Product Description: Two tales of suspense ripped from the pages of Civil War! Captain America has fallen into a clash with his government and his friends, and the people close to him are paying the price. The life of Cap's girlfriend, Agent 13, is torn apart as her superiors use her divided loyalties against her. Elsewhere, a new villain emerges; the Red Skull begins to make himself known; and the Winter Soldier again comes face-to-face with Cap. Meanwhile, get inside the mind of of Tony Stark, and learn why he feels superhuman registration is necessary - and why he's taken it upon himself to lead the charge for its implementation! Big changes are in store for Iron Man in the post-Civil War landscape, and the build-up begins here! Collects Captain America #22-24, Iron-Man #13-14 and Iron Man/Captain America Special.
Most boring out of the series I just started reading the "Civil War" comics and so far out of them all that I read, this disapointed me. The only time the two actually fought in this one was an event before the civil war started. The only other battle had Iron facing 3-4 superheroes. This dealt with more of the political side of the issue. Also the summary isnt true. This didnt come with 2 Captain America issues. It just came with the Iron Man ones, Confessions and a crossover with Iron Man and Captain America. Still pretty good but a little bit of a bore.
Incorrect Item Summary The summary incorrectly labels this book as containing issues of Captain America, it does not. This book collects Iron-Man #13-14, Iron-Man/Captain America: Casualties of War and Civil War: The Confession.
This book closely encapsulates the relationship between Iron-Man and Captain America more closely than anything else I have read from the Civil War books, including the Captain America TPB. It is nice to see why Tony Stark actually believes in the registration act and why he is fighting so vehamitely to enforce it. An excellent addition to anybody's collection if you are collecting the civil war series. I would suggest this book, the main title, the road to and the two frontline books for a minimum collection.
Odds and Ends The Civil War: Iron Man trade paperback includes the Iron Man issues (13-14) that were part of the massive crossover event as well as a pair of one-shot issues that served as Civil War epilogue chapters.
Since most of the real Civil War story took place in the Civil War limited series, this collection doesn't really work as a cohesive story. You get an Iron Man/Spymaster side story in issues 13-14, a recap of Iron Man's history with Captain America in the Casualties of War one-shot, and a deeper look into Tony Stark's soul in the Confession one-shot.
While it fails as a "real story" the collection is definitely worthwhile to Iron Man fans if for no other reason than to see what the famed Daredevil team of Bendis and Maleev have done with Iron Man in the Confession one-shot. This story shows a real appreciation for Iron Man's history and clarifies why he made the choices he did during the Civil War Event. Newcomers checking out this book to see Iron Man's perspective on things will benefit from the history lesson in Casualties of War. Unfortunately the Iron Man issues in between the specials are much less important, and seem to exist solely for the shock value of killing off a longtime supporting cast member.
excellent read gives an awsome second of view of what was going on in the civil war series. feelings etc...
the best iron man First, I'm not a huge Iron Man fan, though I thought after this book I might become one (alas, not I) because this is what Iron Man should be about, not the suit but the man. And Tony Stark is a weak man (as alcoholics are), but this book really pulled it all out. Loved it, in fact, it is the only Iron Man book I've found so far that I liked. You really see something dark in Stark coming out.
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