Civil War Journal – Week Twenty-Four: Where’s Miles?

In the only tie-in issue this week, Spider-Man’s supporting cast tries to keep him from meeting his destiny in Washington, DC. You know where this goes.

Welcome back to Civil War Journal, Bam Smack Pow’s weekly recap column of all things Civil War II. After a week off of the tie-in hoopla, the war returns in Spider-Man.

What happened? As we saw at the end of Civil War II #5, Ulysses saw Miles Morales in Washington, DC, over the dead body of Steve Rogers. As we saw in issue 6, Miles deliberated but ended up at the scene of the crime. This issue adds in that Miles’s supporting cast was worried about him when it happened.

Was it good? Tough to say. As an issue of Spider-Man, it’s fine. Bendis has developed the cast, including Bombshell and Goldballs, so their dialogue entertains. But it adds little to the War, and the first issue came out six months ago. The rest of the line has moved forward, and this issue can’t convince me to wait around for the resolution. (Also, isn’t Goldballs dead as of Death Of X?)

Recommendation: Fine. If you’re still reading Civil War II tie-ins, this does tie in. But if you have the money for it, you have the money for better new books like Jessica Jones and World Of Wakanda. So maybe get those instead.

The penultimate issue of Civil War II drops next week! Almost there!

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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