
While Tom Holland’s Spider-Man will make his debut in Captain America: Civil War, it’s unlikely that he’ll play the same role as his comic book counterpart - not least of all because a new teen hero who’s coming into the spotlight for the first time in-universe is unlikely to make much of an impact unmasking for the press. At least no one there will have to move to Rhode Island.Īlong the lines of the comic book heroes having a harder time of things, it’s unlikely that Captain America: Civil War will feature anything as genuinely bizarre as Project 42, the extra-dimensional Guantanamo Bay-like prison for Captain America’s anti-registration forces that exists in the Negative Zone, an anti-matter dimension.

CAPTIN AMERICA CIVIL WAR MOVIE
(Not that there was a lot of trouble happening in Maine, but you can be too careful.) Unless there’s a lot more going on in Captain America: Civil War than meets the eye, it’s arguable that the movie heroes have things easier. Oh, and the government might require you to move, as well one of the offshoots of the SRA was the Fifty State Initiative, which created new superhero teams in each state for the purposes of keeping all of America safe from superhuman threat. Rather than just requiring superhumans to operate under governmental oversight, the SRA specifically demanded that anyone with a superhuman ability - or in possession of technology that allows them to act as if they have one, a la Iron Man - register their identity to the authorities and either remain inactive or agree to government training and oversight before slipping on a costume and fighting crime.
CAPTIN AMERICA CIVIL WAR REGISTRATION
While the legislation in the movie version of events is the Sokovian Accords - a version of which was released with the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 2 Box Set - the comic book incarnation’s is the Superhero Registration Act. government into action, while Cap’s stance is one of principle against what he sees as an infringement of individual liberty rather than anything he’s personally connected to. In the comic book Civil War, the scale is at once smaller and less intimate: An explosion resulting from a superhero battle in the town of Stamford, Conn., prompts the U.S. Judging from the trailers released to date, the plot catalyst in Captain America: Civil War is an international incident that pushes political powers to require more oversight of superhero activities, with Captain America forced to turn on the other heroes in order to keep the Winter Soldier - his wartime comrade, Bucky Barnes - out of captivity.

So where do the two stories differ? Below is a primer. Captain America: Civil War might share a title and a gimmick - it’s Captain America versus Iron Man, each with their own gang of superheroes to back them up! - with the 2006 comic book Civil War, but it’s far from a straight adaptation of the fan-favorite Mark Millar/Steve McNiven series.
