportedly due for a spinoff franchise in the next few years.



DC

Unlike Marvel, DC is already owned by a major multinational corporation. However, DC has existed as an almost autonomous entity within Warner Bros. Given the runaway success of Marvel Studios and its movie lineup, Warner Bros. decided the time had come to work more closely with DC. In September, coming hot off the heels of the Disney/Marvel announcement, Warners revealed that DC was being restructured. The company has now become DC Entertainment. President and publisher Paul Levitz stepped down from his positions (and subsequent

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