Civil War (Marvel Comics event)

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Civil War (Marvel Comics event) is a major Marvel Comics crossover storyline that pits superheroes against each other over government-mandated registration of their secret identities, fundamentally reshaping the Marvel Universe.

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instanceOf Marvel Comics crossover event
comic book storyline
antiRegistrationLeader Captain America NERFINISHED
centralConflict Superhuman Registration Act NERFINISHED
collectedIn Civil War hardcover
Civil War trade paperback
colorist Morry Hollowell NERFINISHED
continuity Earth-616 NERFINISHED
editor Tom Brevoort NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Black Panther NERFINISHED
Captain America NERFINISHED
Doctor Strange NERFINISHED
Fantastic Four NERFINISHED
Goliath (Bill Foster) NERFINISHED
Iron Man NERFINISHED
Luke Cage NERFINISHED
Ms. Marvel NERFINISHED
Nitro NERFINISHED
Punisher NERFINISHED
Reed Richards NERFINISHED
Spider-Man NERFINISHED
Sue Storm NERFINISHED
X-Men NERFINISHED
firstIssueTitle Civil War #1 NERFINISHED
format limited series
genre superhero
imprint Marvel NERFINISHED
incitingIncident Stamford, Connecticut disaster
inker Dexter Vines NERFINISHED
inspired film Captain America: Civil War NERFINISHED
language English
lawIntroduced Superhuman Registration Act NERFINISHED
leadsTo Death of Captain America NERFINISHED
Secret Invasion NERFINISHED
The Initiative (Marvel Comics storyline) NERFINISHED
World War Hulk NERFINISHED
letterer VC’s Chris Eliopoulos NERFINISHED
mainArtist Steve McNiven NERFINISHED
mainWriter Mark Millar NERFINISHED
numberOfIssues 7
proRegistrationLeader Iron Man NERFINISHED
publicationEndYear 2007
publicationStartYear 2006
publisher Marvel Comics
setting Marvel Universe NERFINISHED
statusQuoChange Avengers roster restructured
Captain America surrenders to authorities
Spider-Man publicly reveals secret identity
creation of 50-State Initiative
superhero community divided
theme civil liberties vs security
government oversight of superheroes
superhero registration

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this entity surface form: Civil War (Marvel Comics)
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this entity surface form: Civil War (Marvel Comics storyline)
Avengers: Disassembled leadsTo Civil War (Marvel Comics event)
this entity surface form: Civil War (Marvel Comics)
Mark Millar wrote Civil War (Marvel Comics event)