Tony Stark, AKA Iron Man, wants you to believe that his work for the government’s recently enacted of a Super-human Registration Act, mobilizing registered superhumans in an effort to hunt down and jail those who refuse to give up their civil liberties, is noble and for the good of the country. Stark hides behind the banner of patriotism and responsible obligation.
But how well do you know your government appointed superhero?
Stark, American industrialist billionaire and military contractor, has long kept his identity secret from the world behind a veneer of gold, silver and scarlet armor. This barrier between the playboy CEO and the American people have allowed him to skew his perceptions of what is right and wrong, taking him down a road that includes alcoholism, sexism, recklessness and recently, cold blooded murder. Stark’s history as Iron Man has included the following list of crimes against humanity:
- In an attempt to stop other people from misusing his designs, Stark goes about disabling other armored heroes and villains who are using suits based on the Iron Man technology, the designs of which were stolen by his enemy Spymaster. He inadvertently causes the death of the Soviet Titanium Man and disabled the armor of SHIELD soldiers, defeating the government operative and Avenger known as Stingray in battle.
- Stark’s alcoholism has weakened his judgment; After discovering that SHIELD was buying a controlling interest in his company to ensure Stark’s continued weapons development for them, Stark let his defenses slip to the point that the Iron Man armor was taken over and used to murder a diplomat.
- During the events of the Kree-Shi’ar War (“Operation: Galactic Storm“) Iron Man led a group of heroes in the decision to murder the Kree Supreme Intelligence.
- Stark was forced to resign from his Presidential appointment to act as Secretary of Defense after a drunken tirade against the Latverian Ambassador at the United Nations.
- Under the protective banner of the Registration Act, Stark has gone on to commit atrocities against the American people that include the murder of Bill Foster, AKA Giant Man, and the willful and implicit recruitment of notorious supercriminals such as one Baron Helmut Zemo, progeny of Nazi War Criminal Baron Heinrich Zemo, guilty of crimes against the free world including the apparent murder of one James Buchanan Barnes, child sidekick of Sentinel of Liberty and War Hero, Captain America. Working with villains such as Zemo reveal Tony Stark, America’s respresentative for the Super-human Registration Act – a Fascist.
Tony Stark says he has America’s best interest at heart. But do we really want to live in an America that allows Alcoholic Nazi Child Killing Murderers to limit our civil freedoms?
Vote with your heart and your fists and oppose the Registration Act. Join the Secret Avengers and help remove Tony Stark from office and armor.
* Paid for by the Friends to Support Captain America
October 20th, 2006 at 12:12 pm
“But do we really want to live in an America that allows Alcoholic Nazi Child Killing Murderers to limit our civil freedoms?”
Well, we live in an America where people like Jonah Goldberg, Andrew Sullivan, Ann Coulter, David Horowitz, Hugh Hewitt, Tammy Bruce, Douglas Urbanski, Michael Savage, Neal Boortz, Glenn Beck, Michael Ledeen, and Rusty Humphries are all taken seriously, so I’d say… give it time.
October 20th, 2006 at 12:22 pm
How well do you know Captain America?
He claims to have been born in the early part of the twentieth century, fought in World War II then frozen in time. Isn’t it more likely that he’s an illegal immigrant too stupid to forge more believable identity documents?
He is an admitted drug user, something known as the “super soldier serum”, little more than a fancy named illegal steroid. How can we effectively fight a War On Drugs with such an icon?
He wears wings on his helmet and has a big A on his head. Twat.
October 20th, 2006 at 12:25 pm
“Do you think this’A’ on my head stands for France?!”
October 20th, 2006 at 12:45 pm
Why does Captain America hate America?
October 20th, 2006 at 12:46 pm
Captain America is part of the “blame America first” crowd.
October 20th, 2006 at 1:30 pm
capt. america is a real american. soemone who does whats right. iron mans a prick.
October 20th, 2006 at 1:35 pm
Didn’t Iron Man turn evil once? Before Heroes Reborn?
October 20th, 2006 at 1:51 pm
“..is noble and for the good of the country.”
Noble, and for the good of the country my butt.
October 20th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
God, I love that this highlights the essential stupidity of Civil War:
You do not have a Constitutional right to be a vigilante. In fact, doing so violates the rights of others.
October 20th, 2006 at 2:11 pm
“But do we really want to live in an America that allows Alcoholic Nazi Child Killing Murderers to limit our civil freedoms?”
Marvel Comics says……..you will.
October 20th, 2006 at 2:34 pm
I think the saddest part of this rather hilarious blog is that it is still tamer than some of the mud that is being slung in some of Iowa’s campaigns. Recently, a candidate was accused of cavorting with terrorists and being a peace loving Commie. I sh*t you not.
Oh yeah, and screw Iron Man. Captain America forever.
October 20th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
Hey! Ye Olde must live in the same television area as me!
I love those commercials. The first time I saw one, I thought for sure it was a parody by somebody.
October 20th, 2006 at 2:40 pm
“Stark was forced to resign from his Presidential appointment to act as Secretary of Defense after a drunken tirade against the Latverian Ambassador at the United Nations.”
– That was part of Wanda’s doing.
“…recruitment of notorious supercriminals such as one Baron Helmut Zemo, progeny of Nazi War Criminal Baron Heinrich Zemo, guilty of crimes against the free world including the apparent murder of one James Buchanan Barnes…”
That’s also a deal w/ the government, and now that Bucky is found to have lived that charge is crap.
October 20th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
Dan – thank goodness for DailyKos, MotherJones, The Slate, Keith Olbermann, John Stewart, Al Franken, and — wait, is Franken really the most successful left-wing radio host of all time? That’s too sad to even make fun of anymore.
October 20th, 2006 at 3:13 pm
Augie- you really going to tell me the people I listed aren’t intellectually bankrupt maniacs, just becauset they’re on your “side”?
October 20th, 2006 at 3:16 pm
Oh, and by the way- I don’t care for DailyKos. So, uh… there.
October 20th, 2006 at 4:34 pm
Let’s get someone in the Captain America suit who actually stands up for America and the west, instead of someone who has his head continually hung in guilt about everything that has ever happened to the World.
That is not the attitude of a man who was knee deep in blood and guts during WW2.
After that…..Tony Stark for President !!!
October 20th, 2006 at 5:15 pm
Don’t forget that at one time, Stark mindwiped everyone who knew his secret identity. Once the cat got out of the bag again (by his own actions to save a dog!), he then told everyone that he quit being Iron Man and hired someone else to wear the armor. In actuality, Stark once again donned the armor! He has ONCE AGAIN revealed that he was the man in the armor. Will he try to have a secret identity AGAIN in the future?
When will the lies stop?
October 20th, 2006 at 5:51 pm
Let us not forget about the time Stark ate a baby. A BLACK baby.
October 20th, 2006 at 8:42 pm
Amy Goodman’s on 500TV and radio stations. Way more influential than Franken. And better http://democracynow.org
October 20th, 2006 at 9:46 pm
constitutional or not, you think you help save the planet a few dozen times the buracrats would cut you some slack
October 20th, 2006 at 11:10 pm
Hey, the X-Men have saved the world quite a few times too, but legally speaking, they’re a lynch mob.
I’m still waiting to see someone tell me how it is that Cap’s heroes have some kind of right to put on a mask and beat people up, void of any sort of authority other than their own consciences.
October 21st, 2006 at 1:48 am
Yes. Captain America isn’t really going about this right at all.
October 21st, 2006 at 6:38 pm
So far, after reading Civil War/Frontline, I’m feeling slightly weak due to the constant battering of left-wing brainwashing.
Tony Stark = big business = locking away criminals = bad.
Captain America = war hero = guilt syndrome = ashamed of his government = just the way the left-wing love their heroes.
If Micheal Moore was ever let loose on a comic, it would look a lot like Civil war.
That’s not to say I’m not liking it. I just want to see a bit more balance in the opposing views.
October 21st, 2006 at 8:04 pm
How can the idiots writing this Civil War crap sleep at night? The underlying Communist, anti-American propaganda here is enough to make you vomit!
1 – Iron Man is bad because he owns a company…big business is the enemy of of all Communists, because they have money and use it to oppose left-wing attempts to elect people who try to take all our money, land resources and freedom and give it to the government.
2 – There is a real-life Peter Parker who was an infamous traitor during the Revolutionary War…check it out, its true. Their is even a once-famous song written about it
3 – Captain America’s history was once retconned by Stanley Lieber (Stan Lee) and Jacob Kurtzman (Jack Kirby) because he fought Communists for decades after WWII…that is when they killed Bucky in Avengers #4.
More later on this crapfest…
October 21st, 2006 at 9:03 pm
“Captain America, help! the Angernauts of Neptune have come abduct the city of Cleveland, would you and your secret Avengers help?”
…
“Nevermind we’ll just blackmail your team into helping, hey it worked for Wonderman and the Thunderbolts”
two other points; one I don’t think making Marvel heroes “outlaws” is a bad thing, heck it’s worked for the X-men for years, it’s the eager multi-billion dollar effort Stark,Richards and Pym are going through to enforce it, rather than just registering and stepping out of the way
two; it’s not just “vigilantes” they’re outlawing it’s powers. If I had no intrest in fighting/commiting crime, but had the ability to run at 100mph they would want to lock me away if I wanted to use said ability to get to work.
Then we get into an area that i think Howard the Duck is going to deal with in “choosing Sides” at what point am I considered “superhuman”? 50mph? 40mph? 30mph? probably be a few less atheletes if they had to worry about registering once they hit a certain level
What i do finally find ironic is that “anti” fans can see the points of the “pro” side, but the pros aren’t able to see things the same way
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:14 am
“What i do finally find ironic is that “anti” fans can see the points of the “pro” side, but the pros aren’t able to see things the same way”
That’s because it makes absolutely no sense for Captain America to oppose legislation that is:
A) legally passed by a duly elected Congress,
B) overwhelmingly supported by the people of America,
and
C)actually safeguarding the rights of the American people.
The reason the “anti” side can see our point is that we make sense, rather than just rambling some inane, uninformed bullshit about “civil rights.”
October 22nd, 2006 at 2:19 am
that’s it my friend, that’s it EXACTLY!
are Civil Rights “bullshit” when compared to a law that “might” increase the safety of the American pepole?
Iron man and co say yes, Cap says no
Iam suprised that you can’t keep your belief over which side is right, while still not believing Civil Rights to some pepole are a little more valuble than “bullshit”, but then, this is an arguement which really has no end (and why Marvel is making a lot of money on Civil War)
My own fault in getting dragged intoa debate where neither one of us will win, but I just had to comment “duly elected by congress?….as in for the pepole?
…Can’t remeber when the last time folks rioted in the streets over a tax hike on cigarettes
October 22nd, 2006 at 7:53 am
If I had super-powers and had decided to use them for good, I wouldn’t even think twice about registering.
It’s easier to operate that way.
The same way it’s easier to obey the law and pass a driving test is easier than constantly being in danger of being prosecuted by the police by driving without a license.
I’d even get proper training from Shield thrown in for nothing !
Registering is a win win situation.
Not registering means you lose the ability to help people legally and spend all your time as a fugitive or a prisoner.
Having said that, I think the teatment of Speedball is totally unrealistic.
He didn’t kill those kids. And if we are going to arrest every hero who was present at an incident when an innocent civillian was killed, they would all be in court sooner or later.
In reality, an American court would have thrown out the case against Speedball…..but then we wouldn’t have the “innocent” hero losing his civil rights because of the nasty right-wingers storyline, would we ?
October 22nd, 2006 at 8:34 pm
Wow, distorting what I said…no way.
I did not refer to civil rights as bullshit. I referred to what was being said ABOUT civil rights as bullshit.
There is nothing in the Constitution guaranteeing you the right to dress up in a costume and take the law into your own hands. In fact, it protects people against that.
So all this talk about how Cap is fighting for people’s civil rights by opposing the Registration Act is a load of, as I said, bullshit. If Cap were at all concerned about the rights of Americans, he’d be working to ensure that they were actually protected, rather than continuing to endorse their violation.
But, let’s keep one thing in mind: none of this is real.
October 22nd, 2006 at 9:07 pm
Civil War is extremely bad. I can’t stand to read it anymore. It’s bad enough that it demolishes what life the character of Spider-man had left in him but dragging Iron man, Reed Richards, and Cap into psuedo-political terroritory. I’ve stopped reading all the books involved, permanently and I’m a Marvel guy. I can’t stand this garbage.
October 22nd, 2006 at 9:35 pm
“But, let’s keep one thing in mind: none of this is real”
Point taken pal, let’s just agree to disagree. Truce?
October 22nd, 2006 at 9:44 pm
This is why i should never mix comics and politics in public.
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:03 pm
One of the things that drives me crazy about this crap is what Alex Rogers said…its like reading political propangda in an age where we are INUNDATED by it, and right before a Congressional election. Everybody knows that the vast majority of writers in mainstream comics liberal…so we are getting this garbage. I don’t even know who the Reed Richards and Tony Stark in this “event” ARE anymore!! Tony and Reed would NEVER turn Communist like they have in this thing…registering people and locking them up just because they have powers??? Maybe the next issue will reveal that Reed and Tony are really Karl Marx and Adolf Hitler. And Peter Parker, no matter how you slice it, is totally a traitor…that is the part where BOTH sides can agree! He betrayed both Captain America AND Iron Man. Maybe he should join the Thunderbolts after Civil War.
In addition, now Quesada has also totally destroyed Reed and Sue’s marriage (why? so she can commit adultery with that pompous terrorist Namor??)and its just a matter of time before he makes his wish of destroying Peter and MJ’s marriage come true (for the second time…maybe MJ can go back to Lobster-Man again…great morals, guys)
Its time for universe-616 to be abandoned…maybe then these super-whiners can be replaced with super-heroes of the same name.
October 24th, 2006 at 9:16 am
See, if you were really trying to have a go at Stark, you’d claim that he’s only supporting the Act because his company is making billions out of the implementation. On a no-bid contract.
So, is Iron Man putting his own personal gain ahead of America’s freedom?
October 24th, 2006 at 2:14 pm
So, is Iron Man putting his own personal gain ahead of America’s freedom?”
if you come at that question from a liberal view point, of course he is.
Stark is a billionaire industrialist. If you cut him in half he would be pure evil on the inside.
It’s impossible for a liberal to even consider that someone like Stark could ever put his moral standpoint before money.
Reed Richards is also being played as another right-wing stereotype….the unhuman robot-like scientist who puts science above the good of humanity.
And he’s made money from doing it, so that ticks another “evil” box.
It’s all too much of a cliche.