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[orangerful]

I noticed that the library seems to have purchased the trades of Marvel's "Civil War" series.  

What's the deal with those?  Are they worth reading?  Will I understand what's going on if I'm not a hardcore Marvel person?

I see Mark Millar's name, which I recognize but I'm not sure if I've actually read anything by him.

I'm definitley checking out "Road to Civil War" because it says Brian Michael Bendis wrote one of the arcs, and that's a name I can trust!  

Comments

[vertigozooropa.livejournal.com]

If it's free, then it's worth reading. Would it be worth buying the whole thing in issues? Jury's still out.

The core series is well-written. The Wolverine tie-in is really good. I enjoyed Front Line.

What else is there?

Yeah, they're worth your time, and you will probably get it, even if you haven't been reading. Everybody's in the dark on this one, because they throw out so many obscure characters whose backstories you don't need to know. If you know Spider-Man, Captain America, and Iron Man, you pretty much have all the backstories you need to get started.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Spiderman I know pretty well, Captain America I kind of know, and Iron Man...not so much.

Guess that's what Wikipedia is for!

[spitefairy.livejournal.com]

From what I hear they're one of the best lines out there right now, so definitely worth giving a try.

[jellibean.livejournal.com]

I was going to suggest checking Wikipedia. I've read the Road to Civil War trade, and it was pretty good. The Fantastic Four bits that were unrelated to the Civil War as a whole was kind of confusing, but overall I liked seeing everything happen from different perspectives.

The only other one I've read is the Heroes for Hire TPB--but that's just cause I wanted to read something with Black Cat in it. I say, give the Civil War a try. It's certainly an interesting concept.

[destertale.livejournal.com]

They are pretty good (though I haven't read all of them yet), and I don't think you'd have a problem following along.