Civil War II #7 Review

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis / Artist: David Marquez / Marvel Comics It would probably be too generous to say that Civil War II is finishing strong, because, it isn’t. The last two issues, however, have been better than the ones that preceded, for whatever that’s worth. After slogging through the middle issues of this big event, Civil War is actually a book I don’t roll my eyes reading now. Well, not for the full book anyway. After Ulysses’ revelation that sweet and fresh-faced Miles Morales was going to “This is Sparta” Steve Rogers on the courthouse steps, the first thing your boy Miles did was waltz his ass up to the courthouse steps to prove that theory wrong. Which of course needed the Steve there to prove the theory wrong as well. Meanwhile, Ulysses is so deep in the void that the Inhumans don’t even know how to connect with him anymore as his powers are not only foreign to them, they are manifesting at a rate they can’t control (as if they could in the first place) and have no understanding of.

This time around, Ulysses has a vision that only he can see that brings him face to face with Old Man Logan in a not-so-favorable future state. The environment and dialogue that incorporates Logan is a cool touch, even if it asks more questions than it answers. And as we barrel towards the merciful endgame, what we don’t need is more questions. Especially when the same ones have persisted. What is the true potential of Ulysses powers? How do we know what’s true and what isn’t? …