In the second installation to our Marvel: Civil War season, cohosts Garret Castleberry and Kyle Hammonds dive deeper into the unfolding cultural clash at the heart of writer Mark Millar and artist Steve McNiven's event mini-series. Issue #2 focuses on the political fallout that results from the explosive encounter facing the superhero community amidst the terroristic tragedy that unfolds in Issue #1. This second chapter merges allegorical allusions between Marvel's fictional contemporary setting and the real-world ramifications of the events of September 11, 2001 and the socio-political reactions that resulted in the U.S.'s declaration of a "War on Terror". One key point of fascination with Millar's controversial characterizations to serve the story's narrative structure in Civil War. This includes the pointedly oppositional perspectives that leaders like Steve Rogers (Captain America), Tony Stark (Iron Man), or Reed and Sue Richards (Mr. and Mrs. Fantastic) assume as the collateral toll of superhero violence destructively impacts the nation. 


Hosts: Garret Castleberry, Kyle Hammonds

Producers: Garret Castleberry, Will McMurry (Audio Engineer), Alli Garner (Cover Art), Austin Foster (Music)

Recommended readings paired with Season Six "Marvel's Civil War":
Mark Millar & Steve McNiven. Civil War. Marvel Comics, 2006.

Chris Gavaler. Superhero Comics. Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2017.

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