So "Frontlines" is becoming my fav tie-in. We get short-n-sweet stories from different perspectives on all the events of Civil War. I like it. It really humanizes everything that's going on with these heroes. It makes you realize that while they might be larger than life heroes......they're still just people. People with regular lives and friends.
While this mini is nothing groundbreaking....it still produces quality stories.
A short recap on the stories:
Embedded - We see Ben Urich dealing with the shocking revelation of Peter Parker. Does he feel betrayed? Yeah...but he understands. Now he's trying to get an exclusive with Peter. We also see the conficting opinions on the new from JJJ and Robbie. Of course JJJ wants to burn him at the stake but Robbie tries to show him what a hypocrite he is being since JJJ wanted to support all the heroes that register and out themselves.
Plus we see the other main reporter here, Ms.Floyd talking to Firestar. Firestar again says the same thing Spiderman was saying last issue. Basically, that the RA is wrong. We then get the revelation that Firestar is not gonna register due to the fact that she's no longer gonna be Firestar anymore. It's just too expensive.
Cut to another part of town. Some random hero named Prodigy is drunk and causing a scene. Iron Man arrives to talk some sense into him but the guys drunk so violence ensues. Iron Man subdues him and the special task force comes in to take him away. Urich witness the whole thing and comments to himself that regardless of who thinks this whole thing is wrong....no one will question the enforcers....until its too late.
Accused - We see Speedball being held in an interrogation room. A S.H.I.E.L.D agent comes into the room and tells Speedball that he is being held in confinement until his trial. He offers him a plea bargain. If Speedball signs the agreement, he will not be held responsible for the Stamford incident, and agrees to assist in the training of S.H.I.E.L.D agents to track and subdue unregisterd individuals, and he will become an employee of S.H.I.E.L.D. If he doesn't sign....he goes to prison. Speedball declines.
We see him then taken from a Guantanamo Bay-ish holding area and transported to an unnamed prison. He then learned his is the new fish on the line. :lol:
The Program - shows the rest of the conference after Peter unmasks. He answers a couple questions like how he got his powers, what he does for a living, why he does what he does and then comments about Norman Osborne. Every couple of panels we see Norman saying "You broke the rules!". A couple of SHIELD agents appear behind Osborne and ask him if he's ready to play by a new set of rules?
A small gem in the series are the historical comparisons in the back. Each issue it looks like they compare what is happening in the events of Civil War with events from history.
ultimatedjf said:
About Issue #2. I did not really get what was going on in the story about Norman Osborn. What does he mean by "you broke the rules"? Also, who were those people with him? Were they S.H.I.E.L.D.? If so, what are they trying to do with him?
I guess the unspoken rule is that, even though they might know the IDs amongst hero and villain, you do not reveal yourself or speak of your enemies to the public. Basically...you don't out yourself. I guess.......
I believe that the RA doesn't just apply to heroes. If villains were to register...who to say that they can't be reformed and put to use by the govt. I think they might wanna recruit him to bring down some unregistered individuals as well.
ultimatedjf said:
Also, is anyone else liking the mini so far, but is just skimming the last section, with the parallels to past historic stories? I guess it helps fill up the pages but I can't even read it all the way through without getting bored.
I like the mini very much. The history stuff is good. It can be boring at times but its one of those things that you just have to push yourself to read thru for the payoff or lesson.
