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9/28/2006

Civil War #4 Marvel comics




Oh holy god! This was a pretty severe issue. The battle of the civil war has finally
begun, and boy oh boy is it bad. The battle, not the war. AT first it seemed like just the
usual hero on hero type of thing. But then... THOR shows up! and we are talking old school
smite the unjust thor, and he is royally pissed off. He goes all medievil on the anti
registration heros, blasting Captain America with Mjollnir. The battle is pretty violent,
and the heroes know that what is going on is just wrong. The battle culminates in Thor
blasting a lightning bolt straight through Goliath killing him instantly, and then turning
to the rest of the anti registration heroes and letting loose another bolt. The heroes are
saved by an unlikely saviour. Sue Richards, Invisible woman. She covers the heroes in a
forecfield which deflects the blast. Containing the pro registration heroes she tells the
anti reg heroes to run. Cloak teleports most of them away, not able to get everyone,
Wiccan being one of the ones left behind. Reed Richards disables Thor, who is apparently a
clone and not the original god of thunder.
stark holds a funeral for Goliath, who they couldn't shrink back to human size. He meets
Goliaths mother who tells him that she understands why what happened happened, and tells him
to keep up the good work. Meanwhile the anti reg heroes are holed up in their shield base
talking about what happened. Some heroes leave saying that things are too crazy, and they
didn't sign up to fight cops and heroes. Cable, Stature and Nighthawk leave and a shodowy
figure watches them from the shadows.
The pro reg heroes ae gathered and are watching as the new thor "Clor" is having maintenance
done t find out what is wrong with him. Why he killed Goliath. Hank Pym muses that maybe
they need to fuse him with a Donald Blake to make him right... The thor Clone with an
insturment in the side of his head gives this weird look.
Reed and Tony understand that the disaster in the battle made a lot of people change sides,
and rethink what to do. The pro registration side is going to lose a lot of heroes over
this. They know that they cannot push up the fifty states initiative, so they fallback on
the thunderbolts... Who are really nasty villians in this case, none interested in
redemption. Basically a nasty marvel Doom patrol, including Jack O'Lantern, Lady
Deathstrike, The Jester, Taskmaster, Venom (Mac Gargan), and Bullseye.
Now, at the end of the issue we have the real fallout. Sue leaves Reed. It's not a firy
battle, its just she and johnny leave a note, and simply leave. They cannot be a part of
what Reed is doing, and they beg for him to regain his sanity. They leave the children
there and leave, the Thing watching from the window. The thing, having decided that he is
going to leave for Canada. It's down to the Fantastic 1.

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