Beginning in 2006 and concluding the following year (before being revived in an alternate history "what-if" this year), Marvel's "Civil War" was a company-wide event that called on Marvel's stable of heroes to pick sides on the Superhero Registration Act, a bill passed in the wake of a school tragedy caused by renegade superheroes that required all heroes to unmask and receive government training. Captain America, the symbol for law and order, opposed the act on the ground of personal liberty and freedom. Iron Man, a cad and occasional lout, sided with the government. The two, supported by various factions of other superheroes, waged war against each other and nearly tore the country apart. The series will serve as the inspiration for "Captain America: Civil War," the next major Marvel film project which is coming out next year.
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