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micronce's review
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
mxd's review
2.0
Hmmmm. It was all riiiiiiight, I guess. It's a slim volume, so there's not much in it, and of what there is, only half of it is really good. I really loved the Iron Man and Captain America's alternate realities and enjoyed the Hulk ones (there's a rather cheeky one I found really funny), but the rest were rather boring and forgettable. I do love Stark and Cap's friendship, it's one of the most compelling, fun and interesting aspect of the Avengers, so it was great seeing how their feud plays out in other realities and I could have just kept reading reality upon reality of that. I think there was a Spiderman one in there somehow too, no memory of what happened there.
A bit disappointing overall.
A bit disappointing overall.
zephyrsilver's review
1.0
Only a third of this actually had to do with "Civil War". The rest were just "What If?" stories that they decided to throw in so they could actually make a trade paperback.
I barely got through even the parts related to "Civil War". It was basically just Marvel writing fanfiction, and not nearly as well as most fanfiction writers can do. We could have imagined these "what if" scenarios just as easily, and probably better.
The first "What if" story for "Civil War" had something to do with Captain America being on the opposite side, I think? I couldn't concentrate on it because I intensely hated the art-work. It was like caricatures, rather than comic art. It was grotesque and horrible. The artwork physically pained me. Especially compared to the beautiful pages with Tony and the Stranger.
The rest, I don't even remember. And I barely bothered past the Civil War stuff.
There was one where Spiderman and Wolverine became a killing team. Weird.
There was also a Planet Hulk section. I never read Planet Hulk. So it was pointless for me.
Ditto the Annihilation part. I'd never even heard of that arc.
I think the entire Civil War arc was just for Marvel to make as much money as they possibly could, by releasing far too many paperbacks, which weren't even really necessary.
I barely got through even the parts related to "Civil War". It was basically just Marvel writing fanfiction, and not nearly as well as most fanfiction writers can do. We could have imagined these "what if" scenarios just as easily, and probably better.
The first "What if" story for "Civil War" had something to do with Captain America being on the opposite side, I think? I couldn't concentrate on it because I intensely hated the art-work. It was like caricatures, rather than comic art. It was grotesque and horrible. The artwork physically pained me. Especially compared to the beautiful pages with Tony and the Stranger.
The rest, I don't even remember. And I barely bothered past the Civil War stuff.
There was one where Spiderman and Wolverine became a killing team. Weird.
There was also a Planet Hulk section. I never read Planet Hulk. So it was pointless for me.
Ditto the Annihilation part. I'd never even heard of that arc.
I think the entire Civil War arc was just for Marvel to make as much money as they possibly could, by releasing far too many paperbacks, which weren't even really necessary.
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