• Civil War II: Choosing Sides #5 Preview

    Marvel have released a 5 page preview of next week's Civil War II: Choosing Sides #5, three pages of which are of the Alpha Flight story by Chip Zdarsky and Ramón Pérez, featuring Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau:

    CIVIL WAR II: CHOOSING SIDES #5 (of 6)
    Declan Shalvey, Chip Zdarsky and Enrique Carrion (W)
    Declan Shalvey, Ramón Pérez and Annapaola Martello (A)
    Cover by Cameron Stewart & Matt Wilson And Declan Shalvey
    Variant Cover by Ramón Pérez
    • As the body count rises, no one expected the biggest casualty of them all: Friendship. Will these Avengers betray their closest confidants to stay true to themselves?
    • Featuring Nick Fury, Colleen Wing and Alpha Flight!
    32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
    FOC 8/8/16, ON-SALE 8/31/16





    For anyone in Toronto both Zdarsky and Pérez will be attending an in-store signing at The Beguiling between 5pm-7pm on the release day.

    Two Fan Expo Exclusive Variants to the issue will be on sale at Fan Expo the following weekend, Sep 1st-4th.


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    Comments 16 Comments
    1. Mokole's Avatar
      Mokole -
      I wish they'd stay out of actual politics. Bad form in my opinion to write politicians into stories so you can espouse your ideology. My co-worker did basically the same and was almost fired, got our policies changed from 'don't talk to the press about politics' to 3 pages of rules we have to follow.
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      Looking at those pages there doesn't appear to be a political slant to it, just acknowledging that he is currently the PM and using him in that role, much like his father in Vol.1 Issue 1.
    1. -K-M-'s Avatar
      -K-M- -
      Yeah I didn't see a political slant to be honest.
    1. swh_comicguy's Avatar
      swh_comicguy -
      Wow it is nice to see our fan favourites actually be part of a story, rather than be simple suppporting characters. Looks as if those two pages could be the entire story. Hopefully there are a few more to follow. Love the art by Ramón Pérez.
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      It's 8 pages.
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      Marvel's Agent M has posted another sneaky peek on his instagram:

      Attachment 5455
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      Hmm.
      Well.
    1. Canucklehead's Avatar
      Canucklehead -
      Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
      Hmm.
      Well.
      Is that a good "Hmm" or a bad "Hmm"? I'm a realist, so I'll assume bad.
    1. -K-M-'s Avatar
      -K-M- -
      More like what just happened??? I read it and that was forced. Wasn't a bad issue but they really went out of their way to make Justin look good

      saw another power Aurora hasn't used in a long time though which was cool
    1. swh_comicguy's Avatar
      swh_comicguy -
      Hey I was right it was a couple of pages with Alpha Flight, then the rest focused on Justin and the hinted at guest star, plus Aurora in an additional panel.
    1. -K-M-'s Avatar
      -K-M- -
      All kidding aside that's a ridiculously high showing for Justin. Iron man is no slouch in hand to hand
    1. Canucklehead's Avatar
      Canucklehead -
      "Hmm. Well."

      Indeed. I wonder if Justin will have a cameo in the next movie.
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      As a Civil War story it was pretty good; very evenly balanced and well thought out. Added to the gravitas of the situation.
      I'd just have liked more AF, but hey, it was an 8 pager and more than we've gotten from any other event!
    1. Alphan East's Avatar
      Alphan East -
      Finally got my copy with the variant cover.
      Really enjoyed the issue... the Tony / Justin friendship angle was very enjoyable.
    1. rplass's Avatar
      rplass -
      Kind of hard to swallow that Tony Stark and the PM have weekly sparring bouts. And that the PM could land a blow like that on Tony Stark. Otherwise loved it for the AF appearance! Can't wait to get the sketch variants!
    1. -K-M-'s Avatar
      -K-M- -
      Oh you should have asked me, I picked both of them up for Phil when I went to FanExpo. Shoot