Civil War II #3 Review

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis / Artist: Leinil Francis Yu / Marvel Comics It’s hard, 3 issues deep, to not compare this iteration of Civil War to the original crossover event, whether that’s fair or not. The pacing is much slower this time around, considering that by the end of issue #2 in the original series, Captain America was on the run and the sides we’re drawn. You have some people gravitating towards camps by the end of this issue, but the only sides taken are the leaders: Iron Man and Captain Marvel. And even they are working together in some capacity at this point in the story. It’s hard to review this specific issue without spoilers because it all centers around one huge spoiler, but it’s fair to say that the vision that all the heroes experienced of The Hulk in issue #2 has a pretty substantial fallout in the current issue. A court drama unfolds, so you know, this shit ain’t good as another hero has fallen and someone is being held accountable for it. I guess my issue with this book, or at least at this stage of the book, is that while a hero being killed is a huge thing, as far as the Civil War part of this book, ya know, for which it is named, nothing really happens. Carol and Tony are on opposite sides of this and the latest situation only drives them further apart, but we knew where they stood already. A couple of heroes muttering “I’m with so and so” has about as much enthusiasm as the #GirlIGuessImWithHer campaign for reluctant Hillary Clinton voters.

So th…