Civil War Journal – Week Twenty: Jailbreak
By Matt Conner
Civil War only has one book out this week, Power Man And Iron Fist. What happens when Captain Marvel tries to stop a jailbreak that hasn’t happened?
Welcome back to Civil War Journal, Bam Smack Pow’s weekly recap column of all things Civil War II. The rest of the Marvel line seems to think Civil War II ended a week or two ago, but there’s still a tie-in this week. What happens when Captain Marvel comes between Power Man and his best buddy, Iron Fist?
What happened? Captain Marvel and her team (including Mockingbird, Storm, and Puck) stop Power Man and his friends from breaking Iron Fist out of prison. The fight ends up, of course, damaging the prison so badly that all the inmates get out anyway. And Cage tells Carol he hadn’t committed to anything yet, so her actions were premature.
Was it good? When this tie-in arc has focused on racial profiling, it’s been great. The focus on the more abstract sci-fi superhero stuff feels too low for this book. This trope was done better in All-New Wolverine.
Recommendation: This isn’t adding to the Civil War II read. Take this week off.
Tie-In Round-Up:
Recommended: The main series, of course, with preludes from the zero issue and the Free Comic Book Day pages. Also The Accused, All-New Wolverine, Captain America: Sam Wilson, Captain America: Steve Rogers, Captain Marvel, Civil War II: Ulysses, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Invincible Iron Man #14, Ms. Marvel, and Uncanny Inhumans.
Good but not top tier: A-Force, All-New All-Different Avengers, Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man, Civil War II: Choosing Sides (but only the Damage Control story and the Whitley/Sauvage eulogy for War Machine), Civil War II: Gods Of War, Civil War II: X-Men, Deadpool until issue 15, The Fallen, International Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man until #13, Mockingbird, Nova, New Avengers, Patsy Walker AKA: Hellcat, Power Man And Iron Fist, Rocket Raccoon And Groot, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099, Spider-Woman, Squadron Supreme, Totally Awesome Hulk, The Ultimates, Thunderbolts, Uncanny Avengers, Venom
Not good: Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., the bulk of Civil War II: Choosing Sides, Civil War II: Kingpin, Deadpool after issue 15
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